DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 July 1930, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.]

BOOTMAKER’S DEATH. LEVIN, July 24.

A distressing case of suicide occurred here this afternoon, when J. J. Clark, a bootmaker in business on his own account, was found at. the rear of his premises with self-inflicted wounds in the throat. He was removed to hospital, but in spite of blood transfusion, died two hours later. He was a returned soldier, who received a serious injury” to a leg in the war, and had suffered severely ever since. He leaves a widow and two young children.

OIL BORE’S BLOW OUT. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 25.

The bore owned by Moturoa Oilfields, Ltd., blew out this morning without warning, sending up great gushes of mud that coated the derrick and spread over a wide area. The bore was down 1740 feet and the force of the gas blew the drilling gear up till it stuck with the debris that had gathered. Then the gas, gathering force, blew the gear clean out of the hole up 80 feet, twisting wire ropes and doing damage to tackle. The gear came straight down like a huge spear, burying itself 20 feet in the grbund. The blow continued for a quarter of an hour, followed by a continuous flow of inflammable gas. P. AND T. SPLIT. WANGANUI, July 25. At a fully attended meeting of the controlling officers in Wanganui Post Office this evening, the following resolution was passed:—“That this fully representative meeting of the controlling officers, after a full discussion, strongly disapproves of an attempt being made to form a P. and T. Officers’ Guild for the controlling officers, and is of the opinion that the present Association, being given the opportunity, can in future, as has been abundantly proved in the past, best safeguard and advance tire interests of the controlling officers and the service as a whole.” HASTINGS, July 26.

At a meeting of about forty P. and T. employees last evening, the following resolution was carried: That this meeting expresses confidence in J. H. McKenzie and H. H. Brown in their respective capacities of secretary and organiser. We further deplore the fact that a section of controlling officers are giving evidence of disloyalty to their own organisation by attempting to form a rival guild, instead of taking an active interest in the Association, thereby helping to rectify any alleged weaknesses.