DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[liV TELEGRAPH —PEP. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE BUR WOOD SENSATION. CHRISTCHURCH. June 21. The sensational affair at Burwnod in which a young woman. 19 years of age. is reported to have been indecently assaulted by a man under the menace „f ;i loaded revolver, is being now thoroughly investigated by the police, but th" police are inclined to discredit the story of the girl. *• \Ye have not been able to obtain a tittle of evidence in support of the girl’s account.’’ v.as the remark made bv a police officer to a reporter to-day. ‘quid the whole affair seems improbable.” ASSAULT CASE. A UCK I, AND, J line 21. In the Arawa assault case, the accused pleaded guilty and wa- committed I'or sentence, lie was charged with attacking an engineer, whose bead v.abroken. In a statement to the police, he said the assault wits commit ted on the impul <• of the moment, and Ilf was sorry afterwards. SWIMMING DISPUTE. AUCKLAND, June 22. The Auckland ('clitic of the Swimming A.s.vxiatnm pas.-cd‘ iina.nimmi.sIv a resolution making the strongest protest to the Dominion Council against the uncalled for personal attack by Messrs O’Neill and O'Brien on Fernandez in connection with the Australian swimmers’ visit. I lie Centro recorded its lullest confidence in feiliaudcz tend Clitic, lo whose efforts much of the .-access of the visit was due. Tile Centre's delgaies to the Council wcie instructed to move that Messrs O'Neill and O'Brien he a-k-d to withdraw unreservedly their statements made, with the same publicity. O PIETY OE THEFT. BLENHEIM. June 22. Arthur Charles IVtor-uii, for breaking and entering Findlay's pharmacy, and stealing CIO odd, pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court and was committed to the Supreme Court at Wetliniitoii lor S4*situmcc*.

PLUNK UT NUNSINC. ADDITIONAL CHANT .MADE. WELLINGTON. June 19 There are at present <l'lunLct nurses working in New Zealand. Ihe Government subsidises the salary ol each nurse in the slim ot L 1 --j. a hltie more limn half they receive lor salan am! expenses. For some time past the Central Council of the l’liinket Society has been pressed by a number of smaller boroughs and centres for tin* extension of the benefits m the movement to those districts. It is impossible for the Couneil lo do much without further aid Irom the Government, consequently all application was made some time ago for a grant ol £3l2> Vi enable an additional 25 Blanket nurses to be stationed in these edit res, where already local committees have been set up preparatory to the installation ot the Blanket service. Recenllv a deputation waited on the I’num Minister at Dunedin, and Mr Musset stated that he was inticli impressed with the valuable work I hal v. a= being done by lMunkrl nurses.

The Minister oi Bitblie Health lion. ('. J. Barr) said to-day licit llm Ualilnel had acceded lo the applieal mil oi the I’lunket Society and had decided in make a further .grant ol L:sl '-25 per annum, lie added that there was no feature id’ public Imall'i work that he uas keener to adv-ame than l lie Blanket service. Already the • ■fleet of their mitiist rations was seen in the lowest infantile inortalily rate in the world. The Dominion's annual grant during his Ministership bad been rearly tlotib-h-d, lull there was no public expciniitui'e more prolific "I good to Pm "a.n oral community. The .Minister referred with warm approval to the iiiunlieeiit spirit of the Hen A. M. Myers, ot Auckland, in giving L'S(HI!) last week toward- the Karilane Hospital tor the treatment of infants and children amt the training of Karitane nurses. “Our wealthy citizen'," -aid tlm Minister, "can find no more worthy object lor their benefactions than this work <u infant life preservation.'’

ALLEGED THEFT. | k DANA’FA'I it KE. June Thomas Henry Jones was further reim,tided till Tuesday next charged with 1 misapproin-inting funds, when the po- 11 lice will he rcadv to proceed. Bail was ii granted and forthcoming. n SNOWFALL IN CHRISTCHURCH. ~ ('HIUSTCIH'Rn. June 22. s After a verv mild socll the weather broke overnight with a heavy fall of snow in the suburbs and on the hills hut not in the eily. where a very cold < southerly vain persists without any i si<£ii of clearing. i WERAROA ESCAPEE SENTENCED. v PALMERSTON N.. •fun.- 22. At the Police Court Victor Kirner ami ' James Seorringe. (lie AAerama car.ees. pleaded guilty and were com- ' milled lor sentence at the Supreme t Court at Wellington, on two charges ot ; breaking, entering and tliett. lvirner s had only been recommitted to Me- , raroa. following on similar < hargc-s ; with another escapee at Palmerston North, when he again escaped. j