TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1921, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

lav n::.i.!i'Mt , !i—mat press association) ATTEMITED MURDER. SEQUEL TO YOUTHFUL MARRIAGE. DUNEDIN, Nov. 31). An unfortunate sequel to the mnriiage of a youthful pair oecurred at Milton to-night. It ajijx'ars that a youth named Asliley Perry, 16 years old and a girl named Milligan, 17 years old, both of them residents of Milton, were married on Tuesday afternoon. The girl had obtained her father’s consent to the marriage, hut apparently the girl’s mother and her brothers were not informed that the marriage was to take place. To-night one of the brothers, Arthur Milligan armed with a AA'im liostcr rej)oating rifle, loaded with two cartridges went to the residence of Ashley Perry’s uncle and aunt, and li t . fired at Perry, who was standing at' the gate. A bullet struck him, on tlie second finger oil the right hand. The screams brought others outside and Ashley Perry, senior, father of tli* youth, rushed to close with Milligan, who then fired again, the bullet entering Perry senior's shoulder. Milligan then attempted to fire further shots, but the rifle apparently jammed, and he bolted, but be was subsequently arrested.

I AIM Hilt ANTS AATTH -CONSUMPTION. CHRISTCHURCH. Nov 28. Referring to the admission of eonsumjitivc immigrants into the Dominion the Hon. \V. Xosworthy wrote as follows to the North Canterbury Hospital jßonrd: “Following precautions are taken to ensure all intending immigrants are medically tit before being Jiermitted to land in Now Zealand. First, on application for an assisted passage a medical certiticte from a rcjmtblc medico is required; secondly, before embarkation to jntss both the Hoard of Trade doctor and the ship’s surgeon ; thirdly, under the sujiervision oi the siiij)’s surgeon for six weeks; and, fourthly, before disembarkation to jiass tin* port surgeon, an officer who is supported by the ship's surgeon. In addition to the foregoing, the departmental health regulations provid« : “Unhealthy jiersons should not be nominated, as jiassagrs at reduced rates will not be granted to them. When eases of lung, chest, or other like complaints are diseoverd in any member of a family by the medical officer at London or Southampton. t'*e whole family will be prevented from sailing. This is strictly enforced. Taking into consideration the number of Government assisted immigrants absorbed in New Zealand during tlie [gist twelve months, which is 10.107, out of which number there have been but a dozen eases of tuberculosis, is conclusively proves there lias been no laxity on the jiart of the Government, either in medical examination or inspection.”