DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by telegraph—not PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ARMS IN THE MUSEUM. MUST BE REGISTERED. CHRISTCHURCH, Juno 15. The Canterbury Museum authorities have been compelled by the police to register every firearm in the Museum under the Arms Act. There are about seventy pieces, including arquebuses, blunderbitses, flintlocks, matchboxes, muzzle-loading guns, boarding pistols, cavalry pistols. Colts, revolvers. Lee |,lnfields. Man.-crs and modern artillery. The authorities wer*- willing to register tlie automatics and similar arms used in the Great War. but appealed to the Minister against registering obsolete anil harmless weapons. '1 he police in-,i-led on complete registration. GAMBLING CASE. WELLINGTON. June M. Reginald Charles Stone, charged at tlie .Magistrate’s Court to-day with using premises in Panama Street ns a common gaming house, pleaded not guiltv. An application that the hearing should stand over until the trial of Stone at the Supreme Court on a charge of bnokmaking was reitlsed. Chief Detective Kemp, prosecuting, said that accused was the holder ol a license for a billiard room, which was watched. A probationary constable who visited the premises secured a bet. and later betting on an extensive scale was witnessed. 1 in* police ot ideitce showed that a constable put Ills on K a rent) tut- Feilding. but on calling to collect the dividend was refused payment hv Stone, who called witness a An i t ness -aid that he saw a number of day cards in the room and a number of bets being made. Other police evidence was given regarding the finding of day cards, anti Stone'.-" netehook showing sums of inouentered opposite the names of horses. A detective stated that during the raid he answered the ’phono, re, eivnig l "° bet-. The Magistrate held tlie charge proved, and lined defendant £,5. or two month's ilnprise,nment. MORE. IMMIGRANTS.

AUCKLAND, June 15. Tiie Remuera arrived at J p-"i. from London with 211 assisted immigrants, all for the south. They are leaving by the Remuera for Wellington to-nmi-row. The pa-sciigers include -ix "bluet• • schoolboys to enter farming in North Auckland. A- a headmaster -luted, they are to blaze the trail for ot her-. AN IMMIGRANT'S LUCK. AUCKLAND, June 15 An interesting case of a partially Mind woman recovering full possession ol her sight through the shock ol a fall occurred aboard the Remuera on tlie voyage from England. Mrs Parker had partially lost her sight, and two Scotti -h specialists had -aid they could do nothing for her. She fell down the ship's gangway on the voyage out. and fractured her leg- A lew days afterwards her sight wa- eoiiiph'tclv restored, and this i- attributed to the shock of the tall. POTATO SHORTAGE. ASHBURTON. June U‘-> The A-1 deni on Farmers' l ninii resolved unanimously to a-k tlie Government imup'diaii'ly I" place an embargo on imported potatoes lint: 1 th*' local price reaches ten pound'. A NARROW Ft ( A PE. U'SIIRFRTON. .Inn- 15 The bur-ling of a lyre caused an aufonnibi!e to -l-.id and ''ap.-izo on a uin-r race lliree miles from Meihveii. entrapping 11i■ ■ driver. Howard Seldoli, of Ashburton, who escaped possible drowning bv breaking through the wind screen. HAIRY POOL. STRATFORD, .lime 15 A gathering of directors representitig forty-nine dairy einnpante' met at Stratford to-day, furl her to diseii-s ih>Dairy Produce Control Bill. Mr A. Morton presiding. Mr W. Grounds ‘ Dairy Council Chairman) fully explained the measure. In the discussion following, the chief criticism was directed at the lack of detail- of finance for tlie scheme. Finally it was resolved, mi the voices “That lllis meeting is satisfied that the information laid heiore it is not adequate to warrant the graniing of Die power- asked for in the Bill. It was also resolved: “That in any

agreement for an improved shipping service New Plymouth must he included in tlie main port li-l in view of Taranaki’- large export or dairy produce.

AN ACCIDENT. Cl 1 RTSTCII TECH. J H>. Mr James Everest Betlmriek. President of tlie W orbing Men s C lull at Christchurch and well-known in theatrical eiieles throughout New Zealand, while cycling past a long queue in irunt of the Theatre Royal, for Sir 11. banders eorfornience. collided with 11 heavy electric truck, the wheel oi wlne'ii passed over him. Me is lying unconscious in the hospital. His condition is very .serious. THE SOCK BURN AERODROME. STATEMENT BY MINISTER. j WELLINGTON. June 10 Questioned about tlie Government assuming control of the Soekhurn Aerodrome, the Minister for Delenee suited that ail agreement had been | reached with the Company. Tlie Co-| vernmont have arranged m take o\ei.| at an early dale. the whole of the j aerodrome hangars, aeroplanes anil property ot the Company. The Minister added that the Government was greatly indebted lo the founder of tlie Compaiiv Air W. F. Wigrnmj whose oeiitrihution to the cost of the aerodrome was CIO.OOn. The Government had made a valuation of the concern and had taken it over at less than that valuation. TTc was not prepared, at the present junctuie, to state the cost of purchase. Ho abd said that lie was not aware of whathad been done regarding the appointments of the three pilots and the mechanical statl. LIBERAI.-bABOUE SOCIAL. j WELLINGTON. June 10.. At r social function given hy the Lower Hutt branch of the Liberal-La--1 hour Federation, a number of members id tlie Opi'ositiou were present and delivered addresses. Among them was Mr Maepherson ALP. for Oninarn. who had a food reception anil spoke of the services Air AYilford had rendered him ill Oamaru to fight the Ministers. He thanked the electorate for the saeri- , fu e it had made hy giving Air \\ illord j time to travel through tlie country and I thereby gain quite a number of feats i for the party. Mr AYilford also spoke, but not on pvlirv lines. Ho stressed tlie necessity for organisation, considering how he bail wandered around the country, bein" laughed and sneered at by tlie Reform oro-s. Without organisation and without funds it was wonderful what 1 bad happened. He was not frightened bv the threat of n dissolution, and if he i had to go round again he felt lie , could verv safely trust his loyal supporters to hold the fort for him. IDs constituency had been true to hun for 7 rears and tvas proud of it-,