TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[by telegraph—riiß press association] north ISLAND PROJECT. PALMERSTON N., Nov. 22. At a further meeting of the Bacon Committee of the Dairy Farmers’ Imi«it, it was decided to proceed with the formation of a new company to take over a lease of the N.Z.P. Coy. Me.-sis Small. Carter, Campbell, Broadlielt, and Dormer were appointed Provisional Directors of the new company, with power to add. 11l order to make the Provisional Board fully representative of the whole of the North Island, it was secommended that ail equal number of directors he appointed in each of the districts of Taranaki and Auckland. CHINESE ELECTORS. GISBORNE. Nov. 22 A strong complaint is made at Waioa that alleged unnnturaliscd Cliinn-iii-ii have been eroded on- tin' Gisborne roll. The official explanation is that nil Chinese that are horn in British possessions are eligible for enrollment as British subjects by birth, as they have ihe residential i’.a 1 ific-n tii -n~, and that the Chinese electors, in question are not unnnturnlisod aliens, having been horn in Hong Kong.

YOUNG MAN’S DEATH. DUNEDIN. Nov. 22 At tile inquest oil Tasman Henderson 22, who was found in a dying condition in a street on Monday night, it was disclosed that death was due to poisoiwing. . Deceased stated to a doctor that he 1 1 ,.<1 purchased the substance in I slnierst on North six months ago. In a diary. lie said that lie was tired of life, lie had no money nor work, but the evidence showed that deceased stayed at ail hotel, and it was stated lie had

been having a holiday at Palmerston North and flivereargill. and had made iii) reference to destitution. Deceased had told the police, that he lived with his widowed mother ill Montreal Street, Christchurch, hut the police stated they lmd. advice from Auckland that deeonsad’s mother lived there. Ihe Coroner returned a verdict in !UtoM mice with the medical evidence, remarking that the diary’s statement about starvation was inconsistent, with deceased’s travelling. I'.l’.A. ACTIVE. WANGANUI. November 22. One of the largest meetings seen in Wanganui was held this evening, when Mr Howard Elliott emphasised the necessity for Protestants supporting at the election only the candidates whose past conduct or pledges for the futuie ensured non-encroachment on Prote--tant rights, particularly stressing the marriage taw anil the rating of private schools. He also condemned the Labour “extremists,” whose avowed object was to pull down the 1 nion Jack. 1)0(! WORRYING CASE. WELLINGTON. Nov. 23. Mi- S.M., gave judgment, awarding L 1 :'7 (P.miages la t''ree plaintiffs foi damages by loss ot sheep wm lied by two pig dogs, owned by a young mail who had admitted the liability, but had no linaiey. The claim was made against the youth's father under a danse of the Act stating that every person shall L- diemed the owner, who occupies a house or premises .where a <1 - is usually kept or permitted to iomain. In this case the lad kept tec dogs at his lather’s house. Tho Magistrate said the liability was The purpose of t'-e section was to make iteasy to discover the ownership;

FINES 1 NFL if. TED. I WELLINGTON, Nov. 23 j George Alexander Brown, apprehended \\ itli~ two others in a raid yesterday, i was charged with using a building oc- i cup : o:l hv him as a ccnnnon gaming house. The n.'lio:' stated th.'U in nnr days after the Christchurch rite s, Ins takings were 2703. l'nr the Ashhiirs meeting yesterday he took 231 os j] a.in. He was fined .210 two months ago. He pleaded guilty and "as, fined 273. . . John Peter Donnelly anil J. I atncK i hairdressers) the other two arrested, were lined 200 yesterday. nomination. DUNEDIN, Not ember 22. .1 .1. Clark ( Independent Rebuild was nominated for Dunedin North. i TAYO GIRLS DROWNED. i HAMILTON, Nov. 23. A shocking bathing fatality, resulting in the death of two Hamilton girls, is reported from the Ocean Beach near Raglan. A party of eight motored from Hamilton, reaching the Leach in the afternoon. Two men of the party Williams anil Darwin, undertook to boil the Lilly while the remainder went bathing. In about a quarter id an hour the men on shore heard cries, anil saw tile bathers in distress carried out hv an undertow. One bather, Cliainev managed to pull another. Scott to a place of safely. The men on shore rushed into the water and at great risk managed to bring Misses | Kingston and Adele Chainey to Ho shore in a state of collapse. Darwin went bail; and managed to get within a few yards of Miss Winnie Chainey when he himself got into trouble anil leached the shore exhausted. Miss Chainey who was aged twenty-two, was carried out to sea and drowned. Minnie Stevenson twenty-one, had ilisap- | pen-oil with the first big swirl and until in g was seen of her alter the first scream. The latalitv east a- g* oatgloom over tlu- town. Both girls wore verv popular in musiesl and social i*ir—i | NELSON SHOW. KKLSON, November -3* ! Xolson Agricultural ami Pastoral As- | sociation Show was held yesterday and was a great success with a record atI tendance. A notable feature was the j jersey competition. Mr H. K. B. M at- ; son said it, compared favourably with the test shows in Dominion. The official opening was made by Viscountess , iTellieoe.