TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1922, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER TRESS ASSOCIATION]

1 CHEMIST FINED. WELLINGTON, June 30. A chemist and his assistant were fined £5 each at the Magistrate’s Court to-day for offences tinder the Poisons’ Act, in that poison was .sold to a woman who subsequently committed suicide, without noting the date of sale, and the name and address of the purchaser. Counsel for the defendants attacked the Act. which, he said, was obsolete and hopelessly out of date, having been passed in 18*71. since -when, only two amendments had been made, which only served to make it even more alisurd. It was inflective in purpose, as it allowed poisons to he sold by any shopkeeper or hawker, but, by an ingenious order-in-council, it unnecessarily restricted the sale by qualified chemists of the most common household antiseptics. The Magistrate said ho had to administer the provisions of the Act. ! THE TAXATION COMMITTEE. 1 WELLINGTON. June 29 Taxation is one of the subjects upon which it is difficult for any body ol men to agree. The taxation committee of business men and others which is now endeavouring to draw up a repoi i for presentation to the Prime Minister lias apparently found this out. Since Tuesday, when the sub-committee submitted a draft report, the main committee has been endeavouring to agree upon a final report, hut so far without 1 success. It seems more than likely that the Prime Minister will receive ! more than one report, the main doett- 1 ment and one or two minority reports. i

£IOOO THEFT. DUNEDIN. Juno 30. Edward Hodlcy Kitchener Hughes, 21 years of age, a. Government Savings Bank officer, was committed for sentence to-day on a charge of the theft of £IOOO. Defendant, in a statement, admitted tha the retained and cashed a cheque for £IOOO, ami after using £2OO to make up moneys previously tampered with he put the remaining £BOO into a business at Woodsime, where he was arrested. STRIKE-BREAKING. TIMAiUI, July 3. Smithfield and Pareora works got going to-day with free labour, each works with four teams of thirteen. It took some time to get all going, bill at both works the applicants are nearly all intelligent young men and they picked up tlieir respective hits of duty well. 1

Each works killed 700 in a short day. Everything was cleaned and skins painted. It is expected to do 1000 to 1200 to-morrow as plenty of stock is available. Two union butchers joined in at Pareora.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH. WELLINGTON, July 3. Albany Otto, aged 32, single, shot himself fatally at his parents’ residence at Musselburgh this evening. Deceased was a returned soldier and bad a good war record. He had, been seriously wounded and had not been in good health lately.