DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1927, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TELEGRAPH PER PRESS ASSOCIATION ] GIRL, KILLED BY AIOTOR. DUNEDIN, April 4. As the result of being knocked down by a motor lorry about 11 a.m. on Saturday, Miss Margaret Reilly Surgenor, aged 17 years, received injuries from which she succumbed at mid-night the same day. The girl was crossing Cumberland Street, near the Stuart Street intersection, when she was knocked down by a motor lorry, owned and driven hv J. Glicarv, marine storekeeper, Hanover Street. It was apparent that the girl was badly injured, and after being attended at the Central Fire Station, she was conveyed to the hospital by the St. John Ambulance. An inquest was opened at the Ho«’>stal’ this morning, Air J. IL Bartholomew, S.M., sitting as Coroner. Evidence of identification was given by Arthur AA’impcnny, with whose firm, -Messrs AA’impennv Bros and Reid, motor engineers, Aloray Place, deceased was employed as a store clerk. The inquest was then adjourned until ATondav next at the Court House at 10 n.rn.

CONSTABLE KILLED. DUNEDIN, April 4. “ The evidence shows that the only one at fault was the unfortunate deceased himself, and no blame is attachable to the motorman,” said tlie Coroner (Air J. IL Bartholomew, S.AL) in returning a verdict of accidental death at the adjourned inquest this morning on the circumstances of the death of Constable Afaleolm John Clarke, aged 25 years, who died from injuries after being knocked down by a tramcnr on March sth. A verdict was returned that deceased's death was due to injuries caused by an accidental collision with a tramcar, while he was riding a motor cycl’e.

ANGLERS NEARLY DROWNED, CHRISTCHURCH. April 4,

Two anglers had a narrow escape from drowning at the mouth of the Rakaia River on Saturday. They were fishing with others on a spit between tlie sea and a lagoon formed by a backwater of the river. A heavy sea was running, and an exceptionally heavy wave washed R. Carney off the spit into the lagoon. His brother, J. Carney, in attempting a rescue, was also washed into the lagoon by another big wave, and both men were in difficulties, being drawn towards the mouth of the river by the current. They were rescued by a party of anglers who had been fishing on the spit some distance away, being brought ashore in an exhausted condition.

BIG THEFT CHARGE. CHRISTCHURCH, April 4. A charge of the theft of a sum of money said to run into four figures, will he brought- in the Police Court tomorrow against a clerk in the employ of a, well known shipping firm. The clerk, who is aged 2d years, was arrested to-day. MAN IN MILITARY PAGEANT. CHRISTCHURCH, April 4. Donald Dunbar Wares was arrested at the military pageant on Saturday for wearing a military overcoat and puttees, and carrying an old-fashioned heavy Colt revolver. He was charged at the Magistrate’s Court to-day with being an idle and disorderly person, and with being unlawfully in possession of a revolver, and with wearing a military overcoat, not being a member of the military forces, and with stealing a pair of puttees. Wares, it was stated, had got into the camp at Addington, though the authorities had expelled him some time before. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months’ im prisonment. AIOTORTNG OFFENCES.DUNEDIN, April 4. “This was a garage proprietor, who has been indulging in a wholesale misuse of numbers,” said the Senior-Ser-geant, when ,Wiiliam Lawlor Shiel was charged on two informations with having affixed the wrong numbers to two motor ears, and with haying permit ted an unregistered car to he used Stafford Street. The Afagistrate said the act provided for a penalty of £2O per day. It was very important that cars should be easily identifiable. Defendant was fined Co and 10s costs on each charge of having affixed wrong numbers and ordered to pay costs 10s.

On the other information Emmett Shiel was charged with having affixed the wrong number to a ear, and also with having permitted an unregistered car to he used. Defendant was lined to and 10s costs on the first charge, and 10s costs on Die second.

PROBATION FOR THEFT.

DUNEDTN, April -1

Daniel Rutherford Afurray, who admitted three charges of theft of money in the Dunhack district, appeared for sentence at the City Police Court this afternoon. He was convicted and admitted to three years’ probation and discharged on the other two. A condition was made that the accused is to take out a prohibition order, and that his place of residence and empVoymenfc are to be approved by the probation officer.

U.S.A. IMMIGRATION. WELLINGTON, April 4. The New Zealand quota, under the United States Immigration law (100 per annum) is already more than filled for the year ending June. In fact. English applications for visas for next year are already in hand. Afr Lowrie of the States’ Consulate, when approached to-day, said that the matter of increasing the quotas of some conn tries, including New Zealand, had been considered hy Congress, but it was decided to make no change for another year at least, except in the case of some of the larger countries. PETROL REDUCED. •WELLINGTON. April 4. A general reduction in the price of petrol by twopence a gallon is announced to be effective from to-day. The decrease is due to the success of the bulk development, and is in line with the world reduction now being made.

NON-UN lON SENTIMENT. PA 111 ATI; A. April -i. If i., reported that a good deal <4 dissatisfaction is being spread throughout the district by the dairy factory assistants, who were recently placed under an award oi the Arbitration Court, it being f- uml that under the award the position of an assistant is not nearly so secure as was the case previously. It, is stated a number of the assistants have already resigned from membership of the Union, while many others have declined to pay up subscriptions. RAILWAY HOARDINGS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 5. In a letter to the South Island Afotor Union re rural hoardings, the AoSing-Alinister of Railways says:— “The policy of the Railway Department in this matter is to take advantage of the business offered hy advertisers and to give in return the best possible service in art. stylo and display of its advertising, media. While so stating the position, however, I hasten to add that no advertising matter will he displayed hy the Department where there is reasonable ground to believe that the natural beauty of the surroundings will' he interferred with.” CAR BURNED. AUCKLAND. April 3. A motor car, which had been stolen from a city street last evening, was found abandoned and burned this morning at East Tamaki. It was one of two motor-cars which were taken from Auckland last evening. 'ihe other was found deserted, but undamaged, in the Auckland Domain. .Joyriders have been very active during the last few months, and several cars have been taken. .Most- of them have been recovered by the police, hut one or two are still missing. The destroyed car was a five-sea ter, valued at £350. The owner left it in Chancery lane at 7.20 last evening, and when he returned at 10.45 it was missing. The car was discovered a wreck at East Tamaki this morning. It is not known whether the car suddenly caught fire, or whether it was set- on fire by the person or persons who took it.