Dominion News

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1949, Page 6

Dominion News

Death Under Anaesthetic

A Maori labourer, Mana Ruka, aged 55, died in the Masterton Hospital under an anaesthetic while undergoing an operation.—(P.A.) Electric Shock Kills Man

Mr F. C. Livingstone, a mail supervisor at the General Post Office, Wellington, received an electric shock from which he died while painting thb roof of his house. Apparently he touched or fell against power lines. Artificial respiration was tried without success.—(P.A.)

Fifty Acres Of Scrub Destroyed Blackberry pickers are believed to have been responsible for starting a fire which destroyed 50 acres of scrub at Glen Eden on Saturday. After fighting the blaze for nine hours, the Glen Eden and Henderson volunteer fire brigade brought it under control and prevented the destruction of a further 200 to 300 acres.—(P.A.)

Ngauruhoe Again Active After a week of comparative inactivity Mount Ngauruhoe was active again yesterday, when there were five isolated explosions. The acting manager of the Chateau Tongariro (Mr A. G. Hill) said that a fairly spectacular eruption had occurred shortly before 3 a.m., and others of a more subdued nature had taken place at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6.30 p.m.—(P.A.) After-hours Trading “Auckland must be remarkably free from offences of after-hour trading if the number of prosecutions brought against hotel licensees for this offence is any indication,” said Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., when dealing with a summons case. Agreeing with the Magistrate, Senior-Sergeant J. Southworth said that the high incidence of sly-grogging in the city was due to the difficulty of obtaining drink after hours at hotels.

Woman’s Body In Harbour The body of Cecilia Williams, a single woman, aged 59, who lived at Oxford street, Lyttelton, was found in the harbour at Lyttelton yesterday morning. The body was clad in night attire. It had apparently been in the water only a few hours. An inquest was opened, and after evidence had been given that Miss Williams had been in ill health for over a year, it was adjourned. A post mortem examination was ordered. — (P.A.) 1949 Souvenir Crowns

Crown pieces that were struck for the Royal visit this year, are expected to be released through the banks soon. This was stated at the inaugural meeting of the Auckland branch of the Royal Numismatic Society. It was mentioned that the South African Government had issued 300,000 souvenir crowns for the Royal visit. The crowns were possibly a source of dollars. All previous crown issues had rapidly gone out of circulation and it was expected that the 1949 issue would follow suit.

“Earthquake Conscious” “I was impressed with the number of earthquakes you have in New Zealand,” said Dr E. A. Hodgson, one of the delegates to the Pacific Science Congress, yesterday. Dr Hodgson is with the Department of Mines arid Resources in Ottawa. New Zealanders were earthquake conscious, and most of their buildings were earth-quake-proof, said Dr Hodgson. “Your seismological stations seem to be satisfactorily, equipped, particularly the one at Wellington,” said Dr Hodgson. “I believe they are going to increase the sensitivity of their instruments. The equipment in the Physical Laboratory is extraordinarily good.”— (P.A.)