VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

t \ (PER PREBB ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.• JOCKEY’S WINNINGS. AUCKLAND, April 21. Judgment by default was given b; Mr Cutten, S.M., in favour of the N.Z • Jockeys’ Association, against 23 jockey; to recover five per cent of their win i ning fees. Mr Skerrett having advisee that there could he no defence at law judgment was entered for the amount , ranging from £35 Ils to £4 (is, witl costs in each case. SUICIDE. AUCKLAND, April 21. Jake Stroude, who committed suicide ■ by cutting .his throat in a bonrdinj - house, left a note suggesting the ac.i , was premeditated; also a will leaving property and effects to a sister n London. Stroude is believed to he f , Londoner by birth, and was a dircctoi of the Ironsand Company and an engineer and contractor by occupation. j TOLL GATES APPROVED. ! WELLINGTON, April 20. ! The Hutt County Council considered i the question of the establishment of tlis toll-gate system for'collecting revenue for the maintenance of county roads. The council approved of the principle. | DROUGHT TN HAWKE’S BAY. i NAPIER, April 18. j Tire effects of the drought in : Hawke’s Bay are being keenly felt. | The country has a parched appearance ■ and farmers have had to dispose of stock at low prices. In the Southern district the conditions are more satisfactory. j FOUND DEAD. AUCKLAND, April 22 Henry Brown, a baker’s carter at l Paparoa., was found dead with his skull I fractured on a step road grade at Pa- | paroa. It is surmised he was thrown 1 from the cart, on the horse bolting. i ALLEGED ,SEDITION. | WELLINGTON, April 22. J Two men, prominent in Labour eir--1 eles, are to be prosecuted at Wellington 1 on the 29th. inst for circulating alleged .seditious literature. The miners unions of the Dominon are said, to lx- indig- , mint, and by way of registering a protest, each union has decided to hold a stop work meeting the day the case is 1 heard, and to pass a motion to meet ' the occasion. i OVERLAND EKOM PICTON. j 1 SUGGESTED ONE DAY SERVICE. ! WELLINGTON, April 19 j A proposal that the Railway Departi ment should be asked to run a fast pas- ! senger train between Pic-ton and Whare- ‘ nui three days a week, In order to ’ make possible a one-dav overland eoni nexion between Picton and Christ- } church, was placed before the Central j Progress League to-night l>v Mr Will i Lawson, organiser for the .Marlborough Progress League. j Mr Lawson said that if a train left I Picton after the arrival oi the ferry steamer from Wellington, it could reach Wharenui at about 10 a.m. Motor ears could then take the passengers to Kaikoura in time lor lunch, and on to Parnassus in time to catch the after- ' noon train to Christchurch, arriving there about 8 p.m. lie suggested that j the service should he tried in the ! spring, when the tourist traffic would j make it profitable. The distance to he | covered by motor cars would he about ninety miles. The League adopted a resolution supporting the proposal, and agreed to make representations on the point to the General Manager of Railways.