DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

nr TELEGRAM—PRESS ASSN., COPVRIOHT. mi Di:xdas Mackenzie again. AUCKLAND, -March 9. At the Supreme Court application was made by the Medical Board to have the name of Henry I)Hildas MaoKcnzie, medical practitioner, removed from the register on the ground that he had been guilty of infamous conduct in a professional respect, inasmuch that for tll-o past four years iie practised an alleged scientific method of diagnosis and treatment known as Abrams in such a manner as to show he could not have honestly believed that that method of treatment and diagnosis was a reliable or a. useful one in eases in which lie was employed. Air .Meredith appeared for the Board and said that some twenty cases o! patients would be b:ought before the Court. It was alleged that MacKonzie was a fraud, irrespective of whether the machine was any good or not and that as a. competent man ho could not have believed in what- lie was doing.

Air Myers, K.C., is defending the ease which is expected to last five days.

DUNEDIN WOOI. SALES. DUNEDIN, March 9. The wool sales opened this morning when 211,208 bales were offered. For tlie opening catalogues prices were erratic with a considerable drop as compared with last sale. Bradford appeared to dominate the market. ABmy lots were passed in. Early indications show fine wool down 3d to ‘id, crossbreds by 2d to -Id, and bellies and pieces Id. WO-MEN'.S BAD BEHAVIOUR. AUCKLAND, March 9. Mary Lewis and Rose Lee, charged with offensive behaviour and indecent language, were sentenced at the Police Court, the former being filled five pounds on one charge and to conic up for sentence within twelve months on the second, while Leo received one mouths’ imprisonment on one charge and is to enter in her own bund oi £IOO and another of £25 that she will keep the peace. Detective Cummings said the two accused made a practice of assailing respectable men when the latter were accompanied by their wives and daughters. Another habit of theirs was to ring up the wife of some professional man and tell her that her husband was carrying on with other women, and in some cases they had attempted to extort money. WALL PAPER STANDARD WANTED AUCKLAND, Alareh 9. The N.Z. Federation of .Master Painters, Decorators and -Sign-writers adopted the Christchurch remit urging the standardisation in widths and lengths of wall papers. It was stated that merchants complained of the irregular length of roll. The importation of British papers was menaced by Canadian and American competitors who supplied a standard l(i yards roll. It was decided to urge that the stand aid he a 12 yards roll.

.MUSIC TKACH UK’S DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH. .March 9. Max Uirschburg, teacher of ' music, of Gloucester Street, died at the Hos-' l>ital. He "'as admitted some hours previously, suffering from cuts ou both Ids arms, done with a sharp intsrulncnt. The veins had been cut. EBIvCTRICA K EX(IJNEEPS. CHI{ISTCIIUI!OH, .March 9. Air J. C. Forsyth, B.Se,, has been appointed City Electrical Engineer of Christchurch. He has been Assistant Electrical Engineer for the past four and a half years. He. is 31 years of age, and received his early mechanical and electrical training in Auckland. Mr (!. H. Battersby, 11.5 c.. has been appointed Assistant Electrical Engineer. He has been with the electrical branch of the 'Public Works Department. A NURSE INJURED. PA KMKRSTOX NORTH, March 9. There was a narrow escape from a fatal accident in the Square this morning. Alary AVilliom.son, nurse at the Public Hospital, was struck by an incoming \\ auganiti train. Ibe unlortunate woman apparently walked in front of the train. She was thrown on the other side of the rails, where she was caught bv the under structure ol the trucks and was dragged along the asphalt road before being 'swept clear of the wheels.

AVililamson was severely injured in the right arm and in the chest. She was taken to the hospital.