DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. MAORI LAND LEGISLATION. , WELLINGTON, Sept. 4. The clause in the Native Washingup Bill dealing with legislation of rights-of-way over native and European lands, lias met nothing hut condemnation in legal circles in Wellington, as bong a menace, to tbe system of land transfer titles.

.Mr Blair (President of the District Law Society) said tbe Minister is introducing the legislation to meet a special case, but it is quite obvious that the result- will be disastrous to the whole framework of the Kind Transfer Act and will cause grave peril to land titles in the Dominion. A YOUNG MAN KILLED. AUCKLAND, September 6. William Stanley Wood, 21, while riding a motor cycle at Oneliunga oil Saturday evening, collided with one of Auckland Milk Company’s lorries, standing alongside a- footpath and sustained injuries from which lie died in tbe hospital. CLAWED lI'IS' WINDPIPE. ASHBURTON. Sent. 6. William Watts, seventy-six, who was arrested on Saturday on a charge of an unnatui’al offence appeared before a J.P. this morning with a bandage round bis throat. It was learned that early this morning lie clawed his throat with his linger nails making two holes in the wind pipe and losing certain amount of blood. He was remanded for eight days.

FOUND DEAD. HA AVER A, Sept. (i. At tho inquest of G. A. Richardson, found dead at his residence at Kalairaina on Thursday with a gun alongside. a verdict was returned that deeased met his death from a- gunshot wound in the left- breast. HOSPITAL ENQUIRY. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 6. Allegations that the children at Bottle Lake infectious diseases hospital had been neglected, were .inquired into by the North Canterbury Hospital Board to-day. F. Wliiley whose child bar! die<l in tile hospital, alleged that the infants were often left unattended and that clean clothing was not always provided. Wliiley gave evidence that on one occasion lie found his child filthy. The matron told him the hospital was short staffed owing to influenza. He had seen other children in a lilthv stntc and receiving no attention. Ernest James Sutherland said he sent- his hoy to the hospital, but the boy did not get attention. After three weeks lie died. He did not, think the child was lieing treated right, and bo decided to take the child home. He was just skin and bone. Tbe child .subsequently died. MOTORIST’S APPEAL DISMISSED. AUCKLAND. September 3. Mr Justice Herdmau gave bis decision on the appeal by Charles Merson against the judgment of the Magistrate at Whakatane, who convicted him. on the charge of using an unregistered motor-car. The appellant. wNo is a motor importer, does a. large business in motor-cycles, and keeps on bis premises ears specially used for demon si ration purposes. One of- these cars was the subject of the present, proceedings. He used the car lor a fortnight to transport himself about the country on Lis business.

Did the words “Only for purposes ol sale” mean “only for purpose of selling other cars?” His Honour did not think it was intended that such a wide interpretation should he given to the phrase. To so construe the section would let loose on the roads a fleet ot cars which escaped the licensing and registration provisions ol section 2 oi (ho Statute, a consequence which could never have been intended. His Honour upheld the Magistrate's judgment, and dismissed the appeal with costs. THE KAWARAU YEXTURE. AUCKLAND. Sept. 6. Harper and Grimwade, (Directors ol tho Consolidated Claims Ltd.) in a telegram state having examined the whole proposition., wo are satisfied that wo could have expected nothing better at this time of the year. The water is low enough to carry on sufficient prospecting to indicate the value of the under Mking. So far as the consolidated claims are concerned, the results are as good as ran he expected. In the short time at our disposal gold was found on several claims not only increasing daily, hut indicated the future success. There is no reason tor pessimism as it appears certain that Llie water will he considerably lower than at present. NATIVE PIGEONS. PALMERSTON N-. EepV. G. There is no sport in killing wild pigeons. They are so tame you can almost knock them over. They are a rare, beautiful bird, and it is necessary to impose a substantial penalty, said Air Hewitt S.M., this morning, when two men were charged with shooting nati\e pigeons at Featherston on Aug. 18th. Each were fined £lO and convicted on a second charge of entering a State Forest, Reserve with a rifle without a permit. Confiscation of the rifles was ordered.