DOMINION NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14007, 11 March 1920, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 10.... After hearing -the case of Semplc v llcCurdy. a charge of publishing an ruitrue and defamatory statement calcuiaUxl to influence electors, the.Magis- ' trait- convicted the defendant' and fined 'him Co ::ud costs £4 Ifte. i , - DUXEDJX, .March 10. I ' The' inquiry into the case of Donald !Mr In tosh, a returned soldier, alleging unsatisfactory treatment,'was concluded today, save" the taking of the evidence' at Wellington of .Commis- ' sioner of Pensions to-disprove "an allegation that a pension was not granted until the inquiry was authorised. AVAN'OANTI. March' l! 1 -. At a meeting tevday, largely attended by representatives of the- tanners,financiers and business men, it was unanimously resolved to form a woollen mill company in Wangauui, with :\ nominal capital of " £200,000 in i» shares and the initial subscription of £IOO,OOO. Several prospective applications for large blocks of shares were I rt-portcd. aiid the unanimous eoiiecn- | mis of opinion was that an early flotaI lion is assured. A strong board of proi visional directors was appointed. I TTMAKU, March 1Q | As the second .ex pre* North, was i ntering IVninka fitatioi> r a six-hoiV-:-■team, with an empty wagon, just leav ing the store after unloading, essayed to cross Denmark street crossing, though the warning bells were ringing A second six-horse -P"nni was follow iiij; closely, and it is supposed thai tin* noise of the two teams prevented tin? driver heariw; the bells. The'en. gine-driwr' h;id not time to pull up I-., save a collision. The migine crashed into the h-aders and carried oiu- of •'ihem nearly to the platform. Tw;, horses weiv killed outright- and the third bad to !>•■ shot and a fourth was seriously injured. The team belonged to W. if. Thornlfv aivdjfhe driver was £. Tarrant. The three horses -were valued at £IOO.

TK- KUITI, March 10. A drowning accident, involving the loss «>f three lives. *cok* place i his afternoon. The voting child of .Mrs' Ernie Thorns, of 3langaoh:-,e, met with an accident when going to school. Mrs Thorns got tin- eldest boy to drive' iYucar containing herself :ind the injured | child and baby to Tt< Kuiti for medical intention. In crossing » small cre.ek which is generally dry. tiiey found the water had flooded the engine. Tmboy went for help, and on-his return the car and occupants had /disappeared. The body of Mrs Thoiiis was recovered, bur the bodies of the ' two '•liildrcn are still missing/