DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

N.Z, TIMBER TO BE USED. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) NAPIER, April 30. The Hospital Board has decided to use New Zealand-grown timber wherever possible, when rc-buildiiig the hospital. The site is now being cleared.

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DUNEDIN, April 30.

During the past few days several counterfeit half-crowns have L>e ei > lia.'uL'd to <shupkoopers in DuueUm. These coins bear the dnt,> 1929, are new in appearance but softer than the genuine article. N.Z. GLIDING CLUB. DANNEVIRKE, April 30. A meeting of tile Dannevirke Gliding Club appointed a provisional cojnmittee to consider the inauguration of a New Zealand Gliding Association. , The object is to get into touch with all clubs mid ascertain their views, and later to conveUe a Dominion conference. The committee comprises l)i' C. S. Williams, Major Claridge, E. C. Deafman (Dannevirke) Major Hai’die, find C. j. BdswOrth (Palmerston North). BODY FOUND. WELLINGTON, April 30. The body of William George Piuke.v, who has been missing since April 11, was found on the seashore ne a r Saatoun wharf yesterday afternoon by the police and taken to a morgue, where it was later identified. MISSING MAN RETURNS. WELLINGTON, April 39. Ka.v, who lias been missing since Sunday. April 19, returned borne last night.