DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TXLKGBAPB —PBEBB ASSN , rOPTKIOHT NEW REGULATIONS. WELLINGTON, November 27. Additional customs regulations have been gazetted requiring fifty per cent British material or labour to entitle goods to enter under the prelerenital tariff instead of 25 per cent.

New regulations have also been ga etteil dealing with technical edueatic and referring in detail to the sylli bus, constitution of hoards, classitic: tion and rates of salarv.

HAILSTORM. IN W'*’i I.INGTON. WELLINGTON, November 27. An unusual hailstorm visited Wellington last evening, followed by heavy rain, hut it cleared up again in a few hours. GOLF HOUSE BURNT. GISBORNE. Novemter 20. Shortly before ten o’clock this evening. the Poverty Bay Golf (Tub’s clubhouse was totally destroyed by fire. The building included its professional quarters and workshop. The buildings and contents were insured in the New Zealand I n sura nee and Mercantile, and General Insurance, but the amounts are not known. FROST AT CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH. Nov. 27. • A severe frost was experienced at Christ church this morning, there lieing 9.7 degress, tin* worst ill a November for seven years. “TREE BUTTER.” 'IMS \ PP< tfNTM ENT FOR. HR ITISH ARBI.(CANTS. WELLINGTON. Nov. 25. The Dairy Produce Board is being deluged by letter- from Britain asking for free samples *>i' New Zealand butter. It appears that under the heading of “Free Butter for Britain.” the “Daily Mail” published a cablegram from its correspondent at Christchurch as follow-: "Tlie New Zealand Dairy Produce Hoar*l has arranged for people in New Zealand to make Christinas gifts of butter to friends in Britain. Canons containing Tib of New Zealand butter will be delivered free to any address in Britain, with literature praising New Zealand enclosed in each carton, on which New Zealand produce will he freely advertised." Readers have evidently been misled by the headline and have not recognised that free delivery was dependent upon nomination and payment by friends in New Zealand. Tbe hoard is enmniiinieating with each of these correspondents, explaining where the error Inis arisen, r l is tinfort iiuate that disappointment should be (litis associated with this method of popularising New Zealand crodilee. which lias been largely used by New Zealand residents -ince il was instituted by the board.

TIME ALLOWED TO PAY. AUCKLAND. Nov. 27. The City Council agreed to allow the Auckland Competitions Society time to pay the £22(1 for the hire of the Town Hall, the competitions having resulted in a toss of £877. The Society has adopted a scheme for paying its creditors (Is B*l in the pound. FAMILY’S NARROW ESCAPE. AUCKLAND. Nov. 27. A three roomed cottage in llnilston Avenue, Mount Albert, occupied by Mr Davis and family, was destroyed by lire at 2 o'clock tliis morning. Davis who is a qiiarryinaii, was living near his work at Penrose. The occupant- of the cottage. Mrs Davis and eight young children, on waking found escape by the door impossible. but site tore the front wall, which was made of sacking, and made a hole large enough to permit all to escape in their night attire, just, as the building collapsed. Neighbours took tbe unfortunate family in for the rest of the night . \ CENTENARIAN'S DEATH. AUCKLAND. Nov. 27. J,,spell Sylvester Warrington .lackson has died in Auckland Infirmary, lie was over one hundred years of age. IL* was an officer in the Royal Artillery and cairn* t*> New Zealand when a young man. H* • look part in the Maori War. MOTORIST FINED CIO. DANNEYIRKK. November 27. For being drunk while in charge of a motor car chassis, Alexander Harvey Shaw was lined ten pound- and costs. The Magistrate said but for the fact that defendant earned hi- living in the motor trade he would probably have cancelled his license. A YOUTH’S THEFT. CHRISTCHURCH, November 27. Graham I’itcaitldy, aged 22, admitted daring burglaries Irom city wafehottses in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. He was committed for sentence. In broad daylight Riteaithly entered Butterworth’s warehouse, stealing goods worth I*l3o. He then, with hat and coat off and carrying two tins full •of dusters, walked into the Kaiapoi Company’s warehouse and walked out with goods valued at C 24, hidden in the tins.

TWO HORSES SCRATCHED. AUCKLAND, Noy. 27. Owing to the death of Mr lass, owner of Knniehameha and lusean. both horses have been scratched tor all engagements at Takapuna. ROSKILL libel case. DEFENDANT FINED C2. AUCKLAND, November 27. Air Poynton. S.A!., delivered judgment in the action for defamation brought by Mr 11*11 Skelton (candidate for Roskill) against Henry Hastings Seabrooks, arising out of pamphlets issued during the election. The Magistrate said that taking the most charitable view, tiie statements in the pamphlet could not he regarded than as defamatory, but as the case was tl-e first under the Legislature Act, 1008. the defendant could be merely fined C2 on each charge and ordered, to pay costs. At vnSLAUGHTKR CHARGE. TATHAPE. Nov. 27. At the Police Court, a young single woman, a recent arrival from Ireland, was charged with manslaughter, and concealment of the birth ot a newborn male child, the body of which was found in a trunk in the girl's room at the home where she worked at Mangawiken.

The accused pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial on both charges bail being allowed on own recognisance and one surety of £IOO which was forthcoming. The inquest was held concurrently with tlr Court proceedings ami a verdict was returned that death was due to the severance of the umbilical cord and lack of attention thereafter.