DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAfIl —rr.R PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

ALLEGED BRIBERY. DUNEDIN, July 9. The hearing was concluded of the. charge against Rosinn Sarah MacFio, of having attempted to dissuade by a bribe the principal witness in the Havne ease from giving evidence. The brother of the girl stated that when M.ieEie left Ids si-tor 111 a *Ollll- - condition, aceu-ed told him that her name was Mi--. Brown, and she had a mes-age from his sister. She would not tell him the message. Detective Beer submitted a statement by accused to the ctfeil that she told the girl to pull liel'self together, and wiines- would look niter her when -he came out. MeEie denied - eying that 11 ayne xvoiild give the girl a lot of money if she did not speak, ot that Ingli- would get ten years if she did not -peak. All she asked the girl was to promise -he would not worry. AlacEie al-o denied giving the name of Brown. Defence was reserved, and accused was committed for trial, on bail.

( lIRIBTC HERCII CITY COUNCIL. CHRISTCHURCH. July 19. Hu tile casting vote of the Deputy Mayor M.r A. MeKollar) the City Council rescinded the resolution adopting proportional representation. Of eight who voted for continuance ot the system, six were Labour, one independent, and one a member of the ( itizens” ticket at the last election. The City Council dec-itled to charge halt a crown registration fee for bicycles, the fee to include a numbered red reflect or, a quantity of which have been landed from England at a cost ol livepence half-penny e.'iih. During the discussion ii was stated that registration might he inetfeelive ill checking thefts, but reflectors were necessary for traffic safety. A new by law is ncce-sai'v to give oM'cei to the decision.

KIN ED IM! STRIKING. UNION £299 MEN £ It). WHANG A RE I. July 10. Contingent, on the recent -trike oi llikurangi coal millers, the I nspeet or ol Award- (Joseph Hallow-, of Auckland), took proceedings in the Magistrate's Court against the llikurangi Coal .Miners' Union to recover £299 as a penalty for a I.reach of the Arl it rat ion Ait, on tin* grounds ~l id,citing nnlawlul -trikes and aiding the emilin'i alien thereof: also against twelve employees at Foote ami Duel's mine where the dispute originated, including the

I ’re- ii leu t of ihe Union as parties to an unlawful strike. After hearing lengthy evidom ;• Mag-i-trale Hewitt imposed the niaxiinum line of llt on the union ami £l9 each oil the defendant miicrs. MARI BOROUGH PROJECT. SUCTION DREDGE. KOI! RIYER. IiI.EN 11 El M . July 9. A recent arrival at Rort Wanna walk.• ketch Standard, w hi, h was pur eha-i ,1 in Ailekland bv Mr. I • B E -kford. on behalf of E. E, kfnrd and Co., tor the purpose of fitting no aa suction dredge to improve the Opawn river ami Wairea bar ior navigation purposes. I lie Vessel. W1 1 1 e ll ha- M ! i_ ej-ter of 12 ton- groy-. and nine tons llct. had a -term\ pa-sage "t I I ' * from Aiieklaml. The ve-,4 i- expci ted , ;l 1,,, i eaily for dredging tnirf.i- in about t'nree v. < eks time. K kl'o.al at u Co. who maintain a shipping trade letwe",i Blenheim and Wellington. anticipate that ill" dredge will ‘licit -nl,-tin, t ial improx; nieiit in the inei from the point of view of navigation, and indirectly from the point <>f view of lloml relief. TW'O EBIKoNERS RE-UAl’ll ID'-D. AH'KI \N|). July 19. Biii-ii.- ami Windsor, two ol the |uiv.nier- who eseaped from .Mount Eden gaol were captured at Bombay R-t night I,X Seigt. t and C. i,-table O'llonnell. Wiml-er bolted, but ■■’ - elni-ed bv O’Dentiell and seized alfr a two hundred yard- sprint. MAN OROWN'B. WANO A NCI. Inly 9"'. A man named \ orle- aboiii -I >. supposed to be an Australian, with a wife and relatives in Adelaide, was seen to jump into tiie Manga moho river on ! relax and i- believed to be drowned a- the river i- in high Mood. •gin SHEER IH’RNT. WANGANUI. July 19. Kill- '-, w", l-lieil containing 299 sheep X, as destroyed by tire ai Brunswick this morning. ‘lhe sheep were binned to death.