TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

'IIY TXI.KfII’.AiMI - !'l-;it PUKSS AR.'.OCIATIO?,] I! E.MA XI) Ell. PALMERSTON X.. fe.-l m. At the -Police ( ~l lr t to-,!;. . . r Imiry 'Vidiani T-i.vlor appeared on fiv i barges of t lief; of sums totalling over eight loindred pounds, the pmperty ot tlm I,nan and Men-.-nii lie Ag.-iay Coy. lie was re ia a ml;-.-! tor a w eek . bail being allowed. ' RIMTE fOXVKTED. WELLINGTON, Eeb. 10 Aider -eyei.il boar-' retirement, the jury found .lame- (teorge Bruce guilty of t!.e I t a,, e- 111 from the I'II lidof G-.e Wellmgioii Wiilersiilers’ Union a body to which lie lu-.,! been at Inch oil for a number of years as secretary. I’be jury recoin mended mercy on neeolllll of the -peeia I ei ir tl lil.-l a llees and facilities offered in connection w Jill the di-erep.l noy. • tu-iiee t 1 1 ape an jivoinuna-eil -eiiie: ie. - ; m media! ely. eommtiliing Ilnur :-1 prison for eighteen numi l,s w ith hard labour. Tin- ea-e la-teil tbrniiglioai the day. '.he laeining heing taken on i: h a it, i-—examination of the pri-mer Ire dr Maea-e-.. ( rown Pro--e'.ure-. Afrer Mr Toogoo.l had ad-dre-M-ii lie jn-.v m, l.ehalf ol Bruce Mr Alai a -si -y replied lor the Crown. Hi- I loiionr -umui'-d up at i on-idei-able h' 11 gt! J. CX WRITTEN LA ME WA XG ANT! Eel.. Hi. The Supreme Court was engage i m-day in hearing a i-a-e iu which William Owen was charged ur.h a- - said ting Thomas llorlmrr Butler, will, iut ,-ni to do g i i'-vs .1- I'm lily harm. The evidence showed that Owen leu ml Bulie,• in leal wilt: his ■ (Even's) wife, lie had a razor in hi-. pa.- I, with which he intended c.mm ! i -ilieide. but i! a- -i gbi - i t ; ■; I - ier and Mrs Owen together liue'e hielose Ids balanee. and lie a!: a' m-;i Butler, inflicting II wounds. ■ lustiee Reed, in addies-ing tin jury- said- —Whatever sympathy might be felt towards Owen, the unwi it ten law must not he allowed to rule. The inrv disagreed, and a new trial was ordered.

DUNEDIN EXHIBITION. DUN El 5 IN'. Fob 10. A public meeting approved of the liobling of an I itiporia! i'.xb<b;tion at Dunedin, in 1995. resolving aLo ibai ; a view of Dunedin's commitment to hold an industrial cxbibiii m in 19'-’! ami to a-k the delegate to Die Cbris!cliureh Conference to defer bolding any industrial exhibition till afer the !••'■.- ■ J. Imperial Exhibition. DERAILING OF TRAIN. AUCKLAND. Feh IP. As a sequel to n railv ay at anient near King-land on January '-Nth when i’:c engine of the 11 clensvilie tram v. a - ji'.a.iib d .a sixteen-year-old hoy »!•-. i,-1j ■, ; 1 ai; (bi 1 police i our:. cbargoT with having placed stones mi tli • raiiivnv line to the danger of the persons travelling on it. The lad admitted the mischief. The probation oiliccr said the 1 1 ov had been an exceptionally goon lad at' school. Mis father said the lad had won prize for the best all-round work in i,j s class. lie was now earning U Mr I’oynfon, S.M.. said the lad deserved n good, /whippings hut the Magistrate could not- order tlmi ile coidd only fine him mi. to U A 'inof £lO was imposed. The , 1 •a. hi wed six months to pay. • ''lo ■•• non ~f his name was prohibited. MEDICATED VINE AUCKLAND. IkV; Justice Stringer at the ''Upi-mio Court dismissed an appeal b\ d Wri 'in . a grocer, again-t hi- 1 ■ viction and line of 910 hv a 'kgntrate for an alleged breach m me I (censing Act by selling "M memo, without a license. Tim appellant tended that A\ liicarnrs i- not within the meaning of the Act. .tv ued that every alcoholic hover.-

wimi.'t honor, and that if a prepamtion weren’t used ordinarily as In-,-age although capable, by misuse, c: producing intoxication. that dull: bring it within the Act. His Honour expressed his regno that the case hadn’t been taken In v of -, general appeal, because the siilc-iant'ial question could not he decided His opinion was that "Mm,.ar,,is” was medicated wine within tiie' -Act. and as it contained 30 per cent of alcohol, it tras an intohqu nr.