DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1927, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BT TELEGRAPH—rER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] GAMBLING RAID. AUCKLAND, June 12. Detectives raided a room on the fifth floor of the Chatfield Buildings, Customs Street at ten o’clock last night, and arrested over thirty men who were later charged with being found in a common gaining house. It is stated the police made their way upstairs and silenced the doorkeeper. They then rushed inside, and surrounded a table at which a number of men were sitting and slinking a box of dice. Money and various apparatus was seized before those present realised the position. While an exhaustive search was in progress, one or two other men entered the room, and were also arrested. One man was charged with keeping a common gaming house.

PADEREWESKI. WELLINGTON. June 12. M. Paderewski will give a final pianoforte recital in Wellington, the proceeds of which he will give for the immediate relief of the necessitous eases of the New Zealand soldiers who served in the Great War.

MORE IMMIGRANTS. AUCKLAND. June 13. The liner Remuera, which arrived front Southampton last night, brought thirty hoys, who are coming to New Zealand under the Cluireli of England Settlement Scheme, in charge of Rev F. Harty, of Frankton Junction.

Owing to the operation of winter restrictions on immigration, there were only 79 general immigrants. Of the total of 109 hoys and general immigrants, 5-1 arc for Auckland, 21 for Wellington. II for New Plymouth. 3 for Greymouth, 5 each lor Lyttelton and Timaru, *1 for Dunedin, 2 for Bluff and one for Gisborne.

At Bishops Court this afternoon eleven of the hoys were confirmed by Archbishop Averill, after which the party was entertained at tea. During the voyage one of the hoys. Reginald Burcheil. was operated upon for internal abscess by Dr W. J. Tl.j llislop. of Wellington, who was return-! ing from a holiday abroad, assisted by Dr Watson, the ship’s surgeon, and Nurse K. Shorter, a passenger. An operating theatre and table wore improvised in the third class men’s washhouse. wlicli was thoroughly sterilised. The ship was run dead slow during the period of the operation, occupying two hours and forty minutes, to eliminate vibration. The patient made a wonderful recovery, and when the ship arrived at Auckland he was able to sit up in b#d. However, his condition was such as to necessitate his removal to the hospital for treatment. The ship’s third wireless operator, Geoffrey liulbert, developed acute appendicitis lasi Friday, and again Dr llislop. assisted by Dr Matson and Nurse L. Aston, operated successfully under the same circumstances, the time occupied being one hour and forty minutes.

MAORI CHIEF DEAD. ( HIIISTCHURCH, June 12

On Saturday flic death occurred of Hone Tiako, aged 77 years, Chief of the Unpaid and Port Levy Maoris, lie was a nephew of John Tikao. one of the chieftains who signed the Ngailalni land transfer, by which nearly the whole of Canterbury was ceded to the British. Hone Tikao had the largest claim under the Ngaitalii land claims, which are now being considered.