DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1947, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

U.S. VESSEL PUTS BACK

AUCKLAND, June 25.

The tanker Donacilla, which left here for San Pedro, U.S.A., this morning, has returned to port owing to a hot. engine bearing. MOTOR COLLISION AUCKLAND, June 23. One man received fatal injuries and another was injured when a Railway Road Services bus struck a stationary truck on the main highway north of Ohinewai. The victim, who died in the Waikato Hospital, was Frederick John Lea, aged 26, of Te Awamutu. The injured man was Thomas' Alfred Anderson, of Mount Eden, who received lacerations to one of his legs. The two men were sitting on the left-hand side of the bus which was completely torn out by the impact. Three others passengers sitting on the other side- of the bus escaped injury.

Mr Lea served in the Middle East campaigns, and was the first New Zealand officers tp be wounded in Italy. He was mentioned in dispatches and later awarded the Military Cross the the American Silver Star, which he was to have received on July 4. He returned to New Zealand with the rank of temporary major 18 months ago. COAL HOLD-UP RESTRICTS GAS. WELLINGTON, June 25. Owing to bar conditions at Greymouth not showing much improvement, the general manager of the Wellington Gas Company, Mr M. J. Kennedy, said to-day that the- restrictions on the use of gas would continue and might even have to be made more severe. GYMNASIUM FATALITY. GISBORNE, June 23 A verdict of death from heart failure, due to strenuous exertion, immediately following a hearty meal, was returned by the coroner, Mr E. L. Walton, at the inquest into the death of Peter Hackett Proudfoot, aged 16, who died during, a sparring bout in a private gymnasium on May 27. The evidence showed that while

sparring Proudfoot suddenly reeled and fell before he had been hit. In the fall the boy struck his head heavily on a board nailed to the wall. A doctor who performed a postmortem examination found the stomach full of undigested food. There were no signs of damage to the skull, brain or neck. CHINESE CONSULATE AUCKLAND, June 24. To join the staff of the Chinese Consulate in New Zealand three Chinese Government officials arrived in Auckland by-flying-boat from Sydney to-day. They were Mi- F. W. Liu, who will become vice-consul to Mr Wong Feng, the Consul-General, Mr Y. C. Chao, who will be deputy-con-sul, and Mr C. C. Ho, secretary to the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose position will be known as chancellor. I

Realising the need for closer relations between New Zealand and China, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in China had decided to increase the legation staff' in the Dominion, Mr Liu said. Messrs Chao and Liu are accompanied by their wives.