DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[m TELEORArn —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] FIREMEN SENTENCED. AUCKLAND, Sept. 7. At thg Bo)ice Court. Robert Hutcheso Straohan, aged 49, a fireman, was setenced to four days hard labour for assaulting the- second engineer of the steamer Waipouri. WORK MILS DWELLINGS. AUCKLAND, Sept. 7. Ihe City Council lias accepted the tender of J. T. Julip and Sons for til t v additional houses to lie erected at Grey Lynn within twelve months, with brick on edge, external walls, for £38,8-10 or £< 11 each. The engiueot estimated the cost of new roads and sewer drainage at three thousand, an average ol £OO per dwelling. EE RIO I S CHARGES. AUCKLAND, Sept. 7. A young woman, whose name was ordered to he suppressed as under age and a young man, Anthony John Joss, wore charged, the former with that she unlawfully used a certain instrument, and the latter with having supplied tile instrument. Both were remanded to Sept. 13. joint bail being £3O o. RE WAN FI .MINERS RESUME. GR EYMOUTtf, Sept. 7.

The top mine at Rewanui resumed work to-day, the trouble regarding the employment of ti tickers being settled at a union meeting, last evening.

SUUREMIC COURT. HAMILTON, Sept. 7. At the Supreme Court, Granville Hent, holder of many public positions at Rotorua, was .-‘eutencc-d to two years for thc-ft of £l2O, by falsely pretending the money wn« required for Rotorua Auctioneering Coy, and sis? teen pounds from Dodso Relief fund. Thomas Carnant for theft from his employer at Rotorua was granted probation for two years. Frank Rickard, for 'breaking, entering and theft, to probation for three years. Beter Mora. I’ormerK clerk to the Waitoino CouLy Council, charged with tile IT of moneys of (lie Council was found not guilty.

NAPIER PARK K.C. NAPIER. Sept. 7. At the annual meeting of Napier Park Racing blub this morning a statement was submitted showing the amount of taxes paid out during the year, made a total of over £5,800. Resolutions were passed that Ibe attention qf the Minister of Internal Affairs lie drawn to the enormous sum paid by Racing Clubs by way of taxation and that this meeting fears unless the amount is considerably reduced, a number of Clubs will he compelled to go out of business.