ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 94, 15 January 1929, Page 10

ITEMS IN BRIEF

FROM ’FAR ‘ AND NEAJR Hotel Changes.Hands.—The Emj Hotel in High Street, .Christchurch, 1 changed hands at £51,000, which woi out at £lOOO per foot frontage. Miners' Relief Fund.—A British offit wireless message states-that the L> Mayor’s fund for the 'relief of distr in the mining areas now exceeds £465,0 A comprehensive statement of the ministration of the fund is being mi to-day at a meeting , of Lord.'Map and others at the Mansion House.

Moth Planes for Canada. —A bund: Moth aeroplanes, a record individual on for British aircraft, has been receh by De Havillands from Canada, sta an Australian Press Association messa

A City Fire.— The insurances on fire at 35 Cambridge Terrace, repor in yesterday’s issue, were £435 on machinery in the Insurance Office of A tralia, and £250 in the New Zealand surance Office on the stock and furnitt The personal effects were- also cove for £lOO in the Alliance Office.

Motor-cyclist in Hospital.—An A burton Press Association telegram sts that Donald Kelland, aged 21 years, v admitted to the hospital on Sunday ev ing suffering from a fractured skull < lacerations to the face as the result of motor-cycle which he was -riding skidd in loose shingle near. Hinds. His _c dition is serious. He is still unconscic

Injuries to Polo Player.—R. K. M pby, a sheepfarmer of Muriwai, sustaii concussion while playing polo on Sat day, states a Gisborne Press A.ssociat message. He lies in the hospital in unconscious condition. His horse : in a tangle of players and rolled on h:

Mr. Mill Flying Again.—Mr. D. M in his Moth aeroplane, left New P mouth at 12.20 on Saturday with 1 Smith as a pilot for Hastings, states Press Association telegram from N .Plymouth.. (The machine was dama; near New Plymouth before .Christina

Damage at Waitaki Hydro-elect Works. —A' sudden rise in the Wait. River at the site of ■ the hydro-elect works submerged two of the barges ab< the trestles built -to carry the railm across-the river (states, a Press Assoc tion message from Oamaru). The bar; subsequently broke through the trestl part of them being .carried away. I repairs will occupy about a fortnight, t will-not appreciably delay the work.

Locomotive Smashes Through De End.—Smashing its way through a de end. at Ourimbah, New South Wales, trairi engine with a tender and thi trucks fell over an embankment. T driver, fireman, and guard were injun but not seriously. The crew were buri under the timber in the trucks, whi had to be cut away before they were J leased.—Press Assn.

Agreement Regarding Court Jud ments.— An Australian Press Associ tion-United Service message from Cai states that the Egyptian and Palesti Governments have signed an agreeme whereby civil an! acmmercial judgmen rendered in one country xaay he execiit: in the other.

’Planes for Canada.—A British offiei wireless message states that an order f 100 Moth light aeroplanes and seaplane the largest individu?! order for Britis aircraft ever obtained from overseas, hi been received by the De Haviland Ai craft Company from Canada, in face • severe competition from other countrie The purchasers include the Ontario Pr vincial Government, the Canadian Roy Air Force, Canadian flying clubs and pr rate persons. The value of the contra is estimated at about £75,000.