DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1927, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—l’er Press Association.) UNREGISTERED BARMAID. AUCKLAND, Oct. 14. At the Police Court to-day a young woman, Frances Caroline Devlin, was charged with being an unregistered barmaid who assisted the licensee of an hotel in the commission of an offence. “I am afraid that race is very rare and is starting to get extinct,” said Mr R. A. Singer. •‘Yes,” observed Mr Hunt. ‘‘There have been no barmaids licensed since 1920.” ‘•Evidently an observant constable noted her youthful appearance,” said Mr Singer. “She was out of employment and succumbed to the temptation of taking her sister’s license and us-

ing it.” Senior Sergeant McCarthy said that when Sergeant Densford interviewed the defendant, the hitter denied everything. Tn the end .she practically threw the certificate at him and told him to do what he liked witli® it. ATr Singer: And evidently he did. The Senior Sergeant mentioned in passing that he was on the West Coast before the Act began to operate and there was a general rush for registration. Defendant was fined £1 and costs. As a sequel, F. G. Young, the hotel licensee was charged with employing an unregistered barmaid. Air Terrv, who appeared lor defendant and pleaded not guilty, said that at the time of the offence he had only just taken over the hotel. There were two barmaids there then, and both produced their certificates. One was Aliss Devlin. Defendant had been told that Aliss Devlin was trading bn her sister's certificate and lie spoke to her hut she denied it. AY hen she was found out she left the hotel. The police, while submitting that whether -or not defendant know about the .matter an offence had been committed. did mt suggest anything improper against the licensee. I “The licensee did all that he could ! have done by interviewing tho woman. I The ease is a trivial one and will l>e I dismissed.” said Afr Hunt.

FARMERS’ VIEWS. CAAfBIUDGE, Oct,. 15. Alild rain fell all night, tho first since September 27th. Tt will do a great amount of good to the country, and has been hailed with delight. The Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company resolved against the operation of Daylight Saving, on the ground that it was detrimental to the quality of the produce, and would entail hardship on farmers and their wives. The same company telegraphed to the Minister of Finance protesting against the increased duty on dairy appliances especially tho 10 per cent, imposed on imported churns. It also passed a resolution urging that control should bo amended by withdrawing the compulsory clauses, and that no further levies should he made on butterfat until the reserve fund is used up.

THE TASMAN BLIGHT. WELLINGTON, Oct. 10. No decision has vet been reached by the responsible authorities in New Zoaland on the question as to whether or not Lieutenant Frewin, the Queensland aviator, will lie permitted lo make his projected flight across the Tasman from Auckland to Sydney. The Commonwealth Government declined to allow Lieutenant Frewin to make, the flight from Australia to New Zealand on the ground that the machine lie intended to use was unsuitable for the purpose, the principal objection being that the machine was a land one and that therefore the flight was likely to be attended by fatal results should it come down in the sea. Lieutenant Frewin was reported in the Press news from. Australia last week as having made arrangements to ship his machine to Auckland by tho Aorangi on her next voyage, and that he had added additional fuel tanks. Tt is expected that when the aeroplane arrives in New Zealand ii will he inspected by the New Zealand Air Force experts, and that on their report the Government will decide whether or not Lieutenant Frewin shall ho allowed to make the flight. AfATL EXCHANGE.

IMPORTANT R AII AVAY. INVENTION. WELLINGTON. Oct, IC. Successful experiments have been carried out by the railway and postal departments in tho development of mail exchange apparatus for picking up and setting down mailbags at country stations where train stops are infrequent. The lack, of stops severely curtails mail deliveries at points which are traversed by fast, trains, hut. if postal bags can lie picked up and dropped at high speed there will be no difference between the facilities at small stations and those at terminals. With this idea, officers of the Railway Department have been experimenting for several months. They first designed an overhead exchanging apparatus, hut a more promising method has proved to 1 ■ one fitted to the side of the mail van. It. tail be turned up out of pe wav when not in use. Another part of the exchanger stands on the station platform well clear of traffic. The mailbag to be collected is suspended by a large steel

ring, while the mail van carries on a similar apparatus thr hag to be dropped. When the train passes the station one ling is swinging off the van to the stationary stand and the other is collected. The transfer has been effected at speeds up to fifty-five miles ail hour.

