TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1921, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT. CHESS. DUNEDIN, Jan. 5. The final for the chess championship between J. D. Dunlop (Oamaru) and A. \Y. 0. Davies (Dunedin) was won by j the former, Davies resigning on the 50th move. On account of the touinament extending till to-dav, the North j v. South match was abandoned. £IOO FINE. DUNEDIN, Jan. 5.

At the L’ulice Court, James Arthur! Frost and Thomas Potter pleaded , guilty to charges of carrying on bust- , ness as bookmakers on January Ist and , other dates. Chief Detective Bishop ; explained the accused were arrested on New Years Day. They entered hookmaking about a year ago, and had been betting o:i a small scale. Alien arrested both admitted the offence and had now given an assurance they would net offend in future. This was the first prosecution under the new Act. L»ch were lined £IOO.

NEW YEAR FROLIC

GISBORNE, Jan. 5

A riotous affray is reported, from Ruatou-ea, East Coast. A party of twenty to thirty Aiaoris, at 1 a.m. mi New Year’s Day rode up to the hotel, and commenced to stone the building. The license Ravnbam remonstrated with the hooligans who attacked him. He was borne down by the weight of numbers and freely kicked and struck by | the • rioters. He finally managed to struggle back to shelter whereupon the natives galloped away. Raynham was badly knocked about receiving cuts and bruises about the face, hands, and body.

CARGO PILLAGING

WELLINGTON, Jan. 5. | A AVellington firm importing motor ; tyres and tubes found, on opening j some cast's that the contents had been j removed and the cases filled with sacks, ■ sand" and rye straw, similar to that from America. The total loss is £SOOO. It is the most glaring case of cargo pillaging reported. i PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER. i AVELLINGTON, Jan. 5. i Hon. Mr Coates leaves Wellington to-day for New Plymouth, and is due at Auckland on the lltli, for a conference over the formation of an Diet-

trie Power "Board for that city. In the last week of January he leaves on a lengthy tour of the South Island, starting at Marlborough. He will 'inspect public works, roads and bridges under construction, and also tho hydro electric and irrigation schemes m Central Otago. TRAAT FARES. AVELLINGTON, January 5. A «peeial meeting of the City Council was called to-night on a requisition from til* Councillors opposing the iiici'ea-sed tram fares. It lapsed, as. the requisite quorum of ten was not prose lit. (.Inly tho seven objecting councillors attended. The Mayor was absmt being in Auckland.

A MOTOR CAPSTZK

TAUPO, January 5

At 10.30. this morning a motor with a party of six capsized at Hnmaria, on tho cast shore of Lake Taupo. Mrs Doran, Lower Hutt, was killed hut the others were not seriously injured.