DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

THIEVES CAUSES SERIOUS. FIRE. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association.j I ADELAIDE, October 3. The hardware and furniture establishment of Weisner and Coy at Eudunda, 65 miles north of Adelaide, was to-day destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. The fire is believed to have been started by thieves, who .dynamited a safe and set fire to the .building. WEATHER FORECASTS. WELLINGTON, October 3. Mr Atmore, Minister of Scientific and Industrial Research, announces that arrangements have been made for a wireless broadcast every day at 3.30 p.m. mean time, until the end of the year, from Station 2.YA, Wellington, (except on Wednesdays, when it will be issued Ifrom the other stations) giving information as to the weather conditions, especially from the point of view of the needs of the sheep farmers in connection with shearing operations. BISHOP’S OBJECTION. TO SALES OF WORK. HAMILTON, October 3. “I thoroughy disapprove of these sales of work'which arc such a feature of church life,’’ said Bishop Cherrington, on opening a sale on behalf of the Cathedral Ladies’ Guild this morning. He said that they were robbing the poor by competing with people winfound it‘difficult to make a living selling baby clothes, needlework, etc. Sales, whether with raffles or not. were wrong in principle. 'Church people should give directly, not depend on sales. However, he paid a tribute to the work of the Ladies’ Guild seeking to raise funds not to pay off a debt, but to improve the Cathedral, and wished the sale every success. , 1 FATAL KICK. HAMILTON, October 3. The death occurred at Waikato Hospital to-day of James Norries, 59 years of age, poundkeeper, of Cambridge, who was admitted on Tuesday in an unconscious condition. Norries was kicked by a- horse while he was Heading the animal into a yard on Saturday evening. AN INQUEST. HAMILTON, October 3. At the inquest on Kenneth MacDonald, 51 years of age, farmer, of Tekowhai, whose body was recovered in the Waikato River at Huntly, a verdict that deceased met his death on or' about September 9th, by committing suicide, while in a state of mental depression, was returned. THE UNEMPLOYED. RUSH TO REGISTER. DUNEDIN, October 3. Their hopes elevated by. Sir Joseph Ward’s promise, the out-of-work men here are inundating the Labour Department. At the end of last week there were 181 names of men on the books, since when another 160 have registered.