TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1921, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

I lIV Tlil.KCllAl'H -mat I'ltBSS ASSOCIATION. AL/I.KOKD ABSON. WK1.1.l NtiTON, Nov. 22 At the Magistrate’s Court, Brie Bandolph Chainherlain was committed to the SuimMite Court for trial on a charge of arson. The police said that accused' had been keeping a greengrocer’s shop at Kilbirnie, and found some diHieulty in making the business pay in face of Chinese opposition. It was alleged that lie purchased a tin of kerosene, and early the following morning the shop of iiis Chinese rivals was found to lie on lire. When the lire brigade arrived, they found the dour ol the shop saturated with kerosene. Accused, it was stated, made a statement to the police that he set fire to the shop, as In- was unable to compete with the low prices of the Chine-e, and devised this means of disposing ot his rival. Accused pleaded not guilty AII.MY CADKTS. W K 1.1.1 N'DTON. Nov 21. (icAc'lilmelit are advi-ed that a limited number of cadetships at Woolw. .‘sandbiirsi and Cranwel (air force eolIcmm I. are available to .veiling New Zealanders on the nomination of the Oo-venn«r-(teneral. Applientions will only l„; ~(,nsiilered H'om men who propose t„ make the regular Army their periiiniH'Ht profession. MA NO All At) POWKII SCHK.ME. AVKLI.INt ;TON. Nov 23. The (iovernilieiit have accepted the following tenders for pipes in. , cinnecuoTi with the Mangahao Klectrie I «*«'- ~,. scheme: Section nine, Dun, dm I'mgineeriiig and Steel Company, : Section ton. the same company. tl2<),800; Section eleven. Boring and C ompanjv. WelliiigUm. £.13,100. 1 liese prices are only approximate, as some details have vet to h© agreed upon. KOl’N'D dhownkd. CHBISTCfirBCH. Nov. 23. The body of Mrs Sarah Campbell, of Hawse in Street. New Brighton, who bad been missing from her home since Wednesday, was found in the Avon Hive, under the New Brighton Bridge yesterday nunning. The Coroner. Mr s |,;. XL ( a ithy. held an inquest at N' w Bri'ditoii vesterdav akternoon. when the evidence showed that the decease'll was j 11, flier of two children, one six vears of age and tl ther lour months. <iuee the birth Of the latter child she si life ied depression, despite the assurance- of the doctor, and on Wednesday evening last she disappeared inn,> her home. The coroner returned a verdict thn, deceased . on,milted suicide hy diowning while m •' state 111 depression. on account id d - IlealLh. I’\I()X CO.MI’ANY’S TBANSI'I'.B. DfNKDIN, Nov. 23 In eonneelioll with the =.p,.ro:i«-lnnW trnnste, to Wellington ot the ' . titliee s.uif of the C„l»„ St-i.u S 1 Company. Mr S. N. sleigh. I"' ' * malinger at Christehureh, has he, ' ■' j pointed mnimger at Dunedin ami ' 1 also can v out the duties ”t seceta, . Mr w'. 11. I’riee, of r.mar,., «> take charge of the Christehureh lira. <’l • Mr B. D. Daisied, ol the Head Olio stall’ has been appointed manager •> Titian ii. ,