DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

• TRAIN in slip. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) TAUMARUNUI, June 27. The limited .express from Auckland last night ran into a small slip between Puketutu and .Kopaki. The engine and carriages ploughed through the debi's and received no damage. The tiairi was delayed for an hour for inspection of the engine and carriages, before proceeding. MAILS FOR FIJI. AUCKLAND, June 27. Mails for Fiji will in future be despatched from Auckland by the first available vessel. Previously it had been necessary for letters which senders wished to be carried by American steamers to be specially addressed. A HARDY-VENTURE. AUCKLAND, June 27. It is reported that an Englishman, named W. C. Valentine, aged wll ° came from Gisborne recently and pmeiiased a 22-foot mu Wet boat, sailed yesterday for England, via Ruratonga, Tahiti and Panama. BURGLARIES IN CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH. June 27. • A number of business premises in Cashel Street were broken into during the week-end. A daring tiieft occurred at the shop of W. T. Vaughan Ltd where furs worth £6O were stoien. Th'“ thieves wore seen by a by-lander, but they escaped. fatal fire. PALMERSTON NORTH. June 27. A surprising sequel to a fire whicii totally destroyed an old wooden annexe at. the Old PoopVs’ Horne. Awapuni, early 'this morning, was the gruesome | discovery after daylight of the charred remains of a man ill th e still smoking . ruins. The victim is unidentified. He b considered to be a stranger who sought shelter from the heavy storm overnight.