DOMINION NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 60, 8 May 1924, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS

MAN ELECTROCUTED. Per Pr«ss Association. Christchurch, May 7. James Ern-ast Wil'iams, aged 32 a married mim, was electrocuted in the State cod yard this afternoon. Williams and two other men were w rkhig on a circular saw, which was driven bv an electric mctir, connected to an electric pole in the yard by a cr-p'par cable, vvh fb was uncovered. Williams .turned on the electric jeurrnt to start the /rotor and, when walking away from th? switch to the saw bench, must have cut.? in con- j tact with the cable, for ho was pick- ; ed up dead with the c: ble across his body, j i CABINET CHANCES. ; Wellington, May 7. j Sir . HsatPii Rhodes (Minister for Defence), who has b?en ordered by I his medical adviser to take a com- ' plete rest, leaves Wellington f-jr the South Inland to-night, and will hi away for s">me weeks. Meant : -me his vari'.us l-ortfolios have been allocated j as follow: Forestry, Sir F. Bell ; de- j fence, Hon. W. Dowiri; Stewart; war pensi ms, Stat? lire Government life insurance, sup?rann'atioi and friendly s e'etios, Hon. («'. ,). Anderson, ,- i The announcement was made sonic time ago that Sir Heaton Rhodes ' and the Hon. D. H. Guthrie 'Minister for Lsnds) will retire.from polit'o il life at the close of .the present Parliament, and in Reform circles the question of consequent Cabinet changes is being d seussed. It is believed that the matter will be considered by the Prim? Minister and his party at the orening of the coming session of Parliament. , _ FALSE CREAM TESTS. Palmerston North, May 7. In the case against Alfred Wright and Henry Simpson, th> jury found them not <>:uilty, and both were discharged. Simpson, with three other farmers, who admitted their guilt, wll be sentenced in respect of the*? cases to-morrow. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION. Wellington, May 7. The personnel of the commission which is to inquire into the raihvftymen's grievances and the rd'tnnistration of the New Zealand radway system has not yet been decided upon. To-day tV> Minister for Railways (Hon. J. G. C'-ates 1 ). fli« general manager,(Mr R. W, MeVillv) and other officers again conferred with representatives of the executive of the A.S.R.S. Th" Mister slate i to-uighfc. that the commission wi'l be s "*■ II P as «oon as it can be accomplished.

HOTEL BURNED. "Whangarei, JVfny .">. Nguiifrnni Hote', :it Ngutif-'ru. was totally destroyed by five on Sunday afternoon, Ti was owned by "the Great Northern Brewry, and the licensee was Mr Hu"h<?s. 7ih-> stock ( was insured for £3OO. The fire is believed to have originated in the vicinity of the chimney.

A MEAN THEFT. Auckland. May 0. , jpn Saturday Arthur Reginald Mradleton (28) was handed a, sealed envelop© by the sub manager of a Silvati n Army social institute, with instructions to take it -to a man i" the hospital. Middleton departed, opened the envelope, found ifc contained £2 3s Id, promptly made tracks for an hotel, aiH spent V2< Brl of the money on l'quor. Tho Magistrate, at the Police Court this morning, said lie thought this was a very mean thing to do, and sentenced M.ddleton to one month's hard labour. "YOU LET MY COBBER GO." Auckland, May - r >. Constable Callaghan arrested a man for drunkenness <>n Saturday, when Roderick Kennedy (99) interposed with the command "You let my cobber go!'' Kennedy then seized the policeman with both hands, and endeavoured to frustrate the arrest. The not result was that Kennedy found himseP under arrest, and al. the Pob'ce Cmrt this morning git' the option of Co or 14 days' hard < Vihour i