DOMINION ITEMS
COAL OIL-LTD. *By Tele.Qroph~~Per Press Association) 5* fit to . iai’ifM: f $ . Wellington, September 19. At an extraordinary general meet* ing of shareholders of Coal Oil (N.2.) .ltd.; held in Sydney on September 10 a strong independent committee com- . prising .Judge Cohen, Mr Thompson, : director of Sargents, Ltd., and other 7 important industrial concerns, and Mr - Garvin, a . well-known Sydney business * man, was set up to. investigate the af- * fairs of the company. ■ r This committee will -submit its port to' the shareholder at an ad- ;• joiirned meeting to be -held in Sydney next- month. 1 . v" RISE IN SUGAR. CHRISTCHURCH, September 21. ' As the result of the action of the , Colonial Sugar Company increasing th© price of sugar by £5 a ton, the retail price in Christchurch will probably advance from 2d to 3d per lb. A leadgrocer stated that £5 in advance would cover the new duty and primage. BOY DROWNED. STRATFORD; September 21. Eric Norman Bailey (17) employed by Robert . .Thomson, a farmer of Te Awa, was drowned in a dam yesterday. Although warned not to go near without company, the hot weather attracted him fto the water. After dragging for 2 hours the body Avas recovered.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1931, Page 5
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