DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH—PER rRF.BB ASSOCIATION. THE ROTARY .MOVEAIENT. WELLINGTON, march 10. At the Annual Conference of the New Zealand Rotary Clubs it was resolved to form ti Business AfetlmdsCommittees with a view to influencing the standards of trailing in various classifications. It was recommended the co-operation of the existing trading and professional organisations should txj sought before endeavouring to introduce any direct Rotary influence for the improvement of Huy methods which were not considered satisfactory. Another resolution urged Rotarians to make greater efforts in the interests of music, art, and the beautification of towns and cities. All' C. J. li. -Norwood, of Wellington, has been appointed New Zealand Commissioner to the Rotary International at America.

CAPE HELI.ES .MEMORIAL. AUCKLAND, Alareh 10. Air E. T. Alarr, an architect, formerly of Auckland and who lias been four years in Gallipoli in charge ol the construction of the war memorials, returned in the Reniucra. He says the Cape .Holies’ monument is most imposing, visible to every ship) traversing the Dardanelles. The shaft is' inscribed with the names of all the units

participating in the campaign. A space is reserved for the names of twoi ty thousand missing New Zealanders. The monument at Chanuk Bair is no less inspiring. There are twenty-eight cemeteries oil the Peninsula, the graves being surrounded by a grassed embankment laced with stone. Each cemetery has a monument in tiie shape of a mural cross, the size being regulated by the number of graves in the plot. In the larger cemeteries great stones of renienihrance are set in front of the monuments.

.MASTER PAINTERS' SUGGESTION. AUCKLAND, Alareh 10. The New Zealand Federation of .Master Painters decided to approach the Institute of Architects to consider the advisability of specifying that all sashes of high buildings he glazed from the inside, as a pmlcclion to the workmen and a savin”; of expense. H was also decided to agitate lor the placing ol tin* bungholes of oil drums against the edge of the drum to prevent waste. SUPKEAIE COURT SENTENCES. GISBORNE. .March 10. At the Supreme Court. Eawiri Wharehinga. for burglary at Tokomaru Bay. received 18 months’ hard labor. Alfred Joseph Yanee Ryan, alias O’Prien, for false pretences. three years’ reformative treatment. Thirera Waikato. a young, well educated .Maori girl, deaf and dumb, for forgery ami uttering, was admitted to pn-ohat ion. Rub a tea Piritii, four charges of horsestealing, also forgery and uttering, appealed to his Honor; “Take pity on a poor sinner. ’’ and was sentenced U> two rears’ reformative treatment.

CLAIM FOR DAAIAGE-S. GISBORNE. .March 10. The Supreme Court was eiiLCiged today hearing a claim for £llß7 damages ill respect of personal injuries by John William Roitilace. a labourer, against the .Gisborne Sheep-farmers’ Frozen Meat Coy., the allegation being that plaintiff's leg was injured through an allegedly detective protective apparatus surrounding the electric fan at the freezing works. BAND CONDUCTOR DEAD. CAMBRIDGE, March K>. Laurence, conductor ol the Gisborne Baud which took part in the competition at Auckland was indisposed throughout the contest. On the return journey to Gisborne. Laurence stayed with friends at Cambridge, hut gradually grew worse on Sunday and was removed to Waikato Hospital. and he passed away early this morning. He was prominent in hand ( i*ml(.v I s for year:-. lie leaves a widow at Ci.-Lorne and a grow u-up lamily. TROTTING DISQUALIFICATION. C'HRISTCH CECIL .March 10. The Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association to-day decided to interm the West part Trotting Club that there was not sufficient evidence supplied lor the Hoard to confirm the disqualifications ol Keating in connection with the running of Some Wilkes and Curran, the owner of Imprint.

Til H I lON'. W. 11 AN A X NOT S!•!KK!N<! lIK-KI.KCTIOX. IXVKIiCA BGi 1.1., -Msircli 10. Tin. Hon. \Y. Hunan announces that |u' will not seek re-election tor Invercargill in the next Parliament- as lie intends residing in Dunedin when; lus sons are studying at the r.iiversity. lie has represented the city for an unbroken period of twenty-five years, his last majority being one thousand. Though leu vine; I nvereargill he is not retinue Iroiu public lil<‘.

0.1. C. MAXAGKK KIXKD. WAXGAXIM, March S). To mark the fourth anniversary of the 0.'1.C. operations in Wanganui the manager conceived the idea of a lour tier birthday cake to be given awav as a prize to the purchaser who held a certain receipt number (hiring the firm’s summer sale. The "ianaijer Hubert C. Massall, was charged at the Court with a hreech of the OamIdiug Act, and also the assistant "ho sold" tickets to two constables. Defendant pleaded that he did not know that he was acting contrary to the Act. and stated that lie closed the ~„mnetition. a week earlier .when

warned hv the police. The Magistrate, Mr Barton, said there was no excuse for any responsible man to sav that he did not know especially after the publicity given to the Collinson and Cunningham ease. If., took into account that the defendant was genuinely surprised to learn that liis interpretation of the hi" "as wrong, and that the scheme was not conducted for Ids personal gam. He Would he convicted and fined CIO. Ihe ,barge against the assistant was "‘indrawn.

THK MACKKX/Ji: CASK. ALX'KLAND. Marcn If,.

|„ iho Dundas MacKcnzio case one witness said ho consulted Mackenzie for trouble in the left cheek, which MneKenzie sail if not treated immediately would turn to cancer. Witness calculated the treatment on MacKenzio's terms would cost him forty-two guineas, which he could not afford. He asked MacKenzie for an order to admit him to the Auckland Hospital. MacKenzie replied: If l did. 1 would ne dead in a week. He told witness to consult Dr Mat-sack and another doctor He saw Dr Grant, who sent hnn to the hospital where his face was lanced. He was in the hospital six weeks and had no trouble since. Dr Grant, in evidence, s-iul the picvious witness had an abscess m the cheek It was nothing unusual and there was no difficulty in seeing what U ! v; ,,s. There was no reason to sm,w<t

‘T woman witness said she consulted Mackenzie who said she had cancel in the throat. That was after the doctor had consulted a young chap stripped to the waist with something like a UUphone receiver on las forehead. treatment next day at •* ‘ per dav. She had live treatments and beeame very ill. Her husband sent foi Hr Thomas and the latter recommended Hr Hardie Neil as a specialist Hie was treated by the latter and had r.o operation. She had only one treatment and her throat was alright,