DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1924, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

lIY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. BREAKING AND ENTERING NA PIER, A lay 19. William Thomas A {organ and Jessie Stella Stewart Morgan, husband anij wife, and Morton Henry Stanley • and Stella Lory, living in the same house ns the Morgans, were charged at the Afagistrate’s Court with breaking and entering a dwelling and stealing therefrom drapery, clothing, glassware anil crockery valued at £G(>. Both female accused pleaded guilty and were committed for sentence to the Supreme Court. Alorgan and Stanley pleaded not guilty and the Magistrate dismissed the charges against them. I li". v were however brought up again on a charge of receiving stolen goods and committed far trial. A charge lias set to be heard against the four Accused of breaking entering anil theft from another place.

RIVER BOAT WRECKED. TAUAIAEAXUf. Alay 19. As a result of a mishap to the riverI) :at Wai-iti. on the Wanganui river, this morning, three mail hags are missing and eight private letter-bags have nut yet been accounted f<-’r. No injury was suffered by tlmse on board, who landed safely on the riverhatik with the aid of a wire hawser and cradle. Another limit which was despatched to the scene brought the passengers back Vj Tnumaraiiiii.

The Wai-iti lies half .submerged about thirteen feet from the rverbnnk; but clear of the fairway. '■ I’■ damage to the vessel will run iio. i a iinisiderable sum. I lie accident was due to the breaking ol the eiOH’.'iig gear. The vessel struck a sidme iged rock and buckled in half. Ihe wrci lied limit is sixty feet long with i b- mu of eight and a half I set.

DR PAIWT. WELLINGTON. May Lb Dr .1. ('. I’abst, well-known throughout. the Dominion, and formerly of Auckland, -who came to A\ elliiigton two years ago. died .suddenly in a private hospital, lie met with an accident some weeks ago. and had apparently recovered. lie was talking briskly of what lie intended doing when he came out of hospital. An hour later he died. KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR-CAR. AUCKLAND., Alay 19. Kate Dowling, aged sixty-five, a widow, was knocked down by a inotr-’ car in Ouecn Street on Saturday night and sustained a broken leg, a broken hip and other injuries. She died in hospital. DEATH FRO A! HEART DISEASE, WELLINGTON, Alay 19. The inquest on l’alrick Cavanagb. who died suddenly in the Polite Court the other day, when lie w;\\ about to be fined by the .Magistrate for a breach of an Act, was held io-dav. It was stated that deceased suffered from heart disease, and medical testimony was given that this was the cause of death. A verdict was returned accordingly.

X.Z. PIGEON DERBY. DUNEDIN. .May 19. The first New Zealand Dm by of the homing pigeon dubs was llown oil Saturday at Hastings. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Wellington. Blenheim. Marlborough. Timarii. Dunedin, and Dunedin Xoitii dubs compeline. The distance was fixed a I not less than i*ll miles. The wind and i auditions in the south were favourable, but bad weather spoiled the• northern dubs’ chance. Results to hand so far show that Timaui i- in a winning position, lidding the first three pieces. Ninth Dunedin is I - , me. dose. Wanganui i- the only North Island club so far reporting having homed birds in race time.

AIOTORISTS prXISHFD. STRATFORD. Miv I!). Several liiotor-i nr eases were before Mr Mowleio S.M.. to-da.v. John T. ALirtiu. a prohibit,-d person was lined £1 for broach cl bis older, end was • i-ldein-'-d to I’oui teen days' imju ison-im-nt f.-.r I cing drunk while in charge ••i a ear. having two | revious conviction* ter similar ofi’enics. John David, sun. cuti-gcd with l-eing drunk while in charge of a car. was fined £Ri and ordered to tie piofiiltiled. THE yrn.I.ING Tih-TPTK.

DARGAYILI.E. ;A!ny 39. Air Hornblow. president of the New Zealand Council formed t-i control the Australasian championship sculling r.-ue in i olijiiMalion with the Ne w Eolith Wales Council, said : •‘The exe-utiie is not cnm-eri.e 1 with individual bickering between the -•■idlers. Hannan and M'Deviit. Acting on emislitiitional lines end in nnien v.iil l the controlling Australian bndv. the Ineal executive Ine: aJ-iptcd rules and conditions governing rn open .-ham; ion •hip ecrie-l which will place the tit!-. 1 on a proner fo-iti'iig. . Hannan ha- no legitimate claim Io the \ustralasiau title, because he did rot i»iv under any body whin cnuhl confer it. Any two individuals by mutual consent may decide to have a contest I) r any title they choose, but ii is i::d t o siy that the public and other i nr. test aii U will place the same estimate on the results.

“It animti mav the:efore keep his unreefgnised title, but it will die with him, as .ill the professional sculling will come in under the constitutional body anil Hannan will ho on his own. It must lie freely admitted that it is necessary for ail brunches of sport io he under organised control for the proper recording of events ami championship*. otherwise rsuedo champions arc likr-.y to crop up everywhere.

“The executive bold a public mooting and presented a report which allowed that funds lmd tome in well for the race. The slake will he £otlt) distributed'as follows : —Fiisi. £309: second £ICH: third L*7-N: fourth £2u. Tf there are less than seven starters only the first three prizes will be awarded, and if only three or four starters, only the fiiv.t prize. An inquiry was received from Australia as to the date of the race and it was decided that a definite doc-bion should bp made bv AYcdneeday. it having boon printed out that dune 7tli. was not altogether a suitable date to hold the ra:e.'’

SEAAI eng; UNION. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. WELLINGTON. AL-.y 3S'. Following are results oi the election* to official positions in tile local unions of the Federated Seamen's I nion of New Zealand for the year 192-t: Auckland: President, Air J. D. Nicholson, vice-presidents. .Messrs J. Jones and T. Afurphy: treasurer. Air D. AFJ.ennan: secretary. Air T. F. Anderson, assistant secretary. Mr J. I’. Kyle; couhcillors, Alcssi's AY. Player, Al’Leiinaii. and T. F. Anderson (all reelected unopposed).

Dunedin: President, Mr D. Ahix\tel; vice-president, Mr E. Cheshire; treasurer, Mr D. D. Smith; secretary, Mr tV. Clarke; councillors, Messrs F. Xewfield, AV. E. Barnes, and AV. Clarke (all re-elected unopposed). Lyttelton: Agent, .Ah' F. Xewlield (re-elected unopposed). Wellington: Vice-presidents, Messrs E. Brown and J. Payne; treasurer, Mr I). Currie; general secretary, Air W. T. Voting (re-elected unopposed); president, Mr C. B. Fittes, 5-10 (elected), Mr P. M'. Butler -188; assistant secretary, .Air F. C. Howell 530 (elected). Air' J. H. Adams 300, Air H. Wallis 150, Air A. H. Denholm 7(i; executive members, Messrs J. Nicholson 802 (elected), C. Cl. Cullen 770 (elected). J. Ihibson 710 (elected). H. Ingham 711 (elected). F. Catterall 710; councilior.s. .Messrs -J. Xieholson 074 (elected), C. B. Fittes o:X> (elected), F. C. Nowell 080 (elected), 1\ Al. Butler 095, 11. Wallis 518. Air C. B. Fittes, AA’ellington, has been elected general president of tlie federation by the executive council.