DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

J [I!V TELi.'CR.U’II —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.’ ! cnXTßObl.idi, OF CUSTOMS. WELUXGTOX. Juno 29. I Mr AT D. Montgomery, retiring Controller of Customs, was far.-welled by officers of the Department. The Hon W. Donnie Stewart presided and e.v----j/iesseii the appreciation of the Government. of the splendid seta ires rendcu-d i,v Mr Montgomery. The speaker i add always look to hint with confidence and advice and sound judgment. When Mr .Montgomery took charge in 1910, the import trade of the Dominion was seventeen millions; in 11)22 it had increased to 3d millions. Air Stewart ! al-o referred lo Air Montgomery’s work in connection with the revision of the I lari))’ in 1932. "When they went to Aus- [ tialia. ill 1922 to negotiate a treaty ■ with the Federal Covernment ilic suei ess of that treaty was largely due to the extraordinary knowledge possessed by Mr Montgomery of the commercial and manufacturing interest- if toe whole of .Vow Zealand. TONGA'S NEW J’KFMIFR. AFCK DAXD, July 2. Prince AViliand Tugi has Itcen appointed Premier of Tonga in succession to Tui Vipano. who resigned owing to ill health. The new Premier | ;n 1917 married Queen Salote. He is a. highly cultured native and recently visited Australia. OVFIir.AXD DAIRY COY. FIXED. GRKYAIOITII. July 2. The question of whether the presence

of moisture in butter w:is the fault <>l tlio mtuiufaeturino Coy., was thrashed out in tile Magistrate's Court to-daj when the adjourned hearing of the case against the Overland Dairy Company in that they .-..01d to .Michael Fitzgerald, storekeeper, Otirn, hotter containing 18.1 per cent of moisture, came before Mr Meldr'um S..M. The Company pleaded not guilty and maintained that the prosecution was invalid in that the Department failed to supply the Company with a sample of the butter tested. The Magistrate gave judgment l'<-r the Department and said that it was clearly proved that the butter was well in excess of the If', runs of moisture regulated by the Act. Ihe Court was

not concerned with i 1 • :: 11 on 1 lio.s in the Ail. Those could be amended osdv liy loui.-'lat is is. Tin* C'< >!! i! *o ny vos lined Co with cos 1 s. (TIAHCK!) WITH BIGAMY. AICKI.AXD, July 2. | _\t ili*‘ Police Court Wdliani Arthur i I’crrv was eharfred with bitraniy. 'Use 1 police produced a statement by the I accused in which lie iidmiUed that he was married at pom-onlay .in Pil l j soul on May 11122 lie married another ivomau. knowine his wile was st ill

living. II" reimmdud to the Sti-]ir<-nto Court lor scnuui-e. bail of £-.»<) lieinjr allowed. l-Mwai<3 Wilton i\.is vi-ntonr-od toi'-o month-! itot-ri~oiitut 1 itt lor ]i\ ill rt tote ml'!-, tin* Magistrate snyinji it was 'UJlicif.-nt it oi:e .ii t' wtis ft of a -iysM'iii whieli was tdlesioil :md proved. A< "itsod ht'd :i hud record which rendered o lon* m:uk‘(|ii»t<\ CORK!) MV Jit'ld..

D-VRGAYT!.I.I'!, .July 2. A milii named Alnthios .Jensen. 8-). :i resident nl .Mtislorton, on a visit to I,is mill, II I',inner at I’nkehuea, was fatally m-rod liv a laill im Sunday. Jin mis ..n i!i,' farm when liie tmll « liit-Ii was usually a <jui.• i animal, attacked 1,11,1 ami p,,vd him I,.idly in ilie nock, almost so.-orina the iuuiilar vein. The soil tamo lit his assistance and drove ;ho hull uli. and 1 111 frit'll the victim in a, ,-ar i.i I)„roavilo. for medical assisi unco, hut tim uum died just before

reaching the doctor's residm-e. l( i ; o si range I’tiim ideme ill'll ihn Sl, n had sold tlio farm imd In' and liis father weie leaving I'm* Mioioiii'll io-dav. I, ATI’. TIM AIM' MCIMIKT!. Cl I IMSTf'i I I'ltC'l I. duly 2. Tlio murder of ( on.-inlilt' dames Dmgan a! !'i 111:11 u two years Mas recalled I>y t lie arrest of Sauna I llohert William Si n i i!». aged l. I '. v.lm was i 1 iti reel I at Christchurch to-day with ilie thi ll of a motor car am! with vagrancy. 11l .a. cnii!e--ieu in the police in record lo lit" limit of the ear. Smith \ nlnnteered the statement. t lull he might he a’ole lo give m>imo information in regard to fhe nnirder of Cmistahle Morgan. Ihe police attach little credence to his story. Inn they are ittvestigat ing. Vi' ICI! A M A KUO 11lit i \!!'. uriMSTcnmcn. duly -j. A- a compliment [it II m I-’. 11. \\ igr.aiii. ill" (oivi iiiment decided to re-: name tfim So khtirn A-eidroine the j Wigratn Aerodrome. I’ott Mr Wigrani, j a- ('in; irntn noi the Cant orlc.iry -Vvia- j lien Company, mod" a gift id £!<t dif!> j to the < loveriimenl towards the pur-J clni e of the aerodrome, and the new j mtine of the aerodrome is in renignilion j of this fa -t. as Well as dir Wigraiu’s i valiialde pioneering, work in aviation in j New Zealand.