DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

I [by TELECBAPn —PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.] ROWDY VARSITY STUDENTS. AUCKLAND, May 16. Owing to there being, a disturbance at the inter-College debate in the Town ' Hall Concert Chamber at Easter, it has been decided there shall he no univer- ■ sit.v graduation ceremony in Auckland th is year. The conduct of some students at tile debate was such that the Chairman. Mr E. H. Northcroft stopped the proceedings until all the students in the audience had left, the hall. Some roifen tomatoes were thrown at the three judges and two live hens -p- released on the stage. The Profes- ). iai Board recommended that the Students’ Association lie called to furnish by the end of the first term, the names of any Auckland students implicated in the disturbances; and that, in the event of this information not being forthcoming. n/> graduation ceremony bo held this year: that the Tournament Committee be requested to address to the Chairman and Judges of the debate a formal written apology; and that Hie Board approach the other Colleges with a view to the abolition of the debate as a public function at the tournaments. The Professorial Board also reported That, since the passing of the resolutions. it had received a. reply to the effect that the Executive of the Students’ Association was unable to identify the men responsible for the disturbance; that an apologv approved by the Chairman of the Board, had been sent by the students to the Chairman of the debate, and tiie judges, and that the Tournament Committee had decided that, in future, the debate ,should lie held in camera. Hon Geo. Fowlds. President of the College, said the behaviour on this occasion was such that- the Board must give some mark of its disapproval. Matters could not he satisfactory unless those responsible were identified and sent down. The Professorial Board’s recommendations were adopted.

MOTOR. KILLS OLD MAN. GrSBORNE. May 16.. On Thursday evening Frank McCarteu. aged 74, was crossing .Main Street when lie was knocked down by a. ear. which was proceeding slowly at the time, the driver failing to note M-~-Carten, owing to lain on the windscreen. MeCarten was admitted lo Cook Hospital, hut died to-night. Deceased had a brother residing in. Onehunga. A MAN INJURED. CHRISTCHURCH. May 17. As a result of a collision with a motor-car at Soekburn, alnut mid- 1 night, Charles Righv. middle-aged, is f in hospital in a semi-eonseimis eondi- I tion. He received injuries to his hack '■ and log, and suffered concussion. f AN ADVENTURESS. DUNEDIN, May 17. • ■She is something of an adventuress <■ remarked the Chief Detective in the

ifuuuiveu eiiier uetective in tne Police Court when a well dressed young woman of 25 named Nina Mary Lang, pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretences. The detective said the accused arrived From Christchurch last month and stayed at a first class hotel. She went to a drapery firm and told an elaborate story about wealthy parents who owned a sheep station. 'She obtained clothing valued at over £7 sterling and then proceeded to each shop telling much the same story and obtaining shoes. Subsequently •she went to the country, where she was arrested. She had convictions at both Christchurch and Auckland. The gaol matron said accused at Christchurch embezzled over one hundred sterling by opening her employers letters and extracting cheques. She had been on probation. Accused was remanded DEATH DURING OPERATION. DUNEDIN. May 17. Andrew Adams. 68, died ah Balelutha Hospital while undergoing an operation. SUPREME COURT. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 17. The Supreme Court opened this morning. Justice MacGregor presiding. In his charge to the Grand Jury, the Judge commented on the lightness of the criminal calendar there being only ( one case, that of a man charged with theft of a bicycle and lamp, or of seI curing them knowing them to have been stolen, and this occurred nearly three years ago. 'William Joseph Gee who pleaded guilty in the I oiver Court to breaking, entering and theft, was sentenced to two years reformative treatment, garage burnt. I GISBORNE. May 17. I Lovell's motor garage at Motu was : destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £SOO. BOY SHOT. OTAKT, May 17. Hori, the five year son of A. 1). Webster, a well known horse owner, accidentally shot himself in the stomach yesterday afternoon and died in the evening. He was playing with a. rifle when it exploded. FOUND DEAD. HASTINGS. May 17. j Walter Frederick Jack, a native of Napier, 59, single, employed as a farm hand, was found dead on the floor of his bedroom at a hoardinghouse this morning. OIL WELLS REPORT. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 17. Taranaki oil fields report Waiapu No j 2 well drilled to 1135 feet in grey j slate, water and a little gas from. 1105 ! to 1110 feet. Hole easing ten inch, j casing run to 1128 feet. Taranaki No 3 well still obstructed from 72 to <8 | feet but progress now more satisfaej tory. Gisborne No 1 good progress made in erection of rig and camp. The weather is delaying transport. MOTORIST FINED. CHRISTCHURCH, May 17. Charles Holdsworth, a motorist, was to-day fined £ls and costs lor negligent driving and 20s and costs for mt reporting an accident. His license was cancelled until April Ist, 1930. The evidence showed while driving some friends at night- he collided with a motor cyclist who was very hadlv injured aiid lost a leg. The police said defendant

