DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

; nv T KI.IKiHAPH —I'Klt Pit ESS ASSOCIATION.] UIK CHURCH AND Pf;DiilWYi AUCKLAND. Oct. 27. The Anglican ,Synod, alter itebutni'. 1-iipmr refurin la.-l night, decided l> communicate with the Prime A! ini. reminding him ol Ids premise to milod.uce drastic ieforms oi the Iteem-ing The Synod rejected, on I'm V'U.v-. three other motions hi' .t xmignt t ; give approval to corporate “’"trol, Dm srhoi!K‘ v.iiitTi wms jiro!);*uii(le«l 1:111 ni;; hi t l ici t inn an*! tlctcnli**!. *.lk‘ !>•*•» jinsals it'd I'd on" that the Synod Mtoithl riminieiid t,, the earnest am. careful consul"-'alien «l Uhristnm ponplc the (orporate unit ml system lerniukilcd b\ Ihe ('ui|iorut" '■ mil r’! Hoard; a!--:) mm that the comiunt e an...jmted by the clergy and the bishop . j,,,,.1d mke steps to organise public opinion in tii" direction of licensing reform, and i.lmt Hie ainlmle ol Dm Synod be made known Ln the Arch bishops and Bishop, s 111 New /.ealam.. SCitool, DESTROYED. A>l i BURTON, Dd. -•">• Tin. Ma.vlield school. twenty mill's \». i .. w• di It* ii lniihliiiv. r . •It) veal - old. wa . de-iroyi-d by lire tin ~ ,i; red ill ■ morntug. i' l, • men.- 111 '■ sehooi hiirniii.-: fiercely bviwcen four and live oT leek, il was imp '.s-ilile I i saie anything. All the school records and trophies for gardens for which the -c!i,,0l wa- famous, also the oquipuas to: ally destroyed. The ntimj aeconimodate- Db The headniasim, Mr (b W. Wit In'll, was recently retire I wish a n euDiti- iast ie farewell and he was -a. led by Mr lb C. Ilea:!., o! Waikato, [lending whoso arrival drs AY. Miller was in charge, relieving. F.verylhii'.g was perl'Ctlv sale overnight. A significant fact i- I hat the inspector was line to-day to held an examinat ion.

DAIRY LX FORT ( OXTKOL. EL-E( Tit IN Or HOARD. ASII lit' RTOX , Gel. 27.. The lion \V. Noswoiihy, in; - .tv a.-vved, staled that in view of the great majority in lavour of dairy export entitl'd :! •(I -vernnient will go right ahead ami prepare lor the election of the Board lie was unable in forecast the approximate date of the election but ii will he as early as possible. The !: : r-.l ef twelve will comprise two Government nominee-, one merchant, -ix North Island producers and three South Islan 1 producers. GALE AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON. On. 21. Yesterday afternoon and throughout tile night a mirth-w ed erly gale blew here. Gardens suffered, hut no serious damage inis been done, and thi, evening the gale appeal - In have almost ended. .V heavy sea ha, been running in Cool: f-uraii. bin the Maori made good trip Imoii ! .yi ell on. Though hulf-nii-hour late in sailing, she got Tile gale blew several sectors oi the ope! ..la - out of the new .lock- that i. being erected in the Town ILdl tower. This is tin- second oveaHuii on will'll L,is |,-is mippamd. Tim -b:d, are «!•-' on loot in di::.': : r. and il is now evident that limy will have In bo strong: Imned in miiiio way. For l l:e past twenty-nuir hours 1.1 i M f;:! 11 at Woilingion wa- PP | non al Wanganui 3! point.-, at Wosipe-i. LiT point-,, Greymoiiih 2:bl p.-.ia! s. Olira -!. 7i ii. and at \rtbur- Fas. •n. i Din. ii was snowing ai Arthur's Fuss, the Hermitage, and Pembroke at fi ob-hu-l, this morning. HOSPITAL Ml HUNTS. WELLINGTON. O • 2 b At the l[u-pitnl Roan:, •tnfavuiirable comment was agin made on tic amount owing for lees. Tim Chairman .-aid many people wlnn could well afford ii. would not pay. Oilier numb. rs objected to writing such off permanently. !l was slated the Board wa - losing L'b | " , l / > monthly, and outstanding aeeonnls owing by patients amounted to C3' : "b-. FOLK EM AN’S PERILS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Her. 23. About a week ago. a reiraelory "drunk” was arrested afler a big struggle by Constable It. T. llessell in the yard of the Club Hotel, Sydenham. But the story did not end (here, Tor j 1 lie constable called for a-M-uince from | a. man in the yard, bui the man did not. hoar him, so the constable had to I carry on in the law’s name unassisted, j Yesterday, the man, whose name is, Daniel Dunn, was charged at the Magistrate’s Court with refusing to assist the constable in the execution j of his duty, and further with assaulting him in tlie execution of his duly. I To both charges lie pleaded not guilty.) Constable Hessell gave details of his j struggle in arresting a man named O Maltey, and said he called upon I C-unn to assist him. To this ref)nest j C’tinn replied, "Not on your life,'’ j Dunn then went next door and a few) moments later a brick was thrown over | the fence, and it did not miss his head j by lunch. C-unn denied throwing the brick. I ami said that Hessell had never called j Uiioii him in give assistance. In any j ease he would not have been able to \ help because he was -‘lime burnt” be-j tween the fingers. i

Tho Magistrate said the charges were serious ones and if a conviction were entered imprisonment would he the punishment. Mo did not think that the uncorroborated testimony of the constable was enough to prove the case, and the charges would he dismissed. I? EM AND I'll). DI'XKDTX, Oct. 215. A man, whose name in the meantime lias been suppressed, aged 27 years, was charged at the Police Court with I‘orgii.r a prescription in the name of J)r O'.Veill. and obtaining I’.croin. Tiie police stated that the ueetuod had the drug habit and was at the stage of taking very heavy quantities, lie was in such a condition this morning that a doctor ordered hospital treatment, lie was reniaittleii for a wee!:.