DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[nv TF.Lr.GRAnt—PER press association.] HOMESTEAD BURKED. WAfPAWA. March 2G. The 8 medley homestead of eleven rooms on the property bequeathed to the Government by .Mr .Tosiah Howard far an agricultural farm w.is totally destroyed by fire last night. The inmates had a narrow escape and lost everything. The property was in the hands of the Public Tn’-teo. The insurances are not available, RALf.VG .JUDGE A ITOINT El). PALMERSTON N . Miircli 21. .Mr C. 11. Washer, t.f llawera. Ini' been ajqiointed judge of the YLiiiawatu Racing Club, in place of Mr Stanford who has resigned owing to his giving up judging. wrTALES STRANDED. DUNEDIN, March 2d. A whale, species unknown, has been washed up on Kartigi Beach, near I \-i 1 morston. nml Ims u ttracrt*<l n Inr^o cmomit tf attention. The leviathan is 7)21 feet long and 10 feet high. The Unites tf tlie tail are seven feet wide. A young "hale also "as stranded on Green Island Beir h at Die end cf In -1 week. CREMATING A RAT. AUCKLAND PROSECUTION FAILS. 'ICELAND. Martli 2:3. | An allegation of cruelty to a rat j "a- brought by the Soeieiy for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals against two young men m the Magistrate's Court yesterday. The defendants were Fill wan! pereivnl Stafford, ami Lawrence Colo,in. .Mr .Matthews, who appeared for the Society, said he had advised the committee not to proceed with the notion. iait a special meeting decided tn pi'r-. the information. Three ladies stated that, on a retold Sunday, from the fiout window of a house in Grey Lynn, they saw Stafford carry a rat in a cage into the road. He brought out a bailie of k'U'osene. ami poured the contents over the animal. He then returned to the garage, t'alpan struck a match, and sort lire to the rut. which squealed with pain and inn into the cage. The llaines from its iTii shot about lift, iut i the ail. The witnesses were shocked at the occurrence, ami one of them , stated that she felt unwell for the jv- , ni;iintier of the day. The defendants, a* well as other "it- | nesses, maintained that the rat was ! ( hit mi the head with a tyre lever be-: ( fore the match was applied, and it \ . made no movement or sound whatever. , The reason I'm- cremating the animal , "as that it appealed disease-infci ted. The informal ion was dismissed.

ANOTHER BABY, DKG IT YESTERDAY. WKI.i.I.NiNTIIN. .Man h 27. The Tu-peclor of Hein e ha- repnri''al that the | dire have di-eoval'etl Hie liodv of limit In-r ibiitl on the Cooper Property at Newlamb. This i, the second iiila.iit’.- I 'd. tn.iL ha- been found. Tlie fti-l body was discovered ov r a mouth ago. after the arrest o! Richard Daniel Cooper and hix wile, "ho are now indicted oil charges ol murder, and are to appear at the Supremo Court in .May next. The digging opera lions on the property were re-limed last Friday, the polite haring rea.-on to suspect that a ino her liie.lv would he di-eo\ nred. Tie, digging parly ha-, been operatin'.:. aloe I'outinuouslv aineo F I'iflay. and lit ir effort . "ere re" nidi d thi- atler no'/ii. No p'l It ieil la r- a- I' H ' identity.<>i the latest iliemen ale available. The police are t ontinning their icai'di '>! all parts of ti ■ property in Cue expectation rf finding the bodies "I other children el,l nisi.e'd to Cooper, ami of " haoil no irnee van he found. 11 i> MMlcd liml ;HIt»:.:«• iH. I live < IsiWi* ii wt*Ft* iiii^iii-. whom l’ tl^ now been found. It EH I! lEY E. HETiTTON. WELBIN'CTUN. Mart 'o 27. K is u.ulrrstood thill ;i ]r-iition ha> licoii jiut p:iit’il 11r;-£i!i;_£ ih;it ih : . M;n>ri uiuhT * :! tli hr the l iurder t>i his, ieMuc-v cii'.~lover. 11: r* -‘i t Henry Knight. of M)iivil!.*, should l.e jirunted a vryvirvr < p Mural er -uii'is. Thu |>eiitiuii will, ni r*)Ui , ><*, hu I<»ru;,Filed u: Hi** Kx: ell le y i!u* HownmrCeneral. As Hi- F'.Xt< liviiey is at pre--„nt away from the eitv. and owing to tin- feat that the matter has yet to ;. 0 ,!e"ll with hv the Executive Council ('... Vei al lileml .'I s of whit'll, iiielutlj,,p tlgj Hi'inie Minister, are engaged m the north), it is nob expected Gutl any pi'onollll, elllellt "ill he made Ml l 01lMeeliou V. ill. the matter .or at lea l some time. HASS l-'.NGER MISSING. WELLINGTON. March 28. \ steerage piix-otigci' on the Manuka. wliieh arrived ITom .'.ytbiey yesterday. niysieriously ili.-al'liear'd sb'ntiy after the ves-'el iim-hoicd in lie stream. Tee man. who is alleged to Imve been deported from Australia as an un(U-ir-alile haleiual ciimiual. was sought by tli,. police and the vessel was boarded Iv a nond to' of plain cloth, - men. v.Tm ~‘p.do a thorough search for _ him. but no trace coiil-l l-o iountl. Iheie v.aa heavy heaving line hanging ov. r the side and it i> thought G'o man may have slipped down unnoticed and -wain :: *hoiv. 1? AM KA 11* • TIM ARIL March The Tiim.ru ram fair was held todav. There »;i. an entry oi _over 9iM>, being nearly double last yem -• M-ay g.joif sheep were forward, as "ell as some inferior lines. '1 he fan " !l •" j largelv attended, anti most oi Hie e.itiy was 'cleared at fairly siitislaetory I priees. Si ml sheep brought the hdlowing range ef priK's -Romney Mar-h. R to P.igu-. : I larder- L-ate-tei. 10 lo 291 : ( aril.Male. 7! io 21. the hmi price ; being declined for two-shear ram.-. ■ In tlo'.k sliteui, Bortler-l.eiei -ters fettled :i 11> ll'.gns; English l.eieester to 7: Corrie.lal.-. d<" i I! °mney , .Marsh. :! to Hi. KEIZCUE OF chattels. WAN(fA Nl I. N’areh 2,.^ A the Magistrate's Court to-day Mr Barton S.M.. was asked to recommcrul the Attorney-General to grant consent to ti to seizure of a unlk veieloi s applianeos sold to two returned soldiers. The plaint ill' was unaware the men were returned soldiers "hen the sale was "'c'oil'll*-! for plaintiff said that the soldier debtors should be obliged n> prove that they made known to tneir cre-ditm-s when obtaining credit, the fact that the'.' wore di-'tbarged M.luior.-. H they wished to claim privilege under the War Regulations, and prevent a creditor using the ordinary civil remedies to force payment. . Mr Barton, >.?*».. f*.jul tins wos •' ra-e in which the applicant should be given leave to seize the chattels, and niade a recommendation accordingly. A TECHNICAL POINT. WELLINGTON. March 27. The scrutiny of the ballot papers in connection with the contest for the Oaniarn seat was conducted to-day before the Registrar of the Supreme Court and the representatives of the tunnel for Messrs I.ee and MacPhcrson, who was declared successful. The case will be continued to-morrow. A decision will be given by the Court in connection with ,a t-eehuiya 1 t point raised at Monday’s sitting «s to whether the deposit, for the petition was lodged by the petitioner in accordance with the requirements of the Act in question,