Dominion News

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1949, Page 9

Dominion News

Child Abducted? The firm belief that the missing Petone child, Elizabeth Ellen Shannon, aged two years, has been abducted by some woman is held by the girl’s family. The child’s mother, Mrs W. T. Shannon, is confident her daughter will be returned. The child, would have been attracted by an invitation to a car ride, said the mem-, bers of the family yesterday.—(P.A.)

Marlyn Heaves To “We experienced gusts of wind up to 80 miles an hour, accompanied by extremely rough seas, ori our trip up,” said a member of the crew of the coastal vessel Marlyn, which arrived at Wellington at 9.30 a.m. yesterday from Lyttelton, one day overdue. Leaving Lyttelton on Sunday, the Marlyn was forced to seek shelter at Cape Campbell where she was hoveto all Monday.—(P.A.)

Motor-Cycle Struck By Train Struck by a train at a level crossing at Kiore (Taranaki) this evening, a motor-cyclist suffered chest injuries. He is William George Nelson, aged 64, farmer, of Kiore. He was taken to the Stratford Hospital, where his condition late last night was reported to be fair. The locomotive Carrie® the motor-cycle about a quarter of a mile, but Nelson was thrown clear after beirig carried about 50 yards.—(P.A.).

Quantity Surveyors’ Examination The following candidates were successful in recent examinations conducted by the Quantity Surveyors’ Institute of New Zealand:—Professional Associates.—Auckland: B. P. Owen, T. H. Storey. Wellington; P. J. Brosnan, F. C. Parsonage, P. A. Shaw, R. W. Sinclair. Associates. —Auckland: W. G. Fletcher, V. W. King, L. J. Lynch, P. D. McKay, R. E. North. Wellington: E. S. Arkinstall. Christchurch: R. C. Davies. Dimedin: C. E. George, K. F. Hardy, J. E. Low.— (P.A.) Sold Out “Grand Hills for Sheep,” Georgina McDonald’s story of early Otago which won the Otago Daily Times centennial fiction contest, is out of print. Except for a few copies which may remain in bookshops in the north, the edition was exhausted within three weeks of publication. Allocations to Dunedin and Invercargill were the first to go in the first 10 days. Attempts to obtain stocks from the north were unavailing, as the demand throughout New Zealand far exceeded the anticipations of the publishers, Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. It is understood that the publications of a second edition is under consideration. —(P.A.) State House For London

A New Zealand State house will be the central feature of an ideal home exhibition in London next March, and it is proposed that the house will be furnished with New Zealand-made furniture. The house, which will be shipped to England by the Housing Construction Department, will comprise three bedrooms, a lounge, and a small dining alcove opening on to a kitchenette. Soft furnishings will be supplied in England, but the Prime Minister’s Department has asked the New Zealand Furniture Manufacturers’ Federation whether individuals or groups of furniture manufacturers are interested in sending furniture, as it feels that the exhibit will be improved if the furniture is made in New Zealand of New Zealand timbers. More Hotels Wanted

Recommendations for the issue of up to- three additional publicans’ licences for New Plymouth, substantial increases in bar accommodation, and more wholesale licences were made by witnesses in submissions to the Licensing Control Commission when it opened its sitting at New Plymouth yesterday. The commission heard submissions by local bodies and other organisations and hotel lessees and licensees are to give evidence. Expert opinions were submitted on the standard and suitability of existing hotel accommodation and bar facilities and witnesses were unanimous that at present they were inadequate for public needs. Support was also expressed for the granting of a licence to the North Egmont hostel. A further suggestion made to the commission was that it should make a second tourist house licence available for the Egmont National Park Board for use at Dawson Falls.—(P.A.)

Mission Work Studies Two Wellington members of the Student Christian Movement will sail in the’ Melanesian Mission ship Southern Cross VII when it leaves for Melanesia on November 21. They are Miss Kathleen Langford, daughter of the chairman of the New Zealand Student- Christian Movement (Mr E. H. Langford, Assistant-General Manager of Railways, Eastbourne), and Miss Juliet Hunt, daughter of Mr Leigh Hunt. Miss Langford, who is studying at the Teachers’ Training College, hopes to complete her degree this year. Miss Hunt is a student at Victoria University College. They will study missionary work during the three months they will spend in the mission field. They will live aboard the Southern Cross all the time, and will accompany Bishop Caulton on his visits round his scattered diocese. Whether they will have the opportunity. to see the work of neighbouring missions of other denominations is not certain. —(P.A.)