was not fit to have a license. OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS LEAGUE. CHRISTCHURCH. May 17. Warm approval of the activities of tho Open-air Schools League was expressed h’v the Minister of Education, Hon. R. A. Wright, in replying to a deputation froin the League which waited on him this morning. The Minister assured the deputation that | opinion in favour of the open-air type of school was steadily growing and said that he desired to help the League. In every way possible. He quite agreer! with the deputation that the health of children must come first and that it sliold be their primary consideration. Professor Shelley conveyed the thanks of the League to the Minister for support be had given to the movement. LABOR LEADER. INVERCARGILL, May 17. Mr Holland addressed a crowded meeting at Victoria Hall last night, referring to tlie land question, rural advances, timber industry, increase m

the hank rate on lines of northei speeches. Regarding unemploymei we were getting hack to the positic of the ’eighties, with its soup kitcher and exodus to Australia. He produce! that in the Old Countljv there wr going to be a big cutting down < wages, and it was coming in New Zc: land too, probably after the next elei tions. Wage workers had to renlis tn.s and if they did not they wer foolish. He contended that the Coats Government had betrayed the peopli and that the Labour Party was tii only party which considered the Intel ests of the people as a whole. lie wa accorded a vote of thanks. ESTATE DISPUTE, ■CHRISTCHURCH, May 17. A dispute as to how much of Dilate John Duncan McGiuer’s estate now valued at £95,000. goes to charity was heard in Uie Supreme Court to day. Testator, after providing speei fie legacies, directed the trustees ti invest the residue in his drapery busi ness, and distribute the surplus in come among charitable Institutions ii New Zc. land, the Salvation Arnilv t receive the largest proportion. Tin Court was asked to interpret thi: clause. SERIOUS CHARGES. AUCKLAND EAST, May 17. --t seven o’clock yesterday morniii' live detectives visited a house in Grej Street and arrested William Janie: Mclntyre, 50, ami Amelia Bert.u Cooper, 35. They also arrested else where Frank Bailer, 35. Tiie latter is charged with breaking entering and theft of clothing worth £43 from a suburban shop. The two former are charged with being in possesssion of explosives without a lawful or sufficient purpose. At tiie Police Court to-day Chief Detective Cummings asked for remands. Counsel for tiie woman applying tor bail, said he did not know what tiie sirenm.stances were. Mr Cummings opposing hail sail when the detectives were in the house occupied by the accused. Mclntyre direw out of the window enough gligiiite to blow up the Police Court. She find been living in the house which iriminais frequented. A remand was granted without bail, lie woman being ordered to remain vith tiie Salvation Army in tiie menti;ime. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. WELLINGTON. May 17. Tiie overseas trade figures compiled -v the Customs Department, show exiorts for four months ended April. 927. amount to £21,753.786 sterling, ompared with £21,-118,035 for the une period last' year. Exports for lie month of April were £5,082,753, decrease of £71,012. Imports for tiie imilar four months of 1927 were i 11.814,766 sterling, compared with 117.542,868 last year. Imports for ho month of April £2,818,808, a de-i-ease of £1,031.209.