DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

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-MAN KILLED BY TRAIN

AUCKLAND, July If),

Alfred (Irimshaw, a. middle-aged man employed bv George I.'ent and Soils bakers, was walking over a level crossing at King Slice’., Newmaiket, when lie was struck !y the engine of the Kaijara train and killed instantly. BREWERS AND HOTELS. AVELLI NOTON, July IS. A vigorous defence of the brew ing interests against the charge of running “tied" licensed houses was turnip by the chairman of New Zealand Breweries Ltd.. Air A. S. Bankart, at the annual meeting of the company, yesterday. In the course of his address, li ■ said : “While it cis perfectly true that v.v are in no way linanrinlly interested in any hotel property whatever, yet, in common with the owners of licensed hotel property and merchants dealing in wines and spirits, we are concerned in the general position of the licensed tr.-ale.

"ft may be </ interest, ta shareholders to I;iMiv that out of the 1111 Vcensed hotel; in th • Dominion, over 8 ' per cent, are owned by individuals who are oitner the licensees themselves or are not purveyors of alcoholic liquors. '1 he man in the street generally refers to the ‘brewers’ as though they were> some malign body exercising a sinister control of licensees.

“A- I have said, your company, easily the largest in the Dominion, does not own either the freehold or a leaseheld interest of any hotel whatever, and it is doubtful if even 28 per cent, ol the hotels are owned by wine and spirit merchants.”

POLICE COURT

AUCKLAND, July 21

At the Police Court, John OnslowWheeler, aged 31, was charged with breaking and entering Turnbull and Jones’ premises on two occasions, and stealing goods of a total value of C.’ill 7s ; also a theft on another occasion. Accused pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, lie was committed for trial. AUCKLAND, Julv 21.

John Graham, described as a professional thief, and as having served several terms (if imprisonment, was to-day sentenced to six mouths’ gnol on each of two charges of theft of passengers’ luggage from the railways, with tlie addition of three years’ reformative treatment. The police stnttlicre had been recently an epidemic of thefts of this kind in Palmerston North.

Joseph Sutherland Alutiro wits committed for trial for the alleged failure to keep proper hooks of accounts, during the l three years prior to the commencement of bankruptcy.

REFORM CANDIDATE. WANGANUI, Julv *2l

At the annual meeting of the Wanganui Political Reform League tonight, Air John Conll, who contested the last election in the Government interests, was unanimously chosen as the Reform candidate for next election.

DEATH MY STRANGLING. CTIRISTCHURCIL Julv -I

“Suicide by strangling herself while mentally deranged,” was the finding of the Coroner (Mr \\ yvern Wilson, S.AI.) at the resumed inquest to-day on Grace Scholctield. the IG-year-old girl who was found strangled in bed at the residence of her mother. Oxford Terrace, on Friday night. “She iv;i- evidently mentally abnormal." remarked the Coroner, in giving hi- verdict. "She had ungovernable lit - of temper, and at those times she was very violent. She was at the Al ntal Hospital, where' she was under control of strangers, and slu> improved on Thursday. Her mind scelii'-'d to be running on the subjec t ol suicide, lor slie put the strap round her neck and threatened to choke hcrsell on I’ ridtiy. She did it obviously. Iliac she must have done it hcrsell. .man errs ms throat. GISBORNE, July 21 Reginald Malone, aged twenty-six years, a sawmill luciid and a single man committed suicide at Motuhora to-day. bv cutting bis throat. I lie deceased recently arrived from Gisborne. It is understood that his lather resides al Crev l.yiin.

RAID ON CHINESE. WANGANUI. July 21

The police to-night raided the fruiterer's shop of a Chinaman named Wong Wuiig |.owe. and confiscated ten casts of li<7uor which included pin. Chinese whisky. Chinese wine and beer, l.owe was arrested. THE MILLION' LOAN. WELLINGTON. July 22. Mr Massey states the million i".Hi not died vesterdav. is for the State Advances Department. He had placed the order for this some time ago. and was pleased to iiml it had been secured on the same favourable terms as the live million loan Honied in May. There was a difficulty in the way of transferring the money to New /.calami on account of the high rate of exchange. It would he invested in London for some little time in short dated loans MOUSE AX'D WAl'lTf. WELLINGTON, duly -"- , - It is amniiued in the Wellington Acclimatisation Society's report that both moose and wapiti are Ih.urislnng *n Ota no Sounds. The former are estimated to number 80 to 100. but are in rough country and difficult to approach. Wapiti cover a more extended area and number about two thousand. 'Hie best leads will he taken in the next live or ten years. One head was recently secured with a span of of inches, within lour inches of the world's record.