DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 May 1934, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[PER PKEBB ASSOCIATION.] WAT RAR AB A LAKE. MASTERTON, Muy 11. . The danger of a flood in the Wairarapa lake district is now past an outlet having been successfully opened this morning, and the waters are now running out well. f’nlliser Bay lias been almost obliterated at Rocky Cutting, and will probably not be reopened lor many months.

COM PAN Y COMMISSION. AUCKLAND, May IL Monday afternoon has been fixed as the Hute for the opening of the Auckland sittings of the Company Commisson, the members of which, Mr J. S Barton, S.M. (Chairman), Dr. H. Belshaw and Mr F. 1.,. Graham, re-ass,c-mlilcd to-day. Fin- the present, tll( , evidence to he beard in Auckland will be taken in camera.

MAORI KILLED. AUCKLAND, May 11. A fatal accident, occurred on the Great South Road, when a Maori, Leo Graham aged 25, was knocked down by a motor ear. and killed instant y. The deceased, who was employed by a Chinese market gardener, was evidently walking from his place of employment. toward Otahuhu, when he was struck by a car driven by A. Rowe, of Remuera. The car stopped immediately, ana the occupants summoned an ambulance. The body of the young man, who had received head injuries, was taken to Otahuhu.

ISLANDS FRUIT BOARD. WELLINGTON, May 11. Proposals are now before the Government for the establishment in Rarotonga of a Cook Islands Fruit Control Board, to exercise control over Ihe fruit, intended for export, ror many years past, fruit from the Cook Islands has been either sold to representatives of New Zealand importing bouses, or sent to the Dominion on consignment by the growers and local traders. The object of the Board would be stricter supervision over the cultivation and quality of the flint, grading, handling, and shipping, and the regulation of the distribution of the fruit to New Zealand markets.

RADIO BEACON. AUCKLAND, May 11. The installation of a small direction finding plant at Tiritiri Island is being considered by the Marine Department, according to the Secretary of the DmmjYment, Mr L. B. Campbell. The proposal is the subject ■of discussion between the Department and the Auckland Harbour Board, and, if it materialises, Auckland will be the first port in New Zealand to be equipped with a radio beacon, which is described as a necessary adjunct to any modern port. Finality had not yet been reached in the matter, Mr Campbell said, but the proposal was "to investigate the possibilities of installing a plant with a range of about 80 miles.

FRUITERERS’ DISPUTE. DANNEVIRKE, May 12. A nocturnal clash occurred shortly after 11 o’clock last evening, between rival Chinese and Hindu, fruiterers, whose business premises are situated close together in the main business area. It is alleged that the trouble was caused by wiping fruit prices off the window of a Chinese shop. As the rivals were proceeding homewards last night, the Chinese set a watch. From what happened, several Hindus and Chinese subsequently engaged in a pitched battle, during which two combatants, one on each side, went, through the plate-glass window of a. shop in the vicinity, the Chinese receiving slight head' injuries and the Hindu a cut wrist. There is every probability that the battle, which apparently ended in a draw, will be re-fought shortly in the Court.