DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 May 1943, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS

FIRE DESTROYS TYRES.

AUCKLAND, May 18

Extensive stocks of used motoi* tyres and many new ones, of a total value of more than £3OOO, were ruined when fire swept the premises of S.N.S. Tyres, Ltd., retreaders and vulcanisers, Newmarket. The building was almost totally destroyed.

TWO AIRMEN KILLED. WELLINGTON, May 19. Two members of the R.N.Z.A.F., Pilot Officer Raymond Farmer Wilson, whose wife is Mrs. T. M. Wilson, Lower Hutt, and Pilot Officer Charles Verdon Gore Richardson, whose wife is Mrs. M. E. Richardson, Wellington, lost their lives in an aircraft accident near a South Island station yesterday, when the aircraft in which they were engaged on instrument flying practice crashed.

MOUSE STOPS POWER MASTERTON, May 18. A mouse, well cooked, caused a power failure, throughout the Wairarapa this morning. The mishap occurred at 9.45 o’clock at the mam Public Works sub-station at Wangawa when an explosion in the main switch gear blew out all the protecting apparatus and fuses. It appears that the mouse made contact and created an arc which quickly generated gases. These exploded and effectively cut off the power on the 110,000 volt system throughout the district. Power was partly restored seventeen minutes later and fully restored in one and a-half hours. HONEY MARKETING. PALMERSTON N., May 18. “Branches throughout the country are not going to lowei- the prestige of the industry by withholding essential food from the armed forces and priorities, even though certain beekeepers may do so,” declared Mr. E. A. Field, of Foxton, Dominion President of the New Zealand Beekeepers’ Association to-night, when referring to the action of Canterbury beekeepers who threaten not to deliver honey until their demands are satisfied. 2 “Whether they like it or not, they are hindering the country’s war effort,” said Mr. Field. “I made that plain to Canterbury producers. H certain individuals persist in withholding supplies of any commodity urgently required in time of war, they become public enemies in the country. The Government should be supported in any action it may have taken,” Mr. Field added. “It is unfortunate that Mr. W. B. Bray, the Canterbury President, has spoken for all Canterbury producers before a full meeting has been held of the branch. The Association intends to support the Government policy of distributing honey, although it considers the price not enough to cover the increased costs.”