TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS

[uy TKfcEOKAJ'U —i*Sa rItESS ASSOCIATION, COURT. CHRISTCHURCH, May 12. At the Supreme Court, Edward William Harris, manager of the United Motor Company, Kaikourn, and James John Gibson, the company’s foreman, who yesterday were found guilty of receiving sf-qlcnt motor parts, appeared this morning for sentence. The jury recommended that leniency should he extended to Gibson. Harris was sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour, and Gibson was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.

SENTENCES IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, May 12.

At the Supreme' Court to-day, Charles John Williams wsa sentenced to three years’ gaol for unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 10 and one yeareach for horse stealing, forgery and aflse pretences'. Sentences are to be concurrent.

Barney Elias was filled £3 in delault three months’ imprisonment for selling indecent pictures.

SUPREME COUHT. WELLINGTON, May 12. Homy Grell and Sidney Orel I. for breaking and entering, received one year on each charge. Both were declared habitual criminals. Arthur Brown, for indecent assault on a male, got two years’ lull'll labor. Lawrence Egrnont Windsor and Joseph Frederick Windsor, gut four years refouimvtive detention for breaking, entering and theft. Mcrvyn. John Cudby, for breaking and entering, was sentenced to three years’ reformative detention.

RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS CHRISTCHURCH, May 11.

At the Supreme Court to-day, Edward William (laris and James John Gibson, of Kaikoura, were found guilty of receiving parts of two motor ears, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained. Sentence was deferred.

CA NTE RR UR Y PR OV INCH RESOLUTIONS.

CHRISTCHURCH, May 12

Tile Provincial Conference of the Canterbury E.S.A. to-day carried the following motions: ‘‘That this conference is opposed to the Government spending £IOO,OOO on any national war memorial until adequate pensions have been provided for badly disabled soldiers, for soldiers’ willows and widowed mothers.”

‘‘That this conference is of opinion that the immigration of Imperial exservicemen and their families is far too impmtant to this Dominion to allow of its stoppage, even temporarily, it therefore, urges the Government to make ample provision for absorbing Imperial immigrants, by providing a progressive scheme of agriculture train, ing and land settlement, and also, by giving eiicoiiiagcinent to new industries which will be t e means of absorbing iudusl lia 1 workers.”