DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1927, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

BY TF.LEGJI.IPII —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. DOUBLE TRAG EDYt CHRISTCHURCH, June 28. Shortly before midnight on Saturday, Frederick Charles Davis, the man who killed his wife and then committed suicide, on Sunday morning, wrote a letter to his sister residing in Christchurch, and posted it liefore going to bed. The letter, which was delivered yesterday ,throws additional light on the motive for the crime. Davis, iu his last note, expressed regret that tlie course he was about to take would cause distress to his relatives. He <leseri!x-d himself as half mad with shock, as a result of a discovery he had made on his return from Auckland recently, as to his wife’s relationship with another man. He spoke of a visit His, wife made to Timaru with a woman friend, while he was away.

Two other letters were enclosed with the letter Davis wrote to his sister, one from Mrs Davis to her woman friend, and the other to the murdered woman from the man whose name was “Dick.” This letter referred to his attachment to .Mrs Davis.

ROCKET FLASKS AT DANCES. AUCKLAND. June 27.

“It is a saddening thing that young moil and maidens cannot enjoy a dance without a hip-pocket flask being produced. and both males and females oa'nnot got through their evening without their ‘spot.’ Auckland’s face is blazed with such disfigurements, which produce results rotten to the core and the manners of .the poultry yard.”

These remarks were made by tho Rev AA T . Lawson Marsh at St Paul’s Church. Devonport. last evening when speaking to a large congregation, which included many of the voting people of the combined Bible classes of the church. The speaker said that they were up against one of the largest propositions that could he laced, loss of character of the young people, who should he the country’s greatest asset. The loose lips atid weak eyes of many young men and women told of dissipation. Some of the things that went on would make a pagan sick at heart. AA’hat went on at s-’tiie dances was a shame and a disgrace, and led to the wreck of character.

A STOLEN BATTERY. PALMERSTON N., June 2-3. With numerous previous convictions, Laurie Davies, a carpenter. 22 years of age. who appeared before Mr J. L, Stout. S.M. in the Magistrate’s Court this morning on a charge of stealing a motor-cycle battery valued at £6 IPs, was senteiued to one month’s imprisonment. The theft occurred at Eeihling in December of last year.

Detective Russell, win prosecuted, told the Magistrate that the owner of the motor-cycle had left it parked at the I cilding races on tile date mentioned. only to find on his return, to the machine that the battery had been removed. Only yesterday he had identified the battery on a motor-cycle in Palmerston North.

Having read accused’s list of previous convictions, His Worship did not, consider that lie could allow accused probation. “Owners of motor-cars and motor cycles have to he protected from thefts of this kind,” ho said, in sentencing the accused.

ADVERTISING NEW ZEALAND. AN AMERICAN CONTRAST. BELLING'I ON, June 27. -As a further means of making New Zealand more widely known in ‘the I'.S.A. and Canada, the Government has decided to link up with the Foster Travel Information Service, New York, which is one of the biggest organisations of its kind, if not the biggest in America. The Service, which will be participated in for twelve months, includes a comprehensive distribution of literature, advertising space in the principal newspapers. window displays, etc.. and intensive publicity work as undertaken by 32 separate offices ‘ throughout the States and Canada. The Government Publicity Office, to produce propaganda literature equal to world standard requirements, has 1 >ee-n particularly successful, judging by oversea testimonials which have reached the Prime Minister concerning the first publication of the new series, the brochure entitled, “New Zealand, Paradise of the Pacific."

Some who sent congratulatory le(ters are:—Admiral R. E. Coontz, of the American Fleet, who calls it a wonderful book, the most beautiful of its character ever come within their notice: ATr T. Feilden. edifor-in-<liief of tho “Empire Mail,” who thinks the slogan “Paradise of tilie Pacific,” the most attractive one yet issued by any British Dominion ; the Mayor of San Francisco; tlie Canadian Aiinister for Finance, the Hon. Air Robb ; Lord Islington, a former GovernorGeneral ; and Sir Lionel Halsey, formerly in charge of the H.M.S. New Zealand.

ALLEGED “RINGING-IN.” AUCKLAND, June 27. The arrest of AY. McCarthy, on a charge of being implicated in an alleged fraud with a man named Mathieson, is one of the sensations of the year in trotting circles. Briefly, the allegation against .McCarthy and Mathieson is that they raced in Australia under the name of Gathered Gold, the well-known Auckland pacing mare, Promenade. Fur some months past there have been rumours that the trotting authorities in Australia were much concerned about a mare, which, it was alleged, had been raced successfully at more than one meeting under a name which did not disclose her true identity, and only a fortnight ago a cable indicated that at any moment actum might be taken. Records I how that it is just (wo years since Promenade, an aged bay marc- by Logan Pointer from Queen s Drive, last raced in the Dominion, the occasion being when she ran unplaced in the Adams Memorial Cup of 192->. won bv Goldman. During the season she faced the starter 21 times for two wins and two thirds, her best pe>‘i formanoe being in the Oxford Handi- ! cap. a mile saddle race, at the Easter Meeting of the Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington. Starting second favourite she won coniform biy by two lengths and covered the mile in 2.11 4-5. Subsequently, she was handicapped by the late Mr F. A Edwards for the Autumn Meeting oi the Auckland Trotting Club on 2.11. Promenade raced in the nomination of \V. McCarthy, and as mentioned above her last appearance in tlie Dominion in a race was on May. oth, 1925. -