DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Ppr Press Association.)

REV. HOWARD ELLIOTT. WANGANUI, March (5

There was trouble at a meeting of the Ministers’ Association at Wanganui yesterday over some recent utterances of the Rev. Howard Elliott at a public meeting in St. Paul’s Hall, over which tlie Rev. John Paterson (Presbyterian) presided. The Anglican ministers threatened to withdraw from the association, and resentment was expressed at Mr Paterson presiding. One minister defended Mr Paterson, and said that if any minister desired to preside at a Continuance meeting ol brewers there was nothing to prevent him.

The association passed a resolution dissociating itself from the remarks made at .Mr Elliott’s meeting regarding Anglican clergymen.

WOMEN ANT) HOTELS. AUCKLAND, 'March 7

The Licensing Committee to-day expressed disapproval of tlie practice of encouraging women to drink in hotels and gave a general warning to licensees. The practice of serving women with drink in hotels was brought under the notice of the Auckland Licensing Committee by inspector Hollis in charge of the central police district, He particularly referred to the Imperial Hotel where, lie said women were served with bottics of beer in a small upstairs room. On Friday afternoon he found women drinking beer. They appeared to he wive.-, of wealthy men, each woman had a small bottle of beer. On one occasion there were twelve men and eight women in the room and on another occasion sixteen men and five women. The licensee had insisted lie was within his rights hut Inspector Hollis contended from n moral point of view women should not Ik- encouraged to go into hotels and drink small bottles of beer. Counsel for licensee said his client, should make special arrangements to serve women in one room if lie wanted to conform with the law in every way. OUT OF COURT. WRIT AGAINST EARL JELLTCOE AUCKLAND. March 0 How a writ was served on Lord Jellicoe and Lady Jellicoe following a motor accident when they were in New Zealand was told by Mr If. P. Leary at a dinner of the New Zealand Accountants and Auditors' Association in the Pacific Club to-night.

Mr Leary was speaking on “The Law of 'Negligence Relating to Business,” and lie referred to tlie law in respect to the husband being liable for his wife’s wrongful acts.

“Lady Jellicoe,” said Mr Leary, “ran into a taxi-driver, or perhaps he ran into her. When the writ was

served it was against Lord Jellicoe and Lady Jellicoe hut there was legal argument whether Ihe position of the Governor-General was a form of eniploymenl. and the writ was' thrown out on the ground that the position of Governor-General was not

an employment. “However, the writ was taken to Court with ‘Admiral of the Fleet.’ added to it, and again served on the < lovernor-fleneral. il being decided by the Could officials that the position of (Invernor-Heoeral was an employment. but they did add. ‘Admiral of the Fleet..’

‘•The ease, however, was settled out of Court, and nothing was heard about it, hut it goes to show that even the Governor-General could he sued for wind his wife had done.” ROSE TAKES A SPELL. WELLINGTON. March 7. R. A. Rose notified that he did not desire to he considered for selection in tho Olympic team. After strenuous racing for eight years, he is taking a spell until next season. Ho had not, however, the slightest intention of retiring. SKINNED ALIVE. CRUELTY TO A RABBIT. INVERCARGILL. March 7. In the Police Court this morning, before Justices, Robert Dodds, a farm labourer was charged with skinning a rabbit alive, the proceedings being I alien by Ilm K.P.C.A. A hoy. aged 12. stilted tlwit Dodds had put a ferret into a hole i and caught a rabbit, which lie lvld between his logs and skinned it- while it was still alive. The hov alleged that the rabbit then ran hack In the hole, a distance of about thirty yards, with its skin off. Ip imposing a fine of Co. the Bench informed Dodds that he was getting off lightly.