DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

|BY TKI.KG I! A I’ll I’ Kit IMIHSS ASSOCIATION. "J

TELEGRAPH OPERATOR, GAOLED AUCKLAND. Alarch 11.

Boland Blair, a telegraph operator, aged 23, was sent Wi gaol for seven (lays lor making a small k-t at totalisatnr odds, it being stated that accused made bets with hi* fellow employees in sums of shillings and half crowns. Bb'ir was undefended, expecting, to bo let off with a small fine. IMPUDENT VISITORS. AUCKLAND, Alarch 13 People living in the more fashionable suburbs oi Auckland lately have been called upon by two men who introduce themselves as representatives ol in* suranee companies. They are glib of tongue, respectably dressed, and go about their “business” with a very bold front. Householders are asked to admit them to their homes so that they may look at the furniture with a view to ascertaining if its value is sufficient to warrant insurance lor a larger sum than inav be on any existing policy. The audacious pair, who tender no genuine credentials, even went so far as to carry their operations into dangerous'territory, tlie home ot the local Stipendiary Magistrate. Needless to say on that occasion they drew a comj,blank, ft is believed that men „| this type have a sinister motive in

wishing to gain access In homes of a ■ mod class, and some who have been imposed upon in this respect may later he recipients of visitors who prefer darkness rather than light, and j who go about their work earlier tor nj comprehensive plan ui the house. BRICE OK SCO AR. AUCKLAND, March HI The Sugar Relining Company aninmiiios an advance of £1 per ton on all grades of raw and refined sugar as from to-morrow. CARP.HESS BICYCLE OWNERS. DUNEDIN, March 13. “Careless owners of bicycles are giving the police a considerable amount of unnecessary trouble at the present time,” said sub-inspector Eraser to a reporter to-day. Yesterday four bicycles were brought into the policestation,” he added, “and the owner ot one of them naively confessed that he had left his machine mu'all night because- it had been too wet the night before to rule home. When this sort of thing is done, as it is all over the 1 Dominion, u is not difficult to find a reason for so much bicycle thieving. Such careless people deserve to lose their bicycles, but unfortunately they tome to the police and expect us to scour the city looking for their missing property.

RAIN IN CANTERBURY. CHRISTCHURCH. March 14. Owing to there being wet weather to-day the St. Patrick's Sports, which include the big Sheffield Handicap, have lieen postponed till to-morrow and Monday. The Kaikoura Trotting Club’s meeting, which was to have been hold today'. has been postponed till Monday, owing to the rivers being in flood and some"of them being uncrossnble.

The steamer Maori did not arrive from Wellington until nine o’clock this morning; she having met with a very

stormy tiassage. The passenger list was small, a number of intending passengers having cancelled their trips owing to tho boisterous weather. A WFLC’OAIF CHANGE. NAIMER, March 14. There was bright sunshine to-day which made a welcome change from the conditions of the past few days. Fair progress is being made in the work of opening up the roads. The Public Works' Department intimated that they will undertake the work of getting the AVairoa Road in order for traffic anil an immediate start will be made. The Chief Engineer of the Public "Works Department is to pay a visit to the district on account of the Alinister (Air T. G. Coates) not being able to come. The Resident Engineer says the damage on the railway works will put them back three months. There is a mile of embankment washed out and it will require thirty- thousand yards ol material to refill it. Preliminary arrangements for re-commencing the work have already been made.