TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1917, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

It * T | [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. COPYRIGHT.] L- : I ->. 1 j MORE RETURNED MEN. | 450 ARRIVED TO-DAY. J AUCKLAND, Sept. 25. i Another Imtch of returned troops, I nnmbeiTing 150, arrived to-day. i They comprise invadid and limbs i cases, but there are no cot cases, j Thirty three officers who qualified for I commissions at Cambridge and Oxford | return shortly with reinforcements. One man, private J. M. Nicol, of I Otago Infantry, died at sea. Four decorated officers and one decorated non- . j commissioned officer returned. ;! appeal court, WELLINGTON. This Davj The full Court sat this morning to ! hear argument in Skipper v. Curuining | appeal, against conviction under the j War Regulations for an utterance proI judicial to. recruiting. Three questions j arise on the appeal, which owing to ; their importance, are being board by 1 (be Full Court. They are: I—Whether the words used were prejudicial to recruiting. | 2—Whether the Military Service Act ; affects the Regulation; and | 3—Whether on a general appeal un- ; der the Justices of Peace Act, the Supreme Court can reduce tho sentence ! im posed by a Magistrate, i This question is of great importance.

Mr. J. A. Reed K. C’., aiul Mr. Van ! Staveron appear for the appellant and ■ the Solicitor-General for the .Grown ; Mr. Reed contends that the Supreme Court can reduce a sentence. He re- | lies upon section 302 and 313 of the : J.P. Act 1908.

EXTINGUISHED. AUCKLAND, This Day. Tho fire on the steamer has been completely extinguished.