DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1940, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

SICK AND WOUNDED FUND

(Per Press Association —Copyright).

WELLINGTON, July 8. i The Dominion total for. the Sick, ■Wounded and Distress Eund is now more than. £528,000. District totals are :-rAuckland, £185,000; Otago, : £60,500; Gisborne, £7600; Hawke’s Day, £34,200; Taranaki, £19,500; Marlborough, £3700; West Coast, £2000; Nelson, £3680 ; Wellington, j £118,000; Canterbury, £BO,OOO. I CHEESE PRODUCTION. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 8. An example oi coroperation with the Government to increase thq. export of cheese is, provided by the Moa Dairy Company, of Inglewood, which called a. coxxfprence of directors of, neighbouring .companies and made a definite offer to allow any of the, Moa, suppliers to transfer their supply for the coming season, where a. transfer would assist in a larger quantity of cheese being produced. Thp. offer, may mean a sacrifice on, the part of the company, whose output of butter will show a considerable decrease it there is any large turnover.. The offer, which was ' unanimously approved by the directors, means cheese-making companies near ,Inglewood will have an open field to canvass for suppliers. NELSON COLLEGE. NELSON,, July 9. The principle of awarding parchment certificates, to replace prizes during war-time, has been adopted by tbe Nelson College Governors. Members considered that it would be just as great an ; honour for a student to receive a, parchment.. The money usually , allocated to purchase books will be handed to some war fund. The same principle will also, apply, to the special prizes donated, annually by citizens. FATALITIES. AUCKLAND, July 9. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the Cor&ner (Mr Hunt) at the inquefet concerning the death of Jack William Dallow, 20, of Oriental Bay, Wellington, in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and one of the three Naval Reservists who were lost when the T-Class yacht,' the 14-footer Evaine, capsized, on Wednesday, April 17th, The evidence showed that the three Reservists, who were serving at Tiri Tiri, went for a sail'about 2.30 o’clock on the afternoon of April 17th., and were not seen again. The body oi Dallow was found on the rocks above high-water mark, on Saturday, May . 4th. The bodies of the others have not yet been found. MINER KILLED.

HAMILTON, July 8.

The death occurred in Waikato Hospital, yesterday, of Thomas McEwen, single, a miner of Huntly, who was seriously injured when a fall of coal buried him while he was working at the Renown colliery. boy burner. CHRISTCHURCH, July 9. Burns on the,face, for which he was treated as an out-patient at the Christchurch Public Hospital and then sent home were received yesterday by Norman Morris, aged 11 years, of Princess Street, Woolston. It is believed that the boy lit a match over a tin of petrol, which caught fire. HEAVY SNOW IN NORTH.

AUCKLAND, July 8,

With snow in some districts, and unusually cold conditions elsewhere, the weather has assumed a more wintry aspect throughout the Auckland Province during the last 36 hours. Falls of snoAv have occurred on the east coast in the Opotiki and in the central portions of the North Island, including Waipuru, and although they had stopped, further falls were threatening in some areas to-night. Several particularly heavy falls occurred in the Waikohu County, inland from Gisborne, early this morning, the snow settling well down on the foothills. The falls followed substantial rain throughout the province.

The, severe week-end weather is expected to have an adverse effect on stock; but as long as the conditions are not prolonged the results should be no worse than usual at this time qf the year. A few lambs have made their appearance on flat country, but early lambing does not begin generally until about the middle of July, with hill-countrv lambing some weeks later.