TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[BY TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION,

LIEUT. DALL. WELLINGTON, May 29

There died at Trentliam Hospital on Saturday a returned soldier, laeut. Dali, whose death will he a loss to I .New Zealand. He was . the only son of Mr J. 11. Dali, ex-assistant secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department. Lieut Dali, who distinguished himself in the war, 'was badly gassed in HilS. lie was one of the most promising students aL Victoria College, had won the Sir (teo. ■ Grey scholarship, and had taken the degree of 11. Se. (hi account of his ipeeial scientliie knowledge lie was seconded for service with a soundranging section of the artillery in Kraiice. fie gained a 'commission in the held and introduced improvements in the so.und-ranging apparatus which considerably increased the af'curacy of hostile gun location. Lieut Dali was of a modest disposition, and was liked both on the field and in private life. His last long illness was home with characteristic fortitude and clieerl illness. There is much sympathy for his father and for his mother, who has keen in a private hospital for some rime, after having undergone a serious operation. • | EX-SOLDI KH TENANTS. i WELLINGTON, .May.ill. The hearing of an important test case has commenced at the Supreme Court to determine whether the protection previously afforded to returned soldier tenants against ejectment hy the landlords was repealed hy Section 0 of the Housing Amendment Act, l!l-l. The ease, is one wherein Arehhihald Lawrie, a landlord, proceeded in the -Magistrate’s Court against \\ illiam llohinson, for possession of a shop-dwelling in Newtown. Magistrate Hunt made an order tor ejectment, so that the matter could he, taken to the Supreme Court for a test action on heludf of llohinson. Mr C. K. Skerrett appeared for the appellant, lie said that during the war .years, tenants, whether soldiers or nonsoldiers, were protected hy legislation j restricting the rent payable. The Act of 1 :) 1S added, in the case of a soldier or a soldier’s dependents, protection against ejection, so long as the rent was paid.'ami the terms of the lease were complied with. Counsel traversed t!:.’ effects of 111" various amendments of the law, relatin'' to tenants. The latest Act, he said, created a new ground an order for ejectment could he made a"ain s t a tenant-, hut Mr Skerrett eontended that Parliament never intended that the right of the soldier tenants lo special protection should he taken The ease is proceeding