DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

Itv TEI.ECitAPn—rRESS AB3N., COPYRIGHT BUR WOOD MURDER. CHRISTCHURCH, June 19. No arrest has yet been made for the murder ol Gwendoline Scarff, who was found dead in the .scrub at Burwood on Wednesday afternoon. It is assumed that the murder took place that day. but it is stated that the police still seek information as to where the girl spent Tuesday night. She left the hotel where she had been staying on Tuesday, and deposited her heavy luggage at the Tramway Depot, and apparently took with her a nightdress and toilet requisites to spend the night elsewhere.

To-day a party of twenty police made a thorough .search of the scrub at tlie scene of the murder, but without finding anything likely to help in the investigations. Occasionally, men have camped in the scrub for days or weeks, and the search was for traces °f such people. The police, however, found none. In any ease, the murderer's weapon was a motor spanner, and the general belief is that the murderer either had a motor ear or had the use of one. BURWOOD MURDER. CHRISTCHURCH, June 00. Mystery still surrounds the Burwood Murder. Many clues have have been followed but (not one promises to give the desired result. There is reason to believe that while nt the Federal Hotel, the girl was not well supplied with money, and that she only paid her hill on Tuesday, after receiving assistance from someone.

TYPHOTD MENACE. AUCKLAND. June 18

Six cases of typhoid, involving three nurses in the Whang'trei District Hospital. and another five cases in one Maori family in the Bnv of Islands have Loon reported ti the District Health Ojeer during the past week.

The original of the Whangarei cases was that ol a male native from the same < minty, but from a different locality from the Maori family which has been stricken. Before liis case was recognised on Wednesday last, three nurses fell victims on June 10th. June 13th and June 15th. 'fllie other cases are those of a child and a young woman aged 19. The cases so far have been of a mild type. A BURGLARY. CHRISTCHURCH, June 19. Some time on Friday evening thieves entered the butchery of C. Wore and C’oy, Colombo Street, and stole a package containing 810 pennies. These had been left in the cooler which was not locked. The till, containing only three pennies was not touched.

valueless cheques. CHRISTCHURCH. June 19. Having avoided arrest since April 6th. Douglas Charles Hopewell. 28. described as a surveyor, was (barged, in the Police Court yesterday with obtaining F 8 8s by means of a valueless cheque.

It was stated by Detective Studholme that other charges were pernl-

llopewoll was remanded in custody

A SERIOUS OUTLOOK. TE K LITE .Tune 13.

Owning to the" continuous existing depression in the timber industry a sawmill at Poro-o-tarno, owned by the Knight Timber Company. Limited, (dosed down when some twenty men were paid off. This adds nn-ther score to the rapidly increasing ranks of timber workers in the King Country at present unemployed. For the past nine months the sawmills of the King Country, (if which there are a large number, have only been working five days per week. “As the majority of those employed are married men with lamilies depending entirely on their earnings, the seriouusness of the position calls tor ininiedite action on the part of the Government,” declared one of the men to an Auckland “Star” representative. If some measure of relict is not speedily fopheomi ng to remove the depresion. some hundreds of our families will he forced to face the three worst months of the year in straitened circumstances. We linve been losing Imm V)s to Cl per week continuously tor the past year, owing to decreased hours, and consequently have been unable to save anything—in iact, some ol us have not been able to pay our way.

Meetings of local bodies at Ohakuue and Taumarimni have passed strong resolutions, but so far without result. The matter is being taken up by the To Kuiti Chamber of Commerce.

BURGLARS’ RAID. AUCKLAND, June 18

Burglars made a big raid on the snialil township of Waiuku last night, breaking open with a jemmy four shops in Spring Street. Mr Naismith, fruiterer, left his safe open, and £25 was extracted while £2 was ustolen from Mrs Brinton’s restaurant. Tobacco and cigarettes were taken from Mi R. C. Wright’s shop. The doors of two shops in Bowen St. resisted the assault.

HYDRO ELECTRICITY. WELLINGTON, June 19

Hon. .1. G. Coates outlined the achievements of hydro-electricity in New Zealand on Saturday. He hoped the improved facilities would stop some of the drift from the country to the urban centres.

The total water power available in sources of 1000 horse-power or more is about 770.000 h.p. in the North Island and 4,110,000 m.p. in the South Island. The most important development of hydro-electric power is its extension to farming and dairying. The total number of electrically - driven milking machines at March 31, 1926. was 4856, compared with 3581 for 1925, and in 1923 there were 1310.

Regarding the ex pend it lire, All Coates said £5,733.000 had been spent to date, of which £4,293.000, had been spoilt in the North Island and £1,440.000 in the South Island. Fortytwo Power Boards have been formed, of the 54 provided for in the original scheme. Tbe total area covered by the Boards is 65.446 square miles, or 64 per cent of the Dominion’s area. The total population concerned is 863,041. or 61 per cent. The demand per person has greatly exceeded all expectations.

