DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

SUDDEN DEATH. (Per Press Association,— Copyright.) GISBORNE, July 11. While cycling near town this morning Hans Petersen, 42, a fisherman, fell from bis .machine and was picked up dead. Death is presumed to be due to heart failure. INQUESTS. / GISBORNE, July 11. .At an inquest on Robert Kesling, 40, a fencer, found dead on a hillside at Tekaraka on July 3rd., a verdict of death from natural causes was returned. J A.V The inquest on Mrs Elizabeth -Beattie, 43, found dead in bed, was adjourned for medical evidence. 1 FOUND HANGING. JNAPIER,. July 11. A man named William Henry Day, who for the past 18 months has been caretaker at Hastings Drill Hall, wais found banging from a rafter in the hall this morning. Apparently lie had ben (.lend for several hours. Deceased aged 46*, is believed to be a bachelor .without 1 relatives in NeiV Zealand. He was -born at Crewe, England, and served with the veterinary corps in the Great War. unemployed. CHRISTCHURCH, July 11. Unemployed men who obtain casual work in their spare time while employed under No. 5 ; 'Scheme, are not penalised by the Unemployment Board according, to R. T. Bailey, officer in charge of the labour Department at Christchurch. He stated at a meeting of the Citizens’ Unemployment Rlelief Committee' to-day that men were made to stand down, not for accepting casual work, but for not’ being honest with the. Department concerning the amount they were earning. , • Mr Bailey said that the Board had laid it down that money provided under No. 5 Scheme was not for wages, but for relilef. The* / Board-sought to encourage men to look for work. ■