DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 August 1928, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.)

RAILWAY YARDS MISHAP.

AUCKLAND, August 24

The couplings of a ballast train broke this morning, and the rear portion ran back, colliding with a shunting engine in the Ellerslie yard. One truck was derailed, but there was no delay to traffic. DROWNED BROTHERS. .WELLINGTON, August 24. The Secretary of the General Post Office advises as follows : Regarding the wrecked launch Matakitaki, search parties from Pareinata and Pitahi Bay report finding ‘a lifebuoy, portion of the hull, a sail and mast of the launch, off Titahi Bay. The bodies of Brown brothers have not yet been recovered. The Pareinata. party are still continuing their search of the coastline.

CAR AND TRAM COLLIDE. AUCKLAND, August 26

As the result of a collision between a motor car and a train in Khyber Pass Road, at 10 o’clock last evening, Doris Gibbons, 20, was admitted to the hospital with head injuries. Her’father, G. W. Gibbons, of Remuera, his wife and son, had lucky escapes.

When driving home, level with an out-bound car, Gibbons swerved to avoid a boy on a cycle. He skidded and crashed into the tram. The impact was severe. The motor jumped the footpath and struck the wall of the Cook Brewery.

“BOOKIE” CONVICTED. HAWERA, August 25

Patrick O’Connor, billiard saloonkeeper, pleaded guilty at the Manaia Court, yesterday, to a charge of keeping a common gaming house. The police said the documents seized showed that defendant took £2OO in bets during the Christchurch race week. Counsel submitted that the real amount was disguised, and defendant -was operating only in a small way. Magistrate Tate said that he would ’take into account the action of the defendant in making a full confession. He inflicted a fine of £5O. MISSING PASSENGER. WHANGAREI, August 24. During the voyage of the Claymore from Auckland to Whangarei, last night, a passenger, R. Clayton, about 60 years of age, mysteriously vanished. Shortly after midnight, a steward observed Clayton apparently asleep in his bunk. At 2.15 a.m., he noticed a man answering Clayton’s description standing aft. At 6.30 a.rii. the steward reported Clayton’s bunk empty, and the passenger nowhere to be found aboard. As a result of a close search, his clothes and other belongings, except a suit of pyjamas he was wearing, were all near his bunk. His papers disclosed the missing man was a florist of Tauranga.

KAWARAU DAM.

DUNEDIN, August 24. '

On account of the very low level of the Kawarau River about the beginning of August, special permission was obtained from the Government to close the gates of Kawarau Dam for a short period. Immediately they were closed, however, heavy rains fell in the back country, with the result that the river did not reach nearly as low a level as was expected, and the gates were reopened on August 11, without the claim-lholders being able to re-operate with any satisfactory results. The Secretary of the Kawarau Mining Company states that there is no likelihood of the gates being closed agaifri this season.