DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] FALSE I‘I?ETKXCES. AUCKLAND. August G. At the Supreme Court, Arthur Trousou was .sentenced to three years’ imprisonment fer obtaining money from women by false pretences.

i STATK ADVANCES. ] WELLINGTON. August 0. Since last Wednesday, the State Advances Office in tlie Government Building has been besieged by hundreds of people anxious to apply l'or loans for the purchase or erection of houses under the new amendment ef the State Advances Act. So great has been the euish of homeless, that (pieties had to he formed in the corridors, so that the staff might distribute application forms with expedition. JIKNTON DIVORCE. WELLINGTON. August fi. The Denton divorce case was before the Supreme Court again to-day. when an application for a new trial from Mrs Denton and one of the co-respon-dents (Ro-enbeig) was dismissed. Carrington. another co-respondent made a similar application, but abandoned the notion. The Judge ordered costs to the |eiitiuner. Denton, to he paid by Rosenberg. KATA I. ACCIDENTS.

WELLINGTON, August G. Howard Young, aged five and a half ye rs. -i- i of Mr Young. Willis Street was knocked down I>y a motor lorry, the driver being Henry .icaifc, driver for Saninul Blown, rottl merchant. '1 lie hoy died shortly after, William Morris, aired GO. was thrown olf a dirt and fractnrod Ids skull and .sustained concus.-ion. Tlis condition is, serious. He was sent to the hosiptal

o r.vco nin i-i school, ouxKuix, August The Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Boys’ High School were continued to-day. The morning was spent in the school a- ear ly hall, whore 1000 past and pic.-eiit hoys gathered for historical reminiscences. A roll call hy the reelor .■allured that six were present who enrolled in 18011. Twenty-three (luxes tee!-. | art in the inarch past. Different as; nets of the history of the school tie e , ie’.ved i y .Missis Herbert Webb, K. i!. Smith.. IT .1. Anderson, and 11. V. Fulton. A profession of fathers and sons who had been at the school was an ini crest iug part of the pr-.:eecdiiips. Felicitations were extended to the .school hy the .Mayor and Chancellor i f the I'nivor.-ily. A garden parly this afternoon was largely attended, also a conceit. in the A,it Gallery Hall to-night,. The cck-brat ions close tomorrow, with various atliletie events, including Hngby. Soccer, and hockey to t ■!:; ■•. eon.du-li:,:y with a ball in the ItAII.WAYMFX'S lIOTMIS. WF.I.I.IXGTOX, Aug G. Tin- Ilain il toll-1' ia n k toil Branch nf the Xow Zealand Amalgamated Suciely of liailway Servants Inis resolved: ‘‘That this Brain It pledges itself to oppose. to its utmost, any attempt to exleiid ihe week’s work beyond I-I hours, and urges the Executive Council to ad Oil. tin- strongest measures to oppose the iiii.rotliieion of -IS hours.

1X I Mi! if.'N't "V CHAKGE. DUNEDIN. lAugnst G. A ca-c (.!' sri.u: legal siguiiicance was decided at- the Police Court, when John Walker. laxi-driver. was convicted of coniniitt-ing a grossly indecent act within iln: pnhlie view. The original clicage Mils one cl' committing an offence in i licensed Hint'i- ear. which v,u.- nne iid-'d In jin- tin- iliiu-r'- lire r,--. h. I nut at the tiiuo been ton I. Ti-c dcL-m.e raised was that an act. to he grossly indecent, must: he intentional with i't- ol'p-'ct, of offence to the pnhlie. The Magistrate Hell that an indecent act could be committed in a veh.ite, whether closed or open. A fell:. Xfilie | .In,undine, was jointly clanged. Inti Ihe ra-e against her Hit-di-mis'-. 1. Thorn was a lack of eoncliisif•.- id-.-nt iii.-ati'aii as (~ whether it was she. The Magistrate first sentenced Walker M IS hours' imprisi ninent. Inn. al < 1111 - ■f . reipiesi. ho deferred seiilon o poliding the (piiwlion of app.eid. ,Mi\ F.ITiTsIXG FI!Al I). WELLINGTON. August G. i tin- Si'-|.rente Com t. Herbert Harold Mm kindly was idtargod that at V'f g m he nbl.riin-d £K.O from Cecil I’li; on iiaa I v falsely repre.-enling that ho had the si.h- right from ihe ■ ■.ln ■it i-.n a ut-lorit ies to distribute id-

von• ing matter in t!>»• '-i-'u >ii•; per nie<{ll■ i:■ <:!’ il;i‘ 'School .Journal.’' The ( nre n I’resooulor said the aeon-" I came from Auckland and inserted ill,- ft ■llowieg'advortisomolii : “Pai tnership weik £2tH). Sound proposition CK to £lO week'!;., Hirst capable inquirer invests.” 'litis r.dv oil isomonl was soon by two men. Hart and Saunders. llotii replied. Maoknolly outlined a --.•heme to liolli gentlomeu. Ilai no rami to invest £2OO, paying 0100 to the luiseno.-. and the luilnui* into the Bank of Xow South Wales ; ,s capital. Mart aid seine canvassing on behalf of t!ie company. He discovered that there were others canvassing ns well. He instil tiled inquiries and found Mucker I!y did net have any right from tin- education authorities. The matter was ih u idaced in tile hands of tile police. Accused denied false represent'liions. Inti admitted he had no nut'u rity from Hie Education Boards. Accused -aid lie kept a confectioner's shop u! Auckland, 'and latterly haul l-.ocn a barman. Ho was'found guilty and icntaiuleil for sentence till Saturdav.

IIECORJ) KSTABLTSHI-.D. XKW VOBK. August 5. .h ie Bay has established his 13ih. world's reeoids fi r tunning outdoors. :ie covered two thirds of a mile ill 1(52 seconds, thus clipping Itvo-fifths of a second off his former record.