DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1927, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) FRAUD CHARGE. GEEYMOUTH, Sept. 15. Robert Henry Brochie, 23, alias Edward C. Cross, with previous convictions for theft at Dunedin, this morning was fined a total of £ls in default two months, for defrauding a Greymouth hotel keeper of £5 for hoard and lodging. He pleaded guilty.

ROUGH LAUNCH TRIP. PONTON, Sept. 15. A 50-foot launch which left Wanganui on Wednesday week with a crew of one European, Bowman, the owner, and three Maoris. Jlnpi Hogg, Wire Heremia, and T. Potaka, experienced engine trouble and drifted down the coast, eventually making Kapiti island on Sunday, with tho crew almost starving men. They received attention from the residents and the engines were rectified. A start was made on the return journey on Monday, hut engine trouble again was experieened. After difficulty the vessel made Foxton under sails on 1 uesdny morning, whore the engines will be completely overhauled prior to making the last stage of the trip back to AAangnnui. For three days and nights the men wore without food or water, rough weather being experienced-

DEFENCE ACT OATH. GISBORNE, Sept. 15. A youth uho refused to take the oath of allegiance, required under the Defence Act came before the Magistrate tliis morning. Leslie Bugden said be refused to take the oath for religions reasons, but he admitted in Court that no one had told him not to, and that his father advised him to take it. Even when asked by the Magistrate to take the oath, Bugden still refused and was fined the maximum penalty of £5. Mr Levvey. S.M. warning him that if he persisted and did not pay the fine, he would be sentenced to gaol for fourteen days.

MAORI FILM. WHAKATANE. Sepi. 15. Ruddall Hayward, a picture producer returned from Ike Grew a country with Guide T. Davis ibis morning. having secured the first motion pictures ever made of Maungapoliatu mountain village, of- the prophet. Rua and his wives. Tho producer was given a. great reception bv natives. A feast dance was held in Ids honour. Unique pictures of lialii fighting, t lie sacred mountain of Maungapoliatu and modes of living were secured. The entire village took part in tho final scenes of the Te Tvoot-i trial film, some of Te Kooti’s original warriors taking part.

ASSAULT CHARGE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 15. Milrov Thomas Smillie, -3, was charged with assaulting Sophia Shepherd oil September 7th, so as to cause actual bodily harm. Ho was committed For trial on hail of £2OO.

Complainant said she married Thomas Shepherd eighteen months’ ago at Wellington. She went with her husband who was a vaudeville artist to South Africa and left him. Subsequently sbe met- accused, who was filth engineer on the Mnheno on n vo\ngo from Sydney to ’Wellington. She subsequently corresponded with him. On September 2nd. Smillie called on her and offered her marriage. She declined, and he persisted, and on September 7th he got into a- tempei and struck her on the head with a hammei. She thought it was an accident. He hud a sheath knife in his hand. Accused in a statement to the police had admitted striking complainant. He did not intend to kill her. Accused reserved his defence.