DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] MINISTERIAL. DUNEDIN. March 22. The lit. Hon. .1. G. Coates (Prime Minister) and Mrs Coates, and the Hon. K. S. Wii'linms and Mrs Williams arrived in Dunedin from the north last night, and continued their journey to Invercargill. They will take part in the farewell to Tlu-ir Royal Highnesses at Inver:argi.il to-day. The Ministerial Party wili' leave on Wednesday morning and will stay in Queenstown that night. The ■ will make a visit to Kawar-■ d- ;.i on the following morn-

ing. a. -! i'l-nce will travel -to Pembroke the Crown Range, and on to the i iyde and Alexandra, at one of which towns they wii‘l stay the night. On Friday a tour of inspection will he made through Chat to Creek, Maunerikia. Boolhurn. Ida Valley, and on to Roxburgh, where the party will stay for the night. On Saturday visits will be made to Millers’ Hat. Lawrence. Tuapoka Mouth, liai'chitha, and Milton., ami tno party will, under present arrangements, arrive in Dunedin on Saturday night. They will remain in Dunedin till Tuesday morning, leaving fur the north on that morning. A SERIOUS Oil A it UK. AUCKLAND, March 22. Thomas Lionel Grice, aged 2d, was committed for trial on a charge of negligent].!' driving a motor car on February 2nd. thereby causing 1 li t » death of Emily Owen. Accused stated the woman crossed in front of his taxi, and owing to rain on the windscreen lie did not see her until lie was right on top i f her. Bail was fixed at £IOO.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. AUCKLAND. March 22.

1 lie Labour Party is to make a strong hid for representation on Auckland Municipal Bodies at the forthcoming elections. A particularly keen campaign is to le directed towards capturing Auckland City Council. At present Labour has only two representatives on the Council (liloodworUi and Phelan), hut next month the party proposes to contest the Mayo-rally and nominate 1 I candidates tor 21 seats on Lie Council. Four city members of the Harbour Board will also he elected next month. Labour is nominating lour candidates against two in 1925. At present Blood worth is the Party’s only representative,on the Board.

DAMAGE TO CROPS. • USBORNE, March 22

A westerly gale yesterday did extensive damage to orchards and jj. is calculi.ited involved the loss of half the •quantity of apples available for export, ft was expected that about 201)0 cases would have been shipped this season hut it. is doubtful now whether more than a thousand will be sent away. INQUEST VERDICT. DUNEDIN. Miircli 22. At the inquest on Rosanna Elder, whose body was found on St. Kilda beach yesterday, the evidence showed she had been in poor health. A verdict of found drowned was returned.

MR lIOUANIVS CHARGE. WESTPORT. March 22

Speaking at tiie meeting of the Bullcr branch of the League of Nations Union last night, .Mr If. E. Holland, Loader of the Opposition, made, a charge tH.it the New Zealand Government -had jiersisteuly dishonoured its signature of the peace treaty, in the matter of international labour organisation. Article 359 made provision for u representation of the Government; employees and workers of the international labour conference and each signatory had undertaken that delegations would lie nominated. So far New Zonfind laid not been permitted lo send representatives and despite repeated protests from the Labour opposition the Government seemed unable to recognise the obligations solemnly entered into, should lie honourably observed. Mr Holland farther claimed that the- vital principles of the treaty reining to t lie right, of association, living wage standards, immigralon. equal remuneration for women giving equal service, were being wholly disregarded in this country.

At tlie conclusion <d Mr Holland’s address l?ev. Alex Miller moved -and it was carried unanimously that the Government be urged to recognise the propriety ot sending ropreseutal ive to the next International Labour Conference.

SALVATION ARMY. WELLINGTON. March 22. The Salvation Auiiy has issued a statement in reply to the recent cable criticising its operations in Canada. The allegation that the Army is collecting from hoy settlers their first wages is true only in part. Army assistance is given on condition oi_ repayment where repayment, is possible, but. it is adlilist the Army s principles to extend privileges to migrants-, with Hie responsibility of sharing financial burden which benefits the Army and docs not pauperise it. It is incorrect to say or even mier that the Aim' takes anything like all the hoys wages or exerts pressiile to cover the amounts due." The Nut is that out of one hundred avid sixty thousand whom the Annv has sent, to different parts of the Empire in the last twenty years the failures were less than one per cent speaks eloquently for the Army s operations. ROGUE AND VAGABOND. CHRISTCHURCH. March 22. Albert James Buxton. -15, was sentenced to six months hard labour this morning on a charge of being a rogue and vagabond. in that lie imposed on people to obtain benefit. He told a Sunnier man he was honorary member of Oamaru Fire Brigade, another that ho was green-keeper of the howling club at Oamaru, and another man a different, tale, getting a loan from each. None of his statements were true.

GUILTY OF THEFT. CHRISTCHURCH. March 22. Leslie Morris, twenty-two, pleaded guilty to having forged and tillered a cheque for twenty pounds. lie was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. TADLVPH, March 22. A. man named Josenh Brasliu with severed aliases and a long list of tonvic*t.i»iMs whs sente*need at- the trate’s Court this morning to three months’ hard labour without the option for using obscene language on the mail train last night, and travelling first class with second class ticket. A witness described the language as, the most lurid lie had ever heard. TillEF ARRESTED. AUCKLAND, March 22. Constable Coil ins arrested William Cople. 17. when leaving the side door iof a warehouse in King's Drive. Parnell. at 2.15 this morning with sixty ponills of tin on his shoulder. He was charged at the Police Court with breaking, entering and theft. The tin was valued at €66. He was remanded till Monday.