LATE WIRES.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 42, 24 May 1907, Page 5

LATE WIRES.

[By Telegraph-Special to Guardian] • ♦ The Member For Wairau. Wellington, Last Night. The Hon. 0. H. Mills and Mrs Mills have just returned from Australia by the Maheno. They had a nice passage each way, and enjoyed the holiday very much. Mr Mills tells me that Mr George Crichton, formerly of Havelock, is not’at all well, and has been ailing for some time past. The Acting-Premier. Wellington, Last Night. The Acting-Premier is steadily improving in health, but it will be some time before he can undertake the heavy Departmental work he has been carrying on during past years, as the heart trouble will require proper nursing. Hurricane at the Islands. Suva, May 23. There has been a fearful tornado at the Caroline Islands, with great " damage and loss of life, many Natives being swept into the sea* and coastal villages were inundated by tidal waves. Other islands—namely, Futuna, Alofa, and the Horne Islands, north of Fiji, have been completely devastated, and the cocoanut groves must suffer for years. The Fijian steamer Ranadi suffered severely through the heavy gales when on her voyage to Auckland. “Charity Begins at Home.” Christchurch, Last Night. In a case brought before Judge Chapman, under the Testators’ Eamily Maintenance Act, at Christchurch, an order was made in favour of the petitioner lor thirty shillings a week, to be paid from the estate. The deceased relative had bequeathed over £4OOO to charities. Obituary. Christchurch, Last Night. A boy seventeen years old, named Leslie Beswick, was experimenting with an acetylene generator at Hornby this afternoon, when it suddenly exploded and a portion struck him on the head, fracturing his skull and inflicting sther injuries from which he died. Greymouth, Last Night, The death has occurred at Greymouth of Mr Thomas Oxenham, licensee of Gilmer’s Hotel in that town, and formerly of the Victoria Hotel, Petone. Heart failure was the sause of death,

A Generous Advertiser.

£ 35.000 IN ONE YEAR. , Sydney, May 23, Mr Samuel Hordern, giving evidence at the Arbitration Court to-day, stated that the firm of Anthony Hordern and Sons spent £20,000 or more annually on advertisements. During one year they spent £85,000.

An Asylum Tragedy.

A MAN KILLED BY A CHINAMAN. Dunedin, Last Night. A tragedy took place at Beacliff Asylum to-day. Joseph Rhodda, a miner, who had been a patient since 1904, was in the boiler-house working there with Ah Kee (a Chinese) and another patient named Roberts. Provost, an attendant, who was close at hand outside the boiler-house, suddenly heard a noise, and Roberts rushed out and informed him that Ah Kee had knocked down Rhodda with an axe while the latter was in the act of striking him (the Chinaman) with a shovel. Dr King operated on Rhodda and removed a piece of skull which had been forced into the brain. For a time the patient improved, but gradually grew duller and died.

A Serious Strike.

TWO THOUSAND MEN IDLE. Sydney, May 23. The strike at the copper mines of Oobar has rendered idle over two thousand men and plant valued at five millions sterling. It is feared that the mines will become flooded, and that serious damage will result to the machinery, unless hands are obtainable to man the pumping machinery. The management are firmly determined to resist the strikers’ demands.

Strike on the Rand. Pretoria, May 23. In accordance with the previouslyannounced decision, the men employed in eight of the Raud mines have struck work.