DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

FOUND HANGING. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Oct. 1. Albert Ernest Powell, 52, employed as a mechanic by the Post and Telegraph Department, was found dead in a wash-house at his residence, hanging from the rafters. He suffered from insomnia. At an inquest a verdict of suicide by hanging was returned. Powell served in the South African and Great War AIAN’S SUICIDE. CAAIBRIDGE, . October 1. George Aliddleton, married, with a wife and tlitee children, a well known farmer of Horahora, . aged about forty-five years, was found dead this morning in a gully about two hundred yards from his homestead with a rifle alongside him and 'a wound in his temple. Evidence points to suicide. Deceased is a son of Thomas Aliddleton, of Auckland, and had been missing since 11.30 a.m. yrjsterday Ho was discovered this morning dead by a search party.- Letters found in i deceased’s ' clothing showed he intended to take his life.

WHEAT ENQUIRY. WELLINGTON, October 1. Further evidence was heard by the Special Committee of the House of Representatives considering the question of a sliding scale for wheat duties. The statement was submitted by Mr G. S. Bates, representing the New Zealand Poultry Association. Broadly stated the position was, lie said, there were two industries, poultry and wheat of an approximate equal value but wheat was given such a generous measure of Government potection as to render the other' wholly unstable, by being compelled to buy its main supplv of food from a highly protected industry. An appeal was made that the Government at the time it contemplated spending large sums on closer settlement, it should see everything possible was done to enable those already encaged in poultry, mostly small holdings, to retain possession ot their land and plant.