DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 14 January 1913, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

SLY GROG SELLING

(Ter Press Association.) Wellington, January 13. Mary Baker, a boarding-house keeper, was fined £2O for sly grog selling.

BURGLARY AT WANGANUI,

Wanganui, January 13

A burglary was committed ,at the Aramoho railway station bookstall on Friday night. A box of cigarettes and ten shillings in silver were taken. There is no clue.

A BACON COMBINATION. "

Eltham, January 13

An important combination comprising the Eltham, Mangatoki, Normanby and Opunake dairy factories has been effected for the purpose of acquiring and carrying on the bacon-curing busines hitherto conducted by the Eitham and Mangatoki factories, with a capital of £30,000. Other factories are expected to join the combination. This is looked upon as a most important movement by farmers in the district interested. The new company, by its articles of association, has power to enter upon a great variety of enterprises on co-operative lines.

BAD INSTANCE OF DRY ROT.

Invercargill, January 13

For some time past a musty and unpleasant odour on the second floor of the new Government buildings has been the subject of comment by the officials located in that portion of the premises. An official, while traversing the passage, unexpectedly put his foot through the floor and after an examination had been made it was found that a very severe attack of dry rot had set in. The floors of the various rooms were then tested, and the source of complaint was discovered in almost every room. Signs of dry rot were in evidence and the linoleums have since been lifted and carpenters employed to raise the parts thus affected. In one room practically the whole of the floor, composed of one and a half inch red pine, will require relaying, while the joists in places also show signs of decay. Lack of ventilation appears to bo the cause of the trouble.

MOTOR-OAR AND TRAIN

Invercargill, January 13

A motor-car collision with a railway train occurred this evening at Grassmere, resulting in three young men, Eric Russell, Eddie Broad and George Broad being admitted to the hospital, suffering from cuts and bruises. There were five occupantin the car, and when the car was near 1 the line it was seen that the incoming train from Kingston had passed Grassmere station and would probably cross the road. Russell, who was driving, applied the brakes and turned the car towards the cattlestop. Eddie Broad had some ribs broken, and George Broad has sustained cuts and bruises. Walter Broad was thrown violently against the “Stop, look out lor the engine” signpost, which he clasped and slid to the ground uninjured. Alfred Broad was also thrown out, but escaped with a shaking. Both the car and the train were travelling slowly at the moment of the collision, and to this fact is probably | due the slight nature of the injuries 1 sustained.