DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

I [by telegraph—run peeks association.] LABOUR LEADER. DUNEDIN, .May IS. •Mr 11. E. Holland. Leader of the Opposition, addressed a largo public meeting to-night. lie dealt with many of the subjects which he has already covered in his previous speeches. Mr Holland did not to-night criticise or answer Mr Coates's recent speech at Dargaville. as he intends to do this at his meeting in Christchurch on Friday night. i o : i hv joy Mini-:. AU( TvI.ANI). May IS. " Tic i - -..hat you do! A car is placed in -. car trust to repair, and yon ix., ioy-ri.iiiio in it. and K ct involved m an accident,” said Mr Hunt. S.M.. to Albert Edward Simpson (2-1), at the Police Court in sending him to gaol for one month for having converted to his use a motor car valued at C7o, the property of Frank Smith. Simpson was further charged with being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a car in Karaganahape ltoad. Defendant denied both charges. Kvidence was given that lie collided with a cyclist, and that he was under the inlluonce ol liquor. Iwo civilian witnesses and Sergeant Miller said the accused was staggering while cn route to the police station, and was not in a fit state to drive a car. Frank Smith, plumber, and owner of the caiv said that yesterday he gave it to a man named Ramsay, who got accused to pack one of the wheels. Both Smith and Ramsay said that accused had no authoritv to drive the ear last night. lie should have returned it earlier, as lie promised. Simpson told the Magistrate he did not. get the car repaired until late yesterday afternoon, lie then went down to a boat, and took a friend of his—a steward—for a drive to test the car. It was while driving it to try it out that the accident occurred. Mr Hunt ‘‘That is the defence, is it y You wore asked to repair a wheel and then went out joy-riding! You are sentenced to one month's imprisonment for converting the car to your use. and you are convicted and discharged on the other charge. Your license is also cancelled for twelve months.” Till': UNEMPLOYED. IH'XEDIN. May IX About one hundred members of the Otago Ocneral Labourers’ Union are at present unemployed. At a meeting of these men to-day it was decided that if the negotiations which are being made at present for relief are unsuccessful, the men will go to the Police Station in a body, and demand food and shelter. Until a conference of local bodies if held next Wednesday, however, tha men will fake no action. Flit K. (. HltlSTCliriU 11. May IX A modern seven-roomed house, th original Wairere Homestead, owned by Mr A. W. Wright, of Staveiy, was totally destroyed by fire this morning, together with the contents. "J he owners were visiting Christchurch at the time. M KI.A.XFSTAX MISSION'. AUCKLAND FAST, May lib The balance sheet of the Melanesian .Mission shows receipts lor the yeai ended on .March .‘list were CMLoMM. The heaviest item of expenditure was Cbb l!>7 for the upkeep of the Southern Cross. Over Lld.lllKl of the income e received from England, over L' I .HOC Irotu Australia. From Cl 7,000 tc CIO.POO of the funds are annually expended in Auckland, i'hc report stateit was generally agreed the Southern Cross should lie sold and replaced by cither a new vessel of similar capacity burning oil fuel, or two smaller vesselone working in the north and one lithe south, stores, etc. being shipped by trading steamers from Sydney to contra 1 points in the islands. r I lie lina decision would rest with those in the mission field at the couterence eariv next year. ACC'I DF.XTS. DUXKDIX, May ID. A premature explosion at railway works at Roxburgh resulted in William Steven, married. M 7. receiving serious facial injuries. .James A. Campbell. IT was thrown from a horse a.nd hospitalled with severe head injuries. MOUNTERS IX C'A.MP. BLENHEIM. May If). .Major-General Young, General OlTicei Commanding New Zealand l-orees, this morning inspected the l-.igbth Mounter Regiment in i amp at the show ground. The parade strength was TOO men wit! horses. It is understood in point ol numbers ol horses, that the camp n the largest held in the Dominion since the war. BETTORS FIXED. CHRISTCHURCH. May IP. A further nineteen betting clients o A. C. Wliitta, bookmaker, appeared a Court to-day ami were fined from Clio CM for illegal betting. In mos cases the convictions followed the liud ing in Whitta’s office, of letters o telegrams about the Duucdjn races.

