DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1936, Page 7

DOMINION ITEMS

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

WELLINGTON, September 6.

Twenty-seven teams, including representatives from Christchurch, Wanganui, and Dunedin, took part in the first Dominion and inter-district cadet competitions of the, St. John Ambulance Brigade on Saturday. It was announced that a new trophy had been presented for competition among the cadets of the Dominion on behalf of Sir Alfred Robin, Knight of Grace of the order. The trophy is to be known as the Sir Alfred Robin Memorial Shield and has been won for the first time by the Christchurch Young Men’s Christian Association Cadet Ambul-’ ance Division.

NEW CRUISER’S ARRIVAL.

AUCKLAND, September 6.

11.M.5. Achilles, the new cruiser for the New Zealand naval station .arrived at Auckland this morning, and berthed to the sound of tremendous cheering from a crowd of about.-1500, who assembled to welcome H.M.S. Diomede’s New Zealand ratings, who had been absent on foreign service for nearly a year. Overhead roared the cruiser’s super-marine Walrus aircraft, which had been flown off,, by catapult amidships, three-quarters of an hour before, TOC H. WELLINGTON, September 7. Representatives from all over New Zealand met to consider reports, and to frame a policy for the guidance and development of Toe H in New Zealand. It was decided to apply to headquarters in London for the appointment to New Zealand of two staff leaders, a padre, and an organising secretary, for a period of three years. A scheme for offering assistance, where desired by headmasters of colleges and high schools, in promoting the ideals of civic and social responsibility, especially among boys at their leaving age, was unanimously approved. ENGINEER MISSING. WELLINGTON, September 7. The Post Office has received the following wireless advice from the Otaio: “Second engineer missing 4 a.m. Last seen at 10 p.in. Siyiday. May have gone overboard, while vessel en route from Adelaide to Melbourne, in the vicinity of latitude 38/01 S, longitude 140/205J., to latitude 38/28 S„ longitude 141/27J. E., thence steering 105 degrees. Please keep a sharp lookout.” “LIMITED” FATALITY. , WELLINGTON, September 5. Mr. Arthur Frederick Bush, aged 80, of Picton, who was seriously injured in the train derailment at Paraparaumu on Sunday last, died in the Wellington Hospital at 2.55 o’clock this morning. Mr. Bush suffered a fracture of both ::n ’ - ? •”/- ’• ’ U ’ r* ? 1 turning ht'ra .■ a holiday at. Tallin. runui a. ih<- Lime r.f this mishap. 'i Im fun ral will take place at Picton on Tuesday. Mr. Bush occupied a high position .n the Picton Foresters’ Lodge, as well as being at various times a member of the Picton Borough Council.