DOMINION NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14038, 22 April 1920, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) WfcLLINtiTON. Ai-nl 21

The Minister ot Defence espies—<•<l Ills keen appreciation oi tile valuable e rendered 10 hi- department !>y the member- ot tile various volunteer molar corps throughout tlie Dominion in tile conveya;i> e ol returning trn.ip-! fn>:ll ! hi- v. harve- and railway stations to their holms or oilier tli-tinations. Tin- cheerful and con-si-ten! manner in which their members tnruid out at irregular hours and often under inclement weather conditimis. during the trying years of the ■,var. is deeply appreciated by vlie Government. and there is every reason to '*>»■ !:cve that their work is regarded ivll!i thanks and irratitude l>y the soldier- and their dependents. AI'CKLAND, April 21. Another party ol Chinese and Hindoos arrived in Auckland to-day bv the Hiverina from Sydney. The Chinese numbered fifteen, including eight women. There were two Hindoos and they both passed the reading test. I'his makes Chinese who have landed in Auckland since the beginning of the year. The number of Hindoos that have arrived since January Ist totals '.>o. The Hindoo doctor, Manilal, who was detained in the Attia, was granted permission to hind with his wife and children to-day. CHRISTCHI'RCH. April 22.

There was a slight outbreak of lire, dire- i: i- thought, to the fusing of an electric wire, on the Wahine at midnight la-t night during the voyage from Wellington. The tire occurred m a cross alleyway ol the saloon deck. It w:ts q'liicklv suppressed, the only damage done being to the lining boards and paiineiing. Few passengers were aw.ire of the outbreak. IH'NEDIN. April 22. A:i outbreak of diphtheria is reported a: Alexandra, where some canes have. i>ect ssitated the closing of the school. The" schools at Roxburgh. Kurow. Owaka. and Wakari have been closed for a week on account of influenza. TAI'RANGA. April 21. Sergeant O'Grady. of Waihi. with th»* local constable, arrested, at Tepuke yesterday. Henry Tlios. Hiirroll. alias .Joint Thomas Brown, saddler in that town, on a charge ot incest at ( hri^t' hiirch in I!H2. and with failing to maintain his wite in Christchtirch. on a warrant issued in 1912. He is a!-o charged with conimitting_ bigamy at Tepuko on April 2*lh. 191 <- Hurreil was charged and remanded to Rotorua. where a further remand will be a-kvd for to Chri.stchtireh. PALMERSTON, N.. April 21.

A fatality occurred to-day near Awapuni racecourse, when a single man, named Neil Neilson, of Shannon, was killed bv p racehorse. Neilson was ruling a motor-cycle, and had to pass a racehorse, ridden by a lad. 'lhe_ horse shied and lashed out. kicking Neilson on the forehead .and inflicting a deep gash, from which he almost immediately expired.

WKSTPOPT. April 21. Mr H. E. Holland, M.P. for Buller. delivered an address on the Parliamentary trip to Samoa before a fairly large -lathering in the Theatre Royal to-night. At the conclusion of the address it was unanimously resolved: "That this meeting of citizens of "Westport endorsed the action of Mr Holland. M.P. for Buller, in making independent investigations in Samoa and Fiji, and also places on record its hearty approval of the policy of the New Zealand Labor Party in opposing the continuance of the indentured Chinese or other coolie labor in "Western Samoa."'

INVKRCARGILL, April 21. "\Villi:im Patterson, a returned soldier, 21 years of age, died as the result of iui accident. Deceased was working in the wool at the Makarewa works, and fell down a four-storev lift. Internal haemorrhage resulting, Patterson died in hospital about four hours after the accident.

TE AWAMUTC, April 22. The election of a Railway Board to undertake the construction of a standard gauge railway between Te Awainutu and Putaruru, having connection with the Main Trunk and with Rotorua line by a shorter route, took place yesterday. There were ten candidates. This is the first railway board elected under the Local Railways Act in the Dominion.