DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1922, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

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TENDER ACCEPTED. AUCKLAND, June 16.

The tender of the Fletcher Construction Company for £105,000 was accepted for the erection of the new Arts Buildjng, Auckland University College.

ALLEGED FRAUDS

AUCKLAND, June 16

Francis Nelligan was arrested at Adelaide charged with having obtained goods from electrical firms in Auckland by fraud.

SOCCER TEST. DUNEDIN, June 16.

The Australian team for to-morrow s test match will be: Goal, G. Cartwright; backs, Fisher, D. Cumrerford, Gibbs (captain), Sheaton, and Doyle; forwards, Dane, J. Cumberford, Maunder, Ward, and P. Thomson.

RUNAWAY TRAM. WELLINGTON, June 16.

As the result of an inquiry into a tram running away in Tinakori Road, a motorman was dismissed for not having taken the precaution to put the brakes on when he left the car. But for the fact that the next car from town was two minutes late there would probably have been a bad collision.

ARSON AND THEFT. NELSON, June 15.

In the Supreme Court to-day William Balfour Hay was found guilty of breaking, entering, theft and. arson in connection with a fire at Louisson s, Ltd., after the premises had been burgled. Ernest Wairau Broad was acquitted on a charge of arson under the same circumstances. Each} wasi sentenced to 15 months’ hard labour.

MISSING MAN FOUND. WELLINGTON, June 16.

The missing Tararua tramper, E. J. Kime, was found yesterday by the search party, sheltering under a rock near the spot where he parted with his mate, Bollons, on Saturday morning, two hours beyond Alpha Hut, and slightly off the track. He was in. better condition than Bollons, and it is hoped to have him at Greytown by tomorrow noon.

FIRE AT TIMBER YARD. HASTINGS, June 14

A fire in Campbell and Sons’ timber yard early this morning destroyed a wooden shed containing timber and most of the contents. The brigade made a splendid save of the factory and machinery 15 feet away. The fire originated in a small stack of wood against the outside wall of the shed in suspicious circumstances. The loss is estimated at £5OO,

DEATH AT GAOL. AUCKLAND, June 15

As the result's of an accident at Mt. Eden Gaol a prisoner named Ern--est Beehre, aged 37 years, married, received fatal injuries. Beehre was leading a horse, which was drawing a truck along a trolley line when he slipped and fell and the truck passed over his legs, one of which was practically severed; Beehre died in hospital about an hour later.

“THE NEXT WAR.” AUCKLAND, June 14.

Exception was taken by the Auckland Presbytery to the opinion expressed by Mr Massey, as to war clouds on the horizon during his speech at West Eyreton recently, and the following motion was carried unanimously: — “That this Presbytery affirms its belief in the League of Nations and the method of international conference as a moans of preserving the world’s peace. It recalls that New Zealand, through its Premier, is one of the signatories of the Covenant of the Tjeagne and urges statesmen,, instead of predicting further war, to take a lead in seeking to make the League an efficient instrument of peace.”

NEW GOLD FIELD. TAUMARUNUI, June 15. Regarding the Taumarunui gold discovery, prospectors showed the Press specimens of quartz which they claim is highly productive of gold, silver and lead. One prospector* has just returned from the School of Mines, Thames, where the stone has been tested, with satisfactory results. Assay proved it good payable rock, including the three metals stated. The prospectors are giving no information as to the locality, except that it is near Taumarunui and easily accessible. Questioned how they made the find, the prospectors stated that gold in small quantities had been found 30' years back by Maori surveyors and prospectors. A specimen had been found in a creek, and the prospectors concluded that there must be a reef at hand. They spent weeks at intervals in the bush and on the hills, and made the discovery of a definite reef on May 6.