DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1927, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

A BODY FOUND. ! 1 TIS KU.ITI, Oct. 3. The police received word last night? dint the remains of a man were found lhout two miles from Ivopaki, near Mannpeehi stream, in a remote, almost inaccessible place, surrounded by high •liffs. The police found the body decomposed and an inquest was held, but produced no evidence of identification. The body was that of a man between fifty-five and sixty years, height, five feet ten inches; of slight build; wearing a dark brown striped suit; grey flannel trousers; size lime boot. The theory is that the unknown man was going from the camp to a stream for water, as be bad a tin tied round bis neck and that death was file to starvation or exhaustion. The man’s camp was under Tomo at the bottom of a high cliff, where il is reported settlers have never been. The inquest was adjourned. HOWS EH PUMP QUESTION. DUNEDIN. Oct. 3. Holding that defendants premises being a garage, the defendants were entitled to express exemption grant'd bv the section. Magistrate Bundle lismissed information against a firm if petrol bowser proprietors that they -old petrol on Sunday within view ol a public place. The Magistrate held that the service station lay between the ordinary garage where ears were housed and repairs affected and the bowser station, and miming repairs effected at such station constituted a garage. HAH) ON CHINESE PREMISES. WELLINGTON, Oct. 1. Edward John 'Burton, aged 24, and Thomas Bolgers. aged 40, who pleaded guilty to being found in a common gaming house lollowing raids on ( liinese premises in Homing and Taranaki Streets, were each fined £2. Charges of keeping the houses were preferred against three Chinese, hut as these will he defended a remand was agreed to. Morris Owens, aged (>-. who is defending a charge of being found oil gaming premises, was also remanded. NEW AWARD FOR SHOP ASSISTANTS. WELLINGTON. Oct. 1. A new award for shop assistants lias boon filed. Closing times in Wellington are 5.33 p.ni.; 9 o’clock on the late night, and 12.15 p.ni. on Saturday. In Dunedin the times are: 5.30 p.ni.. 9 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. The general (losing time outside these places is (! p.m., Saturdays 12.30 p.m., late night 9 o’clock. Rotorua is excepted from this schedule. RAILWAY ENGINES. STATEMENT BY MR COATES. WELLINGTON, Get. 2.

i! Referring to questions raised on Friday night on the Railway Estimates. I tho Prime Minister said that in regard ' to Diesel electric ears, lie had had the . i opportunity of meeting Air Brooks, ■ the expert of the Canadian National Railways, who was looked upon as knowing more about that type than ! anyone else. The Canadian Railways j had apparently concentrated upon it. as I being the intermediate to something j better. ’l’lie engines were, of course, j being built in Canada, lie bad seen tbc engines and ears, and Air Brooks bad admitted that they could not be , 1 looked on as tlie last tiling, though in , bis opinion for tbe work it bad to do. . 1 tbe Diesel electric was the best in . 1 existence so far. They were not used H for long distances but for short dis- . ; tanees with a trailer. The New Zea- , I land Department was in close touch ' with everyone from whom information . I could be obtained. He bad seen the engines working in Canada and bad I ridden in them. The cost would have ! to be got down to something economiI cal before they could lie used in New H Zealand. The storage petrol ear was . | very fine, and tlie running cost was I satisfactory, blit the capital cost was . | heavy, about £13,500. Nearly three . I steam railways ears could be got for ! j that sum. The British were concentrating on such steam ears. AVhetlier . j that or the Diesel, or the storage battery. was tlie solution of tbe difficulty was a question. Meantime, New Zealand was benefiting from the experience of other countries, and as soon ns tTie Department- knew wliat tlie solution was, it would lie able to come into line. IMMIGRATION EVASIONS. WELLINGTON, Oct. 1. The immigration restrictions in New. Zealand bare contained a loophole, and Chinese and Hindus, particularly in Auckland, have been enabled to gain entrance to tbe country, and by evasion of the authorities after the time of their permit to visit the country has expired, have given trouble to tbe Customs. Regulations recently gazetted aim at stopping this practice. It lias been tbe custom for relatives of Chinese or Hindus to come to the Dominion on a visit and where there 1 lias been evasion the plea, lias always j been made by the offender, after ar-j rest, that bo was penniless and unable' to return to the port where be gained admittance to tbe country. Tn some instances tbe Customs have been put to quite a lot of expense and trouble before being able to deport a man, though they have not often been called on t o pay his fare back to his own | country. 'Hie new regulations aim at ( preventing tbe Dominion from being put to any further expense as the re-1 suit of evasion of tbe immigration! laws. After November Ist, tbe Cits-j toms Department may require of anyj immigrant entering tlie country on I temporary permit a deed from a resi-j dent of tbe Dominion, guaranteeing* that the Government will Ik? reimbursed for any expenses incurred for maintenance, relief, 'arrest, or detention of tbe visitor rendered necessary through bis default. Public bodies are similarly guaranteed their expenditure. It is anticipated that the number of permits sought may fall off. but that there will be much less trouble than formerly, for tbe countrymen of visitors, who issue tlie deed, will co-oper-ai? with the authorities when they ’ have a personal liability in respect of ‘ the immigrant. 1

SHOOTING ACCIDENT. BLENHEIM. Oct. 3. While shooting pigs in Polorus, Gordon Bookman, of Wellington, was shot in the arm by a .44 soft-nosed bullet. It entered his forearm, inflicting a very nasty wound, and it appears to have travelled right along the forearm and out through the hand. Bookman was brought into Wairau Hospital by his brother. M. Bookman. He is an old Havelock hot*, now residing in Wellington, and it is understood that he was on a shooting expe” with a party of friends. I>ut details are meagre.