DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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PETONE TNQUEST

AYELUNGTON. Sept. 15.

At. tho Coroner's inquest into the deaths of the four little children, Perrin of Petone, who were drowned in a hath hy their mother uliilc the latter was mentally afflicted the evidence was that, after the children were discovered Mrs Perrin said: "I have sent them to Heaven. Tiny are asleep; are they not lie mtiful ?“ Dr Hutchison, who was called in. asked the woman why she had done it. Mrs Perrin replied: “To save, them from .suffering. ’’ She also said that if the eldest hoy. who accompanied his father to the Upper. Ifutt, had been homo, she would have sent him to Heaven also. Evidence was given that at the time the woman’s demented condition was hastened by anxiety during the. children’s long illness.

A RAPE FIND. WELLINGTON. September 16. A resident of Wellington while walking throng’ l the city streets the other night discovered a kiwi standing about two feet high which he took home and placed in his back yard. The bird soon began burrowing for worms, whilequiet and sulky in the daytime, it became very active at night. YYlicre it came from is a mystery. TEACHER DISMISSED. AUCKLAND. Sept. 10. The Board of Education in committee discussed the case of A. Tlook (headmaster of Mercer school) who had pleaded guilty to the theft of a pair of socks from a city .shop. The Chairman later stated the Board after long and careful consideration lias decided that they had no other course hut to dismiss Hook. MATERNITY DOCTOR. NEW PLYMOUTH. Sept. 15. A charge against Dr G. P. Adamson, of Waitiira, of failing to notify to the Department a patient, who was suffering from sickness which created a rmsonahle suspicion that it was a notifiable* disease, purpcral fever, was heard in the Police Court to-night. Dr Boyd led the prosecution for the Department and Dr Paget was tho chief witness. He severely criticised the conduct of Dr Adamson’s maternity home. Magistrate R. W. Tide fined the defendant £l. For supplying liquor to a native woman at Oka to. Archibald Chambers was lined £2O. WOMAN'S DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH, September 16. .Mrs Kathleen Quin, of Salisbury Street, died to-dav from injuries received in a collision between a car driven by her husband and a. car driven ■by Miss Ruby Busch, at tho corner of Madras and Salisbury Streets.

ROWING CHALLENGE. AYELUNGTON. September 16. Hannan, of Pictim. has received a challenge to row for the Sculling Champiintship from Don Stroke, all round athlete and axeman, who has been training tinder AY'. Seymour for some time. Hannan has’ also been invited to visit Wltnngnrei 'am! race J. Ala son for the New Zealand tit U*. AYELUNGTON RACING ( EUR. AYELUNGTON, September 16. At L''£j annual meeting of the AA’ellington Racing Club the balance sheet showed l' 13.000 was paid out in slakes and £49.289 in taxes. Interest, totalled £8.689. The total receipts were £95.812. of which £61.197 came from the tote, gates and railway £18.197, lees Irani the owners £9,67!). The report mentioned the work on the new grandstands was still going on and were now secured for the running of an electric tote. J. 11. Marcourt was reelected President.

MILL BURNT. ROTORUA Sent. 16. ’l’lie National Timber Coy. mill at Xynongotnha was completely destroyed by (ire which broke out at 4.30 a.m., presumably in the neighbourhood of the moulding shed. The flames spread with tremendous rapidity. There was no wind and this enabled the lire to Ik* confined to the mill. The stocks and offices wore untouched. Some seventy employees arc affected. Insurant*! is thought to amount t.o £6OOO. NATIONAL DAFFODIL SOCIETY AUCKLAND. Sept. 15. Delegates from various horticulture societies of the Dominion decided to form a National Daffodil Society, and affiliate with tho Institute of Horticulture. A committee was set up to draw rules and register the Society. Sir Heaton Rhodes is President, Afr AA'. A. Grace, Secretary and AH’ Blairstow. Treasurer. PI PIN EDO’S CRUISE. WELLINGTON, Sept. 11. A cablegram received hy the Government states that the Italian hydroplane Dornier Marina, driven by Colonel T)i l’inedo on his scientific and experimental cruise, will call at Suva in October, and at Auckland, AA’ellington, Dunedin, and Invercargill in 'November.

The Minister for Internal Affairs, the Hon. Afr Bollard, in making the announcement to-day stated that no information other than that contained in the cablegram had yet been received by his Department.

BURGLARS BUSY

AUCKLAND. Sept. 15.

Burglars entered J. Clarkson’s tail oring establishment, Knra-R.ihape Road, last night and removed goods valued at £2OO. The shop had been systematically ransacked and the place was left in confusion. The thieves were well acquainted with the value ol goods and made a good collection. REAITTS FOR. CONFERENCE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 15. Remits for the conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in November adopted by the (ouncil of Auckland Chamber that in view ol existent unemployment, adverse trade balance, and heavy decline in overseas value of Dominion produce, an itnmedite and substantial reduction in the tariff it is essential if the eost of living and consequently of production is to Ik* reduced, that a revision of the present incidence of taxation to which is largely due to regrettable diversion of capital and labour from rural to urban areas, to the neglect of primaiv industries, is necessary; that the attention of the Government be drawn* to the high rates of poundage on postal notes and on anomalies in connection therewith. Other remits urge festering of Empire trade; reduction of stamp duties on cheques and receipts, filing of more complete hanking statistics, more adequate contribution toI wards the cost of Empire naval defence I and more constructive efforts to exploit scenic, health and sports tesources. Remits protesting against the cont’lined use by the Arbitration Court of the existing formula for the regulation of wages and exemption from taxation of municipal and state trading enterprises, and power hoards were also adopted.