DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TKPEGIIAT’II — PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] tiff with lover. AUCKLAND, Dec. i. Alter having been lor three Months in hospital, a Kill ui li. vno bail (alien about forty feet ilown the util of a stairway in Elidedit's Buildings on September otli, appeared he I ore Mr -1. W. t’ovntoii, S.M., to-day. on a charge

ol having iiUempted to r-ommit smcide. She still looked very far from well, and was unable to walk unassi-t ed. Auer .-he had entered a plea ol jriiili v, Nenior-fsergentU Howell said i there was some mystery tutaehed to the a flair, as the Kiri had no business in t.iiat, I. ll i 1 dii.. Earlier in llie day she had had some di'iiKreeiiient with a young man and left him. but as be was mini what eoiieerned over tin matter, he lollowed her. He lost sight ol her at Endcnu'.s Buildings, and after having scan lied for her in the lower part i,| the e~.i ahli'-linieiil, he went away. Li the meantime she iiad gone i;)> the stairway, and went over the huloony front the second or third storey. She was. respectable girl ol excellent cliaraeter, and had good parents to look after her. The hospital bill amounted to Cll 11s. The girl's mother said ihat ~he was unable to pay a bill ol the amount stated. Remarking that the police had incurred costs on the girl's heliall, the .Magistrate convicted and discharged the girl, with a proviso that arrangements should he made for the payment ol t lie hospital dues. N.K.W. TEAM. A I LK LA XI). Deeemljer o. The correspoiuleiiee lias been publishtd between tho New /ealaml Lawn Tennis Association and the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association regarding the visit of tTTc New South Wales tram. The liinil letters from Auckland cxptew rcgtel at the decision to cancel the Auckland match in view of Auckland's oiler to give the New /ealaml Association the lull proceeds of the match. It was urged by Auckland that the request for 40 per cent, of the gate meant a certain loss, while the New Zealand Association would make a profit on this and other matches. At tl’.e meeting of the Auckland Association the president said that the worst, feature of the matter was that the visiting team would he out for the host tennis it could get, and would not he interested in the failure ol local associations mil the New Zealand Association coming to terms. The position now is that the New South Wales team "ill arrive in Auckland on December llth., lull no match wii! lo played here. On December RJth. the team will leave to [day matches in Taranaki and Wanganui, and will thru proceed dire: 1 in C’ln istrhureh for the New Zealand championships.