DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TELEGRAPH—PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BOOKMAKER. SEXT TO GAOL, AUCKLAND, December I. At (lie Police Comt. Charles I’hilpot. aged <>-S, was .sentenced to one mouths’ iiii{iri> ll inwnL, and lined £-0 on two (Hinges si, beokiiiaking. FOBEST KlliK.d. MTiI.I.INGTOX. December 3. One. oi the. things which. constit ntea -criou-. inaiiacc to commercial loiosti- lii". Mr 1,. MrlntoMi !•’! 1 i-. Ding loi of I- ole-try. de.-ci i 1 ><■< 1 in a “ManavalU Standard" 11 •jn' rl #., tin- via I.M irate m liemt: oi look-out stations which villains at the Rotorua forest reserves. 'Hie stm ions- au connected hy telephone. he said, ami tlieie tire mounted detachments, with lior-o.s always saddled, ready to rii-s.li to tlm scene of an euthreak. Prevention was the main thine rather liian suppression. for once ii l.ii-.h lire ohiained a hold, it took a lot of -tojo.ine. Eternal vigilance wan the watchword. Dynamite was kept in reserve for use in creating blank gaps in the forest to arrest the passage of lire, Imt so far there had been no very serious outbreaks in the reserves <»t tli is Dominion. shortly. acl-clocl Air ■Kills, poitable pumps with lengths of bore sufficient to convey water a mile from the nearest supply to a lire zone would he installed hy the State Forest Set vice. A .MIXING YENTURE. TM'XF.LdX, December 2. Tile application for the license to dam the Km,varan and Shotover riveis will he amongst the business to eoiue he-I'oie the Warden’s Court at Queenstown. If the license is granted the company will immediately cable to England instructing the engineering firm that has the matter in hand to proceed with all despatch with the construction of the loclc gates, which ate to cost £17,(1111). The English firm is aheadv iiisLrmted in detail down to the last rivet. The making of tlm gates ami their transit to Otago will mean a delay, hut not of great duration ami in ilie meantime the (ompnny will proceed with the preparation of the foundations. The actual scooping -oat ol the gold will he the function not of the Kawar»n company Imt of the licenses., who will take up quarter-mile frontages, working co-ordinately under the provisions of the Alining Act, which deals with .such matters a.-, the depositing of tlm -lull' that has. to he removed. The Act seems specially to fit 111 with such operations. There, are to he 129 of these quai tcr-mi!e holdings on the Kauarau, and -It) or -10 on the Shotover, Numbers of ‘ parties and syndieuies Hi" being preliminarily formed to fake up the claims, and it is aotieipated i hat the applicuticn for ilituu will molt than c.\c-jd tlm number available. The c' mpany will have an inleiest in these claim- on a -rheme w hich seems to have git en c.icral satisfaction. Tin operations will he. carried on Model- rile •i!j'vrvi--iou of it Government • ■ i: g i n-. M LYING lIOED-UP. WELLINGTON, December I. J.ate-l' infer mil I ion from the W -1 (oast in regald to the mining dispute is that tiie proposal-; pul font aid hy the A' Dag Prime .Minister. So- Kram i- Bell for a settlement of the I rouble, have mo. yet liven considered hy all the union- cemented. 'I he West (.‘oust .Diner-/ Council is .submitting the |oo- ] o als to Lite unions, and it i - expected that the result will he known early next The expectation m West fori, recording to an exchange, i- rant the

pioposals may provide, the ha i- for a Settlement. ’I!:- dispute h;- Is co io piegie-- for it.,.-,,: i ii:e" months, and ii U >.-(imatvl that Ihe h .-.- m v mm- .-u.-U alin d hy Hie i 2ob men invoked is about £70.0'0. while the 1.--; to the eouufiy. owing to the ncees-ity for inereasiiig eo.'-l importations from NV'.voct !.g amount'.-, to many nu-re I lions: ml- of pounds. The dej cndaat.s of the unemployed miner.- are being maintained by relief moneys, Imt the grants are ‘-aid to he miking like the amounts dinwn as wage- in mo ma.l times. ADVERTISING WELLINGTON. CHAMBER. OF COMMERCE ACTIVITIES. WELLINGTON. December 3. The Wellington Chamber of Commerce. which is interesting itself in gaining publicity for AYellington at the Rriti.-h Empire Exhibition, has approached the Wellington Amateur Photographic' Society with a view to their helping in the work. It i.s asking for ],lints suitable Ur enlargement up to 23in by J 7in and for the collection of suitable views--streets, scenes. residential. aequntie, sporting and scenic -- winch could be mounted on albums and displayed' in the New Zealand Court. A circular to member,s of file society adds:—‘The Chamber of Commerce would gladly a-sist any movement of this kind b.v providing the albums and attending to the details in respect of let icring. mounting, etc., aml if the idea meets with your society's approval. the Chamber would render such assistance as it can offer, a.s it. folly iodises that the British Empire- Exhibition affords a publicity oppoi tunitv thaf occurs but seldom for citizens to perform for this city and tliems-dves a .service by advancing ihe claims of the neighborhood.” j

