TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

tPEU CHESS ASSOCIATION.—OOPYEI«m,! CHARGES OF PROFITEERING. WELLINGTON, Feb. 4. Tho Board of Trade will Bit in all the centres, beginning in Christchurch on February 17th, hearing charges of profiteering. Pending the appointment of its own district officers, the Board has made arrangements with the Labour Department inspectors and representatives to receive complaints of profiteering, and forward the same to tlie Board, which will use its discretion as to forwarding cases to the Crown Solicitor for prosecution.

THE ISLANDS’ TRIP. DUNEDIN, February 3. The Parliamentary trip to Samoa, Sir James states, is not at ail likely to bo interfered with by tlie attitude of the Merchant Service Cuild. He sees no reason for supposing that there will he any hitch connected with the trip.

ASSAULT BY A PRISONER, INVERCARGILL, February 4

George Joseph Windsor, a prisoner serving a sentence of six yents’ reformative treatment, was charged today with assaulting a warder by attacking him with a knife and causing several jsevero outs. Accused denied the assault, and said the warder attacked him. The Magistrate said accused had a had recorl, "and sentenced him to 14 days’ bread and water.

EXPORT OF FRUIT.

WELLINGTON, February 3

The Overseas Shipowners’ Committee has decided to allot the space authorised by the Ministry of Shipping amounting approximately to 60,000 cases of apples,, for export to the United Kingdom, to' the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation, Wellington.

A CUSTOMS RECORD. WELLINGTON, February 3,

The Customs revenue collected during January totalled £444,903, a sum £7,000 in advance of that collected in the next best month (May, 1919). ' Tlie amount collected during the first I®,months of the current financial year is £8,840,104, or £608,655 greater than the previous 10 mouths’ record.

SHORTAGE OF CEMENT

DUNEDIN, February 3.

On enquiry to-day it was found that the local cement works of the Milburn Company have only enough manufactured cement on hand to cover tho requirements of the next five or six clays. If supplies of West Coast coni are not obtainable within the next fortnight these works will have to close down.

TTMAIIU SESSIONS. TIMARU, February.- 4

At the Supreme Court, A. C. T. Lamb, who wa,s acquitted yesterday on a charge of stealing £l6O worth of drapery from- his employers, was brought up for sentence on a charge of breaking gaol whilst awaiting trial, to which ho had pleaded guilty. Mr Justice ITerdman pointed out that tho charge was wrongly ]aid. It was alleged in the indictment that tlie offence was committed “while serving a term of imprisonment,” whereas prisoner had not been committed for a term. The Crown Prosecutor agreed and on his suggestion the case was adjourned till next session for a fresh charge to bo Ijaid. Tlie’ accused- was allowed bail in his own recognisance of £IOO. Mari- I. Francis was granted a decree nisi against Rollo Francis, on the ground of desertion, wit-li custody of the two children.

Tn re Strang, v. Strang, a decree nisi was made absolute. Co-respondent paid in £SOO damages, of which £IOO in to go to the husband, and £4OO to the Public Trustee for the benefit of tlie child, which wa.s left- with the mother in the meantime.