DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 April 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

fnv Tiu.ig;itAi’ii—pint pi*.ess associatiom.] ARStiN CHARGE. AU( KLA N I). A pril The voting man, VLilham Fivderielt Brait l.w aitv. who previously- pleaded "not guilty" to incendiarism in connection with the lire at Avondale Sclinol, was to-day acquitted at t lie Police ( mirt. The .Magistrate sail that the statement-. made by the other two, who pleaded guilty, when they v.ere first j interviewed In the polie, have sincebeen altered in favour of tbe aeeii-cd. Both now say that lie was not present when the school "ax set on lire. BA\YA! ILL DESTROYED. GISBORNE. April Ik The Alatan iii Co-operative Sim milling Company's mill at Alatinvai was de-iioyed by lire, the maeliiiit'i'y being badly damaged. The in.stint nee totalled i:2()oft. TEA AI LEAVE FOR AUSTRALIA. AUCKLAND, April il. The New Zealand bowling team of about :}2 members, leave Auekland by the Alarama on June Ist to play matches in New Soiitb Wales and Clueenshiiid. BODY I t)!’ ND. iIiAAILS, -I b The body , t H.i- • id t hap) . L oil.- m Ik., i a i ‘lux of Die Tail'll i V- as iliwn r (,t a! low tide in Tairna , '..-r ! ■ I ni in. .-. I‘l * I ■!; Kg'S!. *N OF NAME',. CiGUSTt 111 Ri. U. Man I: li. j Mi Wyvii-o Wilx-.ui .Stiiieinhary Magi -t r.r, i a ied in (-111 I that t lea ii: a he look ot - ttppr. - do;. 1,1 names (|itiie young pei-ou' vlio e iniun- wall!: !v to be ll:linprred l.y t:::• pltmii lltioii.' flie only etii-r ■.'•.■re | vr'Hie rut'," ssiint was not a', ailitblr 1 o voiir.g ti;, n in full pns-ession or tlmir Vrnses. The remarks were made in isiiinnil ting a man of 2(1 to Rotorua for inebriety. 'j'be suppression o! the name wit" also ref: rred to bv .1 ustirc AclaltU, in a Cil.'" wbcu'e a youth of ,seventeen Mas led axU',. v hi aii older man who iiublt , d him j I • vf.l'l: .11 •' theft I'd' bee' I c.Ansel Slined Mr' elder man had left ; for Australia. ’lhe judge said the -up- : jon of five mi Hit; would help towards tile redemption of the youth, lie requested reporters to with-liohl the mints, remarking that he would not i SUPREME (I*l RT SENTENCES. j (ill;!Sit null' 11. April ft. j Robert .\iexiinder Donaldson, age.i ;i, ho !;:ul dug iqi hi- nml her’.board of sovereigns under an apple l a. open i, I lel ore Mr dllsliee Allan: lei -enl ence. The ( town I’rusaid that L'l2l had been returned ami that Cl A was still missi,ig. The prisoner seemed i" think Hat the money belonged to Hi" iamily. Prisoner was admitted to probation two years, provided lie made res- i ting ion and took out a prohibition | 15i pii-onei'x were sentenced as fnlhiwx:- .Andrew Deer, two years for breaking, entering and theft anti three vein's’ reformat ive detention at the expiration of sentence. Deer also got two years’ hard labour for forgery. Frederick William Thompson, two ve, rs for breaking and entering, to be fM|.,v.-rtl bv three years' reformative. An-iin g.,t one month for breaking the terms el' his probation in respect to a t barge ot iiilst* pit'tenees. Cvril Eugene Walden was loniiiniieil tor seuteiu'i'' ioi’ tiie limit Ol a watch fr in a hotel bednnun. DR A UGI IT'S CHAAIRK )NSIH R. TfAAHLTON. April li. fa the draughts champion-hip tour,l,.v the eontrstants iiosiiions are: | Calderwc.id (llainiltont L’l points, tin-j ; beaten s' far; SYoti (Invercargill! H*: j j j; Betting. 1(1! : .McDonald flLntiiiton) : Id: S. Rotting inn:, (llalelutlia) 1 “>A ; j ! Gib-on. (Afarfom 1 !| : Siitlierlnnd (Run- j j giLikoi) 11: Bruce (New 'Rlynniutlil 13: | Da.vey (Afarlnn' 12: Yeung (Coal, gate) • ii; Gild,ons tDaiinevirkc) 10: Soljak | (Hamilton) 9; I awe (Daimevirke) 0: | AbkNvan. Hamilton. A: Tlmyne (Hant- ! iltoift It: I.yon (Alnrton) It. It m | expecte*l that the tourney will be con- ! tinned until Afonday. BOOKMAKER FINED £IOO. DUNEDIN. April (k Lew i- Nathaniel Curtis was lined four | j,-. lulred pounds for booknmking. LABOR CONTRADICTION. CHRISTCTIURCTL April f>. j Aefoi'diug to n Pre-s Association 1 message from Dunedin, Sir Howard ! KHmt' speaking Tniifanga hye-eloe-ti: -aid that l.idiour organisers who ! bad gone down to Tauritnga ffolti^ | Auckland had been suddenly ordered i had; ftom Wellington. W. Nash National Secretary of the ; New Zealand Labour Party strenuousj lv denies" these allegation-. "Since J i have been National Scetetary. he said. I "we have never had a t oinmunicatiou I from any religious organisation with j regard to elections. The Labour I Party has expressly stipulated that |jt a> much cpposvd to one pnit\ j to the other, that i-, to both the Re ! form and Liberal parties. We .are j opposed to all anti-Labour parties, j With regard to Tauranga, lie said that i there was no Labour organisation in ; Tauranga and the executive's position with regard to Oamaru had been explained by Air Holland at the recent conference of the Labour Baity, aim endorsed by nil present. Replying to tbe allegation that the Labour Party was opposed to Protestantism, Mr Xash said wo meruLors in the Labour Party from every religious organisation in the Dominion-