DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) FINED FOR ASSAULT. CHRISTCHURCH, March S. Leu William Lorgally, aged 34, was s to-day fined .£3, in default fourteen s days, on a charge of striking William a Thom in High Street. The Chief Dei tective said defendant gave no reason , for the blow other than there had been s a dispute on the battlefields or France. ! Lorgally was apparently still carrying | a grudge. The Magistrate told defendant to he 1 a man and get over it. s TO HELP FRIEND IN NEED. .1 WELLINGTON, March 7. 3 “ This matter has been hanging over i- my head for a long time, and I’m glad . to have it cleared lip,” read the states ment of a ‘25-vear-old girl charged at j. the .Magistrate’s Court to-day, before B Mr T. E. Mannsell, S.M.. with having ;■ committed- theft, and with failing to B account to Magnus Motors Ltd, for ? sums of money totalling £lO2 15s sd. W. S. Poynton, accessory manager to , the firm, said lie had found that false invoice numbers had been entered in the cash sales register book, from which t . some pages were missing. He disc-ov--2 ered that slid misappropriated £192 , 15s sd. Accused admitted taking the v money and expressed the intention of f repaying, if given a chance. Detective Holmes produced a state- • ment by the accused in which she said ■ that m BUS she was working in an ,• insurance office. After fieing there five , years she started taking money to help r a girl friend, who was in desperate t need of assistance. Altogether, she i stole £2(10. hut would not say that all i was given to her friend, who did not > know the l money was stolen. The sliorti age was discovered and accused was • dismissed. She borrowed £IOO from ; one friend and £SO Irom another, . promising tit repay litem at the rate of . 10s a week. She repaid the insurance • company £l5O. and undertook to repayllie balance at the rate of £3 5s per month if no action were taken by the insurance company. As the result ol ■ this arrangement site secured a good position, and was paying off her debts when soineirie informed her employer, and she was again dismissed. When she went to the .Magnus Motors the temptation to steal in order to keep tip t the payments became irresistible. I Accused pleaded guilty and was com. b mit ted to the Supreme Court for sen- , tenee. bail being allowed. !• OVERCHARGING FOR CABLES. WELLINGTON. March 7. i By overcharging for cables and puts ting in slips for cables he never sent, b Cecil Edward Fuller, clerk, 29, stole a a total of £79 3s Id from Samuel Brown I Ltd., between September 192(1 and Sepb tern be r 1927. It was stated that the - first day lie had charge of the hooks c lie put through £7 worth ol cables that > were never sent. i Accused pleaded guilty to-da.v and L> was committed for sentence, lie stated v he had married at three pounds a week i while in the firm's employ. BIGAMY ADMITTED. 1 AUCKLAND, March 8. I Charles Kemble Poole, aged 39. a man- with a Master Mariner’s cerlilit cate, pleaded guilty at the Police Court - to bigamy and was committed to the s Supreme Court for sentence. Having . a wife in London be on August fitli, v 1927. went through the form ol niarrii ago with .lean Jones Carver, at New t Plymouth. LOST THEIR (SEATS. :• LICENSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT. s AUCKLAND, March 7. r When members of the Mnnukau i Lionslng Conin'!it loe met to.day at. s Oiiehunga for the quarterly meeting ■r ir- was found that two of the mom1' here. Messrs H. it. Mackenzie and W. t Gavin, wer: 1 inoligilil" to act as they I lmd forfeited their seats through being absent from two (onscciitive meetings. Sergeant J. A. Cruickshaiik, Clerk of the Court, read the Act hearing y on the question, which is mandatory, and states that no matter from what cause a member is absent it lie lails to attend two consecutive meetings Itis . seat becomes vacant. t Other members of the Committee wore in attendance, hut wet's unable to orocced with the business for want | of a quorum. Mr \Y. R. McKean. 3 R.M.. chairman of the committee, was ~ unavoidably absent. It is expected that Messrs Mackenzie and Gavin will be reappointed. 1 The quarterly meeting was adjourn--1 ed until March 19th, when Mr Mc- " kean will he present. 1 ARBITRATION court. > ’ EMPLOYERS’ REPRESENTATIVE. I AUCKLAND. March 7. To fill the vacancy on the Arbitrn- ) lion Court, caused by the retirement of Mr W. Scott, employers’ vepresentaive, the Ironmasters’ Association of New Zealand, which held its annual conference in Auckland this week, decided to nominate Mr George T. Booth, of Christchurch. Registered unions of employers are invited to make nominations when .such vacancies occur, and if more than one nomination is received an election is held.. Mr Booth is well-known in Dominion industrial circles. He has been president of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation, Canterbury Employers’ Association and Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. Ho. recently retired from the position of managing director of Booth, Macdonald and Company Ltd. PH A R.M A CEUTTCA T.i SOCIETY. NELSON, March 7. Delegates to the annual conference of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Society, together with their wives, met in the Velma Hall at a social to mark the official opening of the conference. Mr W. Archer, president, of the local society, presided. The Mayor, Mr AY. J. MofFatt, extended an official welcome to the visitors. An address was delivered l>v Professor Easterfield, Director of the Cnwthron Institute. BOWLER’S SUDDEN DEATH. AUCKLAND, March 8. The annual Veterans’ Bowling Tournament at the Auckland Club’s green to-dav had a tragic termination after barely one hour’s play to-day, when John Ilaslett. aged 77. a member of the Caroline Club, had a sudden heart sevjure. fell while playing on one of the rinks, and died. NEAV RADIO STATION PALMERSTON N.. March 7. The Mayor. AI a A. J. Graham, offi- , cially opened to-night the Manawatu ■ Radio Club’s new hroadasting station 2ZE. wave length 280 metres. . Mr AY. A. AA aters. club president, announced that tiie aim of the de- j signer in making a new transmitter - was to secure clear speech and music , rather than volume. Nevertheless, . there are reports to hand of tTie stn- , tion having been beard during test i transmissions, all over New Zealand. c