DOMINION NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14704, 3 June 1920, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. June 3. fh»> threatened strike of tramwaywa in connection wjth the rorent disÜBBsal of jivkeys dicl not affect the nces to-day. The men booked to run tace care declined to leave the barn until the management diverted a large number of cars from other routes to those adjacent to the racecourse. After tfa lap-e of 40 minutes, the tnen who Had determined not to run specials assisted in carrying racegoers, though ■tfieir cars had not the usual destination sians. There was no hitch in running the r;ue trains. The fact that u tSe jockeys are riding*' had a good •fat to do "with the breakdown of the tiratwied strike. Pickets were on i <fnty trying to dissuade people from attending the races, but there was no apparent diminution in the crowd Sound thither. , \ TIMARF. June 2. i On Tuesday afternoon a retired farmer named \Yilliarn Geddes. need 5-3 ad Eving in Timaru. went fishing on jle eastern mole staging and did not Stan, at 4 p.m. that day. His fishing rnrf and bag were found on the stngIjiear the outer end. this morning. , Geddes reported that, her husband i missing and a diligent search was | f, but without result. A constdersea was running yesterday, and it nclnded that the missing man was ed off the staging.