TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1923, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

[nv TEI.ECHUI’H—PEII PItKSS ASSOCIATION!. PH fXTFKS’ TRIBUTE. WFLLIX'f ITOX. Feb IP. At ii meeting of tlio Master Printers’ Association tiio following resolution was t-iii riod : •‘Tiint this annual mooting of Now Zealand .Master Printers’ Association desires on the occasion of Ids reu tireinoiit. to <oiigratnlato Mr P. Selig upon the completion oi hi< jubilee in connection with newspaper business. As its first President, the Association is indebted to .Mr Selig for the valuable services h,. rendered at its inception, and this meeting places on record its appreciation of sympathetic help and nssistunco he had rendered in advancing the status of the printing trade of the Dominion.’’ TWO FIRES. WFI.LIXf ITON. Fob 19. An exciting incident occurred at Taitai at 1.30 on Sunday morning. two-storied residence occupied |,v Arthur Charles Clegg was destroyed |/v fire. The building which was nearly All years old was discovered to he on lire. Mrs Clegg rushed upstairs to ,ear'll hor father. She succeeded in gettip.f him down and then found her own escape was cut off. She got through a vin (low on to a shed and fell to the ground striking her head and face as she came down. She was brought to Wellington Hospital where she was found to lie sull'oring from severe cuts mid shock. She is now progressing fairly well. The Fire Brigade had a call at 11.10 sn Saturday night to a lire in a four store;, hiiilding in Singer's Avenue oil Willis St., one of the most thickly built part- of the city. App-arenl Iv tli,. lire had keen hurtling for some' lime a. ii had a great hold nil the upii,.,- si oi 1 1 Being a concrete building the Imar was intense. The brigade (ought a very dillicult situation, as the (nv threatened to overwhelm a large block ol buildings in the vicinity, and it was over two hours hi [ore a mastery was obtained. Two upper stories wen completely gutted In tlm lire and the contents vanished, ([rent damage was done on the ground Hour to ancle b.v smoko ami water. The second anil third Moors were occupied by Tossnuin (ladies’ tailor') 'and Messrs Homines Bros. Cramp and Co were tenants on the first floor, the contents ol which wen' hadlv damaged. City Printing Co |,ml l)r' Alfred were on the ground floor and their stock was damaged by float, smoke and water. The building was owned by Fletcher. (Chemist i. \ SFH lOCS CHARGE. GISBORXF. Feb 19. Frances Quinn wa- committed for (rial on a charge ol the illegal use ol an instnimenl. MAXI) C< I.XTFST. DC X FDIX. Feb 19. The hand contest opened this morning with lho solo enmpotitions. F Flat Bass Solo—Coiighlan (Kaikovai) Plpts 1; I lower f'Ksiikonn) OOpis •J. (; ,xt ■■ r I Invercargill II i hernia ns i Nflpts 3. Bt >V SCO Cl S . WKI.I.INOTON Frhrnar' 19. ■Sir Robert I’.ailcn I’owdl is asking Xew Zeal..ml to scud a contingent of Boy Scouts to the British Umpire Kxli i hit ion oeM year.” stated the I’limi* Minister to-day. '•lre matter will he submitted to Cabinet at the lirst opportunity.

lAI PORTA XT COAL FIX'D. rXVFIU'ARtMLI I'eh 19. Twd excellent seams of teal hav< been located on Mr \. W. Rodger's Itircliwood property, i'he tests so far 1 carried out prove the coal to he ol great, eommoreial valui'. and tlial it will coke well. Tim result ol the boring suggests that coal exists under a much wider area than was previously considered possible, and it is considered that the region of tin find "ill m the near future he one of the busiest commercial centres in Southland. COXVICTFI) OF ASSAULT. AVAXGAXUI. Feb 19. The. re-hearing of the trial of William Owen, for assault on But I. r, when found with Owen’s wife, was taken today. The jury returned with a verdict of ‘ •( I’uilty 11l sentencing the prisoner. Mr Justee Heed said be would take this ease as one of common assault. Ibe priM.iitr had been rightly convicted. Any iitrv that failed to convict oil the evidence given would be eoiurnitting a breach "of the oath. He would Ink? into consideration the jury’s rertuiimendation id mercy, but. at the same time, he wanted to point out that no man could take the law into his own lands, and it would therefore he noces--nrv to inflict some punishment upon him. It would he light, almost too; light. He added that Owen would have to pay the costs of the prosecution. for he had no valid defence 1 . His Honour imposed a line of £•) and ordered him to pay the cost of the t\vo prosecutions .amounting to £l7 los fid. Six months "'as given Owen in "hicli to pay the amount.