DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEORArn —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] SOLDIER SETTLER’S FATE. DANNEViRKE, April in. Ail inquest was held on J. F. Tidswell, of Glengarry, a soldier settler, who was killed in ail accident oil Tliurs- “ day. The evidence showed his skull 1 was fractured and his brain lacerated, ‘ apparently by kicks from the hoofs of 1 the horse he had been driving when ■ his milk cart left the road and went i over a hank. The body was found lying pinned-under a shaft of the cart. 1 The horse was struggling to get tip, with deceased’s head just by its feet. The indications pointed to tho cart having capsized when the driver was trying to get it up the hank on to the roadway. A verdict was returned of ■ death from fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain. Decascd’s parents reside at Gisborne. He was a member of the 2(!th Reinforcements. HOTEL WORKERS WAGES. WELLINGTON, April 16. A complete settlement was arrived at in the Dominion Conciliation Council to-day in the licensed hotel dispute. The new award provides for an increase in wages of Is Gd per week in the ease of the lowest paid female workers; and 2s (id per week in the ease of the lowest paid male workers, The conditions mainly follow the existing award, and the term agreed upon is; three years. SLY GROG RAID. MASTER TON. April 1(5. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, Cecil McCormack, proprietor of “The Pines” hoarding house, and Arthur Barnetts, a' hoarder, were convicted on a charge.of keeping liquor for sale in a no-license area. McCormack was titled £25. Barnetts, who was a second offender, was fined £SO. The evidence showed that, the defendants, who also followed the occupation of slaughtermen at the freezing works, had procured extensive quantities of liquor over a period of months. Oil the night of the raid, several men were oil the premises, and while the police . wero in possession of the .house, several calls were received on (lie telephone icquesting whisky to he delivered to certain places in town. One inquirer, unaware that he was talking to a policeman, remarked on the extent ol his thirst, and requested that liquor he dispatched- urgently. \\ Idle searching 1 the. house, the police discovered two , "plants” of whisky, one being coni lulled behind a mantelpiece, access to which was gained by releasing a. spring belliud the moulding, and the other be. low a trapdoor, in the Ixittom of the kitchen cupboard, which was covered with bottles of jam and sauce. A SLY GROG CASE. AUCKLAND. April 1(5. [For selling five bottles of beer to a constable in plain clothes without being duly licensed to sell liquor, Gertrude Mary Woolley came before Mr F. K. Hunt at the Police Court this morning. She pleaded guilty, and was re- ( presented by Mr If. S. Burt. Ihe • facts, as disclosed by Sub-Inspector . I.ewin, were that .Miss Woolley conducted a con feel ionarv shop at Devouport. During the past two months. t certain information came into the hands of the police, with the result that Constable Finery visited her shop, and bought five pint bottles of pale ale < at Is each. The premises were search- 1. ed. and a quantity of liquor was lound. Mr Burt, stated his client had been . most unfortunate. Some few months ago she* purchased the goodwill of the business, and placed all her savings and some borrowed money into it. Recently the premises were condemned, and were to he demolished. As husi- c ness had been had. a friend advised her to sell, and in sheer desperation, , defendant took this course.

Mr Hunt: “Well, if that is her posiion. she will be unable to pay a

ne. , Counsel: “She will have lo borrow he money.” Mr Hunt: “She will be fined £2O. nd will he allowed a fortnight. iu ,-hieli to pay.”

SLY GROG FINE. WELLINGTON, April 16. Frederick Tratl'ord, pleaded guilty t the Police Court to-day to selling quor without a license and was fined

£2O- - police stated that delendnnt had been suspected for some time. Over ninety bottles of beer were found in his house.

THE ARRESTED SHIP. AUCKLAND, April 16. A second writ of arrest has been ened on the American barque. Guy \ (Joss. . Tl-s (iuy C Goss consignees, who in- ■ lude the Public Works Department, lave taken action, claiming the <l<‘iverv of her timber cargo. Court proeedings are expected shortly.

ri’UDENT COMMITTED FOR TRIAL CHRISTCHURCH. April 17. Allen Edward Wishart. aged 19. a student, was committed for trial on a charge of causing the deatli ol Joyce Porter, a child, as the result of cycling at night on the footpath without a light.

TOTE PERMIT LOANED. HASTINGS, April 16. The Poverty Bay Trotting C'luh have offered to loan their permit for this year uneonitionally to the Hawke s Bay Trotting Club. At a meeting ol tho latter’s Clubs committee to-ay, it was agreed, subject to the approval ol tho Minister, anil the Trotting Association, to accept the offer anil hold a meeting at Hastings on the King’s Birthday (.Tune 3rd). STOLEN CAR BURNT. AUCKLAND, April 16. A seven-seater taxi, owned by 15. R. Fielder, which was unlawfully removed from Elliot Street last night. was found burned at Kohimarama to-day. An emptv benzine* tin was near the ear. and it is thought the person who took the car might have been refilling the tank when an explosion occurred. A Dodge ear that was also taken from a city street was recovered undamaged in Grafton Road. RTFLE SHOOTING. AUCKLAND, April 16. Advice has been received that the Wuirarapa B. team, with a score of 573. won the New Zealand Farmers’ Union annual provincial rifile shooting match. HOSPITAL LEVY. DUNEDIN. April 10. The question of increasing the hospital lew this year, there being an expenditure in excess of £BOOO, was discussed bv the Hospital Board and a motion to raise it from £3o.Bil> to £35.876 was lost on the Chairman s casting vote. . Mr Knight was re-elected as Chairman.