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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18546, 21 August 1928, Page 1

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FOURTH EDITION

STOCK EXCHAIfaBS. AUCKLAND, August 21. Sale on ’Change.—Dominion Pictures 22s 6d. Sales Reported.—National Insurance 16s 6d; Amusement Park 5s 6d. WELLINGTON, August 21. Sale Reported.—National Bank of New Zealand £7 6s. DUNEDIN, August 21. Sale Reported.—Guarantee Corporation 8s lid. COOK ANNZVBBBABY. HONOLULU, August 20. The celebration of the anniversary of the landing of Captain Cook culminated in a. large, spectacular and historical drama depicting Capcain 'Cook’s arrival, for which .weeks had been spent in preparation, and In which more than 150 actors participated. The Hawaiian village was faithful in every detail, being especially built. Australian, New Zealand and British delegates and warship officers viewed the scene. BABY CHOKES. Suffocation through muco pus coming from the nose was the cause of the death of a three-months’-old baby boy on August 11. The child had been suffering from a cold, and was found dead in bed. At the inquest this afternoon Lucy Ellen Kathleen Farmer, of 44, Clifton Street, Addington, the mother of the boy, said that on the evening of August 10 the child was put to bed with a cold in the chest and head. The child was breast-fed at about 5 a.m. on Au gust 13, after which, with the baby in her bed, witness went to sleep again. Witness awoke at 6.45 a.m., to find the child dead beside her. The child had not been overlain. Dr A. B. I’earson, pathologist at the Christchurch Hospital, who, ut the request of the Coroner, had made a post-mortem examination, said that death was caused by suffocation, due to blockage of the air passages with muco pus coming from the nose. The Coroner (Hr H. A. Young, : : .rr.) returned a verdict in acoordr nee with the medical testimony. rro REQUISITION SENT, STATES MR FORBES. WELLINGTON, August 21. With regard to the cable message that Sir Joseph Ward had received an offer of the leadership of the United Party, Mr Forbes states that, us far as he was aware, no requisition has been sent to Sir Joseph Ward. The matter of the leadership will not be decided until the conference of the party next month.