DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BT TELEGRAPH—FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. ARCH LiI.SHOP REDWOOD'S JUBILEE. WELLINGTON, Fob. ,7. -Archbishop Redwood, who will cole brale hr; episcopal Golden Jubilee oi February 21, has received the following cablegram irom Rome: The MoHoly father has made you, eelehrni ing your golden ejuxcopal juhilee .Assistant at the Pontifical 1 hrone The brief was dv..-pa tr-bi-d some linn ago signed In- Cardinal Gasparri. Sec retarinte of his Holiness.” Tim Ri-lmt Assistant, at the Pouti'ieal Throm ranks immediately a Her the ( ordinals They are always rivaled ( omit- of tin Apostolic Palace, and belong p, ija Pontifical lamily. Towards the I'm,,

iliey hold imieii the same niaiion a Cathedral Canons do to tlm Bislmp-.

ACCO.MMDDATION FDR TOUP.IA'I b WELLINGTON, Feh. 7. At the meet ing of ihe ( !ia mb. r o Uommeree In-day, the question of aeeomniodai ion for tourists was discussed. The opinion was expressed thni the -aid accommodation was not up tc requirements, and would have to la great, ly improved if New Zealand wanted lo altraci a large number ol r.iiiri -1. s. A conference lie Chambers ol Conlerence and the hotel liebte.ees was -ugge-ted. Atb-r di-ciis-ioii. the Pillowing resn1u i ion was carried: "Thai a. special < ninniii ice he -,et up io consider and reporl on the question n | developing the tourist traffic on line- calculated to ell, lire a large increase. and that suitable aeeonimodat ion and adequate facilities are available to cope with such an increase in a wav which will create a iiermitnent and profitable source of revenue to the Dominion.

CADET CHALLENGE SHIELD WELLINGTON, feh. .

The "Weekly Press” Challenge Shield for the Dominion Cadets was won by the Southland Roys High School cadets (average (17. L). Thames High School i adets won the North Island school cadets contest with 177. i. ■Now Plymouth High School was next with S7.li. Nelson College A learn scored 11ii..7. New Plymouth Technical College Oi.it. and Wellington College 11-7.7. The average for the others was high, the lowest being C Company Otago Cadeis w itlt (il. SITE OFFERED FOB WIRELESS STATION. CHRISTCHURCH. Feb. 7. In regard to the proposed high power wirele-s station for New Zealand, the Morten Estate ha- offered a free silo oil .Mount Pleasant on Cashmere llilK, which olfer- -peeial advantages for such a station. Mr Massey, in aekuowladgisg the olfer, said that he would eonimui:ieale wilh the P.istimister-fh'seral in regard to it. RECORD PROPERTY PRICE. WELI.IXI I’D i.N, February il. The properly iii .Manner'. Si., known a; i lie Marble Bar. with a frontage of filty feet and a depth of ore hundred aid twenty feet. In. jiisi changed hands at £27.1.00. This i- ;,( the rat" of £.1.10 per fool, whi lri- believed to be a record price for pun erty in Alania r- S' reel. Beeeuily- the nil e ) rop, rly eh.-itige i ha ml- a i -017.11(10. SPIRIT WMEi.I) INVOKED. WELLINGTON. Eehniai-y 0. The -pirn world va, nnnkel in tlm Alngi.sl late'- Conn yesierday when a dressmaker sued a man for the recovery of jo ujd - to the value, f CS 8s lid. al--1 i.o l"n •• 1 ecu .supj.lied 1 o his wile ylire, y oar.- ago. Plaint iff raid ill ’t ,1m i | I lie defendant after his oc". h aml I old him that she rce, ■ ■ I fi, in hr wife in the " • ',! In ", to her liusha ml I'm- ; 1 Tie; •. ; l_ ~ Renieil tin i his 0: >c,--ed ol »!•<, goods referred nil! -n—gesied tiial piaiuiiff should get further proof of the drbi Irom the spirit woi 111. .(‘faint ii I lulled to produce any hook emries and .Mr Page. S.AL, disinfssed that position ol the claim involving the deceased "lie. A DECENT SI!(iWEE. AVI-IA KATA XU.. Feb, nary (I. tropical storm was experienced at AYhakntnnr last night. A deluge m r.bii It'll and slock in a number of busili: s,. I'.iemsles was damaged through water finding weak spots in the root. Lain poured down for about lour hours, for the twenty-four hours ending at seven to-dav, li.lo inches were recorde I.

ALLEGED THEFT. CHRISTCHURCH. February G. R. I). Martin, ex-l nion Secretary appeared at the Magistrate's Court to-day m connection with thetl charges totalling £O9O in rep t-i i to several unions, lb was also charged with making incorrect returns. Tile bearing mis proi ceded v illi to-day. in order in bring <.i,se before the Supreme Court next week. The police slated that after the books were handled by the Labour Department, £!()(■ was paid in restitution. Evidence was given by an accountant engaged by the Labour Department that an examination of the books disclosed a sei ies if misappropriations. It was obvious that Martin had not banked the money rei eived by him for Hie unions. AN ACCIDENT. RUN EDI Nb Feb. G. Catherine McKinnon, middle-aged, fell through a window at Die hn-pnui this morning and is in a critic.d < oiidition.

FARMER SENTENCED. WANGANUI, Ecb. 5

A retired farmer, named Abel Rowe, , charged at the Court to-day with. Inning been drunk while in the p. ( , ,1 a motor. He was sentenced in 14 davs imprisonment by Mr Sh Barton, S.M.. who said the punislinicnt was intended to net as a warnin,r. When Rowe was driving, he collided with a cyclist. whose machine