DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TKLEORAFH—PRESS ABSN , COPYRIGHT. sky-grog seller. WAIHI, -Mny 23. Peter McCormick, with many aliases, who Uni years a;o, was convieLed oi' sly "in.; selling ill Waihi Court, was this work amvsli'il at Napier, and is now serving a sentence of imprisniimcnl im- | loseil nil him oil 1 !lo ll|\ of Allgllsi, l!>lo. STAMP DhTY CASK. CHRISTCHURCH. May Jit.

Tim hearing was concluded this morning of the stamp duly case in which (In' dcfendaiil is 1"' It •( It •ri <■ k Wilding, Iv.C. After Ruyden Grainger. defendant's chief clerk, had given evidence. Ihe Magistrate reserved judgement. ARREST 10Li TIiKL-T. WELLINGTON. May Jit. A ivcenl tire in Vivian Si reel has had rather an lines peeled sequel in the arrest of (wo lire hrigadesmeii for theft. On tim 2lsl of April, the lire broke out in the premises ol Kdward lioorge MacDonald, uiiholsterer. of IBG Vivian Street. Alter the "Uthreak the disapearance of a quantity of mnsijueite satin and licking, valued at approximately fourteen pounds, could not he accounted lor. nod the mailer was placed in the hands ot the police. Inquiries were made hy Detectives Jarrold and MeLennaii. and today Hernard Dynau. need 32, and Alee Alilne. :.M, niemhers of the Central Fire Brigade. were arrested in eonneetioii with the ofi’onoo. DETONATOR KXPLOSION'. WAT HI. May Jit. As the result of tho explosion ol a detonator, three members of Mr das. Kemp’s family were injured. When on his way home Irom work at the Waihi G.M. Company’s smithy. Kemp junior, picked up a deionaior, and lie decided that it might he used tor his bicycle lamp. To lit it. he roiniueu,ed heating il out', and an explosion followed. His linger via- blown "11. and he was peppered on the chest. witli (lying metal. His two sisters aged IS and 11. wore close hy. and they were the other victims, the elder sister receiving wounds in the side and on the arms, while the other girl had her eye badly injured.