DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH — Pi n PRESS association. WEBB-KNOWN TBAIXMB DIES. CUBISTCII I’BC'll. A tty list 2(1. Ol.ituaiy Patrick IJntlfr, at one time a well-known trainer of racehorses. int lulling “The Agent". ‘'Man. toil'’ and “Liberator.'' He owned .Manton who won the New Zealand Cup. Derby and Canterbury Cup. lIUI.K SUNK IN lIAItBOUB. WANDANUI. Aug. 22. The hulk ef the To Amin was sunk in po.-itioii at ill" end of the basin wall, to-day. She now lies on an even keel, with her no'c pointing seaward. Securing her in this position by piles will lie the final work in completing the lia'in wall, an C'scniial feature of lit" harbour -■ homo which was commenced jn-l prior to the outbreak ol the war. MOTOB-1.088 Y FATA BITY. NAIM KB. Any. 21. A mot' r lorry i a frying live men weni- over a LM-Piot bank near I'nketitiri. and as a result David Clarence Sinclair, aged ltd. single, lost Ids life. Other.- snll'ered minor injuries. The aei idelil is supposed to have been caused by tbe driver a-eelerating before completing a change of gear. Ul BE ON SHIP. WI'.UUIXdTOX. Any. 25. An exciting scene was witnessed on the -teenier Bio (Taro when smoke was seen issuing from the coal bunker. An alarm was given and the Fire Brigade was ii in in at tendance. The coal was enly smouldering, hut it was a laborious ta-k in yelling to the seal ol the trouble. The ship's (ompalty have had an anxious time, as the vessel is laden with inllammnble oils, and the consequences would be scrams it the heated coal burst into Haines. The Brigade were still working on the Vo-,•] at lI.UT p.m. PBOIII BITF. I) I’BO.M DBIYIXD. DUNEDIN. August 25. In (onneetiou with the ease of Chirem e .loseph Bernard Ward (admitted to probation for three years on a ■ barge of being in charge ot a motor ear, and knocking a limn down), he was previously convicted on a similar ehalge, and prohibited from driving. The medical evidence proved that, injuries lie received ill the war were responsible for a little drink making him drunk. Magistrate Bundle said In* would have sent him to gaol as a warning i i the public and motorists that it wail serious olfeiice, lint the medical evidence would he taken into consideration. AN A( ouittai.. WEBI IXUTUN. Aug. 25. Without leaving the box. the jury found Charles Mills not guilty oil a charge of alleged iheld of .-üb-criptious lo the now defunct paper “Quick March" which it was alleged he colleel.'il in P.'2(> and had not paid in. In summing up. Judge Salumnd said the case was not sail-fur-tory. and lie scarcely thought the jury would consider the ea'e made out. BOSS OF CIVIL RIGHT'S. STRATFORD. Any. 25. At the Magistrate's Court to-day. Lionel Meredith was lined £J and costs on a charge of failing to attend parade. having had previous convictions for a similar offence, and he was deprived of his civil rights for five years.