DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1926, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TEI.EOEAPn —PRESS ASSN., COPYBIQHI. i SALE (IF POISON.

i CHEMIST FINED. WELLINGTON, January 15. A young woman recently committed suicide by poison in Wellington, and among the witnesses at the inquest was a chemist, who gave evidence as to selling her the poison, which she said was

lo kill a cat, and for which she signed the hook. The chemist, Mark Herbert Davis, was to-day charged with selling poison and failing to get particulars from the buyer, and also failing to notify the Registrar of such particulars as arc required by the Poisons Act. He was fined £5 on the first charge and £1 on the second. NEW CARGO CARRIERS. WELLINGTON, January 15. To keep ahead of the needs of New Zealand, the Union Coy. have lot a contract to Messrs Napier, Miller I.td., Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow, to build a new steamer for the East Coast service. The vessel, which is now on the stocks at Home, is to he ready by July 31st.

i IlL* !_•' 111011 VjOjIW Jllll t a|R-V i' ais. i iv n * rive in New Zealand towards the end of September. The steamer will he an up-to-date cargo carrier of 4000 tons, with engines aft similar to their last three new steamers, which have just arrived in New Zealand. Her dimensions will he: Length 315 ft, breadth 45ft, depth 25ft. while she will have five hatches and have the latest appliances for quirk handling of general cargo. She is to he fitted with a twenty-ton derrick and a fifteen-ton, and the rest will lie eightton derricks. The vessel will have a single screw, with a speed ol eleven knots. The Union Company also advise that the steamer, which is being built at Home to replace the ill-fated Karamu, is expected to he finished at the end of May, and should he in New . Zealand during June. 1

MO A HONES. AUCKLAND, January 15. The discovery of mon holies Oil the sandhills lying between Mairoro and Waikato Heads, is reported from Waiuku. Returning from n fishing excursion, Messrs A. 0. Johnson and R. Banbury found the remains of a mon exposed by the blowing away of sand. The hones were very chalky and brittle, and appeared to have been buried for a very long period. Accompanying them were about 200 small stones, well worn and polished, obviously from the bird’s crop. On several previous occasions moa hones have been found in this part or the country, the most important discovery being that of the hones nf several birds uncovered during the draining of , MeTior’s, now Hamilton’s swamp, at Awliitu.

LAD DROWNED. AUCKLAND. January 18. A drowning accident occurred at Pokeno on Saturday, Barrett David Muir, aged 16. losing his life. Tie was bathing in a creek with a friend Frederick Stokes, uho could not swim. Muir tried to duck Stokes ami both sank. M.wir did not conic to the surface again. Stokes was carried away in an exhausted enndition and rescued by a neighbouring ia'-ieer. INJUNCTION AGAINST A EDITORS. HAMILTON, Jan. IS. A motion for an injunction lor list raining English and I.ttxford, late Auditors of a Company, has lieon issued by the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Cov., seeking to restrain defendants from publishing or exhibiting the report furnished by them to the Company, on tlic- grounds that such publication is in breach or excess of 11 • ■ ■ ; • duties.

An interim injunction was granted, ponding the action. Y V run NT!. AUCKLAND, .Tan. 17. The final trial race lo decide the Auckland cbalbmoor for the Sanders Cup resulted in the Avalon winning l»v one minute !ssecs from the Bona. This made, the Avalon’s fourth win in the series. LONDON BETTER MARKET. AUCKLAND, Jan. 11. A further improvement of about 2s per ewt. in the price of butter on the London market is reported in a cablegram received by Joseph Nathan and Co.. Limited, to-day. Butter is quoled at 174 s to 1765, against 171 s the previous day. Cheese shows a similar improvement. It is quoted at 102.5, compared with 100 s. Both markets were reported firm, but quiet. Confirming this advice is a cablegram received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., dated January 13th., which states: Butter. New Zealand choicest 174 s to 1765. The market is firm. Australian 1665, Danish 170 s. Cheese, white 100 s, coloured 103 s to 101 s. The market is firm.

SUDDEN DEaTH. HASTINGS, Jan. 16

A married man, Maurice Patrick Malone, aged thirty, died in a private hospital. He was suffering from a

common complaint, for which a doctor prescribed treatment for external application and internal injection. He applied the external treatment yesterday afternoon and at 10 o’clock at night used an instrument for injection.

At- 11.5 a.m. Malone's wife, hearing Malone making a strange noise in his throat and breathing heavily, called medical assistance, with the result, that the man was ordered to the hospital, where he died. SWORDFISH SEASON. AUCKLAND, Jan. 17. Quite a number of deep-sen fishermen are arriving in Russell. No few- ' er than three swordfish launches were out on Friday and all came in with big game fish. Dr and Mrs Cowan, of Aknron, secured a fine swordfish of 260 pounds at Cape Brett in the launch Rosemary. It was hooked by Mrs Cowan and killed by her husband. Mr E. Smith, an overseas angler, of Devon, secured a fine niako shark of 314 pounds at Cape Brett in the launch Alma G. .Marsden. Mr Caughley, of Auckland, secured .a fine niako shark 432 pounds, at Cape Brett in the launch Phyllis. One of the largest- niako sharks this season was caught by two whalers in the launch J.oxie D. The jaw is one of the finest specimens seen here for years'. The catch on rod and line to date officially is six mnko sharks, two swordfish, one hammerhead shark and one babu niako.