DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGRAPH riIESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. NAPIER NEWS. NAPIER, March 13. John Dean, a wool elasser of Hastings. single, died at the hospital today. allegedly from the effects of taking poison. Pei'a Amu, aged seven, o! Thngoio, - native died m the hospital from the effects of burns, which also resulted -ii< the death yesterday of Jack Whano, aged seven, through a tin of benzine exploding. There arc no frcsTi cases of infantile paralysis. The total to date is seven. Mrs -May, aged 2.8, wife of the electrical engineer, was drowned off the beach this morning while bathing. She was a recent arrival from England. BOARDERS IN THE BAR. WIIANGAREI. .March 12. When the police arrived unannounced at the Pariia Bay Hotel late on the afternoon of Sunday. February .8. they walked in by a hack way, and entered the liar, where they found several men, playing cards. One had a bottle of beer, and none denied having had a “ spot,” while the licensee, Ernest Devan, admitted lie had been caught. The licensee appeared before Air R. W. Tate, S.M., charged with keeping the premises open fur the sale of liquor during hours when they were supposed to he closed. He pleaded guilty. It was urged oil his behalf, however, that he was aroused from a siesta by some hoarders, and took them to the bar instead of a private room. Some others joined the party, and then the police (ame along. Devan was convicted and lined £2. with costs 7s. HONEY EXPORT CONTROL. WELLINGTON, March 12. The policy of limited control of honey exports from New Zealand has been adopted by the Honey Export Control Hoard.

It is explained that thi- decision will enable those who wish to purchase honey for export in New Zealand to continue to do so. hut the export will he subject to a license from the .Mini;tor of Agriculture, one of tne conditions of which will he that the honey is disposed of in Britain under (auditions determined by the I limey Control Board.

The nlau is to have all New Zealand honey sold at auction through one channel, instead ol sending it to a large number of auctioneers. As the Apiaries Act still applies to lids product, the former grading and packing conditions will he observed. AUCKLAND GU-M LANDS. AUCKLAND, March 12. The problem Jt bringing 300.0(1(1 acres of gum hind in the Auckland province into profitable occupation was the principal subject of an expert disriission at- the final Auckland session el the special < ommission of inquiry into the matter of providing facilities for |h>' teaching of agricultural science. Half of the land ts the property ol the State, and the other half is held byprivate owners

A practical solution of the problem was submitted to the commission for favourable consideration. ’lbis, brielIv, is the exercise of the neglected Homestead Settlement Act in the form of financial assistance by the State to settlers, and the application of scientific knowledge to the task of breaking in the land. •■We have got to liml the money, said an officer of the State in giving evidence, “and the University lias got to supply the brains.” Members of the commission agreed that this remark epitomised the solution. The commission 101 l for the south tonight. Tin: MACKENZIE- CASK. AUCKLAND. March 13. In the Dundas MacKeuzie case, the cross examination of the defendant, who was all day in the box. was concluded, when the court rose till Monday. SUICIDE FEARED. AUCKLAND, March 13A patient in the Auckland Hospital, Frederick Hamilton. single, aged 29. was dismissed from the institution on Thursday night, and has not been seen since. A letter was found stating that his life was a misery, and that ho intended to away with himself. He was suffering from tuberculosis.

THE MOUAT MYSTERY

CHIUftTCHURCII. Alarch 12

To-night’s ‘‘Star ” nays that the detectives engaged in the search lor Mis Alouuf are inclined to believe that she is still alive. Jt. is a significant fact that the detectives have suspended operations nround the house and are no longer dragging the Ileathcole riiot.

TOTALIS A TOR PE R AII TS

SIR GEO. CLIFFORD’S STRICTI RES

CHRISTCHURCH. -March 13. Under the date of “Rotorua, Alarch Pth ” Sir George Clifford (President of the New Zealand Racing Conference) writes as follows to the Hon. Air Bollard .Minister of Internal Affairs):— •• I have to acknowledge your letter of the Ith inst., received to-day. In its hnal paragraph you asume that you. as Minister of the Crown, are responsible. subject to the Cabinet, for the allocation of the ‘additional permits. Ilaviii*' taken upon yourself this responsibility, you are not justified in implving upon the part of the Conference. a participation which did not exist in your recommendations. It any real consultation had taken place, your obvious course would have been to have accompanied your submission to the Cabinet with a statement of the points on which the Conference might have dissented from, or differed with you. 1 take exception, however, to your assumption of an imposed personal responsihilitv. The exercise of such power bv a constantly changing Minister would not escape the fatal charge of subjection to political influences. This inevitable suspicion would have been averted bv the appointment ot impartial Commissioners bv the Conference to consider and weigh the claims for submission to the Cabinet. The sport of racing, like all other sports, should within reasonable limits, he regulated 1)V representative sportsmen, and kept free from extraneous and especially political influence.”