DOMINION NEWS DEATH FOLLOWS INJURIES IN SPEEDWAY RACE

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1947, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS DEATH FOLLOWS INJURIES IN SPEEDWAY RACE

Howard Wallace Tolley, aged 38, married, of Lyall Bay, Wellington, died at Palmerston North yesterday, as a result of injuries suffered in a speedway crash on Satm’day night, when Jack Robert Woods, aged 31, married, of Wanganui, was seriously injured. The accident happened in the selected riders’ race. There were six experienced riders in the race. During a tussle for the lead in the second to last lap one rider fell at a bend, bringing three others down.—(P.A.) Schooner Forced to Shelter. Rough easterly weather on Saturday forced the Public Works Department schooner Tagua, bound from Maryborough, Queensland, to Auckland, to put into Whangaruru, on the Russell peninsula, for shelter. The Tagua was formerly expected at Auckland yesterday. A wireless message received from the ship at the week-end stated that her time of arrival was uncertain. —(P.A.) Red Dust at Glacier “A. few days ago I trod on Australian .soil at the Tasman glacier, Mount Cook. That sounds paradoxical, I know, but the fact is that red veins in the silver of that magnificent glacier had been caused by Australian dust storms. Those swirling clouds of dust came from our parched plains. They are mute but tragical witnesses testifying to one of our gravest problems, the problem of soil erosion,” said Mr C. E. Martin, AttorneyGeneral for New South Wales, in a broadcast talk last evening. Money Stolen from Hotel. On Friday night the Clyde Hotel, Invercargill, owned and conducted by the Licensing Trust, was entered by thieves and £2O in silver was stolen from a drawer in a desk in the manager’s room. Entrance was gained through a lavatory, where a louvre was smashed. An unsuccessful attempt was made to smash open the manager’s door. No effort was made to open the safe, which contained the day’s takings and change. The liquor stocks apparently were not touched. — (P.A.) Young Man Drowned. When he over-balanced and fell backwards from a fishing trawler into the Taieri river about half a mile below the Taieri ferry bridge about 6.30 p.rn. on Saturday, a fisherman, who could not swim, was drowned. He was James Owen Edgar Palmer, aged 191, of Taieri Mouth. Attempts to recover the body were unsuccessful on' Saturday but two fishing trawlers were used in the search this morning and the body was recovered by grappling hooks. —(P.A.) Visit by Flying Fortress. One of the few Flying Fortresses to visit New Zealand since the war ended arrived at Whenuapai from New Caledonia yesterday to pick up an engine part for a sister-aircraft at present grounded at Tontouta with mechanical trouble. The two aircraft arc attached to the sth Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps in Manila and were engaged on a special mission inspecting airfields between the Philippines and New Caledonia. Under the command of Colonel H. K. Baisley, the Flying Fortress carried a crew of 10. — (P.A.) Sugar for Jam. The Minister of Supply (Mr. D. G. Sullivan) has announced that three pounds of sugar on each ration book for home jam-making will be available from February 17 until March 31. Coupon Y 22 will be used. The Minister said that the last special coupon for sugar for home jam-making expired at the end of January. Because of coastal shipping delays, not enough sugar was distributed through the Dominion to make a further release possible from the beginning of this month. “However, I have taken special steps to secure high priority for coastal sugar shipments and it is expected that sugar stocks should be at satisfactory levels throughout the Dominion by the middle of the month,” the Minister added. —(P.A.) Hinemoa’s First Run. Less than two years since her keel was laid, and 10 months after she was launched at Barrow-in-Furness, the new inter-island steamer Hinemoa is ready in Wellington for her first service rim this evening. The crew, some of whom will be transferred irom the Rangatira, will be signed on to-day. Several of the Wanganella’s company will sign on, and the Rangatira’s purser’s staff will change to the new vessel. The Rangatira went into the floating dock at Wellington yesterday morning for painting, and is expected to recommence running to-morrow. When the Wahine arrives in Wellington to-morrow she will be withdrawn from the run and will spend four days being prepared for the trans-Tasman service, which will begin on February 14.