DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 8 January 1944, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

STRANDED [TRAWLER. DUNEDIN, Jan. 7. No further attempt has been made to refloat the steam trawler'Hananui 11, which went ashore at Ryan’s Bay, 1 Otago Peninsula, on December 2, . and it is understood that the vessel I has been handed over to the undei- ( writers. It is possible at low tide to walk out to the trawler from the ] shore, and already souvenir hunters ' have been at work on the wreck, reI moving several articles of value. FERRY SERVICE INADEQUATE. DUNEDIN, Jan. 7. ’ Because of the heavy demand for passages on the steamer express, many North Island visitors to Dunedin who did not book reservations for the return trip are in an unfortunate situation. The District Manager of ' the Tourist Department said that I many cases had been brought under i his notice of visitors who were required to resume work on January ! 5 or 6, but who, through failure to I secure return steamer passages bei fore they left home, would be unable to reach their homes before January 16 or 18. Instances had also occured of persons who had been directed by Manpower Officers to positions in the north under conditions j which required them to report on January 5 or 6 for whom it had been found impossible to obtain passages by the steamer express. ROAD TRANSPORT. WELLINGTON, Jan. 7. All goods service licensees, with certain exceptions, are now compelled to join the New Zealand Road Transport Alliance. A ' ballot was taken on the proposal that all such licensees should be required to join ‘ the Alliance, and of the 801 votes recorded 616 were in favour of the proposal. The decision of the poll has .been implemented by the Minister of Transport (Mr. J. O’Brien), in a Gazette notice. The few exceptions include those who are members of the New Zealand Carriers’ Federation, Government Departments, li- ’ censees who are members of the New Zealand Workers’ Union and who ' are employed by the Public Works Department, and licensees whose total revenue is less than £2OO per , annum.

During 1943 fewer motor accidents occurred in New Zealand compared with the two previous years. During the year there were 138 accidents involving the deaths of 145 persons. In the previous year the fatal accidents numbered 159 and deaths 167 and in 1941 the 158 accidents caused 175 deaths. Last year’s 138 fatal accidents included forty collisions between motor vehicles, twenty collisions with bicycles, eleven with trains, ten with fixed objects, and one with a tram. Cars going over banks caused ten fatal 'accidents. The year’s fatal motor accidents Involved the deaths of sixty-seven occupants of motor vehicles, forty-two pedestrians, twenty cyclists, and sixteen motor-cyclists and pillionriders.

GIRL RUN (OVER |BY TRAIN.

WELLINGTON, Jan. 7.

The decapitated bodv of Noeline Margaret Phillips, aged 16, who resided with her parents in Cuba Street, Petone, was found by an engine driver of a train at 3.5 a.m. today, on the railway line between Petone railway station and Petone railwav crossing. It is believed she was run over by the previous train, which nassed through Petone about 12.20 a.m. SCOPE FOR HOSPITAL DOCTORS. AUCKLAND, Jan. 6. The Coroner (Mr. F. K. Hunt) at. an inquest into the death of Leonard Graham Fincham, aged 54, labou"; Franklin Road, said: “I suggest that the Auckland Hospital Board should reconsider its decision not to allow members of its staff, or at. least the younger members, to attend outside calls, particularly at night. I understand the young men are willing, in fact anxious, to do so. Besides being good experience for them, they could be paid for it.” This is by no means the first case in which distressed relatives have tried frantically but unsuccessfully to obtain medical aid at night. Fincham had an attack of severe pains in the chest, on Wednesday night. He went to bed, but the pains increased. Apparently his wife attempted to obtain medical attention, and finally called her son, who lived nearby. The son endeavoured to call a doctor about 7 o’clock in the morning. After repeated attempts he drove his father to Auckland Hospital in a motor-car. On his arrival at the casualty department he was told that his father was dead.