DOMINION NEW.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1927, Page 4

DOMINION NEW.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. MEMBERS’ SALARIES. NO INCREASE AT PRESENT. WELLINGTON. Nov. I. ! From a. question asked in the House to-day bv Mr Atmore (Nelson) it is oil|ir that the Government lines not intend this session to make any in- i crease in the honorarium paid to members of Parliament. | In the course of a very long state- ! meat, which he described as a question. Mr Atmore proceeded to review the circumstances of members’ re- • quests for an incrtlise, but Mr Speaker 1 intervened after the Prime Minister had risen to a point ol order. Mr Atmore made it clear that apart . from Cabinet only six members of Hie House had not handed in a signed . statement notifying that they were i in favour of an increase in view of the , fact that the country's outlook was j brighter to-day than when the Prime • Minister made his statement last year, ' that the ißittcr could he considered in 1927. Would the Government repeal the ministerial travelling allowance of fcg per day above actual expenses and i free house or £2OO house allowance? , The Prime Minister slid he had not been given proper notice of the qucs- j lion. Jt would he advisable to have the question and attached remarks placed on the Order Paper anil it would be given an answer. Mr Coates .added that lie had given j the member for Dunedin South (Mr Sidey) an answer to a request that | hail been made. The Prime Minister: It was not a j written answer. Mr Atmore: No; then it was a verb- : al answer. j The Prime Minister: The written ' answer will come in due course. HUS SERVICES FIGHT’. WELLINGTON. Nov. I j It is understood that negotiations | for the purchase ol the Mutt Valley | bus services by the Railway Departinput have broken down. Jt is stated on good authority that the linlil offer of the Department has been refused by the private owners, and that the Railway Department lias already notified the Wellington City Council it intends putting buses on the road. The present services intend fighting the Government to the lasl ditch, anil in order to cut down overhead expenses they will possibly amalgamate lo form one company. ILLEGAL FOR PUBLICANS. WELLINGTON. Nov. I. Nothing hut cash or cheques or money orders limy he accepted by hotelkeepers in payment for liquor. This fact, though not generally known, was made clear in Court toilav. when Cox Gordon, licensee of the Thistle Inn Hotel, admitted having received in settlement of an account a quantity of cigarettes. “The section of the Act under which the charge is laid is a penal one, and must be strictly construed,” said Mr Salmon, S.M. “It is quite clear it precludes any transactions such as the present one, though they may he carried out in good faith. It is quite apparent defendant has committed an offence and I want' to suppress the practice. I shill, however, impose a nominal penalty of £1 and costs.'’

BLOWING OF MOTOR-HORNS. AUCKLAND. Nov. 4. AVhen a truck driver was being cross-examined in the Supreme Court to-day, he admitted that he had not blown his horn when approaching U van driven by a man who was subsequently killed. Mr Justice Reed (to counsel): Do you suggest that ho should have done so ’( Counsel : Certainly. His Honor said he was absolutely agonist lolliisel on this |K)iiit. ft would be a perfect nuisance if trucks went down the street blowing their horns at every vehicle they passed. Me. should certainly say he regarded defendant's neglect to sound his horn as no evidence of negligence at all. ILLEGAL WHJTEBAJT FISHING. FOXTON, Nov. 5. For ille 4 illy fishing for whitebait in a drain at Mnnawatu Heads fines ranging from £2 to £1 were imposed against five men a,nil two women by the Magistrate. The closing of this oreek, by an Order-in-Council. was followed by feuds between whitebait fishermen for positions along . its bank.

SUPREME COURT SITTING

IN A PRIVATE HOUST

ASHBURTON, Nov

There was the unusual occurrence of a sitting of the Supreme Court in a private house which took place this morning on the agreement of all the parties in the action in Roberts versus Bank of New Zealand and the remaining members of the family "I the late E. Cf. Wright. Justice Adams heard the evidence of one of the defendants Mrs Harriet Myra Wright, widow of E. G. M right at.' her residence. The parties recognise that owing to Mrs Wright’s '-ige and nhysic-al disabilities, it would not he reasonable to ask her to attend the court at Christchurch. Several counsel appeared lor too various parties interested.

