DOMINION NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 2 November 1928, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

CYCLIST KILLED OAMAKU, October 31. Walter Vernon Metcalfe : joiner, -10. married, with two children, was turning' a sharp corner at Wharfc an a Itehen streets, on a cycle, when he lost control and dashed , into a fence post. He was kill d instantly. PRESS CONGRESS TIMARU, October 31. Mr Robert Bell, President, of th" Press Congress of the World, an uouuces that the next sessions of the Congress will be held at Ottawa, Canada, in July, 1929. FARMER’S BANKRUPTCY. GISBORNE. November 1. •Tames R. Murphy, sheep farmer, filed '■i petition in bankruptcy, his statement showing a deficiency of £38,692. The amount owing to unsecured creditors is £39,837. assets are valued at £l2-17. The amount owing to secured creditors is £27,659, this being the e timated value of the security. RAILWAY HOLD UP. WHANGAREI, November 1. The north-bound goods train which left Whangarei at 5.55 this morning was held up between Rua’angata and Kauri by boulders. the largest of which measured 12 by 9 by 6 feet, and weighing many tons. These' had been dislodged by heavy rain, and crashed down th e bush-clad slope three hundred feet high. Several boulders weighed about two tons. It is expected to have the track clear this afternoon.