T’OAYKR SUPPLY'. CHRISTCHURCH. May 19. Government's proposal for the futuro in connection wifcl 1 the development 'f a second source of supply of ,hydroelectric supply for Canterbury and North Otago was discussed at an important conference of representatives of power supply authorities held in the Chamber of Commerce to-day. I he Conference was held for the purpose of enabling E. T. AL Kissel (Chief Go\ernment Electrical Engineer) to explain Government’s proposals in view of the announcement made at Timaru recently by the Alinister of Puhlie AVorks, from which it appeared that Government had decided to proceed with the development of a scheme at the AVaitaki river, near Kurow. Air Kissel said that, as part of the New Zealand Government’s proposals, the general principle of supply to the South Island required that they should run a main transmission line along the eastern side of the South Island. The nucleus of that system existed in the triiusiiiissi.nl line now running from Hororata to Oamnru. One had no doubt that later on that line would he extended further to outnarts and he linked up with the AVaipori and later with the Alonnwai in Southland. BOXER INJURED. NAPIER. Abiy 19. Roy Overend. who was knocked out in the final of a ten rounds boxing contest last night, is now in hospital and dangerously ill. He took much punishment gamolv from Tommy Griffiths and finally sank to the hoards. After being removed from the ring, he spoke but one sentence, Itcing unconscious ever since. He was operated on last nigbt. and a slight improvement was shown. Hemorrhage of the brain was the doctor’s decision. COAIP EKSATIOX CL AIAI. .AUCKLAND. Afay 19. At the •Supreme Court, a jury is occupied with a claim for £SOOO compensation by Annie Thomas, of AA’ellington, against the Crown, on account' the death of her husbqml

Donald Sinclair Thomas, a railway servant, accidentally killed on the Rotorua line in July last. It was alleged I that the accident occurred while deceased was performing his duties as a surfaceman, that the accident was due to the negligence of the driver and ■ the fireman of flic train, failing to ■' keep a proper look out. On the evening of the accident deceased was proceeding home from work in company with another .surfaceman named Taylor. The driver and lire man were not aware of the accident until they reached Xgatua. Tailor in his evidence, said the train neither whistled nor stopped. The defence is a general denial of the allegation made in the claim. timber matters. T A I'.MA Uf X L'f. Aliiv 10. At Mamtntii, vestcnliiy, a deputation waited on the .Minister of PublicWorks regarding the depression in the timber industry seeking his support in a movement against foreign importations. The deputation stated it was live months since the mill at Alanunui ha I worked Cull time. .Married men were working live days :l week and finding it hard to live on £3 15s. Mr H. W. Smith. ALP., said recently four mills closed within a seven mile, radius and forty-five employees with forty-six children were affected. '! lie. industry was doomed unless American importations were stopped. The Minister expressed sympathy with the workers and said where possible money should he spent in the country.

INQUEST VERDICT. CORE, May 10. 'Evidence at the inquest on William Ceorge Lovojoy, aged IS, electrocuted tit Kurd's Garage, Core, on Tuesday night showed the wires on the extension lamp being used under the car were wrongly connected, resulting in the current passing through a brass holder to the car frame, deceased receiving shock from which lie expired. A verdict of heart failure through an electric shock owing' to the lamp accidentally coming in cantact with the car, was returned. WOMAN SENTENCED. WELLINGTON, .May 10. The final episode of the burglarious activities of .fane Ann Johnston took place at the Supreme JL'ourt to-day, when she was sentenced by .Justice Alpers to imprisonment for two years. The charges to which she pleaded guilt v were breaking and entering .Menton's house. Northland, and stealing jewellery valued at £050; two charges of breaking and entering Hymn's house at Kelburn, and stealing articles valued at Cl IS; breaking find entering Te Aro house with intent to steal and theft of a oaliphout from a house being built at Eolburu.