DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

DY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. C'OAIAIITTED ECU! TRIAL. Al C'KLAND. September 8. Arising out of the theft of electrical equipment from Turnbull and Jones’s warehouse in April, for which a man recently was .sentenced to two year’s hard labour, an electrician named Walter AlcC'arthy today was committed for trial on chorees of having 01,. stunted the course of justice and

having stolen yoods from Turnbull and Jones valued at £3O 7s. A constable ynve evidence that when he spoke to the accused coueeruiny the arrest of the mao already sentenced, accused denied ever liaviny heard of the latter or two previous witnesses. Evidence was yiven hy the detective that accused admitted that the. other man had sold the yoods to him and property valued at £2l 2s 2d was recovered from accused’s shop. Accused pleaded not yuilty. CLARENCE RRTDGK. T.f.ENII El AT. September 8. The overseer in ehnrye of the Clarence hridye works (Air de Alalmanelie) expects the hridye to he open for traffic ayain by next Easter, lie is now prepariny to start work on the third anil hist pair of cylinders. The road between Klenheim and the Clarence river is in splendid order for motoring.

and that portion of it nmiiiny through the Awatcre. county reflects yreat credit on the eouneil. A policy of takiuy off sharp corners and using the •spoil to widen the road at the ends has been followed old with excellent results. AN ILLEGAL DEVICE. AVANGAN'Ur, Seplemlier 8. Edward O’Aleara, Geolfrey Holley and Phillip Stood appeared on a charge in connection with the recent Catholic carnival, disposing of chocolates by means of a ballot box. The police slated they had yiven warning early in the carnival that ‘‘spinning jennies”, and other devil cs were not to lie used (I Aleare a ecytel the blame. having charge nf tlm stall w here I lie ballot box and marbles were us'd. lie claimed that this class of deviei* had been used for years past in Wanganui. and he never had received any warning that it was illegal. The .Magistrate said this fault lay at the door of members who had tailed to pass on the police warning lo O’Afeara. He inllieted e nominal penalty of Ills with costs on

each of the defendants, APPEAL DISMISSED. PALMERSTON N., Sept. 8 The appeal of Erederiek Rule, Neil Larsdcn and Charles Strickland, who were sentenced to a nniiith’s imprisonment by Air Stout, S.M., for wrongful conversion of a motor-ear, was dismissed to-day hy Mr Justice Reed. Ilis | loner expressed t lie opinion that the sentence was imposed more aa deterrent for an increasingly frequent nli'eiiie than as individual punisbmcnl. lie did not feel disposed lo disturb Ihe deei-ioli. The police said that since the sentence imposed in July there had been a marked decrease io the number id eases ol io,\ ridiny. \ i uni \ id' till. TIM AIM'. Sent. f). Mrs Shaw, aged 27. the wife of -Mill. S. Shaw, and the mother ol lour young children, died suddenly when alioill her household duties ill her home on Monday umniing. her husband limliuy lu-r on I lie dead mi his red urn to dinner al noun. Al Hie inquest to-night, a verdict was let limed that Ihe cause of death was heart disea-e. The deceased was of a particularly cheerful di.-piritieiii. and never had all illness. COATING TRAGEDY. WAIROA, Sept. 0. This afternoon Magistrate Lei IV held an adjourned inquest on Puru Solomon, one of the victims ol the recent boating fat alii y at Whakaki. Alter hearing evidenee a verdict was returned ll'at deceased accidentally met Ilis death hy drowning. TinCoro,let- added a rider Unit Wircmu Walker performed a her deed in rescuing Erie lingers front certain death, and in recovering Puru Solomon’s body.