DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1926, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

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FIRE LOSSES. DUNEDIN, Jan. 5

Fire shortly after three o’clock this morning swept clean through a building owned by A. and T. Inglis, drapers, in King Street, iind occupied by Mooneys, Ltd., furriers, and Munroe, tailor,

When the brigade arrived the building was a mass of flames. Nothing was saved on the top floor but Mooney's valuable stock of furs was saved and also the machines. The losses arc heavy.

Mooney’s insurance was £3OOO in the Phoenix Office.

Tiie insurance on the building is divided between the Standard and Yorkshire Offices, amounting to £SOO in each. SUGAR WORKS RESEARCH. WELLINGTON, January 5. Dr R. W. Hannan, of Auckland, has received notice of his appointment as director of ihe central research laboratory at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s Works, Sydney. Dr Harman, who is at present amaster at the Auckland Grammar School, only recently returned from, England. Ho studied under Professor 1. G. Dolman, at the London University College, and gained a R.Sc. degree there. He had a- brilliant a endemic career in New Zealand. Leaving the Hamilton High School with a junior university entrance scholarship he studied at Auckland University College, and secured an exhibition scholarship in chemistry in 1921. Before leaving for England he gained an M.Se. degree. While with Professor Donnan, Mr Harman' studied solutions of sodium silicate and was spoken of very highly. Over 400 applications were received for the position most of them being from England and Australia.

“ A HTG IMAGINATION.” WELLINGTON, January 5.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning before Mr IV. G. Riddell, S.M., there appeared a young man named Medley Thomas Patterson Burnett. He was charged with falsely representing himself to be a member of the police force.

To outlining the ease. Senior-Ser-geant Lander said that Burnett went into the Masonic Hotel, and told one of the barmen that he was a plain clothes constable from the Mount Cook Police Station, and he was to give them warning of a raid. He chose a simple name for himself, namely Robinson.

Then the accused produced a white document which lie said was a warrant for the arrest of an inmate of the hotel. The warrant turned out to be a probationary prisoner’s license, which had been issued to another offender. r ! he accused had a list of previous convictions for theft and false pretences. He could not explain wily lie committed the ofienec as he had nothing to gain by it.

“)ou should have known with tlial imagination of vonrs that you should not be caught at that sort of thing,’ said the magistrate. “You will be fined £•>• in default. 14 days’ imprisonment.” On a charge of being on licensed premises after hours. Burnett was fined £2, in deiault seven days’ imprisonment. ORGAN BEACH TRAGEDY. IXYERCAIiDILL, Jan. 6. Ihe lioily of the young man. Donald McDonald, who was drowned while Kittling nt Ocean Bench on December 2,. was recovered this afternoon, about a mile away from the scene of the tragedy. An inquest was held to-night, when a verdict ot accidental drowning was returned, and a recommendation “Hide for a, notice to he erected warning battlers ol the dangerous nature of tho beach. It was also decided to bring under the notice of the proper authorities the action oi Desmond liarland in attempting to rescue McDonald from drowning.

BRITISH BOW!.KRS. NEW PLYMOUTH. Jan. I

Ihe Brit ish bowlers now touring the Dominion met eight Taranaki rinks here tn-da.v. the match resulting in a will for 'TaranaJci bv 1.78 points (o 112.

FREEZING WORKERS’ DJSPUTF -MASTERTON. Jan. (!.

A .stop-work meeting of workers engaged at the Wuingnwa freezing works was held yesterday. Mr A. -McLeod (Secretary of the Wellington Freezing Workers’ Union) and .Mr R. Semple were present.

After an hour’s discussion, the following resolution was unanimously carried: ‘’That this stop-work meeting of Masterton Freezing Workers whole-heartedly supports the Canterbury demands for increased rates, believing them to be reasonable and just and, further pledges itself to take whatever action is deemed advisable in support of the same.” ft: was further agreed by resolution, that no men go south until lh<> dispute is settled.

NK W .M A UIN 1C SF P ICR INT ENI) 1C NT. WELLINGTON, Jaiiaury 7. Captain Hugh llallis lias been appointed marine superintendent in New Zcalnnd for the Commonwealth and Dominion line. DA NX FVIR K F OROC ER V DESTROYED. BRIGADE TURNS OFT TWICE. DAXXEVIRKE. January 7. - The (ire brigade turned out at nine o’clock last night to a fire in a grocer’s shop, owned and occupied by F. Donalrson. Two buckets of water extinguished the (lames, no cloning© being done. At five this morning the brigade was again called to an outbreak in a different part of the same building but on this occasion the fire had got a hold and the shop was gutted. The stock and fittings wore insured for twelve hundred and the buildings for nine hundred. AFCT!OXEER MISSING. CHRISTCHURCH, January 7. Claude Lewis, aged 38, married with two children, a land auctioneer and well-known in business circles, has been missing since Tuesday when liis ear was found abandoned near the estuary. Parties are now searching.