TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[bit TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL. DUNEDIN, March 17. Mr Douglas (Mayor of the City) contests Dunedin West with Hon Downie Stewart, standing in the interests of the new Party

STRONGROOM RAIDED. AUCKLAND, March 17

A daring burglary was perpetrated at the offices of the Lion Brewery, Khyber Pass Road, late on Thursday night or early this morning, a large sum of money being taken. The offices are separated from the main buildings by a roadway. The door from the offices opens into a yard. Entrance was effected through a back door, which is sheltered by a porch. Inside the porch is a double door, which at night is locked on the inside and protected by a strong wooden bar. A square hole was cut in the panel of the door with an augur to allow a man to reach through, unlock the door and remove a wooden’bar. The burglary was well planned, as owing to the day being a bank holiday, the cash to pay the wages of the brewery staff was drawn from the bank on Thursday and lodged in the safe in the strongroom or the offices. Both strong room and safe doors were opened by means of keys. Most of Ike cash, which was locked in the cash boxes was overlooked. Tho locks of the cash boxes were forced after they had been taken from tile strongroom.

Exact information regarding the amount taken is not available, but it is understood it exceeds £SOO. The burglar or burglars must have worked both silently ai\d expeditiously, a s four men were working in the brewery' only a short distance from the offices.

11 YDRO-KLECTIMC SCHEME. TIM AllU. March 17

Mr Massey visit'd Lake Tckrno today, accompanied by the Engine:'!’ ol I lie Public Works Department. I'V“ was met there by about .TOO representatives of agricultural, pastoral and industrial interests. The object of tli • invitation was io impres .he Prime Minister with the potentialities of TeIviipo as a source of electricity and convince him that the reporis of experts are correct ; an! that Tokapo otters an easy, sale and cheap source <•! power.

After the inspection of the liver, which it is proposed to harness, details of the scheme were explained and a. number of speakers expressed a strong desire that the Government should authorise a provisional power heard to proceed with the work.

Mr Massey received the statements and arguments sympathetically and said the scheme seemed to him, as a human, an excellent one, particularly as no dam was required. In his opinion there would lie no power available for South Canterbury from L ike Coleridge for the next 15 or 20 years, as North Canterbury would win, it all. But before lie could say “go ahead,” lo said he must consult Ids colleague.; and promised to do tin’s as soon as possible. He lev-d. t i be able, as a result of lll''

consultation, m send a wire conveying a favourable reply. Mr Mass v then went oil to i'm Her-

mitage. Ho returns to-morrow amt catches tin.- boat for Wellington.

LICENSING POL’l

N.Z. ALLIANCE’S ACTION

WELLINGTON. March 17

The executive of the New Zealand Alliance announces tic acceptance by Mr W. E. (“Pussyfoot”) Johnston, it an invitation to help in the coming licensing poll campaign in the Dominion. Tile Executive all resolved t • urge the Parliamentary Commit fee in t!ie licensing laws, which is now sifting,’ to secure a two-issu > ballot paper, so that, the voter might choose* between continuance or national prohibition ; also that Ihe new clec'oral roll, he preDare.l, m view ol the iacf that the roll ai the last decision contained, over 8400 more names than there vvera adults in the Dominion.

ft was also resolved to inlonrr t' i* committee that the Alliance is opposed to anv extension it the three-yctir interval Between polls or a redist ribwtiua. of licenses.

ELMWOOD SCHOOL CASE

EDUCATION BOARD’S DECISION, j ■CHRISTCHURCH, March 17 j The incident of the public expulsion of a girl nine years of age, ironi the* , Elmwood School, for thieving and !y-; i„g, came before the Canterbury Kdu- j cation Board to-day, when the Ap- > nointments Committee reported .that | the headmaster acted within the pow- ( ers conferred on him by the Education. | \ct • hut the Committee suggested that. I in the interests of a child’s future j welfare, any form of public expulsion . in such cases was to he deprecated. j Ti e report was adopted? and a lot- } ter from fhe Trades and Labour Conn- j cil, asking that the headmaster should' j he'dismisscd, was “inerolv received.” • HEAVY HAILSTORM. __ ’ ASHBURTON, March 17. ! A hailstorm, of exceptional violence! swept Ashburton last evening. Dam- • age is reported in many shops and j houses through wafer entering from j blocked spoutings or flooded backyards. Glass verandahs also suffered. Consider*))" the wc'ght of hail, the flam a. *e to broad-leafed plants, such as cabbage and turnips, is surprisingly small.’ Telephonic and telegraphic coiuimmication was interrupted 01 . two hours due to lightning fusing -he wires on the terminal pole ait the Post Office. A PECULIAR LEGAL POINT, CHRISTCHURCH, March 17. | The City Council’s right to make a by-law making it an offence for any person to refuse to give his name and address to •> constable, was the subject ' n f argument before Mr Justice Sim at | the Supreme Court. The case was an appeal from the Magistrate's decision. ! A charge was made against Frank I Dempsey under the City Co" nfl ’• law that he gave a ; name, and address. Ihe ■l held that the By-law was ultra v «• 1 His Honour was asked to dctu ■ w U ther or not the Magistrate’s dmmou 'I wais erroneous in point of law. ■ • i hearing argument by the City '■ * c.ilks solicitor, Ids Honour reserved Ins decision.