TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

BV TKLEGRAFH PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. NELSON EDUCATION BOARD. NELSON, August 3. Tho Education Board elections resulted : Elast Ward—Hill 110; Smith 106. North Ward—Cannvan 99; Talbot 47. West Ward.—-Sinclair 00; Mrs Patterson 28.

PRICE OF SUGAR, \ REDUCTION COMING. WELLINGTON, August 2. The Midst* r of Industries and Comln, rue (!!•• i!.' U. P. Lee) stated in the II nise this afternoon that it is the intention of tire Government to reduce tli,. retail price of sugar, as from the 7t‘li. Scptcmlier next, on which date it is estimated that the sugar which is the subject of the supplemenary contract recently entered into will be placed oil the market. The details as to price have not yet been determined, but it is anticipated that a reduction on the present maximum price of 4/d pel- II) will lie made—one in the vicinity of Jd to Id per lb. :A recent announcement was made in Australia, of the intention of the Commonwealth Go. verninent to reduce the retail price to 5d per lb. as from tho Ist of November. It will therefore be seen that the New Zealand consumer is still in a relatively fortunate position in regard to the sugir supply. Notwithstanding the maximum price allowed to Ih> charged namely t:]d a lb., traders have been cutting tho price, and sugar has been sold retail at prices ranging from 4d to lid per R>. If. when the new price comes in. this practice continues there is the-possibility of the consumers oh- ‘ t hiing sugar at 3.Jd a lb. 11A NS 1. A UOUTER OH A R OE. MAORI FOUND GUILTY. ! AUCKLAND, August 2. | At the Supreme Court, a verdict of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy was returned against a Maori named Nuku Merenmnn in respect of the death of Howell Richard Robert Williams as the outcome of a collision at Thames on Ajiril loth, between a motor-car and a cart, driven by. accused. The case for the Crown was that the cart had no lights and consequently was not seen by the motor driver in time to avert a collision in rounding a bond. The left hand shaft of the cart pierced the windscreen, striking Williams on the head. The ear was travelling at about fourteen miles per hour. Besides Mcrcnniea, I lie cart contained two white men. and three Maori women, all six showing signs of liquor, though ao-nsed was not drunk. C u Use j Co- t\. defame called un

evidem e. lo t emphasised the fret a’l witnesses had agreed tint the accused was driving slowly and prior to the accaleiil w - oil the correct side of the I'uad. lie argued that the accused was n- t the essential cause of the accident. It couldn't he said that, his negligence was sufficiently culpalilc to make him guilty o| manslaughter. Sontoa, c was deferred.

MI'.NK Il’AI. FISH RESERVES. AUCKLAND. Aug. 2. Ihe City Council, hy eleven votes t<> nine. rejected .Messrs Snndlord I,td' s oiler of £2,>.o:xi for the municipal lish business .which, during the nine years of its existence had show’ll a cousidcrnhlc loss, the dehit lasi year being Cti.llHi.

FAITH IN QUACKS. NAPIER. Aug. 2. Faith in a quack prescription, print ed on a pamphlet, assuring readers that every man can he lus own doctor, i ('Milled in tin* death at Napier hospital to-night i,i Sidney Charles Forrest. widower, aged 72.

The deceased suffered from head- i aches and nervous troubles, and re- i sclved to try the remedy found on a i pamphlet thrown over bis gate. He procured ih,. ingredients from the ! chemist and made the mixture him- ) selfg. Either the prescription was a dangerous one or the deceased used the wrong proportions, for lie was admitted to tin- hospital on Tuesday with symptoms of poisoning and died as stated.

MURDER CHARGE. DUNEDIN. Aug 2. At the Cite Police Court to-dav, •Stuart Cecil llarlnnd, aged 24, a slaughterman from Oeea.it Beach Works, Bluff', and Ids wife, lleatlierhelle llarlnnd. aged R) were committed for trial on a charge of murderin > tleur infant in Dunedin about June |7l h. » PA K . \ KAIIIKI AFFAIR. WELLINGTON. Aug. 2. Reginald William Gunn was charged at the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Chapman and a jury, with breaking and entering the Paekakariki Kelreshmeiit Rooms tin January 7th., also with receiving CIO, knowing, it to have been stolen. He pleaded not guilty. Mr Alueasscy, Crown Prosecutor, said that Gunn had provided a ear and lieli/.ine for the exploit. He mentioned that a person hitherto called “X” was one Tom Wright. He proceeded to call evidence on the lines of that given in the Magistrate’s Court.