DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 December 1945, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

CiHLD’S FA'i'AL BUftNS

.WAIROA, December 8. Allen Bruce MacDonald, aged two, died in the Wairoa hospital yesterday afternoon, as the result of burns. By some means the child’s clothing became ignited whilst the mother was out of doors. She heard screams and on entering the house found the boy a mass of flames. After rendering first aid, the child was removed to the hospital where he died later. CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDIES CHRISTCHURCH, December 7. The body of Leo Cornaga, a company manager, aged 46, who lived, at 135 Deans Avenue, Riccartori, x was found on the beach at the foot of the Scarborough cliffs about 7 a.m. to-day. He had been.missing from his home since Thursday evening. Mary O’Brien, married, - aged .6.1, was found dead in, her home, 6 Foster Street, Addington, this/ afternoon. PRISONERS SENTENCED. CHRISTCHURCH, December 7. Before Mr. Justice Northcroft,, at the Supreme Court, to-day, William George Davison; a motor mechanic, and Allan Chisholm Swinton, a labourer, appeared for sentence on two joint charges of breaking, entering, and theft. Davison also appeared for sentence on a further similar charge to which he had pleaded guilty. His Honor said that the offences Were committed while Swinton and Davison were fugitives after escaping from the Borstal institution. He had taken into account that the offences were in some degree incidental to offences for which the. prisoners still had to be punished. Swinton and Davison were each sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour on each charge, the sentences to be cumulative with thefi- present sentences. BANK DIRECTOR. . WELLINGTON, December 7. Criticism of Mr. Stronach Paterson by the Hon. Grounds during the secoiid reading debate on the Bank of New Zealand Bill in the five Council was referred to at a meeting of the executive of Associated Chambers of Commerce yesterday. Members made it plain that they were not concerned with Mr. Grounds’s views on Mr. Paterson as a director of the Bank of New Zealand, but said that they resented very strongly his remarks on Mr. Paterson as a member of Associated Chambers of Commerce. They placed on record their unanimous approval of Mr. Paterson’s service in the cause of free 'enterprise througlioiit the Dominion, over a long period of years, and their confidence in him as past-president, and a continuing member of the executive of Associated Chambers of Commerce. DELAYED SHIPMENTS. • DUNEDIN, December 7. It is estimated that there are 1500 tons of manufactured Christmas goods awaiting shipment north, and Otago and Southland manufacturers yesterday sent the following telegram to the Prime Minister (Mr. P. Fraser) and the Minister of Supply, (Mr. SulhC “Your urgent attention to coastal shipping difficulties may avert the cessation of production in a number of southern industries. A crisis is approaching where many major industries will be bn only partial production within a few weeks. Some factories are uncertain whether operations can proceed after the holidays. ' Biscuit and confectionery manufacturers, brewing, tanning, and soap industries, a match factory, and foundries are in a critical position as a result of insufficient coastal vessels to bring raw materials and containers from the North Island. Hundreds. of tons of goods are accumulating. With barely one boat a fortnight to lift cargoes, the- North Island \vill suffer appreciably in the New Year, .because it; may be necessary to diminish factory outjiut. This situation is so serious. that we ask your personal interest and attention.” The Prime Minister has replied that Ihe was placing the matter before the Minister of Transport (Mr. O'Brien) for attention.