DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 January 1929, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.)

STORE ON FIRE. GISBORNE, January 12. The Tokomaru Bay Farmers’ store at Waima, was destroyed by fire this morning. Nothing was saved. The building was insured for £450 and the stock for £BOO. / IW — TAHATESE’S SENTENCE. AUCKLAND, January 11. The Samoan chief, Tamatese, who is serving a sentence in Auckland Gaol, lias instructed his lawyer to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that he should have been imprisoned in Samoa, and not in New Zealand.

WATERSIDER KILLED. AUCKLAND, January 11. A watersider named Jack Malley, aged 70, fell into the hold of the Tamaroa this afternoon, receiving injuries from which he died. Deceased was married. He had worked for the Shaw Savill Company for 45 years. BAY OF ISLANDS. WELLINGTON, January 12. - Monday, January 28, has been fixed as the date of hearing by the Election Court of the petition against the return of H. M. Rushworth (Country Party) as member for the Bay of Islands. The place of hearing will probably be Kaikohe.

YOUTH KILLED. WAIPAWA, January 12.

Hugh Spotswood, 16, was killed through the capsize of a lorry on the Tamumu road. Deceased, who was learning to drive, pulled off to the side of the road to allow a car to pass, but misjudged the distance, and the lorry went over a bank, somersaulting and pinning Spotswood underneath, causing’ a fracture of the skull. WHISKY ON WARSHIP.

AUCKLAND, January 11. A court-martial is being field aboard the warship Diomede. The prisoner is C.P.O. Robert Lindsay Parker, charged with smuggling whisky aboard. The Court found Parker guilty of smuggling whisky into a naval base, and disrated him to leading seamanHe was also deprived of two good conduct badges.

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL INVERCARGILL, January 10

At an inquest on Sydney Harold Patton, who lost his life in a motor mishap, the Coroner, Mr. Cruickshank, said: “It seems to me that the driver Day’s, statement that he fell asleep at the wheel is the only probable explanation of the accident. It all happened in a flash. I don’t think Day can be held blameworthy, but, so as not to tie the hands of the police, I return an open verdict that the deceased was killed through being thrown through the windshield of a car driven by Day when it struck a power pole.”

JUVENILE LABOUR.

WELLINGTON, January 12

The Minister of Labour (Mr Veitch) issues a statement that the Department of Labour has already made an endeavour throughout its various branches, to establish exchanges, through which particulars of boys leaving school and desiring employment, were obtained, and employers requiring the services of boys were invited to apply for the labour they might require.' The response from employers to the invitations issued had so far been very small. The reason no doubt was due to trade depressionMoreover, it was understood that most employers had their own waiting lists of boys and made their own engage-* ments direct. It was thought, however, that a comprehensive system should if possible be instituted by means of the establishment of juvenile labour employment exchanges, and the Department had been instructed to make enquiries accordingly. The voluntary organisations that had been interesting themselves, such as the Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Club, YfM.C.A., etc., will be invited to cooperate with the Departmental officers in setting up local committees.