Dominion News

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1950, Page 2

Dominion News

Fire Destroys Mail Fire almost completely destroyed 26 of 53 bag's of parcels for North Island destinations in Christchurch on Wednesday. Twenty-five other bags suffered varying degrees of charring and water damage. The mail had been loaded into a van at Christchurch before leaving for the inter-island ferry steamer at Lyttelton when the fire was discovered, said a Post Office spokesman. Most of it had been posted in Chistchurch. — (P.A.).

Support For Protest ■ Wellington painters’ and bricklayers’ representatives have given their support to the Carpenters’ Union in its protest at the standard .of the Government’s transit houses. The Wellington Carpenters’ Union executive, together with representatives of the bricklayers and the painters, last night at a meeting, reaffirmed their opinion that the Government’s transit housing scheme was not the best solution to the housing shortage.— (P.A.) Station Owner Killed

John Henry McLeod, aged 75, a well-known station owner, of Wantwood Station, near Mandeville, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when the car he was driving struck a goods train at the level crossing in "Mandeville. Mr McLeod was the only occupant of the car, which was badly damaged. Mr McLeod had farmed the Wantwood station for 30 years in partnership with his brother, Mr William D. McLeod. He is survived by a son and six daughters.— (P.A.). Railway Worker Injured Harry Mason, aged 55, a widower, of Dunedin, was seriously injured when he fell from a platform on which he was working at the Hillside railway workshops, Dunedin, yesterday morning. He was admitted to hospital with a broken shoulder, wrist and ankle, and with head injuries Mr Mason was working on a platform built round an engine boiler that was standing on its end. The drilling machine which he was using apparently became .entangled in his clothing causing him to fall to the ground.— (P.A.) Television In N.Z.

At question time in the House yesterday, Mr P. G. Connolly (Opposition, Dunedin Central), gave notice to ask the Minister of Broadeating if he had seen a newspaper report that, according to Auckland radio manufacturers, £ 100,000 should buy all of the equipment needed to establish television jn the four main centres, exclusive of studios and aerials; and that television receivers, made in New Zealand, could be retailed for £5O each? Mr Connolly asked for an assurance from the Government that this service would be provided by the Broadcasting Service as soon as possible. Mr W. A. Sheat (Govt., Patea): ‘Will it apply to this House?” —(P.A.)