DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1937, Page 11

DOMINION ITEMS

[per press association.] NAVAL RATINGS » AUCKLAND, February 16. Eight of the 10 ratings who were absent when the cruiser H.M.S. Dunedin left Auckland for England yesterday morning, are still missing. Warrants have been issued, but the men are not yet classed as deserters, as they'have five days in which to report. SWIMMER’S ESCAPE. DUNEDIN, February 16. By knotting two blankets together, tyng one end to the bedstead, and. lowering himself to the ground, Walter Jarvis, the swimming champion, escaped from the flames which partially destroyed the Dominion Boarding House, Cumberland Street, about four o’clock this morning. Jarvis threw several of his trophies through the window. Other occupants had escaped before the fire prevented egress. SCOW -WRECK. WELLINGTON, February 16. The Minister for Marine, Hon. P. Fraser, announced to-day that an enquiry into the loss of the scow Rangi, which was wrecked off Rakino Island on the night of January 14, with the loss of four lives, will be held by Mr. R. McKeen, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland, beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The following have been appointed assessors: Captain G. Sorenson, Captain F. B. G Jensen, and Mr. T. F. Anderson. PRESS CONFERENCE TIMARU, February 16. The delegates to the annual Press Conference assembled at the Hermitage, Mount Cook, during the weekend. To-night, the guests numbered nearly 100. The weather was beautifully fine and a number of the delegates visited various places of interest including the Ball Hut, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter icefalls, Kea Point, and Hooker Valley. To-night a general meeting of delegates was held, but the real business of the conference will begin to-mor-row. " COMPENSATION AWARD CHRISTCHURCH, February 16. General damages of £7OO, and special damages amounting to £lO6/11/10, were awarded to Albert William Lewis, against -William Janies Harvey Coop, in the Supreme Court, for injuries received in a motor accident in the city last year. Coop, a farmer, of Ataahua, Kaituna, admitted liability, and there was no dispute about the special damages. Lewis, a newspaper copy-holder, claimed £9OO general damages and the amount to be awarded thereon was the only matter requiring the attention of the jury.