DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 June 1926, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS.

(by telegraph- -per press association.} OBITUARY. WELLINGTON, June 24. The death is announced) of F. T. Ilood, professional golfer. MARTON, June 24. The death is announced of Mr AVilliam Thomas. Galpin, who was born in Wellington in 1841. He was widely known as one of the earliest settlers in tlie Ragitikei district. He introduced Polled Angus cattle on this coast. SEAMEN STEAL JEWELS. AUCKLAND, June 24. Francis John Tanner, aged 19, was charged in the Police Court with breaking and entering, and the theft of jewellery valued at £IOB from tho shop of Victor Speight, Onehunga, on which charge Arthur Tilling, aged 32, had previously- pleaded guilty, and William Charles Westwood, 30, not W) guilty. Both were commit teed to tho Supreme Court. Tilling was now called at a witness. He stated that he and Tanner were seamen. He (Tilling) admitted that he opened Speight’s door with a jemmy while Tanner kept watch outside. Tanner, who pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence, said he became frightened of holding the jewellery, He threw it into the harbour while the steamer Manaia, on which ho was a fireman, was in Auckland.

IN POSSESSION OF OPIUM. WELLINGTON, June 24. “This man is evidently dealing in opium, and supplying it to the Chinese,” said the Collector of Customs in prosecuting Edward Freeman, a sailor on the Mahana, who was found to bo in possession of two tins of the narcotic, when detectives raided a Chinese shop in Willis Street. The defence raised was that an altercation occurred on hoard between somo Chinese, and one of them asked Freeman to take the parcel to the shop. When he got there lie handed the parcel to the same Chinaman. Detectives came in then and the Chinaman thrust the parcel back on accused. The Collector of Customs said that the retail value of the opium was between £2O and £25 a. tin. The Magistrate, Air Page, said that even if he accepted the evidence of Freeman as substantially correct it indicated that lie was a party to smug- . gling. He imposed a line of £SO. THREE HORSES KILLED. INVERCARGILL, June 24. The lnvercargill-Dunedni express this morning ran into and killed three horses near Edendale station. A fourth hors'e escaped uninjured. The horses presumably came from a nearby pad- * dock ns there was a cattle-stop a short distance down the line. The accident caused a delay of five minutes, hut no damage was done to the engine. The passengers diu not feel a bump of any sort.

PRINCE OF WALES. WELLINGTON, Juno 24. The Governor-General sent the following message to the Prince of Wales on behalf of tho Government and the people t)f New Zealand: — “I beg to convey to your Royal Highness respectful congratulations i and good wishes on the occasion of your birthday.” The Mowing reply has been received .- “My sincere thanks to the Government and people of New Zealand for their kind birthday message.” -Edward P

MAN DROWNS HIMSELF. WELLINGTON, June 26. While walking along Petone Beacli last evening, a man named R. N. r Laughton ran "out into tho waters of the harbour and was drowned. A man walking a little wily behind Laughton

was so amazed at the strange action j that some moments elapsed beforo he " realized the position and summoned help. The body wa.s recovered a quarter of an hour later and artificial respiration was applied fruitlessly. Nothing is known regarding the deceased’s relatives.