DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.] SUPREME COURT. AUCKLAND SENTENCES. AUCKLAND. Jan. 30. At tb" Supreme Court, Tukaniwit Pom,are, for breaking, entering and theft, was sentenced to three years’ gaol, concurrent with a sentence lie is now serving. Philip Alexander (lentil, for indecent assault on a little girl, received two years’ reformative treatment. Alfred Hinton, on six charges of forgery and uttering, three ytars imprisonment.

Robert Irwin Meaelien. for giving a false name when contracting a second marriage, three mouths’ imprisonment .

rilE MINERS’ AGREEMENT. CRFYMOUTII. Jau. MO. A State Miners’ Union deputation met Supt. James to-day, and requested * bat Die present agreement he amended to bring it into line with the agreement recently made for other Coast mines. A STABBING AFFRAY. WOMAN FIXED Ft GISBORNE. Jan. MO. Florida Miitou, a domestic at the Oilspring's Hotel. Wliatatutii. pleaded guilty to slabbing Joseph Kratil, an Assyrian, with a pair of sei-sorx. The police siait d tbe Assyrian bad passed some remark which annoyed accused, and when two hours laier lie went le Apologise she stab! ed him. medical attention being required.

The accused said the Assyrian had made an improper sign, which upset her. and when Iw came to her room imligmit ion ov-is aim* her an.l she pushed him out. forgetting ha had tie scissors in her hand. The accused was lined one pound.

LARGE HOUSE DESTROYED. WELLINGTON.' Jan. Mil A twenty-roomed house ill Thompson Street, owned anti occupied by Stanley llcmplon. was totally destroyed by lire carlv ibis morning. Ilcmpton and an..tber man were I lie only occupants at the time. Nothing was saved but the blankets, which i hey seized in a hurried escape. The insurances on tile building were U7OOO (Commercial l'men) and the contents ( C 750) Slate.

PAYING THE PENA LTV. OI’OTIKI. January Ml

A voiitli. I’oii.a Te Piuiiti was prodding a burse's hind legs with a pitchfork, when lhe hoise let lly both legs, striking Pinini a terril’c blow in the stomach, which fraetuied bis liver, and ,a; -.si severe haemorrhage. He died soon alter arrival at the hospital. LICENSING REFORM. GISBORNE, Jan. MO At a meeting of the Poverty Bay Blanch of tile New Zealand Licensing Reform Association. Veil. Archdeacon Williams presiding, it was resolved that there be urged mum the Government tlui need for the early consideration of legislation for tile reform of tbe licensing law-. strongly recommending that tbe ebs-iors he given tile opportunity ol expressing their opinion on the corporate control proposals submitted by wav oi public pet : I urns last yea r. BANKRUPTS ARREST. \ rCKI.A N'D. January MO. In I urinal ion. has been icicivett tlml G, urge Morris, a builder, ot Auckland who disappeared ami wi‘< made hankie pt IP Mav last, lias been arrested j;, v,line- having been waiting in , •. I a lel I eight |cr a pi oof ot id.'ii- ;.; aI 1 ,;|, -diliiix' meeting in May. (ire. ;.! *, sigiioo staled that ume- • . i:e 1p,.1 .-ontracts. A- far , . , ...,1.1 tlu- te was not. a brass 1a: t.h!i:On lie: rrdm.'iiy ereditois.

EXTENSIVE GI! ASS FIRE. AIASTF.RTON. Jan. 30. The lighting of a lire by youths oil tin, river bed at WaingiHva was respmt--ilJe for one of tbe most extensive and destructive grass tires tint! have occurred ill lliis locality. Beginning at midday, in a gi.rse blaze, it spread rapiillv to tb.* properties ol J. Mont-eeim-ry and J. A. Betts. Assisted by a growing l.reezc, the progress ol the Hr,.’, which was startling in its rapidity arrested the alien of live other settlers, whose places were all threatened. Volunteer help.- rs foregathered to nipi’ with the outbreak and succeeded in averting the destruction of houses, though two outbuildings on one farm were demolished. An uninrtun-pspci-t of the episode is that many of these farmers who had paddocks sinif up for winter feed, lost the lot, principally Air Alontgomery ( s d aciest and Air Beits (10). The losses of plantations, pasture and fences are heavy. The total area swept is estiat between 300 and -1(H) acres.