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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1925, Page 2

LATE MESSAGES

DUNEDIN, April 28. "Douglas aged 19 months, was sucking a chop bone, when & piece came off the ( bone apd choked him. 1 . ‘: WELLINGTON, ■ April 28, ' . .The Health Department has received the following notifications of cases pf infantile paralysis for the 24'hours end. ing 9 a.m.'to-day: Gisborne, Ne,Sy Plymouth, Wanganui, Otaki, Foxton, Mount Eden (Auckland) one each. PAUMERSTON N., April 28. , 'Clive -Tweedale, 22, ' .accidentally knocked down by a taxi car last night, succum,bed to his injuries. PALMERSTON N.. April 28. The Minister of Public Works yesterday opened a new sub-station of the ' Manawatu-Oroua Power* Hoard at Bun- , nythor.pej in \the presence of a large ; gathering. A .? . • '•The Minister of -Education opened a new school at Bunnythorpe. GISBORNE.' April 28. Janies . Knight, aged 15, Bushmere, was sbripusiy gored by a bull, tire horn penetrating his chest. Ho also sustained a gash in the thigh and internal injuries. He was removed to the hospital in a critical condition.

WELLINGTON, April. 28. The ; full (Court’s decision in. the case Edwards versus Commissioner of .Taxes was delivered. Justices Reed, Adams and •Sim held that the superannuation allowed to a judge ,is .taxable as a pen. si °n. „ , 1 , , . Sir R. S. Stout dissented, contending that a pension should not be considered as income, and should hot bo taxed. ' « I ■ L-.' , - SYDNEY, April 28. Emily Gertrude Hensworth was found not gnilty on the grounds of insanity. * ' , LONDON, April 27. ‘ The memory of the Anzacs was cele. brated . in. solemn silence at the luncheon of the Australian-New Zealand Club, at the Hptel Cecil, 1 whereat Earl Jellicoe Was the principal guest. Sir jj. Allen presided.., He referred to his impending departure for Gallipoli to unveil,'a monument to New Zealanders. . < Earl Jellicoe mentioned the upbring- •. ing of New Zealand children to regard Anzac Day as a day of self-sacrifice, which Was a spirit . much -needed throughout the Empire to-day. He concluded by declaring that April 25, 1915, was the day upon which the unity of the Empire was l achieved. ; INVERCARGILL, 28. The Progress Leagues’ Conference p.aissed. Resolutions -^enranding, ■ more extensive policy of track and hut con- • struction to open up tourist resorts; early duplication and electrification of the Lytteltoiy ,funnel; and ncreased .immigration from the United Kingdom. The conference is now discussal motion urging that the Main 'hvnk line from Parnassus to Wharaniii be linked up, and that the Government place a substantial sum op the estimates during the coming session for this purpose. It was decided to hold the next conference at Dunedin <n March 26 next.

DUNEDIN, April 5.8. An inquest was opened on (Tie Kutow, motor accident victim,- 01 Jean Rutherford, and was adjourned . after formal evidence of identification. The father’s evidence showed : hat the...girl had been employed .in ah fotlibe in The city for the past three' years.

. ‘ OTTAWA, April 27. ' Mr D. 11. Ross, Trade Commissioner, now in Ottawa; is to leave 10l Australia to bondftet further negotjatiplis lit regard to the treaty. This /was an-’ nqunced in tho Commons -by ' Priniiyr King, who stated the Press despatch from Melbourne, which stated that Mr Bruce said the discussion of the treaty could not be re-opened, and Australia was awaiting action of the Canadian Parliament, which did not represent the facts. Mr King stated that Mr Bruce’s last query regarding changes in the Canadian tariff .would be answered very shortly. He pointed out tliqt Australia made it necessary, for goods receiving preferential tariff to bo 75 per cent British, which regulation was npt discussed when the treaty was drawn up, with the result that Mr Ross was going to negotiate further.

/ * LONDON, ’ April 27. George Jeffrey, garden boy on the Eridge Estate, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Joan Ammett, the little girl found dead near Crowborough, with her head battered and throat cut.

NEW YORK, April 27. Chicago wheat quotations arc: Ma,s® 144 3-4 cents, July 136, September 129 3-4./ '

SYDNEY, April 28. In consequence of tho hold up of the steamer Levuka, much inconvenience was caused to the passengers, numbering 250. It* is stated that the action of the seamen is intended as retaliation for the proceedings against Johannsen (assistant secretary of tho Seamen’s Union.)

MELBOURNE, April 28. >Au application for the deregistration of the Seamen’s Union was made to the Arbitration Court, on the ground that the Union refused to supply a crew for the steamer Eromanga, at Sydney. Other grounds. were also .stated. •