TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[])Y TELECit.U’II —l’Sll t’ItESS ASSOCIATION] SCI lOOLM A STICK Cl I ARCED. TIM A Hl', Oct. 31. A: Tcniuka. to-day, before .Mr' .Mosley S.M.. David Tlmmas Todd, aged All, schoolmaster ill ('lnndobnye, was ehargcd with Ciiniill knowledge dll n sehnoloirl, l.'l to I I veins of age. iilid illso oil ii similar eliiirgc in lespi-el of another oirl of the siiiim? age, lielween August Ist iinil dill. The ciliiiltiid assaults on the girls uso if | to Inn e tiiken |ihice in a spare cliiss-t'iioni, wliili* flit' school Vv.ix in session, mill the indecent nss;iults v. !:cn the girls were in class in school. The jiirls have clear evidence of the major ai-ts.

The acensed’s precautions preiel/li'd direct corrohonttive evidence, hut numerous boys and girls testified to I re1111cl11 iiVtl id indecency towards the girls in class. A medical witness testified that lintli girls had been criminally tampered with. After hearing tin- evidence, one charge of indecent assault in each case v.As withdrawn Accused pleaded mil giidiy aim s committed for trial on each nl inn-'-charges at tin- .Supreme Court at Timarii in February next. _ Dele -,ive Abbott conducted the case. Mr \V. I). Campbell appearing for accused. Hail was fixed at C3OH and a surety of L'.'ll HI. and it wan forthcoming.

MISSING JEWELS. A I’EcUl.l Al! CASK. (i I a lie r: with mi w/n. Wl-i 1.1.1.'-''T Oct. .‘«i. |.elve to wiihdiaw chargt-s of i ho ; i"iug 'ewelh’rv valued 'at L'! 1 HI. by !al ‘ pretences, against Robert Alunro and 111) i:*ri< ■k .Miinro, »s> grained at t 1 e JI agist rate's Court tins Morning. A Miio-i Prim-ess gave the Mmi:os jettel- - r tlie purpose ol ini-dug si-me moii.-t. Tie Mil 111 os left New Zealand. Af’er same time had elapsed, the cninplainant thought that the jewels had been stol.n. She thereloie took pl'oeecc-

iug-t. It lias now been db covered that tl.e jewels had been left in I ’a Imei stem V ;th, and that no money had been I aised on them. It lias also been found I' ; these facts had not been stated io t'v complainant by means •»I any | n-tcr. This laid the licensed open to M,-.pit-mil. imi. ii- a matter of laif. I'.eii letters, wrongly nthliesse.i, !■• d htVM Tlio UISR \\:»s (lIKM’KR SKCAH. ■CIIHISTI III'RCII. ‘>'l. ML Two tlmnsand tons of ei ; .:ir will at ,i\c in l.yl lelloll t lie - - ! I ' '!'l|i'i--.,|ay, bill, nolle ol il vdl be "M I ri-iri- Noceinbe' 7, The slnplmml .is ihe first of the cheap sugar, v. iiic!i will !„. -old re I ail at l“d from November 7. I',, till then by the Covet 11110-11 1 !s •- cisien, 111 ere! in tit s and grocer* will have t! ... opportunity of clearing the rll .tar.' The now shipment is Colonial **" i-itr t o's sugar nl 1 A 11 nnlit y. and l>-ewers’ eiajstals.

tItOLISHINC SUNDAY TELECRAMS IN MOST CENTRES. WEI.UNO TON, Nov. 1. 'The Telegraph Department announces that. Sunday evening ait.-mhinc.- from oto A. 3(1 is in 1..- abolished at all nflba-s except where morning newspapers are ]>l1 I tlisli.■<I and Pdenheiin. Nelson and Hamilton. The reason given is that the service is iniremiinerat iivc and in view of the telephone facilities is considered to be iinnectssnry. CHARCKS OK TIIKKT. AUCK LAND, (let 31 Phillip .McManus, with Dx aliases; pleaded not 'guilty and was etmlluil'.ed for t'ial on a charge ol Ml lempiiiig in steal Imm a person a.t Auckland ’! lolling meeting a wallet eoiiaining L'-’-M

and a toie tiekel for L'3. ! ■' i-e lire was given liv Cecil .Muf-11. lending cook on H iC'-c* Philomel. ;o tin; ■■ll'.-t tluir lie saw accused's hand -o ncross his chest w ith ti e 'ca]h-i *•;.l‘ mil of his pocket. lie grabbed hog. ur. urrtised bolted, tolhme.l 'hv a vlelect ive. who arreste.l ! ini. .McManus was also remanded lor a •..ecu oil a charge of absconding I hail on Echruarv 21. IR! ,! . vv lieu he was coin mit i.n I to the Supreme ( oint lor sentence for theft from the person.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT DENN l'-T< >V WESTPORT, Oct. 11l Edward Oldham, a iim hot mil n ill the Deiniistoii Mines, was iatally injured in l.lie mine on Saturday through being knocked over In n tnmk. He was t u Ice it In the Detiiiispiii Hospital, wlmre lit. rlietl. Deceased was lie years ot

SEAMEN’S RESOI.I 'ITONK. WELLINGTON. Nov. 1

A stop work meeting ol Atickkiud '.ranch n! tin* Scnmeti s I* crlci afioli, airenilcil by two hundred im'inhers, passed a resolution strongly protesting against the abrogation of the regulations US to the shipping of petroleum

. ml instructions to engineer surveyors in permit local passenger ships to carry a quantity of petroleum equal to the number of tons allowed by ordimtiv deck cargo license, calculated at 211 cases to ton measurement and demanded that the regulations he no longer . inhered with and that the whole of pm recommendations of the commission on petroleum cargo, which sat subsequent to the Tniiiui disaster, he put into ollVrt .

\ TRAGIC DEATH. DARGAYILLK, Nov. I. \ man named Edward Robinson died under tragic circumsUmccs yesterday. Deceased was engaged on public wolks f ,ml ceased work on October 22nd. He bad been drinking at Tangiteroria and w.,s found in a helpless state on Sunday 111' was hurried to a. doctor, ma, cur vestenlav and died outside the doctor’s residence. At. the inquest, a verdict was returned that lie died from effects of the excessive drinking ol alcoholic liquor.

A "Gazette” notice Cates that all Government offices llnoiighoiit New Zealand will lie closed on November 30th in celebration ol Si Andrew’s Dav.