DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by ti-:l kg it ai’ n — per ntEs.s association OAMARU LIQUOR CASE APPEAL DUNEDIN, Mareli 4. .Judge Sim gave judgment to-day i , r an appeal ease against the decision o the Magistrate of Oamaru, dismissitij a charge against Cornelius Goodson. o Oamaru of keeping liquor for sale. | The defendant purchased 1!) bottle ol whisky at Georgetown curry in; s them on a motor cycle to a suburb o Oamaru. When followed by a con stable, lie went into a belt of trees where the Constable confiscated the liquor. Judge Sim said that he did mil agree with tlie. Magistrate's limlin< that the whisky was only in the coursf ■ of transit stating any person witl | whisky in his possession which lie proposed to sell was keeping liquor for sale within the meaning of the .Section. The appeal accordingly was allowed, and the case was remitted to the Magistrate to convict, unless tho respondent satisfied the Court that the liquor was not kept for sale. DEATH DUTIES SUIT DECIDED. DUNEDIN". .March I. Justice Sim gave judgment to-day iu the Supreme Court in an action in which the Commissioner of Stamps claimed from the Executors of the will of the late Daniel Haynes 138-114 Is -Id, alleged to bo due for death duties. The items in dispute between tlie parties wore: 1 1) a debenture for C-17,4!17 15s Id given by Herbert Haynes and so to Ibe testation. Ibis including iho sum of L’1.58:1 5s 2d for accrued interests. Ii was valued by the plaintiff' at Clf>,3Bo 0s sd. In a statement furnished by tho defendants ibis debenture, including accrued interest, was valued at £12.005 its l id. (-) 000 shares of Cloo each in Herbert Haynes and Co.', valued by tho plaintiff at COO,OOO, and by the defendant at £7-1,250.

(3) 10,000 shares of Cl each in the Daniel Haynes Trust, valued by the plaintiff at CDS.2SO, and by defendants at C's,;i()o.

His Honour concluded a lengthy judgment by staling that he considered a reduction of 5s per share should he made iruiii tlie asset value of the shares and 1 1 cr- value of the shares be lixed al Cl per share. The assessment on this item would have to be reduced accordingly. Subject to this reduction, plaintiff' was entitled to judgment for the amount claimed with costs according to sale and disbursements, witnesses expenses to ho fixed bv the Registrar. Thu plaintiff is allowed L'llt 10s lor tlie second day of the trial. OBITUARY. WANGANUI, March I. lion Gilbert Carson, who for tin* greater part of ball' a century bad been one of tlie leading public men in Wanganui, and. indued, throughoutNew Zealand, died yesterday aficr--110(111 in bis S2ml year, lie was born at sea a lon night before the ship "Jane Gilford” readied Auckland, and consequent !y was one of the oldest residents of the Dominion. In the early days he served on the “New Zealander" of Auckland, and afterwards was a read -r at tho Government Printing Office. Then he liceanie proprietor of the “Wanganui ( 'hrmiiele.” during the -oventh-s. anil was actively |

associated with that paper till an ill ne.-.s soon' years ago. lie was at various times Mayor. Member for the Dishirt and a Legislative Councillor, lie was prominent on education bodies, and also in the Baptist union and I lie prohibii ion movement. INCREASE IN GOITRE. A! OKI.\NR. Ma lch I. Tie- •-> iron ini re,wa- of •..■nitre. m Now Zealand was .i:-eu by Ibe .Medical (’out i i uino, a lusolution being, nas-ril. instructing t In- Council to bring before tint Government, the urgent. nceossilv lor enforcing the addition of iodine to table salt. Professor Horens, Dunedin, lias explained that manufacturers of table salt in their efforts to put pure salt (sodium chloride) before Ihe public had eliminated from iho crude article substances, including iodine, which had the highest value in dictate constituents-. INCOME TAX RETURNS. Cl! R fSTCiI UR CH. March 5. Sydney flug.li Gardiner, a fanner of A i diot |y, pleaded guilty to making a tr.l.se or negligent income tax return. The solicitor for idle Department., said tile deficiency over the last four years was £01)7 12s !»d. At the. end of 1522 be was worth .£4 1.000. Counsel lor Gardiner said he made up his own returns and was unacquainted with bookkeeping. The Magistrate said Gardi er had .been cheating, and bad increased bi.s capital I'roiii two thousand four ..years .ago to eleven thousand. He could not imagine r. much worse ease. He inllicted lines of £IOO on each of tv,-a of £SO each in two othei.s. a total of £3OO. NEW DEFENCE COMMANDANT. WELLINGTON. March 5. Cabinet lias approved the appointment '' Colonel .Melville as Commandant, of the New Zealand forces in succession to General Chaytor. who is retiring.