LORRY CAPSIZED

Grey River Argus, 23 March 1928, Page 5

LORRY CAPSIZED

MOTHER AND CHILDREN KILLED SPDNEY, March 22. A motcf- lorry containing a family named Ludmore, returning from the Merriwa Shof to Muswcll Brook, capsized. Mrs Ludmore and her nineteen months old baby, and son, aged six. were killed. The husband, who was driving, and two daughters, were slightly injured. _ The National Council of the United Mine Workers, at their half-yearly meeting, held on Monday last, passed a resolution protesting against the Government’s policy of importing coal that can be produced in New Zealand. The state of the coal industry at pr<‘sent on the West Coast and elsewhere is such that the Government ought lo need no such representations by .the workers. Miners are losing shift after shift, and the pinch is bound to be felt by the business people and others as well as the workers. At the County Council meeting yesterday an account was received from the Town Clerk of Greymouth in con- ■ nection with the expenses of the visit ’ last year of the Duke of York to the district. The letter stated the outlay had totalled £527 Is 7<l, and that the County Council’s share of the liability was £127, the same as that of the Harbour Board. Cr Robinson said he thought the Council’s liability was to have been only £5. The Clerk (Mr M. Keating) said th * Council had been represented at the meetings of the Executive of the Reception Committee.

Some of the demands for payment fo decorations had been objected to b’ the Harbour Board. The discussioi ceased when Cr Hannan moved tha the matter be referred to th.* Financ 'Committee. An enthusiastic gathering assemble* at the Municipal Chambers last even ing for the purpose of forming ai Otago and Southland Association There wer ( . pr?'•(lit: Messrs Wingham Kehoe, Bateman. Rodgers, Bruce, Sul livan. Falconer, Lousley, Milne, Casey Orr, Kerr, Rivers. Scott, McNeil, Stent Torrance, Gilmour. Apologies were re ceived from Messrs Evans, Eggleton Pearson, Cameron, McLaren and Ked die. Mr J. Wingham was el octet Chairman and Messrs K.-h and Bate man joint secret-ids, ]ro cm. A for mal resolutio uthat an Otago an< Southland Association be formed wa moved by Mr Sullivan, and secondei by Mr Bateman, ox-“ Otagoans” am Southlanders, now residents on th< Coast. It was resolved on the mo tion of Messrs Rodger and Stent tha a committee com. ri .ing ihe Chairman Joint Secretaries, and Messrs Casey Sullivan, Stent, and Scott, be appoint ed to form a constitution, and subini a report to a full meeting on Thurs dav next. Remarks appropriate to th< occasion, made by various speakers an<l references 'to their respedtiv birthplaces, created an atmosphere o: re-union, which gave every indicatioi that .the new movement will be popu lar ami its success assured. At yesterday’s meeting of the Grej County Council, the Mayor of Runanga Mr R. McTaggart, wrote with refer once to the work done by Runangt residents at the Point Elizabeth pic nicking ground, and said that a dona tion towards the cost of the work fron the Council would be welcomed by hif Council. The Chairman (Cr J. Ryall) said that the Council might visit the locality and form an idea of the ex tent of the work done. Cr W. Ogilvie proposed that a vote of £lO be made towards the work. Cr Baybutt con sidered the request a reasonable one Cr A. Robinson said that in a mattei of this kind it would be better before launching out on an expenditure to wards which the Council was expectec to contribute if the Council were con suited, and he therefore favoured the Council making an inspection of the work, when .they might feel warrantee in voting £lO. The Chairman said the Runanga people had asked the Counci for a conference on the matter, anc

were now only requesting some assistance. Cr Carter seconded the motion to vote £lO, which Cr Hannan also supported; and it was carried.