DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

I.BY TELEGRAPH— PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. HR EACH OF REGULATIONS. WELLINGTON, May 8. Thomas 'Frederick Connolly and Phillip Edward Fallon, Roman Catholic priests, were charged at- the Magistrates’ Court to-day with permitting children under the ago of 10 to attend church during the infantile paralysis restrictions. Defendants pleaded guiltv.

Counsel explained that they had announced from the altar that children were not to attend, and they relied on the parents to see that- the law wa.s carried out.

The .Magistrate ordered the payment of costs only, P. AND T. .MEN. WELLINGTON. .May 10. Speaking al tin- Postmen’s Social on Sattmhiy night. Mr 11. K. Combs. il,o General Seereian of l lie Post and Telegraph Ollieers’ Association, replying to criticisms directed against him during tin- past few weeks, said tlml he recognised that, as a paid .secretary, lie was open to criticism anil i ensure if he did not discharge his duties ; Iml.

he thought that criticism of his private life was not the thing. .So long as lie was lining tlm Assoeiai ion’s work to the satisfaction of the members, his private life should he left severely clone. This referred to his political activities in tin l Labour caii.se, which were the subject of discussion at the

animal meeting ol the Wellington Section of the Association. Mr Coins!) warned the Post and Telegraph ollieers against the attempts being made to sow dissensions in their ranks. He pointed out that the Chamber of Commerce, the Law Societies, lhe Rotary Clubs, and C ivic Leagues had secured solidarity by their interwoven memberships, and if the workers. on their side, secured equally good combination, they could obtain the fair remuneration and the conditions to which tlicv are entitled.

AIR (SAFI.; SITE. AUCKLAND, May 9. It lias been officially asce.'Ca.ined that the Government has rejected the site at Point England, Tunaki luver. for a combined air base for Atu-khtud. The rejection is due to the prieo a,sited for I In* land being regarded as excessive. The Government, arc considering another site. Ft fCXi) FROWNED. CHRISTCHURCH, May P. Ernest. Johnston Merriman, aged 53, a waterside!', and a married nan, was found drowned at- Lyttelton this morning. \ THEFT CHARGE. AUCKLAND, May 0. At the Police Court. Willi on John Sydney Harris, employed tv .John Court. Ltd., was c harged with obtaining serge valued at 70s Irom tho firm's factory, falsely representing that ii Mas tor Mr Cox, Die hit ft r. and selling it and keeping the money. He was lined £2O. Mi Hum. S.M.. declined t‘> make an order to suppress Lis name, t-aiing that publicity to fhis man we: a greater 'Punishment than a lino. Harris was on a salary ot £9 JOfi a week.

SrPISKM!*: COUNT ADJOCKX*. AUCKLAND, May 11. To-dav’s sitting of Supreme- Court lias been adjourned. FREEZING WORKS EIRE. AUCKLAND, May H. A lire originating in the hopper where shavings are stored caused damage to mount of £ll din to the machinery and roof al Hie Westfield E feezing Works. PRAYERS INJURED. AUCKLAND, .May LI. Cooke, the All Black, injured the cartilcgo of his knee in the match, (: ra fton against Pnnsonby. Foster disloca tec I iiis collar bone, while Suiciding had two ril'.s fractured. I.ATF. HEAD OF GARLAND AND WOOLF. LONDON. May 9. Though the late Lon l Pirie’s will ha.-, been granted probate in the North Ireland for a value of only £332,022. till' ileecasecTs English estate has now been sworn at. £-707,785.