AUCKLAND ITEMS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3525, 12 July 1920, Page 5

AUCKLAN D ITEMS.

AUCKLAND, This Day.

George Duminel; va, seam-an on the; steamer Raranga, fell into the harbour on Saturday night and was €lro'Wll- - despite a brave attempt at rescue? by James Hurley, fireman on_ the same steamer. Hurley dived after Duminel ‘find found him‘ under the water. He tried to pull him ashore. A bystand or threw a‘ lifebuoy. but in, trying to catch it, Hurley, through numbed fingers, lost. his‘gn'p of Duminel, who sank. Hurley dive‘d" again, but was unsuccessful. He swam ashore exhausted. .

A s‘t»or»e at Vauxhall Road; Devon'port, was discovered afire on Sa”culfdz,Ly_ night during the absence of the oc--'c~upier, J. Kn_owling and fanl_ily._ fire was extfiuguiksheél _:speed'il‘l;;f-," than it was"¥ound the premises been burglarised, and money and jewellery valued at £2O was missing. There are evidences of the fire having beemd started among the kappa stored in :3,‘ cupboard. '

The emphatic victory scored by Mr Massey in the division‘ on the noconfidence mo-tion tabled by the Leader of the Opposition was a foregone sequel to the deba.te———4s to 25! Col. Mitchell was Mr Facing Three \Vay‘s in the voting. He vr”-ed for the GO~ Vernment in the att* ': led by the Labour Party, he vo.ed against the Government in Mr Statham’s attack, and he didn’t vote at all on the Lil}eral Partyfs No—confidence motion. That. ‘by the way, is something of a. recordin New Zealand’s parliamen-V tary history. But it, is Mr Massey Who‘, has the opportunity of a statesmazfs career to put up records. With a. following such as he now commands in both Chambers, the Prime Minister‘ can either red letter the pages off our Statutes with epoclmnaking leg-‘ islation along real reform lines, or he can mar our political history wit.ll' Statutes that do not ‘matter. Will he follow the line of least resistanceivor will he show initiative and put New Zealand once more in the van of legislative effectiveness 'VVith such a.‘ majority he should do something more‘ than crack the whip of hossism. The cry of the people is: We——watn—somet~hing—don‘e!—Feilding Star.