DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1932, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

PRINTING OFFICE FIRE. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) DUNEDIN, September 25. An outbreak of fire’ at BaWutha on Friday night almost completely gutted Hie jobbing department of the Clutha "Leader.” The stock and machinery ■were damaged, the total estimate °f the damage being about £ISOO. The outbreak commenced at the rear of the building, wooden structure, apart from the main office. The stock was covered by insurances in four offices.

EDITOR. HONOURED. WELLINGTON, September 2<3. . The comiptetion by Mr C. W. Earle, C.M.G., as chief executive officer of ‘‘The Dominion,” 25 yeaar as editor-in-chief, cUid 20 yetetrs ss niflUfiiging director was marked, on Saturday evening by a dinner given in his honour at* tlie Grand Hotel, Wellington, by the literary staff and other branches of the paper. Striking tributes were paid to Mr Eade’s work for over a quarter of a century, and in /acknowledging the vital part he had played in> the development of the paper, members of the staff‘attributed, to him the chief credit for building from the foundations up an organisation which had taken an outstanding part in the progress of Wellington Province, n,nd had exerted a real influence on the eburse of New Zealand affairs.