BENZINK EXPLODES

WANGANUI, Nov. I

1,. |.\ Carvel!. a well-known carrier of Wanganui, had an exciting experience at Fern Flat yesterday afternoon. While returning from the King Country with a load, he was in the act of putting benzine in the tank when an explosion occurred. The front of His clothing was scorched and his eyebrows singed. The flames quickly enveloped the lorry and goods. CAR FALLS 120 FEET. WELLINGTON. Nov. fi. Karon Road and Norway Street were this morning the scene of a tragedy. Mr J. Caughley, late Director ol Education. and recently appointed Director of Education for Fiji, was returning from church in his motor car, with Mrs Caughley and family, when on turning a corner on the Karon Road, he observed a hoy on a bike. Each tried to avoid the other, the hoyswinging outwards. Mr Caugliley’s car struck the hike, and the hoy. bike and car went over a 120-feet bank on to Norway Street below. The car turned over twite, and during the fall, Mrs Caughley was killed being jammed under the car, and her throat was severely cut. Mr Caughley received a severe cut across thr nose. The hoy badly hurt his ankle, and the other occupants of the car received bruises and suffered from shock.

BABY’S BODY FOUND. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 0. The dead body of a baby was found wrapped in brown paper on the bank of the River Avon yesterday afternoon. A boy who found tlie body immediately informed the police, who are making inquiries.

CHILD DROWNED. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. (1. Charles M. Clark, aged 5, was found drowned in a mill dam adjacent to a sawmill on the Lincoln Road, of which his father is manager. It is surmised that the child was playing near the dam and fell in. GUY FAWKES DAY. WELLINGTON. Nov. C. Guy Fawkes day passed with the usual boyish enthusiasm and an absence of fires. POWER BOARD’S LORRIES. TIMAIUI, Nov. 5. At the Supreme Court, Judge Adams heard a case in which the Timaru Borough Council claimed that the South Canterbury Power Hoard’s two motor lorries should he subject to tax under the motor lorry regulations. ! The Hoard contended that their lorries were not subject to tax, because ■ they were not “ commercial ’ vehicles. * The case was gone into exhaustively ! and finally the Judge, after quoting 1 numerous authorities, upheld me Power Hoard’s view, and gave costs against the Borough Council. | r -’ . _ DIED IN CHURCH. DUNEDIN, Nov. (i. The death occurred to-day. in the First Church, of William C oulston, a very old identity of Dunedin, at th age of 90 years. Shortly after the morning service \ was started, deceased suddenly eollap- ; sed, and was carried into the vestry I wlu'i'o lie expired m a low minutes. 1 lie |iart been in business in Dunedir | for many years as a retail ironmongel I anil personally supervised the manage : nient of the business until his death. He is survived by his widow, tin. 'sons and four daughters. He was an I elder in the First Church. I ARBITRATION BILL

; PAIIIATUA. Nov. o. I At a large gathering, a unanimous j resolution was passed at Pahiatua to day: “That this meeting of chairmen 'of the whole of the dairy factories operating in the district Iroui \\ ood- , villo to Ekotaliuna is lirmlv of th ; opinion that the Government should exempt the dairy industry Loin th operations of the I.C. and A. Act. in , the interests of the industry, and de--1 maud prompt action on our hchall by the Government is absolutely necossari and also that the Prime Minister he urged to stand lirmlv behind the dairy farmers in tin* matter, i Another resolution passed was as follows: “This meeting, representath e „f the whole of the factories of th Hush districts, some of whom are members of the Employers’ Association. ’ emphatically protests against the action of the Wellington Employers’ Association in opposing the Amendment 1 the Arbitration Act now before th: House, without securing the opinion ol dairy companies, which are members ol l|,e Association. This meeting affirms its conviction that it is in the interest: of the dairying industry that it he excluded from the operations ol the Ac . ns suggested in the Hill, and strain urges the Government to proceed wit! , the Hill in Rs entirety.” It was arranged that the delegntioi ’ should go to AYellington anil give evidence on behalf of the Association.