KAWAKA TUNNEL DISASTER. NAPIER. Dec. I. The dead body of T. O' Mahoney, the entombed Kaiwaka tunneller, was located this morning a few feet from where Hohensee’s body was found yesterday. Owing to the dangerous nature of the work it will be well into the afternoon before O'Malioney's body is recovered. QUINXAT SALMON'. WELLINGTON, December 3. North Island fishermen are becoming very interested in the evidences that salmon liberated in the rivers of the South Island are now appearing in northern waters in increasing numbers. Ouinual are now being caught ift Wellington harbour. This discovery was made by the owner of a launch who (aught some of the salmon while trolling off Xgalinnrangii. The ii-sh caught were not large, about five or six llcin weight., indicating that they had .so Cr lived their lives in the sea and were not yet ready to run up the rivers to spawn. It is, however, not un,likely (shat iangleias who ii-jli the lower waters of the Hutt River, which runs into Wellington harbour, will be catching .salmon with rod ami line during the coming autumn.

Quinnat have also Keen caught in the sea at ICapiti Island, the bird sanctuary ou the West. Coast opposite Waikanae. and there is evidenoe till'd they were* running up the Raugitikei last autunin, while one fish identified as a quinnat was caught in a Hawke’s Bay river. This is about the limit of northern latitude at which they may he expected in Now Zealand waters. So far as sport is concerned, until lecentfy North Island anglers thought that they would have to go to Canterbury or Otago rivers for quinnat, but

it is evident now that they will soon bo getting the sport in their own livers. In a very lew years now they will also ho able to catch Atlantic salmon in the Wanganui River, which should he an ideal river for the king ol snorting fish. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WKELIXGTO.V, Dec., -G An accident happened to n store hand at the I’etone Railway Workshops, a young man named Tobin, a resident of Korokoro. lie was handling large iron [dates when a stack suddenly collapsed, almost covering Tobin. AVlien extricated it was found that one oi his legs was smashed to pulp, aml almost severed, while the

other was badly smashed. He was removed to the hospital in a serious < audition. RAIXF.W.E AT TLM A RE. LOWEST FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. 'II MARL. Deem her The rainfall at Timaru for November was .77. the lowest ior sixteen years, (inly in lour in-taiicc-. including 1923 during the pn.-l seventeen year.-, has the rainfall for Novemkv. tailed to reach cue inch. East year the lad was 2.53 in.

SEI'TIU MENINGITIS. DUNEDIN. Dec. 3. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Sarah Ann Bonn, who died yesterday in hospital. Deceased was admitted to the Juvipital on Saturday suffering from throat trouble. A verdict was returned by tin; Coroner. Mr 11. W. Bundle, that tin* euu.se of death was acute septic meningitis, leading to stoppage of respiration. ■■NOT GUILTY.”

GISBORNE. Dee. 1. At the Supreme Court on the charge of manslaughter against Eioicm-e Orr. as a result of the death of a seven-year old girl, through it living knocked down hy a motor car driven by Florence Orr, the jury returned a verdict of “Not Guilty.” ALLEGED SHEER THEFT.

NAPIER. Dm. •!. Robert .McGregor, farm manager, was charged at the Police Court thi-. morning with the theft of lie sheep, value £172 10s, the property of Walter Charles Elisor, of MangaUit.il. Detect ive-Sergeant Butler said Elisor owned 13,011:) acres, and ran about 10,000 sheep. Accused was part owner of a farm on Hie Pukeiitiri Road, and also managed the property of RV 090 acres. The hitter was situated between Elisor's property and that in which the net-used was interested. 'Urn prosecution suggested that it was

across this farm that accused drove the slice]) Irom Elisor’s [dace In his own. Ensor put 200 sheep in a certain paddock, and noticing their number.- seemed to decrease, put in a further 90. Eater, lie found that 100 had disappeared, and some ol these he

saw Oil the accused's property. oil making a visit there. 'I lie defective visited the station, and ordered a runnier, and among the sheep were 1 two-toolli ewes belonging to Elisor. with an added ear-mark.

The hearing of lengthy evidence had not. concluded when the Court adjourned for the (.lay. FoRTTNA'i E STO'.VAM AYS. \ 1 ( KEANi). Doeemh*. i 3. Font oiii I--. Ihe •.iuoi v t '-;xiet-n cud the old. t Ilii'etccn, laid an tlillisila! exp"! iiiii " a- -lev. aw ays. Tin;- boni (led the Roil Yieter M Liverpool, a,ml a, I l tin-:: discovery, pcrfoi mod such good w"i k and behaved sc. well on the -hip I imt oil the Ves-eR- ailival to-day the (ii'iij’-any decided not to lO'i-seenle. Athe youths apparently were of ged! ilnM ha. they weie granted a perm.', to land, and before the day elosed. had found positions on I'.irtiis.