DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

- 87 nti,EoaAPQ —rims assn , copvbiout. Mt I'l'Oi: C (.)1.1.151 ()X. I*l' KK.M I 111). Oct. 10. \- ;i rc-ult nl' a colli-' ion helueeu a car ami a motor cycle a young man. (1. I.atta. an employee nl tlm Public Work- Department. sustained a com- ] muni I'i a: Imv of tin l right loir. (;.\< )I. KOI! ASHA l'!,T. \ rcKi.AND, Ort. ir. Oil;' of thr seamen si ill on sfriko. Hoiil.i'ii I'.iluiinl i-'ii ll ll a\ . v.as charged in ilm Magistrate’- Comd with assaulting John Wood-., ho'sim of the I’onwiirtli. and al-u witli using obscene language. ll w.n- -tatod that Findlay :ic-li-od Woods in Queen ."street and asked questions ahot'.t the voyage. Woods rojiliod that the strikers were not making very much progress, The accusod attempted to -trike him. A delegate intervened. stepping Findlay. Late; Kindlay followed Wood- and st rttok him on the la \\ . call ing him certain name-. I lie a 1 eased t loaded provocation. -s\mp that Woods called him a certain name. Mr W. .1. Hunt. H.M.. -entem-e'd the aeen-'ed to seven days’ imprisrntinenl tor as-ault and entered a <otr. i t ion on the other charge. A COMET. WAX'DAXI'I. Oetohor 17. An eha-ive comet who-e cycle brings it witl.'in t'ne ken of astronomers every seven and a half years. though not always picked up readily, was (omul hy the honorary director of the Wanganui Ob.-ervntorv r-arlv litis morning. Tins is Hrook's f'oiiiet. which made its appearance at 12 hours 1A minutes a.m. in right ascension, 2.3 hours 13 minutes seconds south declination ■lit degree- •"> minnte-. The magnitude i- 12.0.