DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

MOTOR BUS TRAFFIC. BYE-LAW TO BE AMENDED. [)Y TELEGUAPH —rni'SS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. AUCKLAND, June 24. Judge Reid, in a decision on an application by the omnibus proprietors to quash the by-law prohibiting buses plying in Queen Street said : “The evidence of the Traffic Inspector satisfies me that more omnibuses are the real cause of the congestion in Queen St. It appears to me, however, this congestion is only existent during working hours; that after 0.30 in the evening. when flic shops are closed and commercial vehicles are not in use, there is no reason why the exclusion should then apply.” His‘Honor held: That in excluding buses from Queen St. and in presenting routes for buses the Council was acting within its powers; that there was no substance in the allegation of unreasonableness regarding the routes prescribed by the law, which should be amended in the direction of permitting the use of Queen St. by the buses after 6.30 p.m.; also on Sundays and holidays. The motion would be adjourned for further consideration and the City Council would submit an amendment in the direction indicated.

THREE AIONTHS HARD. AUCKLAND, June 21

At the Supreme Court, A\ illiam Arthur Thomas was sentenced in 0 months hard labour on two charges of indecent assault.

tVIN’DIXC VP APPLICATION. AX'CKLAXD, June 24

Mr Robert Stout gave judgment on the application for the compulsory winding up of the East Coast Shipping Company on the- petition ot John Burns and Cov., judgment creditors, for £l2O 18s, due for a considerable time.

The .1 mine said that if the- Company can. without being compelled to do so. pay the creditors, the. Court will give it time to do so. He would order the Company to he wound up. hut the order would remain in the Court for fourteen days and if during that period the debt of the petitioning creditor was paid, also the costs of ton guineas, the order would not he sealed. .If the conditions were not fulfilled the order must lie scaled and come into operation. SCHOONER IN TROUBLE. NEW PLYMOUTH, June 24. The schooner Rolmwood arrived on Tuesday afternoon after a 32 days voyage from Sydney Harbour. A launch advised the captain to anchor, hut the vessel came on and ran aground. She was towed off in half an hour by the dredge. At present she is anchored off the port awaiting berthing. NEW RAILWAY TAIITEF. COAL OWNERS’ PROTEST. WELLINGTON, dune 24. A strong protest against the new railway tariff is being organised by flic coalmine owners. It is contended that the increases will hear heavily on long distance customers. and that the consumption of foreign coal would be encouraged to the del lament of the local industry. AN INDIAN PRINCE. AUCKLAND. June 24. The Indian Prince Mahara.i liana Sir Bhnwani Singh Bahadur of Thalawnr. arrives from Sydney by the Aoraugi on July 6th., and will tour the Dominion as the guest of the (mvoinnient of New Zealand. From Auckland he will proceed to Rotorua. 1 hen lie visits Hamilton, the Rnaknra State Farm. Iho Waitomo caves, To Kniti and Wellington. Then lie goes to Christchurch and Dunedin, ami possibly Queenstown, lie will leave \\ >'llington at the end of July for the United States.