DOMINION NEWS.
CHILD DROWNED. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) '' AUCKLAND, Dec. 18. Grace Phyllis Barron, aged five years and eight months, daughter of J. T. Barron, sawmill worker, fell from the wharf at Mercer/ The body was recovered, but efforts to restore life failed. WILLARD HOME. PALMERSTON N., Dec. 18. The secretary of the Willard Home has been notified of a donation of £250 from the trustees of the estate of Lissie Rathbone, Waipawa. COLLIERIES IDLE. AUCKLAND, Dec. IS. No work was done to-day at the Taupiri, Pukemiro. Waipa and Glenalvon coal mines for the reason that no trucks were available to remove coal in some of the mines. Yesterday the men were idle for part of the time for a similar reason. It is a senom matter for the men to lose time iust before the Christmas and New Year as they __ have not had tor good a time of late. At the present time the shortage of trucks is particularly unfortunate, as the Gas Company and Power Board are wanting slack As a matter of fact, deliveries of that grade are about 1000 tons behind. Sup. plies are also wanted for various industries.
A deputation from the Coal-miners’ Association waited upon the loca l traffic manager this morning and war informed that owing to the greatlv increased traffic on the railways there was a shortage of trucks at the present time.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 December 1924, Page 5
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