TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

[by TELEGitArn —run press association}

MeCdNACHY THE BILtiARDIST WteLdJINGjON, Nov. 0. Mc'C-iiachy, the N.Z. Billiard Cham- , 1 pi on hits returned from n 2) years . tour of the world. He states he was I handicapped in England by having to play with ivory halls and being allow<*d no opportunity of practising with them. He describes them as extremely freakish as compared with composi- | tion halls. He spoke very highly of j Newman, but did not receive fair treatment from some of the othci professionals, and was also unlucky to catch the flu before the championship tournament. He intends going home again in 1924. ALLEGED MURDER. *•- WELLINGTON, Nov 9. Benjamin Jones, a coal-dealer ol Petone, was charged at the Supreme Court, with attempting to murder • Constable Morrison on 25th August. | When Mon-ison endeavoured to execute a distress warrant, Jones- fired four shots at him with.a revolver. Ho i pleaded not guilty. The Crown Prosecutor contends that the act was pre- , meditated, as the constable had called j several times and asked Jones to set-, tie an account, amounting to £3 19s Gel. SENTENCED FO-R FRAUD. WELLINGTON, Nov B’. Kenneth Raymond Thomson pleaded •Miilty at the Magistrate’s Court to , 'two charges of fraud by issuing valueless cheques. It wiis, stat'ed ho was a soft goods sale-small wlio issued cheques indiscriminately. He had been se,”- - teheetl previously on charges of theft ! and fraud at Auckland to six mouths - imprisonment. a,nd twelve months ro- , formative. Mr Page SAL. sentenced him to three months on each ejlarge ’ to lxi ’concurrent with the Auckland ; sentences. i LOAN PROPOSALS REJECTED. DARGAVILLE, Nov. 8. Considerable interest was taken in the loan polls to-day. It was proposed ti raise £I4OO for improving the water ; works, £3IOO for alterations to the gas and water mains, £IBOO for improving the gas works. I hce Business .Men’s Association held a meeting ol ratepayers last night, asking to hare the loans rejected, as a lio-confulenee vote in the administration. There was ' a record poll and all the proposals • were rejected by big 'majorities.

complißent to christcTi UReu. WAIPUKURAU, Nov. 8. At a meeting of the committee of the Central Hawke’s Bay Power Board, the chairman (Mr E. A. Oootlger) who has just returned from a visit -e Christchurch, declared Unit C.'isl-

clVtireli was D'e best lighted city in Nen.Zealand, lie also staled that Itwas destined to he the greatest industrial centre of the Dominion, thanks to its hydro-electrical facilities. Tie asserted, with the emphasis of conviction, that in time Christchurch would also be the largest city in New Zealand. BTR’ljj CONCEALMENT. orxEmx, Nov si. Stuart Cecil Fin Hand and 1 leatherhello Harland. who were acquitted on August 14th last on a charge of murdering their infant female child, were arraigned in the Supreme Court this morning before tin* Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) and a jury, on two other charge's arising but of the same circumstances. The counts were: —(.1) That, on or about June 17th. 1022 they caused the death erf a child which had not become a human being in such a manlier that they would have been guilty of murder if such a child had 'been 4)drn ; and (2) that they disposed of the dead body of their child with intent to conceal the. fact that such child had been born. The hearing lasted all day, and the jury, after a retirement of an hour and fortyininutes, and after viewing the spot where the body was found, brought in a verdict of “guilty” on the second count, with a recommendation to mercy for the female accused, on account ol her youth. Both accused were remanded till Saturday for sentence.

burglars at avork. •WELLINGTON, Nov 9. Daring burglaries have been nported to tlie police hero. In cue ease thieves got- away with £450 worth of goods. The first robbery occured some days hack. Whitehead and Pears, drapers, losing £l5O worth of stock. The second one was at Hayward’s Ltd., ladies’ tailors. I.anil.ton Quay, the premises being broken into, and £390 worth of stock stolon. Burglars entered Hayward’s hv coming down from a terrace overlooking the. rear of the shop. They took out a whole fanlight. Thev removed costly head hags, and imported French cloths, and silk wear of various descriptions. This is the second time Hayward’s has been broken into. PRIME MINISTER. AUCKLAND, Nov 8. Mr Massey lias left- for the South, • t nd will speak at New Plymouth tonight (Friday), and at Stratford on Saturday. He intends to return to Auckland in about ten days, spending several days in the district. Later lie will visit several centres in the South Island. Air Alassey expresses himself as confident of success lor his party.

ALLEGED SHORT-AA’EIGHT BUTTER. WAITARA, Nov. 8. Tlie Stipendiary Magistrate dismissed charges against two local dairy companies, charged under Section 12, Clause 2 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, with selling packages of butter hearing a false statement. The Health Department’s inspector gave evidence of purchases in shops, and that the net weighings showed a shortage. The defence was that there was no evidence before the Court of the weight of the butter at the t?ime of the sale by the companies to . the storekeeper, and no evidence of sale by the eoinpamos. The Magistrate held that as it was a quasi-criminal charge ho must be ceilain that “every person” in the section included the companies. He urged that Iho Department should appear to settle the point. The Magistrate also warned the companies to alter their methods, for depending upon the main t- nance of weight h.v the retention of nil- bubbles and tlie full value of salt was only opening the door to possible, further trouble.