DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

FARM .HAND DROWNED

fPer Press Association— Copyright.) HAMILTON", December 19. A farm hand, Herbert A r al]illey, aged 19 years, was drowned in KJmilia Lake, two mile s from Huntly, after a rescue attempt by a sixteen-year-old companicti, James Rye, had failed. Deceased was diving from a boat when be collapsed. He struggled violently with Rye who was forced to release him when in an exhausted condition. •

GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMISTS

CHRISTCHURCH, December 17

.Denying that Cabinet has summoned leading economists of the Dominion for a conference to advise on a plan for the rehabilitation of New Zealand’s financial position, Mr Forbes stated to-day that the Minister of Finance b'' s simply invited to Wellington the members of the National Economy Commission with a view to the. reDprt presented gome time ago by that body being brought up to date in certain respects. My Forbes declared the Cabinet has not had a conference with thf» economists concerning 'a future policy for . the country.

RESERVED JUDGMENT GIVEN

CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 19.

Judge Ostler e reserved judgment in the case of- Robert William Cox and Elizabeth Walsh, claim for £650 against the. estate of the late John McCcmbe, horse trainer, awarding plaintifi'y £650, but without interest. This was the sequel to the case heard last Wednesday concerning an alleged loan to McCombe in 1926.

SECRETARY SENTENCED

AUCKLAND, December 19

Reginald Victor Deacon Hull, 39 years of age, was senteced to reformative detention for a term not exceeding two years for stealing £9B-5, tile property of Co-operative Fislieries, Ltd., of which company lie was secretary.

POWER BOARD ECONOMY

AUCKLAND, December 19,

The Waite unit a Power Board, by cuts and re-arrangements, to-day authorised economies totalling over £2300 annually, and a. reduced charge for ordinary lighting by one penny per unit, thereby saving consumers £4030 ■per annum. In addition to wage iaud salary •cuts, the Board reduced members’ honorarium of £1 Is each for each meeting to 10s 6d.