DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) £2O FIXE EUR. CRuEL'J V. WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. At the Magistrate's Court, Samuel Parsons, a farmer of Kairanga, was charged with ill-treating five cows and one bullock, by driving or permitting them to he driven from Kairanga to Longburn while in an unfit state, and also with causing these animals to be conveyed from Longburn to Xgaliauranga in a manner causing unnecessary suffering.

The inspector for S.P.C.A. said the animals hoofs, had apparently rotted oil', leaving the stumps raw and inflamed. Witness thought the trouble was due to fescue grass getting into the clefts of the feet and setting up poisoning.

The head drover at the Meat Works sait! that unless the animals arrived sound, they were quite unfit to be diiveu any distance, and were killed as quickly as possible to put them out of their misery. Counsel for tin- defendant said that foot trouble from fescue bad been, prevalent in the Karanga district. Seme of Parson’s cattle had been destroyed. but these six bad recovered though they bad lost their hoofs. They were sold as “boners,” and Parsons took three days to drive them from Karanga to Loiigbui'n, making special pads for their feet. 'lire defendant, in evidence, said the bad leet in every ease had become eallused over before the animals wore driven, and tho pads adequately pro tooted their feet, and he had done all that was possible to conserve the beast's condition.

Two neighbours testified that cattle in the condition in -which these ones were could be fattened, and that Parsons had not. shown any cruelly. A larnier lard to got. all he could out of his farm to make ends meet. The Magistrate said that, even * hough Parsons had bound up the feet bis action in driving the animals eight miles was unnecessary and unreasonable A line Ol twenty pounds was i rn posed.

DAX'CE HALL THIEVES GAOLED

X'FW PLYMOUTH. Aug. I. I belts ol overcoats and other articles of clothing From dance halls resulted m two labourers. Roy William Spencer, 28. and Herbert Stewart, 3(1, appearing before tile Court to-day! Spencer pleaded guilty to seven charges, involving articles valued at ■'£32 ss. Stewart admitted two charges ot thelt and three of receiving. Spencer was sentenced to twelve months' and Stewart to six months' both with hard labour.

THIEF’S SENTENCES. WELLINGTON. Julv 28.

1 luce months’ imprisonment, concurrent with the sentence at present being served by Thomas Christian Jensen, lor breac h of probation lieenso was imposed on film to-day on each of two charges of theft of saddles ami bridles, and one of the theft of a horse. One saddle and bridle was taken near Paten, tho other and the- horse' at Manakau. Arc-used recently got a mouth’s imprisonment for conversion e.f a motor car.

MEAT COY MEETING. WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. At a mooting of the Goar A Ton t Coy to consider amendments in the article of association, nltering the voting power. Mild fixing the remuneration to chairman and the directors, there was considerable opposition shown. The lir.st motion (re voting power) was lost on voices. The second motion proposed 1o fix the chairman's honorarium at '£6oo per annum and the directors at £ I TOO between them. This also was lost on the voices. On a poll being demanded, lhe .motion was again lost. Sir Francis Bell then said:—“Well you are ceasing to express confidence in us, and its about time that some of us got away." El lit: AT 1.0 WEI I II ITT. WELLINGTON, Aug. I. A house in course of erection was destroyed by tire oil .Moiling Hills, near Lower IliitC to-night. There was no water supply available for Hie Lower Hiitf Brigade. SC HOOL BEEN I' PALMERSTON X., July Ml. The Polinngiua. School, two roams, was destroyed by lire on Saturday evening. The origin is unknown.

large house burned. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 1. A. large unoccupied house in River Load, Dallington, was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon. 3he house was insured for £4OO in the ’Union Office, and was owned by .Mrs L. Kibble-White and Miss 15. S. Bauglian. LOCO MAN’S DENIAL. WELLINGTON. Aug. L 11. Colder, of the goods train wrecked mi Saturday night whoA the engine ran into a slip on the line just before reaching the viadin i, 'crossing the Hiitt Road inia Thermion Station, denies emphatically that he jumped from the engine, stating he was still (, n board when the train stopped. and that the train was just crawling along at the time of the accident. WORKER FATALLY CRUSHED. WAIPUKUIiAU. Aug. 1. An accident at Waipukurau to a telegraph employee, while staying a pole at To Ante at midday, terminated fatally this afternoon, the victim. Edward Joseph Casey, aged 8» years, dying in the Waipukurau Hospital from lning severely crushed. He was in a hole around a post, when the.staying gave way through the anchors slipping in the very sodden giouud. The pole had to be jacked from the unfortunate man. who received prompt medical attention. He leaves a widow and one child. An impicst will be held to-morrow.

VITAL STATISTICS. CHRISTCHURCH. Aug. 1. Following were the vital statistics for the month of July (those for July 1 being in parentheses): Births 208 (103) ; deaths 157 i 235): marriage no. tices 70 (83). For the seven months from Januar? to July the figures were: Births 1.4(50 1.46:0: deaths 71? (701); marriage notices 650 (IL2). AN OTAGO BURGLARY. DUNEDIN. Aug. 1. During the week end the Wontworth Tea Rcoins, at the corner of Custom House, Makare, were burglariously entered. The safe was cut open and £BO in money was abstracted from it. An entrance was effected bv forcing a back door, and the thief or fhTcve-t got cletiv away. Tit? bullets bnv-a the pin Her iti band.