BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 124, 23 February 1928, Page 12

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR Liquor in No.-license Area.-Previous-lj’ convicted for a similar offence, W Illium Oliver Simons, a taxi-driver, was lined £3O in the Oaniaru Magistrate s Court yesterday, lor keeping liquor tor sale iu a no-licenso area.—l’ress Assn. A Million Applications for Tickets.— The English Football Association states that applications for tickets at Wembley for the Cup final exceed a million, which is treble the number applied for last year. The ground holds ninety thous'and.—Press Assn. Duchess of York Presents Motor-boat Trophy.—The “Daily Mail’’ savs that in in order to encourage marine motor engineering. the Duchess of Fork is preseiiting an outboard motor-boat trophy, open to amateurs of all countries. The first race of twenty miles will be. held at Hendon in July.—Press Assn. Petone Boat Shed—The Harbour Board last night decided to advice the Petone Borough Council that it had no objection to a lease of a site for a club house and boat shed being granted to the Petone Rowing Club for a term of fourteen years, the board to retain , its right of access either at the end of this term or at the end of the second fourteen yearly period, if desired. : Durham Bank Murder.— Following niglit and dav inquiries by Scotland Yard, an arrest has been made in connection with the Durham bank murder, and Norman Elliott was formally charged and remanded (states a London message). A post-mortem examination revealed that the blow was deliberately aimed to cause death by a person with, anatomical knowledge.—Press Assn. Greyhound-racing in England.—Sir William Joynson-Hicks said in .-the House of Commons that though he had received many resolutions of protest against greyhound-racing, he would welcome the opinion of the House of Commons on the subject, but he did not propose a general inquiry into the matter.—A.P.A. and “Sun.” Watersider’s Death. —The Coroner (Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M.) held an inauest yesterday touching the death of William Currie, a waterside worker, who . collapsed suddenly while working in tlis hold of the steamer Kartigi on Monday afternoon. He returned a verdict that death was due to heart failure, brought about by congestion of the lungs. Confidence in Federal Nationalist Leaders. —At. meetings of the Nationalist and Country Parties held at Canberra resolutions expressing satisfaction with Mr. Bruce and Dr. Earle Page as leaders of the respective parties, and. for the conduct of the next Federal elections campaign, were passed.—Press Assn. Capital Invested in Rubber Industry. —Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, in the House of Commons, said he had no information of the amount of British, capital invested in the rubber plantation industry, but according to figures published the amount of new capital raised on the I.ondon market by rubber companies in the years 1922 to 1927 inclusive was £2s,soo,ooo.—British. Official Wireless. ... New British Embassy Building at Rio de Janeiro.—The House of Commons on Monday sanctioned a vote in the Supplementary Estimates for tho purchase of a site and the erection of a British Embassy at Rio de Janeiro. The expected cost this year will bo £26,000, and the estimated, -total cost will be £Bo,ooo.—British Official Wireless. Trans-Atlantic Telephone Rates—The British Postmaster-General foresliadbived a reduction in the rates of the-trans-Atlantic telephone service in a speech made in London this, afternoon. He said a cheap service was not yet possible, but he hoped it might be found possible to reduce the rate in the near future.—British Official Wireless. ■ Boy Injured.—Shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday, Arthur Snellgrove, aged eleven years, residing with his parents at 109 ■Wallace Street, was knocked down -by a motor-car at the corner -of Featherston and Bunny Streets. The boy, who had sustained injuries to his back, was removed to the hospital by the Free Ambulance. His injuries are not thought to be serious. An. X-ray examination will be made to-day. Reported Settlement of Tangier Question.—Reports from Madrid received in Paris state that the Franco-Spanish negotiations regarding Tangier have satisfactorily ended. French diplomatic circles say that the reports are premature, and that there are still several points to be cleared up, but that these are likely to be overcome in the near future. The “Petit Parisien” declared that any agreement must be provisional, because Britain and Italy must examine it. — Press Assn. Being Improved.—The old wooden fence of the Wellington Supreme Court will soon disappear'. Already workmen have pulled down a section of it, abutting the pavement, which stretches through the grounds of Government . Buildings, past 'the Dental Clinic, and the mon ds are in for the concrete foundation lor a new fence. This new barrier is to be of iron, and will match Hie existing fence round Government Buildings. Arbitration Court. —Mr. Justice Frazer mid his colleagues of the Arbitration Court bench are to leave Wellington- for Blenheim on Monday next. The members of the Court will subsequently go Io Nelson and sit there on Mai'ch 1. They will then proceed to Christcliurcb* where the Court is to sit on G, and r< turn to Wellington to deal with business here from March 21. Bridge Over Waihou River Opened.— •\ Press Association message from Hamilton states that the new bridge over the Waihou River at Te Arolia was officially opened yesterday afternoon by the Hon. A. D. 'McLeod, who referred to the development of the district. The structure cost about £16,400 and replaces the old bridge erected IS years ago. The bridge is 400 feet long and has taken is months to build, the cost being borne by the Te Arolia Bdrough Council, the Piako County Council, nud the Government. Among the speakers were the Hon. J. A. Young. Minister of Heatlli, Mr. C. E. AtcMillan. M.P. for Tauranga. and Mr. A. N. Samuels, M.P. for Ohinemuri.

A Melbourne Murder.—Two sisters of lhe late John Fitzgerald, resident in South Canterbury, have _ communicated with the Melbourne police offering ■to pay the funeral expenses. The deceased was a watchman at the Perfection Knitting Mills. Carlion. He apparently discovered a buro-lar on the premises, who, finding himself (rapnod, shot Fitzgerald through the heart before he had time to defend himself. He then escaped. Some of the departing c-mplovees,- who beard the cry. remembering that burglars had ent orod fl’e nlncn a week before, went back and found Fitzgerald dead. So far no arrest has been made.—Press Assn.