DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[llY telegraph—PEß PRESS ASSOCIATION.] S.S. TUB AKIN A AFIRE. DAMAGE NOT SERIOUS. WELLINGTON. Oet. 15. A fire broke out on the Turakina at King's Wharf to-day. amongst the tow and copra tween decks. Considerable heat developed, hut as the brigade was quickly on the spot, the fire was speedily subdued. At 11.90 the hatches were being opened in an endeavour to locate the seat of the trouble. It is miderstnod where the fire occurred, the hatches had not been opened for a month. A SCHOOL RECORD. HASTINGS, October 15. At the school sports P. Graham long jumped Rll't ll inches, heating his pre- . noils school record of IM'iot 10 inches of a few days ago. This is believed tr he a Dominion secondary school record. DAMAGES AWARDED. TT.UARU. October l I. At tin- Magistrate's Court to-day. R. Guthrie, who s offered a broken ieg through being run into hv a lady motorist. Miss Clapperton. of Dunedin, when he was riding a motor cycle, claimed £2OO. lie was awarded L'9l. L. A. Ellis owner of the cycle in question. claimed C 25 daamges on the machine, and was awarded L'l2. A CORRECTION. AUCKLAND. October I I. Correction. In to-day’s report of the Supreme Court sentences. Walter Attridgc Connell was sentenced oil only one charge of breach of trust.

Charles John Downes Eve-, employed as manager of a business, was als, sentenced to two years' reformative detention for theft of LIIIO.

TI.MARU LOAN PROPOSALS. TI.MARU. October IT. A poll in Levels comity to-dav oil a propo-al by the South ( anlerbury Power Hoard tor a loan of Oif.lMiO to reticulate The county was carried hv ::s:t to is 7. The poll taken by the I’im.iru Borough Council to-dav in favour of the proposal to borrow L'TS(I(I for improving roads and footpaths was carried In 119 to 7T

FATA I. TRAP ACCIDENT. DUNEDIN. (fi-tober I I

as tin- result of peutet ration of the liver, in an accident in which, through the shafts of a gig falling to tUground, she was thrown on in the dash "hoard, and thence to the ground.

BETTING FINE. AUCKLAND. October 12. James Thomas Farguese at the Magistrate's Court, admitted keeping a common gaming house, where a largo quantity of betting material was louml. lie was lined £SO and costs. AN AUCKLAND FIRE. AUCKLAND. October |.i. File completely gutted three rooms and damaged two others in the British Buildings, on the corner of (jiieen and Durham strets. last evening, the part a Heeled lieing occupied lev six -hops and offices, the remainder firing taken up by the British Hotel. The offices were fortunately separated from Ihe hole! hv a brick partition, and only slight damage was (lone by water it? the hotul. The lire ascended upstairs to the t<q> floor, where three rooms occupied by the Hotel Workers’ Union suffered Inidl.v. Ail records of the union, however, wa- undamaged, tin the first floor, the office of J. Burke and t‘o was completely gulled. A room tenanted liv the Savage (Tub on the second Hour was slightly damaged, and water did some damage in the olfire of R, A. Singer Uolieifor) on the first flour, and in the -hops of Russ and Co lanes gmiil- iiii|n>rters. ami A. \Y. itoli'-rl sin and ( n., itin-ie seller--. The lioililing wa- pu rt La -ci I alinill two month- ago by the Auckland Power Board from T. Buxton. The insurance on the buildings owned by the Auckland Power Board was £9500 i New Zealand). Singer’s Office, £ Kill (British Trader). Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union offices L'7oo ( British Traders), Robert sun and Co's shop L'lffll) (National). British Hotel L'IJiO) (London. Liverpool and Stale).

THKFT CHARGES. GTSBORXK. Oct. 15. At the nolice court, Harry Jeffery, charged with receiving £ll for art union books given him to sell, and failing to account for same, pleaded guilty and was remanded for sentence. Gordon Douglas Inkster, already on probation for theft at. Auckland, was before the police court charged with theft of numerous articles, including 25 pairs of silk stockings, of a total value of £5 from a drapery firm lowborn lie was employed at Gisborne. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two veals' reformative detention.

trade commISSTOXER. \Y ELLIXGTOX. Oct. 15. Air X. Klmslie. lI.M. Trade Commissioner in Xew Zealand lias postponed bis return from England for some months. Mr Dalton, senior trade commissioner in A'.isetralia will arrive by the Maliono next month to lie l present at. the opening of the Dunedin Exhibition. acting as Commissioner-General for the Cnited Kingdom section.

WRESTLING. AUCKLAND. October 13. Walter Miller, the world's champion, middle-weight wrestler, made his first appearanee at the Town Hall to-night. He threw M. Brown in the first bout, t fins winning his ehnllenge to throw any local wrestler in three ten-minute bouts. Miller also appeared in an exhibition bout with T. College. A match lias been arranged between Miller and Jawahla.

THE WRIGHT CASE . CHRISTCHURCH. (let. 15. The Supreme Court this morning granted a deed of interim compromise applied for by the Bank of Xew Zealand against the trustee ot the A\ right estate. Ashburton, and tlie benefiearies under the will.

AVAIL! T MINES. W.UHT. Oct. 15. A ballot of the AVaihi Miners’ T'niun 011 the Wailii Onldmining Coy's offer of an increase of fotirponce per shift to the wage workers, subject to the I'nion entering into a new industrial agreement till December, 1020. favoured acceptance by a majority of 12 votes. CONCRETE OR BITUMEN? AX AUCKLAND ROAD. AUCKLAND. Oet. 13. The competition between concrete and bitumen for road-making is becoming brisk. So far most Auckland local bodies have favoured concrete,, while in Taranaki and Wellington bitumen seems to have won the day. A new development has just taken place in regard to the stirhurhnn section of tlte Great South Road. The local bodies favoured concrete, but the- Alain Highways Board demurred on account of the high cost, and suggested surfacing with bituminus concrete. The cost per mile of bituminus concrete as required by the Highways Board is estimated at hetween £9OOO

and CIO.OOO. The cost, of a permanent concrete road is estimated at between £IO,OOO and £II,OOO per mile. At a meeting of the local bodies interested an offer was made by the Wilson (New Zealand) Portland C'eincut Company to lindcrtiikc to coilstruct, the road for the distance stipulated and in accordance with the plans at a cost of between £BO9O and £9OOO per mile.

This is cheaper than the other method, and has the advantage that the material used is a local production, whereas all bitumen has to he imported. The local bodies concerned. after considering the offer made. iinaiiimoiiFly decided to ask the Highways Board to approve of the proposal, and also to contribute 50 per cent, of the cost.

ROAD CASK APPEAL. WELLINGTON. October 15

At tlio Court of Appeal this morning judgmeitl was given in the case of the Palniorsion North Borough Council v. Casey, which was heard on the 19lh July. .Mr Justice Sim in delivering judgment said he considered it clear that the Council was not justified in imposing tlie conditions which it sought to impose, viz., the tarring and sanding of newly formed streets. The Council was entitled under section 110 of the .Municipal Corporations Act to insist on mailing being formed and metalled to its satisfaction. hut was not entitled lo in.-ist on the roadway being tarred or sanded, since such work was not part of the formation. Sir Robert Stout dissented on the ground that the Corporation had the right to demand the tarring and sanding of the footpath and in the rase of the road law as to subdivision uf laud not having been followed, (la* Council was entitled to have the tarring and sanding done. The other Judges concurred with Mr Justice Sims' judgment and the appeal was dismissed.