TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION BANKRUPT CHARGED. AUCKLAND. A larch 14. A bankrupt auctioneer, Percy William Douglas .was charged at the Police Court .with having fraudulently converted to his own use four sums totalling £287. The informations were laid as a result of enquiries, following on a meeting of hi- creditors on T'eb. a meeting of his creditors on February 2nd. when it was resolved to place the facts before the Crown Solicitor. Ihe case was adjourned till next Ihursdny, accused getting hail. HEALTH BOARD. WELLINGTON, .March 14 A meeting of the Board of Health was held in Parliament Buildings toduv. The Minister, -Mr Parr, presided. The Health Department furnished an exhaustive report ol ihe staffing, dietary and general efficiency oi' private nursing homes —some 212 in all. The Board decided to ask the four Nurse Inspectors to meet a committee of the medical men on the Board, in order to make further inquiries regarding the general efficiency of the private homes, and to report at the next nmetin< f ol the Board. WELLINGTON. March 14

At to-dav’s meting of the Board of Health, a lengthy discussion on the housing problem was initiated by Dr J. S. Elliott, who declared there is still a shortage of 20,000 houses throughout the Dominion. The need lor more houses of a sort, within the means ol ihe average worker was unanimously admitted, hut there was a wide divergence of opinion as to the best methods of solving the problem. 'i iie Minister said that, it pressed tor

i,piiiion. he would say; a solution was to tr.* foiim! id L! i* * furnishing °l more Hl,oral advance.. on a better basis of valuation, to enable individual homes, lie wa- In a position l" say that, as already foreshadowed h> the Premier, important legislation in this directum would probably bo introduced early next session, greatiy increasing the maximum amount of the advances, and offering more favourable terms tor icpayment. . . . V resolution "as < rrio*l urging Die* Government: (a) To increase and improve the facilities under which individual workers can build and acquire t licit- own homes : (2) the removing ol rout restrictions in eases wherein they lend to hamper or prejudice private enterprise; and (3) the encouraging ot housing by advances to building associations and to private builders.

I.IOUOR POLL WANTED. TE KITH, Marcii I

At a well-attended meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night. Mill. 1. Morton, a former president, tinned the following motion, which was carried with only one dissentient : "Thai the Te Kuti Chamber of Com uierre urge the Government lo give immediate effect to the rerommetulal ion (,■ |]i(> Licensing (\nmnission in muioil--.- to a local option poll for the King Country, and that, m Hu- event -.1 the poll being in favour oi licensed hoiisc-t-i grant a sale, and exclusive lii-cilse to the le Kuili Borough CouncilI'AI HA PE ( AKNIVAL. TAIHAPE, March 15. .Nominalinns tor ihe twelve handicap events received liv Tailiape Athletic and Axemen's Club for the sports meetin.- on March 17th ami Gilt. closed with a total of 532. an average of 44 coitipetitors in eauli I*:»m 1 i«*:ij> uvunt- » n<* ii.i•,) umnhiT ui i> ovu one hundred more than previously i'*leHTciphed. Axomen and runner? are arriving from all parts of New Zealand. Thu Westland contingent arrived Inst night. Heavy rain fell last night and this morning, but the weather has cleared and now then* is every promise of (•(»(id weather. 1( Is .expected there v-ill tie live thousand visitors in Hie g.u u on Saturday and that all except hjilf n dozen nominated, will compete. •J"... mu twelve inch chops have >0 com-p'.-iturs ill each and over (it) in the 0i.5() chop. 12 wore nominated for the LIIMI Sheffield. MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT. ( HRTSTGIH RGT!. March 15. Michael Riorilan. builder at. contractor. aged 25. ‘-ingle, was tcry severely injured by riding a mot. I -cycle into the engine of the ferry train at \Yaltham road level crossing this morning. a few bundled yards t|-om Christchurch station. The train win travelling at a great speed and Rier'lan's insjuries are extensive. He was !-■ have been married in a tnrtnighl. AN INQUEST. AUC'KI AND, March 15. At the inquest on the body ot Rev Frederick Warner (Congregational Minister) found in the church httsement. a report t.y the Dominion Ana--1 vst stated the contetlts oi tin- stomach contained a cousiderahh amount ! ! strychnine and aconite, mure than sufficient to cause death, flio Coroner said (here was sufficient, evidence that deceased was worried in connection with church matters. A verdict that deceased took poison while in a state ol externie depression, was louml. WINTER I’RTt’F. OF MII.K. WELLINGTON. March 12. The question of the price for winter supplies of milk for the city was dweu sell at a meeting of th • CBv 1 aiiii,j| this afternoon. Alter a m- -u". n in iomin it tee. it was decided to raise the price to 7 .Ul per quart for the nve winter months. The increase will tab.

■■luce on Mav Ist, The present price i•V.d. while iast year an all-round tlm vear price ol .d wis charged. I n new price will not he tne beat its charge'd for milk within rt cent years, as two years ago as much as Sd was pan. daring one of the winter months. It is proposed to review the matter alter a period ol live months. A COMMUNIST FINED. WELLINGTON. March Id. Young, a tircnian on the steamer Paki-ha .at Court to-day was lined 13 for bringing a Communist paper into the Dominion and for having Communist’s Journals in h.s possession He stated to the police that be did not intend to distribute them. He bad i t brought them for any particular pei-

" Tiie Magistrate: Do you know l could give von twelve months. .... Defendant: 1 know it now. I s papers are sold in England and Australia. I haven’t seen them sold m N TI. e Z i£”‘trato: Yen Jiving any more '"'Defendant 11 : That will he "iv funeral. In answer to a quo-tion. be pimm-m. not to bring any more papeis The defendant said he would tail.., not pay a fine. ~i-„< -hat X detective said it accused takes .nut -t-uid we will have to take proceedings n„. Undesirable Immigrants Act.