DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TiILEUIUPH—MiK PIIES3 ASSOCIATION.] VISITS TU ISLANDS. AUCKLAND, July Id. Ihe Government steamer Hinemoa running under the auspices of Cook Jsland administration, returned to Auckland yesterday morning after making a voyage to Norfolk island. Hie vessel was absent nine days. The passenger list totalled eighteen and both ways were line. Passengers from Auckland remained at the Island and a similar number joined the vessel for the ietui'ii journey. Other passengers made the round voyage for business reasons or to visit friends. The Hinemoa was at the Island nearly three day-, a small quantity <,J cargo was taken from Auckland and the return cargo eonsited ol two thousand cases of oranges and kumeras. a few fowls and turkeys. Ihe Hinemoa leaves for Niue to-night.

A SEA-MAN’S FALL. NELSON, .July i:j. \esterday George Campbell, aged sixteen, an ordinary seaman on the Mrepuki, whose parents live in Beaumont street. Invercargill, while proceeding hand over hand along a wire rope from mast to mast, fell a distance (| l Jl iecl. on to a skylight striking tlie back ol bis head causing conelus--iun. lie i- -til] unconscious in the hospital. BANKRUPT CHINESE GAOLED HAMILTON. July LI. A bankrupt Chinese fruiterer. Ah Moon, was charged with contracting three debts amounting to £IBB Ids. wtlioui having any reasonable expectation ol being able to pay them. The .Magistrate said the accused had been guilty ol reckless trading. Even bis lel low countrymen condemned hi- actions. He sentenced him to olio month in goal without Inin! labour. WATERS I DERS' DEMAND CHRISTCHURCH. July 11. Ibe water-piers did not respond at Lyttelton his morning to a call to unload bulk sulphur on the Cmm rie from Galveston, they demanding ,'is lid an hour .instead of 8s 7 td. the a warn' rate. Later, the Kinsey Company agreed to pay 3s and the work was begun. DUNEDIN LOANS. DUNEDIN, July 11. Reporting on the Corporation Loan issued, the Town Clerk states that the aggregate of loans for the year providing new capital, was £.|Bf.Jßd, of which all but L.'idPO was raised locally. ’I hc v present year's new mcuiev required is £3811.800.

AC( I DENT. DUNEDIN. July 11. Alexander Lamb. OP. striker at llillsido workshops, sustained a severe Ineeration of the arm through being caught between a true!, and a -bed during shunt iug. A FIRE. DA EG AV! LEE. July Li. A lire lotallv dc-t roved a large dwelling 101(1 .’Ulbljil.liilg, ',.11 llul’.’lj.ilV Ktale owned and occupied by Dowding and Hansen. The hitihling which was origimlly the homestead of Maurice Harding, a pioneer settler in the district. uses a well-known landmark. The house was Insured in the State Eire and New Zealand offices. but the amount is not, available. FLOOD WATERS RECEDE. AUCKLAND, July i:;. Coiulil ions are fast approaching normal at Mercer. The Waikato river is falling rapidly and the Hood water is steadily disappearing'. ’On. mam railway line is now practically clear of water. though the back line- ill the station yards nr-- still covered to a certain extent. Train- are using tlie main lines at a. sale speed. The receding waterhave left great quantities of silt ill the yards and mud anil -and blocked Ibe slmiilug points. Gangs are now working to clear the yards. The inier-lnek-ing gear has also been damaged bv water and will have to he overhauled. The flood water evidently found its way under the platform which is subsiding in places. Motor traffic is now able to uegoj ird e th>> road. BODY EMEND. XT.I.so.N. July B).

'The mystery concerning Hie disappearance of Colin Craigic, orchard instructor al Mapaa. has been solved by I lie diseoverv of his body near I’elorus Bridge a third of a mile from where he was last seen.

MACK EXZIE- CASE. 'THE APPEAL DISMISSED WELLINGTON. July 13. ill the Appeal Court, in the Duiulas MaeKeiizie ease. Sir R. Stoat stated this morning that since hearing Mr Myers mi Friday, the Court had had an opportunity of considering the evidence. and thought it unnecessary R> hear counsel for the respondent, and that the judgment of the Court below should not he disturbed. Ihe appeal was t heretort* dismissed, with costs on the highest scale. TROUBLE OYER A STREET. WELLINGTON. July 13. 'The Court of Appeal is hearing an appeal hv the Palmerston North Borough Council against the decision of Mr Justice Reed on the ‘Hit of June, James John Casey being the respondent. The facts were that the respondent submitted under Section 33n oi the Municipal Corporations Act. 11)20. a plan of a sub-division ol land prepared by a licensed surveyor showing the allotments and the proposed street. Permission was granted in ai-i-ordanee with existing conditions relating to the

construction of private streets. Ihe street was then formed and metalled as specified, hut when the instrument of dedication was forwarded to the council for execution that hotly demanded LJl.'i he deposited for tarring and sanding the road. The respondent objected to the sum, eventually paying it under protest and then bringing an net ion against the Council tor the recovery of the amount so paid. Tho Judge decided that respondent was entitled to a refund and this finding is now appealed against.