DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

TN'.zj RAILWAY SERVANTS,

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• ... : WELLINGTON, July; 25. Th©:-Amalgamated' Society of Railway -Selwants' held _a presidential election'to ftip.'thO' ’lacaricYto'afised by the death. Of Mr: Jv- Churfii|use.- '‘‘Thqrezjy’ere '.'thr-rie candidates, iK.. liashj-M. CoiineL ly, -and -j3. .Scofield-* liiYhALfiEH-.count., Mr Da/sli was returned with 2805 votes', Connelly 2599, majority for Dash 206. The election 'for a represon.tatiye of North Island traffic on the Council of the A.-S.R.S., resulted in Mr J’. Doig 682 ; Mr| G. Moulton 586. n-MAGISTRATE REFUSES BAIL. orii.f CHRISTCHURCH, July ?5. Bail was- refused Thomas Andrew O’Loughliri-, a hrickUyeYi'lSged 22 years, and Edward Joseph o’Laugh]in ; a labourer, aged 25 years, to-day when they were remanded until August 2nd on acharge of 'breaking and- entering the ■ Warehouse of George Gordon Sutherland, -ati A-nnat, on July 12. j • ; they are allo'”?d . their liberty iD-might enterfere with police inquiries’, ” Yaid-'-the Chief-Detective. .. . 'UviGoods valued at £ldo were alleged to "have been stolen. arA ;a LAD DIES AT KUMAR A. s-ja ~A 3 GREY-MOUTH, July 26. srillevmanv ; Hawkins, aged 12 yea-re, idied -at the house of Dr. Page, at oKfiriiaraj.ijast night, following ljis re--Bcoyer yc fieri) an anaesthetic admiiiister-ihi'iny-:to' undergo ant operation’ °n rhis‘lharicl,?into which a fishing-gaff, had beeri’/rnn. The boy started to vomit and Was found to have an obstruction ' illMiis throat. Trncheotoiriy was performed but the lad- died.

HOSPITAL RETRENCHMENT.

AUCKLAND, July 23

The Health Minister, Mr Young, tofday expressed gratification with the efforts of. the Hospital Boards to meet the to reduce their expenditure. He said nil the boards had come into line, but efficiency had ndt ibeen sacrified; • •« SUICIDE OF WOMAN.- ' . <\yl DUNEDIN, July 23. lAtfdlief .ihque.st on , Daisy Pettitt, a married) )v«man, aged 48, whose body was Touifdpm the harbour foreshore, near Port; Chalmers, the evidence showed .shej-had ; .suffered ill health and,depression' for; some years; The verdict was,’-onp ofusuicide while in a depressed .state of .mind.