DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGBArH—PEEHB ABBN, COPYRIGHT,

fJAtlh HTil A .MILKMAN. WELLINGTON. July 2T

Alt appeal iigain-l the sentences ol one month's imprisonment imposed 01 Gordon St. Roniain by .Mr [-. K. Hunt. S..M. on the i harm' of selling milk containin'; up- to SO tier cent, of added water, was lodged by Air 0. Toogood. counsel for Roniain. in the Alngistrate's Court to-day.

The main grounds on which the :tj>--.teal is Indued are:—(l) That the convit t ion was against ttu* evidence, amt against the weight of evidence; (2) that no evidence was given on behalf of the informant at the hearing to support a conviction: CD that it was not proved tltti. the milk was sold tor human consumption; (-1) that even if it were proved Lhat the milk was sold for human consumption, the offence with which the defendant was charged was not committed wilfully; to) ihat the defendant did not sell lood within tlie meaning of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act .KIRS; (0) that even if it were proved that the defendant sold food, tla- loot! sold was not milk to which witter had been added; C) flint the learned Alagixirato was wrong withholding decision as to penalty until alter the other informations had been heard ; (A) that, the penalty was imposed on Dtilfy’s evidence, quite in entirely separate and distinct informations against other defendants; CD that the conviction is bad, and bad in law. Mr IT tint extended the sentence I rout a mouth to live weeks to make it appealable. and fixed security at £lO. As soon as the appeal is lodged the sentence is automatically suspended. MI'SIC TUITION IN TJIK SCHOOLS. TLM.VRF, duly 27. At a public meeting to-night, addressed by Sir Harry Reicltel at which l)r Alarsden Assistant Director of Education was present, it was announced that the New Zealand (fovcrnmenl had called Air Wolford Davis, .Director of Afusic for the Welsh Universities, asking him to recommend two men qualified to arrange a curriculum for musi,- tuition in New Zealand similar to that in Wales. INFANTILE I’AKAI.YSIS CASK. ' CHRISTCHURCH, duly 27. To-day a .suspected ease ol iiitaulilc paralysis, a boy aged nine years, residing at St. Albans was reported to the Health I)e|'ai ttm-itt. FOUND DROWNED. CHRISTCHURCH, duly ’-'7. The body ol a man was found Untiling in Lyttelton Imrbour this afternoon. but it Inis not been identified. Deceased was apparently ID years ~i age, with roddiJi hair and moustache. ()n ciuTi forearm was the tattooed figure of a woman, encircled by a serpent, FARM KR’S Si It ID I-!, CHRISTCHURCH. July -7. William Hutnelt. aged *il. a farmer of llororata liinci-ed fdmself on .Saturday. WOAIA-Vs sUrCfDK. DUNEDIN. July 27. file Hood for a. half-way house between a general hospital and a mental hospital was emphasised by the Coroner This morning, at toe inquest on loabi-Pa .lain- Whyte found drowned in the l.eith River on Tuesday. Dr Marshall .MacDonald gave evidence that deceased mi He rod from insomnia and depression. Tt was not a case to commit to a mental hospital, but a typical ease for a half-way lioii-e. |)r. .MacDonald added i hat they needed title ol two wards with twelVe to twenty beds for .such eases. Finns for this were drawn up years ago, and evidently the Government intended to recognise their responsibility. The Coroner finding a. verdict of suicide during depression, remarked on the medica! evidence, and the urgent mod shown for a half-wav house. AIOTTMM)A OIL. XKW Rl.YAlol Til. July 27. The Taranaki Oillields issued a report by Dr Clapp, resp-eetiitg the gas in the Alotuina I lore. He says: The ijuality of the gas lias no significance as regards oil occurrence. Its presence is encouraging, but it proves nothing regarding oil. Oil operators generally consider discovery e! gas in upper sand favourable, and dry gas not derogatory to deeper nil existence. ’IT:.- composition of tin- Aloluroa gas slew - it is inii of vulcanic origin. SHUNTERS IGNORE INQUIRY. AYELUXOTOX, duly 27. At a meeting of the T horndon branch of the Amalgamated Society _of Railway Servants, tin- Welliugion Sbmiter.s Council reported that its members had decided to ignore Die Hoard of Inquiry set up by the .Minister of Railways, to consider and report on the grievances of the shunters throughout the Demin-

'file reasons given are that the Hoard (•(insists of Departmental officers who would be virtually trying themselves: that two Second Division members ol the Board did not. have the confidence of the Wellington simmers.

It was further contended that the Hoard of Inquiry should he composed of unbiassed and impartial men. outside the Railway Service altogether; and that the sittings should b" upon to the press and the public. The meeting of the Ihormloir A.S.R.S. decided wholeheartedly to support the Shunters' Council in it* attitude. WILD R<tAR SHOT. WELLINGTON. duly *27. One of the largest wild lniars ovei shot in the Wellington province _ has just met it- fate from the ritle <1 M r Russell price, of Akeatarawa. This boar was a well-known character. It had long been thought that it was responsible for a considerable loss among the lambs. Time and again preparations had been made and a watch kept, hill the hoar's cunning served it well till now. Mr Price was doing a quiet, watchful round, when he saw the huge brute leaving a Hock with a lam, in ; its month, making towards the bush. He managed to draw a head, and killed the marauder.

n bi'cpD Ki.oru monopoly. WELLINGTON, duly 27. In the Appeal Court, the Hour-mill-ing case to-day concluded. Air Mvers, for the respondents, said that if the bilkers experienced difficulty in ,ratting the brands of Hour they wanted, it was their own fault. An embargo was in existence, and the Government had tlie power to remedy the position. Any difficulty was the result of some accidental temporary circumstance. Mr Fair replied to the respondent s arguments, and the Court reserved its decision.

IXJUHED IN' BF.SiT. W A IRQ A, July 27. A mi (kilo-a nod man, William T.indonar on era "Oil in oppossuin hunting' at bake Waikaremoaua. was crossing a swamp when his horse fell and he was badly crushed about the upper portion of the body, lie lay from Saturday until Sunday afternoon before being discovered. He was carried eight miles over rough bush last night, to the power house and was brought by car to Wairoa hospital. He was in an unconscious state to-day.