DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1927, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[bt TF.rmaßArn —rim press association.] WHEAT-GROWERS. WELLINGTON. May J.

Representatives of the wheat-growing industry conferred with the Prime Minister and the .Minister of Customs to-day. They will now present their cn.se to the Tariff Commission, after which they will again interview the t loverninent

ARGENTINE BUTTER BRAND. WELLINGTON. May 1. .Mr S. T. Paviour-Sinith. of the Anglo-Columbian Produce Company, has received the end of an Argentine butter Ixix branded with the word “Zela.ncTia.” The words “Extra Choicest Creamery Butter. Argentine,” are between a double red ring and inside the whole is the word “Zelandia’ in ■lark blue. So conspicuous is the name brand that the words in red are. not noticed unless one takes the trouble to read them. .Mr Paviour-Sinith said lie believed it to he a deliberate attempt to capture the New Zealand butter market ill England,

NOT DRUNK. AUCKLAND. May -I

•‘I am satisfied that the man was not in a state of intoxication while in charge of the car,” said Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. at the Police Court, when Theodore Raymond Lewis (3fi) was charged with this offence in Quay street on May 2nd. John R. Skinner gave evidence that he was driving a two-horse waggon on Afonday afternoon, ami was on the right-hand side by perinis-ion of the traffic inspector. The accused was Living a taxi, and after passing the horses called out that witness was oi his wrong side ol the v.iad, and at the

same time struck the rear of the \vagain. daniawiiig the car. An nllercn- ’ ion occurred, and w itness said that used was fairly drunk. A police constable and Sergeant Flanagan slated that accused smelt cry st lough of liquor when lie was taken to the station, lie was flushed and excited. “Tie was not a lit permit to drive a, taxi in Queen street,,'’ •aid Sergeant Flanagan. A rep u-t was produced Imm Dr Tewsh-y, stating that licensed was lint drunk, and showed no signs of liquor when he was inspected at the Central Police Station half an. hour after the ‘ollision.

Tile Magistrate said he was satisfied with the doctor’s report, and would indict 110' penalty.

BIBLE-I N-SCH OOLS. WELLINGTON, Mav 5.

The Educational Institute has written to the Education Boards that the Executive has been made aware that ’lie Bible-iu-Schonls’ League lias asked Hie Boards for permission to obtain “’oiii the schools registers tlio names uid addresses of parents for the purpose of issuing a. circular or vie : naper. The Boards arc asked to give •onsiderat ions to some reasons why ■lermission should not be granted. I lie chief is that the iiilbrinali in unbodied ill tbe register was given for ‘chnol purposes; and to that extent "'iifidential. 11 is not proper that it should he made possible for the private ircuinstances of individuals jo become k'**'vn. to others, and school teachers uiglit: not to be nhiccd in the position of having to give information fo'tlmr than school purposes. It is pointed out that the granting of the req"est will form an uiidrsirlblc precedent, and. further, apart Tom the principle involved, the in"orination can onlv bo obtained with (insider,■ ible inquiry in the schools, as "amilies arc moving freely, amt the addresses in the registers are far from / ■orreci.

Ihe Wellington Evening Post editnr"illy has a strong condemnation of ihe Minister of Education, Mr Wright, in

bis action 111 countenancing n new Bihle-in-Schools’ manoeuvre.

RIGHT OF ENTRY. WELLINGTON. May 1

Judgment in what amounted to a test case nt the right of the police to entry to licensed premises was given by Mr Hewitt. 5.. M.. to-dav. Hilda El*on Nichclls. licensee of Quinn's Post Hotel, Upper Hntt, had been charged with having failed, on the evening of February 11. to admit without 1111nocossary delay Senior-Sergeant MeKelvey. iMr Hewitt said the law was not very clear on the subject, owing to the conflict of two English cases. 111 one it was held that a constable bad 110 right to enter after hours unless he had reasonable ground to suspect that a breach had lieen committed, fn the other it was held that so long as the constable entered with the bona fide intention, of carrying out his duties and for detecting violation of the Act, he was quite within his rights. On the present occasion, Mr Hewitt held there were visible no suspicious circumstances, but also tbe sergeant was evidently acting in a bona tide manner. Unless the police were able to get into ail hotel it would lie impossible for them to find out whether or not the premises were being properly conducted. lie did not regard the case as a. serious one. It appeared to him that the licensee got hustled to hide a man who claimed to have been there for tea, and that this resulted in delay. A fine of £1 was imposed.

Security for appeal was fixed at £-~< ss, Mr Hewitt saying he would be pleased to see the matter go before a higher Court

INTOXICATED DRIVER. WELLINGTON, May 4. “Tliis is one of the worst eases I have heard. It is necessary that such persons .should be put off the road for a lengthy period. Accused will be fined £2O, in default three months’

imprisonment, and his license will be cancelled and a new one not issued to him until March. 1020.” So said Mr .Salmon, S.M., at the Lower flutt Court yesterday, in reference to a charge of being drunk while in a dharge of a motor car preferred against L. ML Robinson, carpenter, living at Kilbirnie. Robinson was also charged with negligent driving and for this he was convicted and ordered to pay costs. Mrs Mitchell gave evidence that her car was standing outside the Town Hall at Lower Hutt, when accused ran into it. Her child, standing on a scat of the car, was knocked over and sustained a severe cut over the eye. The car was badly damaged. She accosted accused, and showed him the child’s injuries, but be only grinned and did not answer. Evidence was given that accused | was in a state of intoxication The Borough Inspector, Mr Callings, said that he told accused that in his condition 'lie must not drive his car any farther, but in spite of this accused drove away. Constable Kelly said that the car was found later in one of the back streets, where it had collided with a pole.