DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 23 April 1925, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS

DLLNEDIN. April ’.'J Mary Bain, single, 3S, residing at Waipahi, died at the hospital during an operation for goitre. Preliminary tests had caused a doctor to consider her a good operative risk. A post mortem has been ordered. WEL 1.1 N(;T()N 3’RAMWAYS. . WELLINGTON, April 22 The AVedlington trams last vear carried 40,265,579 passengers (an increase of 1,533,545 on the previous year) ami ran 3,462,364 miles. The revenue p, r car per mile was 24.48 per.ee, and the working expenses 21.78. DOMINION NOTIFICATIONS. WELLINGTON. April 22 The following notifications of cases of infantile paralysis were Received .»y the Healthi '^yjij'.rtmynt ( for flic *24 hours ending 9 a.m. to-day:— Whan garoi. MorrinsviUc, Timaru, Cheviot. Waverlcy and Dunedin, one each. MOTORIST SUSPENDED. AFCKLAND. Aorii 2'. Mr I’livnlon S.M.. ;usp nd-d Im- a year Ihe licenses of two imt c isls WELLINGTON ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROFITS. WELLINGTON, April 21. The Wellington City Ll(‘<-tr:<- Light ing Department's finam-ial year just clos'd appears to be one of the .most sih <■< sslu] recorded. The credit bal am\. amonts to Vl'.’JH5. compared with £I2.SUS last year. The rcveiimamounted to £209,(511. an im-rense of 1£59.i2< 1 . Working expenses totalled £1 H’>.ll9. an increase of iigfiJ l }.",. Tlu* figures include the <du<-1 ri< :t v .'••applied to the tramways. AUCKLAND SAVINGS BANK'S BIG SURPLUS. AFCKLAND. Apri! 22. Mi Bankart. President of the Auck_ 1.-'i'J Savings Bank Trustee-, stated al the meeting to-day that the amount lor •cariyirig l(»rwa'd as a resuß of the surplus for tlm yar, of £*»;•»..“ iU, and l-'-’lff hro’.ighl forward, was I!»7 Th ( i|i|i’r)-i' , s deeid'/d *o donate a further : wui of t‘12.5(Hl |o lip. War Modi ’rial Museum I’uud, ai< ( . to 11;.' Auckland Sailor ' ’lorn.-. I’HE RAJLW AYS W ELLiNt.TON. Apiil The Minister of Railways, referring to the express passenger traffic in the South, suites as it was ’nt. mled i;> retain the daily express between in vercargill and ( In i -tuhui< h if the volI nine of traffic warranted. Ibe result, unfortunately, was that the traffic v.as well within the sc-.pc o' winter, service, aim! th- re i.- no alternative t ) agreeing- to the reduction to th ;> u.-uai winter schedule. The :ic(aderau d time table already arranged lor this ser\ •?* will become operative about May am! in order to ascertain how it v. ill afteui traffic, the daily serviuu '.ill bo rcta'iuud and the position carofullv bed until the end of Mav . Tin- wiude matter will then be reviewed with ihobject of determining what servic;* i requi’ed for the ienurning wiuiei months. The licst sell-propelled steam railway coach introduced in New Zealand is now working on the Wellington Lower Hutt line, making six-trips daily additional to the ordinary >er vice. Thu coach covers e : ght miles, eluding three stops in eighteen minutes. VICTIM OF SHOOTING ACCIDENT. I’A LM ERSTON N.. Kuril 29. Thomas Hedley, a farm hand, taken to the hospital on liusl r Saturday, as the result of injuries sustained in n Muuding 'accident “l Rangiw.thia on G' <xl Friday, has succumbed to his in juries. CAR DROPS FIFTY FEET. ONE 0(3 HP ANT MISSING. OAMARF. April 22. ,A car o<-<-upied by I’hillip Hudson, son of Arthur Hudson. Dunedin, nml a woman mrmed Rutherford i rom ( av'/r sham, was precipitated over a fifty foot bank near Kurow. The woman was seriously injured, d'here is no sign of Hudson. WESTPORT. April 21 The girl, aged two years, admitted to hospital on Monday, with infantile 'pa ra lysis, died last night. OTAGO GASES DFNEDIN, April 22. The ease ot the boy admitted to the hospital ns an infantile paralysis peet has proved to be positnvc. A boy aged four, from Clinton, c... :i*lso been admitted to the Dinium.. Hospital as a suspect.