DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1926, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[I)Y TELKGEAPII— FEB PI'.ESS ASSOCIATION.] FOUND DEAD. HAW-ERA, Sept. 9. Samuel Prout, of Inaha, was found t dead this morning in a shed near the _ house. The top of his head was blown , off and a. discharged shotgun was alongP side. Deceased was 58 and married j with four children. He had been in poor health for some time. A DIVORCE CASE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 9. There was an unusual divorce ease, .where Robert Marven Andrews sought a dissolution of the marital tie with Emily Andrews on the ground of mutual separation. The defence was that the separation was due to the wrongful act and conduct of the petitioner. It- was alleged respondent under the influence of a supposed spiritualist, led the petitioner from house to house because her first husband’s spirit was communicating with her. Counsel for Airs Andrews said she had been driven from the house by her husband who did not believe in her religion and spiritualism. Justice Herdninn said it seemed the husband called the wife a spiritualist and she called him a Bolshevist. He had to decide if the husband was guilty of any wrongful act. A decree nisi must ho granted, petitioner to pay respondent costs, on the lowest scale. OBITUARY. AUCKLAXD, Sept, 8. Air Hugh Hart Lusk, very well know in Auckland in bygone years, died to-day at the advanced ago of 89 years. Ho was the youngest brother of the late Afajor Lusk, and lie came to Now Zealand in 1.850. GIFTS TO BOWLING CLUB. GISBORNE. Sept. S. Lady Carroll has presented £SOO to the new building fund of the Kahiitia Rowling Club, the donation being foll"ed by one of £2OO from Sir James Carroll. The club was previously largely assisted by Sir James and Ladv Carroll. It is now proposed to build a twostoroy pavilion. SUICIDE feared. ( HRTSTCH URCTT, September 5(. On tlie morning of August 11. William George Haines, builder, of Biccarton Road, left his homo suddenly. Sim-e then nothing lhas been seen or heard of him. Haines left a message saying that ho intended going to Sum- | nor. and that he had intended to take his own life. If this had been done, his body would he almost certain to have boon found. Tie gave no other reason lor hi.s sudden disappearance. | AIR HERBERTSON’S AY ILL. , -> AUCKLAND, September 9. | In connection with the judgment of < the Supreme Court in the case arising | out of the will of the late John TTcrhertson. one of I lie plaintiffs. Ai r Ed- 1 mum! McNair, desires it to be stated i that if is bis intention to hand his i commission as trustee to tlie .Mayoress i AYar Memorial Library Committee, as t desired bv tlie testator.

In tlie report of the judgment-, an error occurred in a vital sentence which might have let! to tlie impression that there was some doubt as to Air McNair's attitude. This is not so. lie was a plaintiff in the case and he urged that the wish of the testator should be given effect to in its entirety. Apart from small bequests, tho institutions to benefit by the late Air Ilorbortson’s will are the Knox Home, the Leslie Presbyterian Orphanage, the Oroymouth Borough Council and the Jedburgh Parish Council in Scotland. HEAVY STORM. AUCKLAND, September 9. Stormy weather off the coast is causing delays to both the coastal and overseas steamers expected at Auckland. The freighter -Montague, which Iliad previously reported that she would arrive to-morrow morning, has now advised that she will he unable to make port before Saturday morning. She adds that she is encountering a southwest gale. The .Montague is bringing a cargo from the Pacific Coast ports. The ‘‘Canadian Explorer,” which is coining from Alontrenl. also with' general cargo, wirelessed this morning that she would not arrive until tomorrow morning. Tn her report yesday. she stated she would reach here this evening. • Another steamer being delayed by tlie storm is tho Union Company’s AAaipnri. This vessel is from -southern ports, via Napier, and was expected to arrive at 2 o’clock this afternoon. She is now due late to-night. FATAL ACCIDENT. AVELLIXOTOX. September 9.

Arthur Augustus Oloeson, single, 21 years of age. a carpenter employed at tlie Petone Railway Workshops, and residing at Lower Hutt, died in the Hospital from injuries to the bead and chest, through being crushed between a railway waggon and tlie door of a suction gas plant, which was undergoing alterations. ABORTION CHARGES. DR JACOBSEN’S CASE. WELLINGTON, Sept. 9. In the charges against Dr Jacobsen, the Magistrate will give his decision next week. DEMAND FOR NEW JUDGE. DUNEDIN, Sept. 9. Tlio Dunedin AVaterside AVorkers’ Union has decided to endorse the following resolution, passed last month, by the Wellington Trades and Labour Council : “Whereas tlio Trades Council has been keenly scrutinising the decisions given by the Court of Arbitration of recent mo nil is, and has come to the conclusion tlbit- such decisions have -always been in favour of the employing class and against the weight of evidence, and we think it is high time that- wo had an alteration in the constitution of the Court of Arbitration. AVe, therefore, emphatically protest- against the decisions of the Court, and call upon the Government to remove Justice Frazer from the position of President of this Court.”