TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

| UY TELEGItAI’II — fail KRESS ASSOCIATION j A SUICIDE. DUNEDIN, November 29. Robert linden Powell, a carter, single aged 20 year's, saiicjidedl at . South Dunedin last evening bv supposed irritant poisoning. Ho was out of work for eight months and was very despondent.

SERIOUS CHARGE. AUCKLAND, Nov. 28 Arthur ('racknell, late of F. J. Hammond, solicitors, ,Ims been arrested on a charge ol misappropriating 631199. THEFTS. AUCKLAND. Nov. 28 Allred Pearson, aged 52. admitted three charges of thefts, of money totalling 659 19s from the City Fish Market. Accused stated lie gave the proprietor :i receipt for cash sales, without making a carbon copy, which be filled in for smaller amounts. He was committed for seineoeo and granted bail.

It UTTER PRICKS. AUCKLAND, Nov. 28. The price ol hut ter has been reduced here |,v one penny, and is now Is 9,1 wholesale and 2s ictail for first grade. ELECTRIC POWER. COLERIDGE PLANT DAMAGED. * CIIRISTCIIFRCII. Nov. Two of the generators arc now out ol action at Lake Coleridge. This is owing (O defective casing, and the output of power is only -l->9O kilowatts. This is just about sufficient for tbe ,-iiv’s consumption alone. It is undci stood that it will l,c three months before (lie plant is producing to its full capacity again. The fit. Council is having pielim11mi'y surveys and data prepared in connect ion with a new scheme loi b.ii ncssing the Waimakiriri River, to supply tlic city and to serve as a stand-by for Lake Coleridge.

MEAT EXPORTS. WELLINGTON. Nov 28. In a statement made to-day, the .Minister of Agriculture gave some interesting details of the meat exports. The total exported to the United Kingdom ill the year ended October :11st were: Beef: Quarters. 789.993. Mutton carcases, 5.392.911. Lamb carcases. 5.129.998.

The stocks on hand :ir{: Brel . quarters. 114.714: unit ion carcases. 261. <4O: laudi carcases. 951,111 Kb These are equal (o a total of 772,000, sixty-pound graded i a rinses of all classes of meat I'oliipared will, 3.500.000 carcases bold this linn* Inst year. Tim export figures include the Ncv /,-aland meat estimated to have been transferred from the United Stales h* It,Teat Britain during the period. Willi (ho killings, the stock o„ band and es-limati-l t" In' available, the export for this year totals: Beef, quarters. 111.724 : mutton, carcases. 2.267,7-16: lamb onn nsos. I JHKI. This is a suKstnntini mluotion on Inst vuar's figures. Hu thinks tho* prospouts for a roasonahlo return for X<«\v Zonlaml moat in tin* noa.r future nro in noli liot tor than tin* trn<lo oahlos indicate.

j FIRE AT WINTON. I WOMAN DIED FROM SHOCK. , INVERCARGILL. Nov. 29. i A serious lire occurred at midnight at | Winton. It started in Moor’s Hall, a large wooden building which was i-oni- ! pletely destroyed, as were Jamieson’s I stables and the premises of Marshall , I (saddler) and Waul Uobariiniisl). Mae Kay’s Hole! was also damaged. Mrs Jamieson, whose residence was threatened, died from shock. ARBITRATION COURT. AUCKLAND. Nov. 29. Auckland unions have nominated Mr T Woodworth. as the workers represent alive on the Arbitration (Joint vice McCullough. CHARGE OF ASSAULT. TAURANGA. Nov. 29. At the Police Court. Christoher Niven, a local boat builder, "as charged tlmt on the 28th. inst.. lie did do griev- ’ oils liodilv barm to M illiam C lilt,'t'liill, the Clerk of Cuurlt by striking him on the bead with an iron pipe, fracturing , bis skull. As Churchill is in the hospital and unable to appear, the police i made application for a remand fm eight days, which was granted. Bail was allowed. A* LOTTERY. t ..... ; CHKlsri II Fl’Cll. Nov. 29. The methods of finance indulged ill , by an Australian Company which pro- [ posed to distribute prizes ranging from I . 155,999 down to Co. was the subject of a judgment by I,r .McCarthy S.AI. at the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Harold I P. Hailwood, a commission agent was cliarged under Section 93 of tbe. Gaming Act with having published' a eireii- ( lai) inviting persona tailing shares in a lottery nj scheme known as tins CoI operative IVrpem.nl It.iest mcliL ( *>m- . pane Limited. t The Al agistra tj* said the' company proposed with a erpital ot oil.. 1 million | omuls <|i, ided into foul million shares of live shillings each, to invest tile capital al live per cent. Mid distribute ill*' iiileresl of t. 59,900 among 382 share holders each year. Each shareholder was entitle,l to re.s-ive a prize, and oil ' u basis it would lake al least 1,1,393 i years for each shareholder or. remote H descendant to draw bis prize, lie came tn the eoiielosiim tbuL the 1 1'ansaetiou was a gambling f runsaet ion with a " strong, though latent, appeal to the gamilling iustinets of the investor, 110 " lil*:*'-tii'd tlq. case to the feeling of, vultures and tlie plucking ol pigeons, the

high profits dangled before intending investors being the strongly odouied meat necessary to attract the pigeons. Defendant had taken up the selling of Hie shares without due consideration. As it was a lest ease, defendant wasioun vieteil and tilled 62.

A SERIOUS CHARGE AUCKLAND, Nov. 29

At tin 1 Police Court, Arthur Crackmil, a. solicitor, was chugged with having stolen L'.'l.(loo the money of Oliver Head and wpis remanded for eight days on hail, in one surety of I'd,ooo or two of 01,000 each. Chief Detective Mcllveney stated it was likely other similar charges would he preferred against the accused. Bail was not immediately forthcoming.

STOWAWAYS. AUCKLAND, November 29. Four young stowaways came by the Port Kenibla from Liverpool. The chief officer gave them bad characters, saving they would not work and misbehaved on the voyage. Accused were ordered to be imprisoned for six weeks and then to he deported whence they came

McCullough resigns again. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 29. Mr McCullough lias forwarded his resignation as workers representative to the Arbitration Court to take effect on December 2-ltli.