DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 June 1937, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

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FILM ON FIRE

AUCKLAND, June 19.

An unexpected thrill —not the mere make-believe of the screen —was given to a fairly large audience at the Peerless Theatre, St. Helier’s Bay, last night, when a. spool of film about to be screened ignited, bringing to an abrupt end the picture programme. The outbreak was. quickly extinguished, the damage being confined to the film, and a portion of the projection machine.

CAST IRON SCRAP WELLINGTON, June 19

A statement elaborating the. Order-in-Council of June 17, prohibiting the exportation of cast, iron scrap metal, was ntade by the Acting-Minister for Customs (Hon. M. Fagan) to-day. Mr. Fagan said that, it, should be observed that the restriction applied only to cast iron scrap. This type of scrap was utilised in the Dominion, ami it has been found that supplies were becoming exhausted. “There is at present no prohibition on the exportation of mild steel or wrought, iron scrap metal, or of scrap of the non-ferrous metals.” added the Minister.

JUMP FROM TRAIN PALMERSTON N„ June 19

Jumping from a carriage platform on a northbound passenger train which was gathering speed after leaving Koputaroa station, near Shannon, a man apparently escaped unhurt. He has not been heard of since. It is understood that a constable on the train who was proceeding from Otaki to Palmerston North foi’ show duty, had been on the lookout for a person wanted for an alleged breach of probation. When the constable entered a carriage, one of the male passengers suddenly made his way to the platform and jumped off. There is nothing to indicate that there is any connection between the man who jumped from the carriage and the person sought by the police.

CHARITABLE BEQUESTS AUCKLAND, June 20.

Bequests totalling £2450, and benefiting institutions and organisations in Auckland and Matamata, are includ-, ed in the will of Mr. Allen Alfred Bowler, a pioneer settler in the Te Aroha district, who died in May. His will makes provision for the payment of £lOOO to the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association, “to be expende'.i by the executive for the relief of returned soldiers incapacitated wholly or partially in consequence of service during the late war.” Other amounts bequeathed are as follows: — £6OO to the controlling authority of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, £4OO towards a building fund for a new, .Anglican church at Matamata, £250 to the Matamata Bowling Club, £2OO to the Boy Scouts’ organisation at Matamata. The residue of the estate is left to the controlling authority of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland. The bequests were all left free of duty.