TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

BY TELEGRAPH—PKit PRESS ASSOCIATION]

IRON WORKS. NELSON. Jan. 25. 'Tie- recent f'li• ■ at Oiiakaka iron and -led works wi'l Put ddav operations for any length of time. George Eraser •'iiisiiit ing engineer, returned from the ( oiep-iny's works ref>ort ing to the Direetors of the Coy. the extent of dnnidone !,v tile tire w bieii so niysioi i.msly- oeeiirred at the Company's works on the night of the !3ili I rse-.er (■:-timates tfial. tie- rebuilding of the east house, blacksmith's shop, engine house •ml boilcrlii use along with repairs to the machinery, replacing tools, beltingetc., will run into C 2750, while the iu- • :ii- .ii.-e on the damaged property was (;2(I(III .S'.Hith Briiish). 'Hie Company's directors have' decided to proceed fortli■.iili with the re- on-i met ion and repair': and nlherwi-. adhere to the programme previously laid down concerning other work, until the plant is eoin:,|eie and tin- jiroduetioii of iron is eoniineiiced at no very distant date. BIG FINE. GISBORNE, January 21. What appeals a liar-li provision of the law was broug’it into effect at TekaruUu C-nirt. when James Price. Sect ec-rv of the Foothall (Job was lined £SO for faiT'ug to make a return cr amU'i"i-cn! t x. Tlie deb organised a ei ei el l to rai-e fund aid the Stamp Depart 11 1 •1 11 was dep-dved i f 10- Sd in revenue. 'There is nm a j rovision in the Ad I'm a line oi less i ban £SO. and this aeeiH-dingly «’as iotbi-ted. Die local Stalin ' Officer la ■ snivel -aitinn v ith a "Times" ref <n tor. said Price had I .'(*11 o’t of fawn some time. The dab decided to hold a conceit, but Price's name warn on the tickets as sc -retni-y. without consulting him first he knew d' the mutter was two ilavs before the (•..■u-ert. when lie v.a's a-ked to buy a (id el. 'The < oneert warn held in August. The 'Taxing Officer, sent a demand for the tax. Price filled in Hie form, bet instead of posting i> at tin- feed Islaiuo Office, banded ii i.e Dl - t • the ( 'lid; President . Price cad to reiooii to a statimi where he Wit- w orking. Tie- P , -idem of ibe fi’oiitball Club handed it to one o! bis employees. ’Then all trace of it was In-1. Tie • Stamp Office wrote again to Price. This letter was not re. eh ml. Price km v. no more iiil he was served with a somllleMs. The Stamp Oflie. a said lie I i ; t Price was deiyiiig t lie Department, and he applied Ice p r■lilis'ii li to prosecute, which was given. Had the office been ill possession of all the facts it was improbable there would have been n prosecution without giving Price any fm-D'cr nie ortunity. price's only ionise now is; to apply to tlie Minister for a remission of portion of tile penalty. Mil YE ITCH PROTEST'S. WANGANUI, January 2(5. Mr N'eiteli M.P.. lias wiitten to Hon. Guthrie (Alinistei d Railways), strongly dissenting ITom the poliiy of spending large sums of public u. -m y outside the Dominion for the purchase of locomotives which could be manufactured ill New Zealand at a cheaper rate. lie urges the necessity for immediately establishing tlie Ufe. ,-a rv plant for the purpose and diaraf'terises as n grave public scandal tlie large sums of money sent from New Zealand while capable workmen are iramp-.ig roads in search of employment. WEEELNGTON. January 2(3. Owing in heavy weather the opening. of .the M .(.(.-Wellington match was postponed until 2 p.m. N.Z. SENATE. DUNEDIN, January 2d. At the Senate meeting. Protessor Rankin Brown, of Wellington was elected Vice Chancellor. It. was decided to ask Professor Richardson, director of Agriculture of Melbourne to report on the equipment and teaching facilities of Eineuiu College. A divorce granted. CiIRISTCHURCH. Jan. 26. At the Supreme Court, Alice May Russell petitioned lor divorce from Dr. Gerald Warren Russell on the grounds of desertion. The parties were mairic.'it in England, in June H)l”. anti lived happily with respondent nut i IPiS when they were at the Waldorp Hotel, London. She then noticed he was not afi'eelronate bis manner D v:ng quite changed. Since then they had not lived as husband and wife. After serving in the war. Russell returned to Christchurch, but did not. send for her, and she borrowed money and came out to New Zealand arriving ill 1919. Respondent wrote to lift saying he had quite made up his mind that he could not bear the idea of married life any more. She saw him but be gave no explanation and re) used to resume the ordinary life of husband and wife. She returned to England, having lost all hope ol recovering hi' allectious. lit allowed her £22 per month maintenance. The petition was undefended, and a decree nisi was granted.