DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

. [nv Tl-:i>KCUtAPir—I'ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 “ A SERIOUS CHARGE. 1 - “ OPO'ITKI. April 13. J ItuU'iic I opi. wild whs acquitted some s time back on a charge of murder of J Raul Zambucka, nt Motu river, was toil ; day committecd at the Supreme Court. 1 1 Auckland, on a charge „f unlawful car--11a! knowledge. fl | terms of wixdixg-ur. j h ollov. ing upon the ( onlii niation of a ; resolution to wind up the Fiji and Xew j" j Zealand sett ion of the Colonial Sugar J | Company, a repayment on the present 8 j shares at the par rate of fill, plus I- | j lid interest as from April Ist., will he *3 | made oil .May loth. *f FATHER OF HOUSE. p -MASSMVS RECORD. " AVEU.IXCTOv. p.-i, ]2 . P nt i.evin .re.sk.rdny, .Mr 0 ' } {> '~i o ''' : ',‘ ar!e , u l Ja -sing reference to [J ll !'- tlm 1m had completed tweniyP | 11,110 years of uninterrupted Parlilt(jj : mentary .service. LS j I* «" nti twenty-nine years yesterday.” □ | 110 *' ,ll(1 ' "““'ice I was first elected' to !J I arliament. That is an iiidirnken uer- □ i m«I. I have not been defeated, tlnui.tr,)i Lj j 1,110 iloVol ' knows what mav liajipeu in LS the In tine. 1 have seen marvellous Lj ! snrprises at election ;iimc, bun my Lj \i atcrluo lias not yet , omc. I don’t LJ know whether \ shall wait tor it to Li come--that remains to ho seen. LJ “1 am the lather ol the Home at Lj prest nt. There are men in Parliament LJ win; were there before me. hill their reLj cord I.- not unbroken. Either I am up LJ lo Mr Scddon's record, or very clo-e r-j to it. So fa I as Ills office an- colir-« (crned, lie wa- t iifrtc;■ 11 years Prime pj .Minister. Ep to ihe present 1 have pj | keen Prime Minister lor eleven years. p||: 'a- | shall have been by the lime the pj ! I Inn nn us a vain." f| j Air .'Teas added that lor In’s long PJ ic oi in Parliaiiicni he had ilia loyally Lj oi ! i uj’pertors in Krnnkliii eleetmaie f’J ;io l haul.. They had a "a\ of 1 1 ■ 11111 at fl ; lor,. ' ole i ion I ihm to devote LJ only o:i- >;• aai night- lo them, and : \ nLav! 1 ’ 1 ' S ■ No mao com Id stand on the ipiarler U elicit for -O many vein s a - I:, had done. Lj end escapa lial.ility l a err m i a-innally. pi : lie- had made mi-la!,and whs ready kJ i to arkiinu ledge ii. ini his lei .lakes had Lj | never been due lo inient ml: or neglect. | war frxi) bursaries. I WELLINGTON. April 11. k j At a meeting of the executive com**l | mit tee of the- .National War Funds 2jj j Council, the renewal of the National cJ | War Funds bursaries to returned .-Dll'* j dieis whose I'niversity courses ban Hhceii interrupted by war service, wa- ; reviewed for the y ear I 1)23-24. I'p n ■J i Alal'cli 31 si. 1 222 forty-three -tudelit.- ! lompleled tlnur courses, there hemp a u | only two withdrawals from Fniversity Colleges, both of which were due to J ” physical disability. iJ I lie Council decided to grant bur-ar- ' » --'s tii the follov. me students for the [I year ending .March 31-t,. 11123: F. (). s "| Bennett, U. 11. Beaumont. Alex Cumig mine:, J. A. I). Iveraeh. K. 11. Dean. H i S. 1.. Ccerm. A. il. Ilarvie. IF ||. Maremlay. 1.. 11. Marshall. X. Ik ra J Aiathesun. and 11. .7. Muunsell. all in ’* | l'csidam c at tin- (Hiitta Medical Si hook '4\ • * | -ll lIV.MA.N AXI) WITNESS. J ! 1 ! WELLING'! ON. April 11. j I A rather uiiiisiial application was $ J made to the Supreme Court in the ca-e jj ihi which .1. . Conway, plasterer van 'I i awarded £!););) damage- agaiii-t the I Xeliehalel A-chali Comn.iny. for m- ' j juries hv an areideiil. I lelemlaiHs ap- „ j plied for a non-suit or a!i erna i i vely. a j new trial, nil the ground of misconduct lof the jury, and ih ■ \ mdi.-t being f j against the weight of ocidouro. Ilu- | j latter idea wa . ai;:imkuird. and tit ' 1

j ef.i nt rested on the in her. The- tit! j eanduet complained of was that a- ti I jury was leal ill.; the ( uiirl .:11 the lir: j day. one of their mitnli: i eniered int : i Uiver'iition with a witness. Coiui-i intervened at the tune and pointed oil : that eon versa t ion was inijirooer. Th I juryman stated that he e-Ld tie; wit - lies-- to describe t'-'.e hi: v-her.' tiif a. • < ifl'-nt look plat e. J Aih vision on the t limit v. tis re-er'. ed | Vi’.'.TEIISIDKIIS’ BAND. I VF.I.I.INWi’O.V. Lpiil 11. | Th" matter of the s.-ia-d Vt'ater.'-n! i Win ki-r.s' iJaltd in -l rnun-ii i -me- In fer, j the Court yesterday. The Water- nh | Workers’ Federation i laim-'d the in slriimi'iu- on the onniiid that tlmy wer: e:: 1 il led to possession o! them, as tin Waterside Workers’ i'uioii had eimo that Imily at hill of sale over tin v hole of t lii'ir assets. The ipie-ti m before the Court wa- an npphcalion by the Slier ill' in determine v-lmiher tlii- ! !. 11:11 wa , valid. When lhe case v, a - (ailed on. it nas i lit i nut led t in: t l lie Fedcratiiin would withdraw an." claim to tla- iu-ti iiim nt-. His lloiiour Mr Justus- lie..kino, made a n order i hat the I' edera i ion I would I--.- barred, and that no action I <i)i!Ill he hrouyht anaiu-t the Slu-rill' in I respect- to the subject mallei' o! the : claim. Casts were allowed appim-t th" j Federation. I WOO!.].EX COM PA NY'S FI UK. WEITI.I XtiTt »N". Apt il IE The Ini i id' ii v hiil'iied ye-ieiday lormul part only of the Wooll-ii ( nnipanv s hh : !■:. 'j’li - iii.-ura. 11 •i- - on the puri nut ot tin- luiildiiiu truited wer-- about £M;‘Ci.. hut till- re-t of the ill a- 1 I'll llel-. anioiintiii.it m CBI'J.IBt. wa- -k'o-' over the whole block and contentx. and is not apportioned. OA.MAIIF liV-F.f.ECTION. OAM Alii'. Ajo il 11 Tlte roll for the Oantani by-election i 10-. ed on Sat unlay, over out- thousand new onrohiienis havin.u been made. Oi llic-e, unite six hundred are new names, electors eoiiiinp: ol ;u;o, and new arrival- in the district. The contest will he conlined to tintwo candidates —the lion E. P. Fee (I’efortn and Mr .). A. McPherson ( l.iheral-l.aliotif). Xi-ith.-a candidate has spoken yet. hut tlie eainjinijoii will open in real earnest on Tuesday nityl l l. The Prime .Minister is aunoimeed to -peak that j nip.lit at Palmerston. i