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Evening Star, Issue 21637, 5 February 1934, Page 14

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A! AO?; I Ml LI.FI). I'd!!’. wing In ad iajui’ii s roaoixed w 1 h■)! hi- m.'Ki.:’ rye'a collided with a motor a.i;- oil the highway near Okstitnv.i on -v.ll; ad’.iy evening, Hake: Worn, a sin;.'a .Maori, died in I l,i we: a ! 10-pital ilia, morning, ’flie passenger on Ins cycle. Charlie Waitara. escaped with minorfacial injuries. The driver of tho car. 8. Cleaver, and three passengers were all unhurt. —Press Association. KI'HOPEAN TIMES FIRE WALKING. Following the example of tho Tahiti natives, who had walked barefooted across apparently whitehot coral, with no ill-effect or physical pain, Dr 11. S. Buckland, who returned by the Maimganui to reside permanently in New Zealand, after twenty years in England, was severely burned about lie tret. Ou tin; voyage Inm Tahiti to Wellington bis feet bad started to heal, but are still terribly injured. The doctor expressed the opinion that there was something in the theory that some stones are better than others, but it was significant that no other natives than those of a family from Raiatea Island would attempt fire walking. After tho demonstration, lie said, several American tourists walked across the fire bed in their boots, and he decided to emulate the natives by walking barefooted. The firo xvalkcrs' leader asked him to desist. Having got hallway Dr Buckland had to jump to the side, both his foot being burned right through to the muscles. —Press Association. AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS. In a published statement the mayor (.Mr ■Hi si op) states that for the past three months he has been carrying on the unemployment fund with reserves from last year, and these are now practically exhausted. Unless immediate monetary help is forthcoming the fund must cease to operate. He therefore makes an urgent appeal to citizens for funds. ■ — Wellington Press Association. PRICE OF SOVEREIGNS. SYDNEY, February s.—ln consequence of the new record price for gold established on the London market, the Australian banks have raised their quotations for sovereigns to the new record level of 40s 6d each. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales this afternoon: On ’change E. S- and A. Bank, £5 Kis. Reported : Southland Frozen Meat (ord.), G7s Od (cum div.); King Solomon, 4s Id.