DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] INFLUENZA OX I'LIMAROA. AUCKLAND, June 14. The TJiimnroa left at eight this morning for Quarantine Island, where, it is understood, she will land the influenza patient. No further information is available. THEFT OF ELECTRICITY. WELLINGTON, June 12. A woman was fined £3 at the Magistrate's Court to-day for tampering with electric lighting connections in her house. Previously current had been supplied on a contract basis, no meter being used. AY lien a meter was installed the woman made a connection with the wires outside and thus secured a large portion of current for lighting without payment. The Magistrate said the defendant was lucky not being charged with the more .serious offence of theft. ELECT! ON PETITION. SOUTII IX YER CA RG ILL MAYORALTY. INYERCARTHLL. -Dine 13As the result of a Magisterial inquiry, Mr AY. M’Chesnoy has been declared elected Mayor of South Invercargill bv four votes. At the official declaration a tie was announced and air J. Mitchell uas declared elected by lot. A petition was then lodged on tho ground of irregularities. FARMERS’ CONFERENCE. AUCKLAND, June 14 The Fanners’ Union Provincial Com fereiice carried the following remits: That, the preference clause he automaticallv cancelled from the award of anv union striking or taking conceited action to the detriment of the coiiiinunitv.

That the Government bo asked to appoint a committee ol impartial business men to advise as to the conduct of the public service in the most efficient manner. That all agricultural and pastoral employees be exempt from the Arbi t rat ion Act. That a party truce should he arranged to enable the Premier to attend the Imperial Contereiice. That the Imperial Government he approached with a view to confining the Army and Navy supplies to Hie British Empire. , That a more equitable method of the collection of hospital levies is m-c-es-sarv. CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH. AUCKLAND, June It. The voting domestic, Daisy A inlet Williams, was io-day committed Tor trial on tho charge of concealment of birth. The ease arose out of the finding of an infant’s body in a tin trunk in an apartment house on May ‘27. Accused pleaded not guilty. SUDDEN DEATHS. DUNEDIN, June 14 All- Allred North, aged 61, prominently identified with local politics in South Otago, died suddenly this afternoon. Ho represented South Molyneaux Riding on the Clutha County Council for many years, and was Chairman last year. He was also a member of tin- South Otago Hospital Board, and was its first Chairman. He is survived by a widow and nine of a family, seven of whom are married. Mr .James Downes, aged 81, a man ried mail residing at Lawrence, died sudden!v io-day. As lie had not been medically attended, an inquest will be necessary.

LLIAI A BOA'S CASE. AUCKLAND, June 11. After medical examination at Alotuihi to-day, i lie Ulimaroa was released from quarantine. The firemen who i-iiiil I'iici "d inlllU'll/.ii are being landed ai. ilie quarantine station. The 1. !i----uiarmi's passengers will disembark tomorrow morning, the crew remaining on the ship under supervision. A DEAD AYIIALK. CHRISTCHURCH, June lo The master of the Omni oil arrival from Oreyniouth reported to the Marine Superintendent Unit lie sighted a dead whale limit ing. thirteen and a half miles south by east from AA’ellingtnil lb-ails.