DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1922, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

ANXIETY OVER FISHING PARTY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, June 27. A party consisting of two men and a boy left* Lyttelton on Saturday in a fishing boat for a trip outside the heads. Their prolonged absence is causing anxiety, as on Saturday night a heavy south-west gale sprung up. It i« thought the party may have succeeded in reaching shelter in one of the numerous bays on the coast. Later. The missing boat has turned up safely. It arrived at Port Levy on Saturday night and stayed there till this morning. BURNSIDE WORKS RESUME. Dunedin, June 27. Operations were resumed at the Burnside Freezing Works this morning. More men offered than were required. It is expected the slaughtering for the day will be about 750. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Palmerston North. June 27. At the inquest on the body of William Davidson, who died from injuries received in a collision between a moj tor-car and a trap on the Shannon Road i on June 10, the coroner returned a verdict that deceased died from injuries I to the brain sustained through a motori car driven by Hugh Wilson Mclntosh. I contrary to the rule of road colliding , with the horse and trap. i Mclntosh was charged with causing ■ the death of Davidson, thereby committing manslaughter. He was remanded for one week and bail was alj lowed. SALVATION ARMY TRANSFER. Wellington, June 27. Commissioner and Mrs. Hodder, who have been in charge of Salvation Army work in New Zealand for nearly eight years, have received information that they are to be transferred to some other sphere of operation. They will be farewelled at the end of August, but their new destination is not yet known. The name of the Commissioner’s successor in New Zealand has not yet been announced.