RELIEF WORKS. DUNEDIN. June 18

A special meeting of the City Council this morning decided to raise temporary finance to cover a £SOOO loan for relief works for unemployed, to pay twelve .shillings per day for married and nine shillings for single men. The effect of financing relief works will mean an increase of one penny in the pound on the rates next year. 80 urgent cases start work on Monday.

COURT-MARTIAL FINDING. HAWERA. June 20.

Guilty of all charges is the finding of the military court-martial that heard the allegations against Staff Sergt. Major. Warrant Officer Ist. da«s C. S. Mahoney,"'(wired on June 10th). The sentence follows : —To be reduced to the Tank of Staff Sergt. Major, Warrant Officer 2nd. class, and take rank precedence ax if the appointment bore the date of May 1993.

GAMBLING AT CHURCH BAZAAR. NAPIER. June 20. Five men. L. A. Kyle, G. Place, E. O’Donnell. G. Harder and J. McCa.sker for conducting a game of crown and anchor at a church bazaar, wen) lined £3 each and costs, this morning. The (Magistrate impounded £5 2s 6d which was found by tlie police when the raid was made.

NATIONAL BANK PROFIT. WELLINGTON. Juno 20.

Gatile advice has been received* by the General Manager of tlie National Rank of Now Zealand that the net profit for the year ended 31st. March last, after providing for bad and doubtful debts and after paying a bonus to the staff absorbing £15.000 sterling, amounted to £312,271. which with £173.044 brought forward from the previous year, leaves available for distribution £485.318. which it is proposed to allocate as follows—ln payment of a dividend at tlie rate of twelve per cent, and bonus of t per cent, per annum, £280,000; to premises account. £20.000: to pension fund. £9,549. Tlie balance to tie carried forward is £175.769. Tbe dividend and bonus are at the same rate as last venr.

WAR GRAVES. LONDON. June 19

A 1 the Tynecot Cemetery known graves include five winners of the Victoria Cross, and also 1311 Australians and 508 New Zealanders. The apse is inscribed with the names of 1179 New Zealanders who fell in Hie battle of Broodseitide anil the first battle of Piiscliendacle, whoso graves are known only unto God.

SPEED BOAT TURNED. AUCKI. VXD. June 20

The speed boat, Miss N. owned by R. M. Moves, was destroyed by lire off Orakei Wharf on Sunday afternoon. An explosion occurred as the boat was drifting from the wharf and she was quickly enveloped in Haines. The two ('■•(•npaiits dived over I lie side and swam ashore. The boat was uninsured and tbe loss is estimated between CBOD and £909.

I’RADE REPRESENTATIVES. AUCKLAND. June 20,

P. C. Harrison, manager of a San Francisco Brandi of the Bank of Montreal, and A. S. Minnion. manager of the same bank’s Foreign Department. arrived by the Aorangi yesterday and will spend some weeks in New Zealand investigating banking and trade conditions with reference to it lortain committee. Mr Harrison said New Zealand is laid in very high regard in Canada and Canada fjtnlil welcome any representatives of New Zealand traders. Eater they proceed to Australia and the Orient.

SUPREME COURT. AUCKLAND. June -20

Cecil Mark Brown was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the Supremo Court for breaking, entering, and theft. Justice Reed said the accused's plea that lie was out of work and had stolen to provide tor his wife and children would not hold water. sineeTie was serving a term of imprisonment for another offence. He bad been living a self-indulgent life, spending bis money on drink and amusement.

Walter Henry McConnell, convicted of forgery and false pretences, who had also broken his probation, was sentenced to three years’ gaol.

MOTOR CYCLISTS INJURED. WELLINGTON. June 20

Leonard Archibald Dark and his soil Philip Leslie Dark whilst riding a motor cycle came into collision last night, with a taxi cab in Upper Willis Street. The son suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, which may have to be amputated. The father had his right leg badly broken. Both are in the hospital.

PICKED UP BY MOTORIST. WELLINGTON, June 20. All unknown man was picked up by 11 passing motorist 011 the Halt Road on Saturday night. The man is suffering from serious head injuries and lies unconscious in the hospital.

SQUALLY WEATHER. WELLINGTON. June 20. Miserably cold squally weather prevailed at the week-end with occasional driving sleet and showers. 3 lie hills across the harbour showed a .coating of snow on the high grounds.

A BURGLARY. DARGARVILLE, June 20. Some time between 5 p.m. oil Friday night and 8 a.m. on Saturday morning M. J. Nelson’s general store at Whatoro was broken into and a heavy safe taken outside and broken with a sledge hammer and iron bar. The amount stolen consists of £7 in notes. Ibe thieves also took about 20 shillings in cash from the till and a ledger and cash book. The safe was damaged beyond repair. The police have the matter in band. No arrest lias yet been made. THEFT OF CARS. AUCKLAND, June 20.

At tbe Police Court. Raymond Patrick Letton, aged 35, who admitted converting to bis own use two motorcars, valued at £650 and £250 respectively, was sentenced to five months gaol.