DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TELEORACn —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.'] INSURANCE COY’S PURCHASE. AUCKLAND. August 1. The Standard Insurance Coy., has purchased an old building'with a- 20ft. frontage to Victoria. Street, the cost being £OOO per feet. The building will be converted into offices for the Company. LONDON PRODUCE REPORT. WELLINGTON. .Inly 111. The National Dairy Association have received the following cable front their London office dated July 17th:— The butter market is .firmer and there is a better demand. New Zealand salted 170 s to 1725. unsalted liOs to 1745: Australian salted. 102 sto 104 s • Argentine salted, l ilts to 150 s: Irish 102 s Danish 174 s to 180 s. Cheese —Prices are normal with little New Zealand ami no Canadian available: New Zealand HMs to 108 s. 4 lie strike continues at the London doc k-. j CHARGE OK THEFT. : WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. Clarence Burton, IS, employed by ('. Smith, draper, pleaded guilty tit the Magistrate's Court, to-day. to charges of breaking and entering Smith’s shop, ami stealing articles valued at about .01)0. He was committed for sentence. James Brown pleaded guilty to receiving some of the articles stolen by Burton, and was eumniitiod to the Supreme Court for trial. DONA TION OK C 10.000. AUCKLAND, Aug. 2. A donation of £IO.OOO to Auckland Fniversitv building extension Intitl is to be made by Auckland Savings Bank. A resolution to this effect was pursed at a meeting of the trustees.

ANOTHER FOOTBALL ACCIDENT PALMERSTON X.. Aug. 2.

During the progress of a football match at Colyton on Saturday, three players collided., all being knocked out. One player, Claud Sergeant, aged 20, and a farm labourer of Rewa, was admitted to the hospital suffering injuries to his head, lie died late yexterda v.

HIGHER STAKES. OAMARU, Aug. 2. Oainaru Trotting Club last night raised the stakes from Cl. f >Ol > to CI ,850. The principal increase is the Gup io £SOO. SEVEN YEARS’ GAOL. AUCKLAND .August 1. Bub'.lf Benistrom was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment to-day for attempted rape, near Kaihcie. The accused had only been out of gaol thus; months, after sen ing live years' sentence for a similar offence. A LAND .MARK CHRISTCHURCH. Augu-i 2. An old ('lit istelitti-c'.t htndniaik. the steeple uf the German Church in Worcester St., was pulled, down to-day. 4he Church was erected over til ty years ago and the steeple contained a peal of bells presented 1 1 y the Kaiser's father, these 1 ells containing metal front ia) ttired French cannon were melted down ami sold for old metal during the early years of the war. For years the church was held by spiritualists hut has new heeu token over by Evangelical Lutherans, wlm are remodelling it.

I'llF. NEW (ABLE RATE. WELLINGTON. Aug 1

With regard to the cable Irovn Sydnev tu-d.JV re ruble letter rate of 9d

per word, it should he explained that this rate applies to Australia only. I lie rate for New Zealand will he Hd. that is. one-quarter of the regular tarill. The reason the cost will he I---,, in New Zealand i, that ill" Australian< level nment charges a higher terminal iaG than New Zealand. This arrangement has not (■(imo into force yet, in this Dominion, hut it is understood that it will he accepted, and no doubt will begin simultaneously with Australia. GAMBLING ON TRAIN. Ti.MARU. Aug. 2. At the Boliee Com i this morning, If. Nicholson was lined CIO for gambling with t arils in the expres, between Oamarii and Timaru. It was stated that Lite defendant who did not- appear and two others named Jits. ( ailipboll and Lee had made a practice of travelling on the Main Trunk and South Island expresses and were well known to the police. Lee is reported to he in Australia and the police have been unable to serve Campbell.