DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGRAPH— P’iESS AfISN , COPYRIGHT. STREET TRAFFIC RIVALRY. AUCKLAND. May 27. Allegations that, as the result of the rivalry that exists between the city trams and private 'buses, a tramcar had dchliberately rammed a 'lms and upset it. were made by Mr E. If. Northern!'t, before Mr J. W. Boynton. H.M.. in the Magistrate's Court this morning. Counsel appeared for William Payne, who was charged with driving an omnibus without having a driver’s license, and in asking that the ease should la- adiourned sine die, Mr Northcroft said: "These proceedings are taken sour Worship, as the result of a feud that exists between private 'buses and the Auckland City tramways. Tim 'bo- concerned in this action was being taken out for its trial run. and not for purposes of hire. Defendant, who is head mechanic, and the manager of the company, a duly licensed driver, who was nominally in charge ol the vehicle was seated next to him. As the 'lms was proceeding down Khyber

Pass it was charged in the rear by a tramcar. and driven forward and liurled into tin excavation. The 'bus proprietor later informed the City Council that he intended taking action for ill ami certain people who were in the ’bus. at vile invitation of the proprietor, and who were hurt, also expressed their intention of taking action. The City Council thereupon instigated these highly technical and fantastic proceedings, not through their own department, as is usual, but through the police.” Sen ior-Sergva n t Edwards objected, saving that the police had taken action on their own accord.

Continuing. Mr Xorthorolt said that tlm del'cimc alleged that the proceedings were a piece ol propaganda, li'orght with the intention of influencing (imiing eases for damages against the council, and he held that the charge should he held over until these cases were decided.

The Magistrate. agreed and adjourned the case sine die.

A GRAMOPHONE RECORD. AUCKLAND. May 28

Future generations will he able to listen to the tones of the late .Mr Massey') voice mil ob-erve lii.s method’s ol oratory It i- not merely because it can be beard on gramophone records now putvliasablc, lint the mould from which tlm»e records have been struck is being pie-erved in the British Museum. The \| 111 1.-.11,. ol tile ••ClTinioj.lione Alagay.iiir." published in Koghiml, which ijust to hand, -tales that the Gramoplnuii. Company, makers of "His Master’s Voice” records, have deposited in the museum matrices of records ol the speaking and singing voices of a ntimher of famous people. Among those lately stored there are nuitriies of utterances by the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales, and of an addles.-, delivered by Mr Massey on “The British Empire." From the account given by the magazine it appears that only about thirty persons have so far been tlm- immortalised. The collection was begun in 1900 with matrices of records by Patti. Melba. Caruso. Taniagno, Cardinal Bourne, and Lord Avebury (Sir John Lubbock). In the next two or three vent's followed those of Lord Kelvin. Lord Roberts. Sir BeeH'olim Tree. Tetrazzini and one or two other speakers or singers. The war period saw a long gap in deposits, but in 11*21 came a further instalment, including Mr Winston Churchill. Sir Ernest Sliackletnn. Mi Asquith (MOW Earl of Ox IT Till and the ceremony ot the burial ol the t nknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. Quit,, recently the voices of their Majesties and our late Prime Minister have been added.

ft is interesting to note, morover. that tlie decision to preserve Mr Mass"V'- vocal toll' s ha - not been <-• eiision- , I |,\ an c bur-l t-1 enthusiasm on use- ■ 11■ <-11 1 iiiioii his death, lor it "as made and acted upon before it could have been known in England that his illnc.ss was likely to terminate fatally. a Maori srrciDE. WAITAXGI. -May 2S. A young Moari lad named Xuku Davis, aged 21). shot himself under unusual eirenmslaiisees on Sunday afternoon on the beach al Oaeiiga. Chatham Islands. It appears that Davis had been drinking for some days, and this added to imaginary troubles, led to the act which was deliberately done in ibe presence <>l three people, two girls and a youth. Davis left a note to Ins sister, slating his intentions. At the inquest t e-day the evident o of tlie three eye-wilnesses was taken and the enquiry adjourned sine elicit is fortunate there was not a double tragedy, as one girl was threatened.' The girls are suffering badly from shock. STEAM Eli ORF.WA. MEETS ROUGH WEATHER. GISBORNE. May 29. The little steamer “Orewa'’ Irom Auckland to Hokitika, via Wellington, arrived unexpectedly at Gisborne this morning. The vessel encoiitered rough weather front Auckland .ami lat m for coal and water. 'file Grown is if steamer <>l thirtyseven tons register, purchased from the Northern Steamship Coy., by Air (•■ Woods, of Hokitika for use in tho fishing industry.

A PECULIAR CASE. DUNEDIN, Mav 29

An unusual (use is being heard at H lO Police Court. David Xevin MeK eel lie. 33. and Ruby Hinton Me-j Kerhie. ■_>!), husband and wife, were | charged on or about April ■>. committing rape on a girl aged 19. The evidence of the latter was tlin„ the offence was committed while both the accused were present, and at tho instigation <d the wile. OTAGO PATIVIOTTC KI ND. DUNEDIN. May 29. 't the annual meeting of the Otago Patriotic Association, it was report**! that since its inception i-’l2->. i 3’- had been spent in cash to keep returned soldiers and dependants. BOV KILLED. DUNEDIN, May 29. Frank Kilpatrick, aged four years, was riding on the hack of n motor van. when the driver reversed .gear. I lie bo v fell and a wheel went over In* bead Death was instantaneous. TRAIN SMASHES MOTOR. TIMARU. May 29.

When the Ashhurloii-T imarii train w ,' p’ssiim Winchester to-night. J. Wordsworth (Geraldine., attempted to cross the road in front «t it with a motor ear. The engine smashed the ear bevoud repair but the impact threw Wordsworth clear. He escaped with minor injuries. The driving rods of the locomotive wore broken, and a ><-- lief train had to ho sent out to bring the train to Timaru. e;;00 A FOOT FOR LAND. WELLINGTON. May 29. Two business properties m Hamilton Guay known as Aldott s and a\ iand’ hater’s, have been sold at six hundred pounds per foot.

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