The "Prime Minister witnessed an experiment, on the liutt line on Sunday morning when this speed was .attained. a bag being collected while another was simultaneously delivered to tho testing point. * SPEED LIMIT ON LIGHT CARS HAMILTON. Oct. 15. Reserved judgment in the ease brought by the Waipa County Council against Erie Times Jones, service car driver, for travelling at a speed of over 25 pules per hour on county roads, was given by Air Wyvern Wilson, S.M. to-day. The validity of the by-law was attacked by Jones'. In dismissing the charge, the magistrate said ho was of the opinion that the Council was exceeding its express powers in endeavouring to impose throughout its district similar restrictions on light as on heavy vehicles. The limit of speed imposed on light cars was, in the magistrate’s opinion, unreasonable. having regard to the small amount of damage they did to the roads.

THREE BOYS DROWNED. CHRISTCHFRCH. Oct, 17. A. shocking drowning tragedy occurred at Woolston this afternoon, resulting in the death of three boys. The names of the victims are: — John Dowling', aged 11. George Eden, aged 8. Alexander Eden, aged 6. Rome time between 4 and 4.30 p.m. the bovs-toek an old boqt which was lying in tho Heatheote River, near the tramway tanks, and set out for a row. The boat had only a few

inches of freebroml and according to tho statement of a little girl, who first gave the alarm, it had not gone far before it capsized and disappeared. The girl. May Dowling, aged 0, a sister of tlie eldest bov in the boat was apparently the only person who witnessed the tragedy. She at once ran to the home of her parents at 913, Ferry Road, and gave the alarm. The parents rushed to the river bank, 'but there was no sign of the boys or the bout. The police were immediately notified, and some time elapsed before n boat and crew could be obtained to search the river with dragliooks. (However, a search party eventually Iproceeded about four or five clniiins . downstream, {when the body of George Eden was recovered. The rising tide compelled the abandonment of a further search till tomorrow morning, when it is expected that the other two bodies and the boat will he recovered.

£SO tSTOLEN. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 17. On Friday night, the house of George Oliver Sey, at St. Albans, was entered by thieves and the sum of fifty pounds stolen. Sey had withdrawn this unusually large sum from the hank and it was in "the house. The intruder gained entrance by means of an open window during the absence 1 of flu* lamily. and the scone of disorder he 'eft behind him bore evidence ot the thori ugliness ot his search. The* money niily was taken. LOCAL LOANS. WELLINGTON. Oct. 17. At. a meeting of the Local Government Loans Board, forty-seven applications from local authorities lor loans totalling £1.433.035. were dealt with. Thirty-I hreo new loans for £1,02.2.-... including seven frr £15.209 for unemployment relief works and se>c.. renewal loans for €398,009 were sanctioned. Loans and portions el loans totalling £352.375, were deferred, pending further enquiries, and sanctions for €30.352 were declined. MASiSEY AfE.MORTAL. WELLINGTON, Oct. 37.

A. meeting of tho Alnssey Memorial Board was held yesterday afternoon The Prime Aliiiistei* announced that the design of the memorial at Point Halswell had been finally approved, mid that the report of Afr Hursl Seager, consulting architect, with illustrations and a detailed description of the memorial, would be published for general information on Wednesday. The model of the memorial. which k at present in Parliament House, "ih be exhibited ill Wellington in tlie course of a few days. The Prime Minister inrlher c' l mated that the Board had approved of the use of white marble from a part of the Takaka quarries, which had not previously been opened un. and which has been most favourably reported upon by the Department ol Scientific and Industrial Research. DEATH OF LADY BRUNTON. AUCKLAND, Oct. 17. Lady Bnmton, the wife of Sir AYillinni Brunton, ex-Lord Alayc.r ol Melbourne, died in a private hospital in Auckland yesterday. With her husband. Lady Brunton was returning lo Afelbournc from a trip to Europe and America. They were passengers on the Aorangi, which arrived at Auckland from Vancouver last ATonday morning. Lady Brunton .became ill on the voyage to Auckland, and as soon as the ship berthed, she was removed to the private hospital. An operation was performed and Lady Brunton rallied, but a relapse followed. BOOK.MAKI.NG PROSECUTION. . ROTORUA. Oct. 17. To-day, before Air AY. G. R. Kcnriek, S.AL, Mori Alan (Mr Roe) was charged with keeping a common gaming house oil Moore's Buildings; and Geoffrey Rogers (Mr Carten) with assisting him. The former pleaded guilty, and the latter not guilty. l)o----leclivc Sweeney (1 lainilfon) prosecut- . ed. I lls' case lasted all day, and will liuish to-morrow. MEAT BOARD’S PENDING POWERS. WELLINGTON, Oct. 17. In the .Meat Board case, before the Full Court, the Bench did not call on Air Myers to reply for the Board, .-ii:d said that they would prefer to givr their decision in writing.