DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1927, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

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A DIG LEGACY. ! AUCKLAND, May Id. The estate of David Dingwall, who died last week, is estimated at considerably over one hundred thousand pounds. After minor legacies and a provision for his sister Miss Sarah Dingwall, the whole estate is to he transferred to trustees to found and maintain in or adjacent to Auckland, ail institution to he called Dingwall Presbyterian. Orphanage for the rare, maintenance and edeation of orphans and destitute children, horn or domiciled in New Zealand, of any race or creed, or of orphans not being destitute. who would in their own interests, in the opinion of the trustees, be better cared for. educated and brought up in the orphanage, or whether orphans or not should he destitute or whose parents arc in straightened circumstances.

RUTTER PRICES. MAY-JUNE OUTPUTS. WELLINGTON. May 14. Mr T. C. Brash, secretary of the Dairy Produce Board, advises that a number of dairy companies are considering the fpiestion of selling their May and June outputs of butter at prices varying from Is 3d upwards, lie is of the opinion that the final average price realised in the pool which represents butter graded from May Ist to October 30th next will return a net average price considerably above this figure, and the dairy companies would he well advised to act cautiously in making sales. . ],L has to he borne in mind that in accordance with the Board’s policy, there will he no stocks of stored stale butter to go on to the market in the early spring, hence the market should he fairly sound for produce arriving then.

MARRIED TO A CHINESE. WELLINGTON. May 14. Married to a Chinaman in Nelson, and then divorced or separated, Bertha ; Lilian Chin, a domestic, aged thirty- 1 three, came to Wellington six months j ago and obtained a position looking after children in a private home. She has been associating with Chinese on nights off, however, and at one o’clock this morning was found ill a house in Sage’s Lane. Letters indicating that she had had u(fairs with other Chinese were found in her possession. 'Such was the story related by Sergeant Lander when the woman pleaded guilty to being idle and disorderly. It was stated that her employer was willing to take her hack, a fact which caused Mr Salmon to express surprise. To enable the female probation officer to prepare a report, the Magistrate remanded the accused till Wednesday. Suppression of her name was refused. I DAIRY PRODUCE CONTROL. WELLINGTON. May 4. ; lii view of the dairy control controversy interest will attach to public addresses to be delivered in the north, next week by the Hon. ,J. A. Noting, who represents one of the biggest pri- ' niarv producing districts of New Zealand. Mr Young left last night for Hamilton: He will officially open the new annexe to the Kstwa Kawa Hospital nil Wednesday alternoo'l The Minister lias promised to deliver two political addresses while in the north, one at Ohaowai and the other nt Whaiignrei. It is understood that he will deal with the Government’s attitude in connection with dairy control. He wiR return to Wellington today week.

UNIVERSITY RUGBY TEAM. AUCKLAND. May 14. 'flic live Auckland members of the New Zealand University Rugby team left by the Atarama for Sydney yesterday. The players were Butler, Bradanovich. Freeman, Keegan and Linton. Another Auckland player, Keene, was also selected, but owing to a football injury, was unable to make the trip.