DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1928, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS .

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) SOLICITOR FINED. | a AUCKLAND, March 9. j j. S. MacLennan, of Kaitaia, a jsoloeitor, was fined £SO and costs £8 v 2s 6d by Mr W. R. McKean, S.M., on a charge of facing to have his trust account audited for the veal ended 31st March, 1927. Defendant did not appear and was not represented by counsel. ] DEPARTMENT’S POLICY. , i WELLINGTON, March 8. 1 Criticisms of the Marine Departments policy in connection with the letting of licenses for netting quinnat salmon in the Wnimakariri River were inquired into by a representative of . the “Lyttelton Times” who ascertained the reasons for confining this year s allocation to only three licenses. It , was found that the Department is exremely anxious not to allow this introduced fish to he “cleaned out” hv , undue fishing, ns it would probably lie impossible to again induce the Government to go to the expense of establishing them in New Zealand waters. The runs have varied, and the data have been uncertain. Two export American fishers who visited New Zealand on a holiday expressed a definite opinion that the time had not arrived when any licenses to fish should ho issued. Reliable information regarding the run of these fish must lie obtained before wide oppotunities can be provided for anglers. Therefore the Marine Department decided that during the current season only four netting licenses should IhS issued, one to he reserved for its own operations. This left three to lie made available to applicants, and in making tlie allocation, preference was given to bona fide regular fishermen, who would he likely to secure sound and reliable information regarding tlie run of these fisli. Operating in the same area are the Marine Department’s fishermen, whose reports are compared with those of the three licensees, and it is thus hoped to get accurate information, which will enable a sound policy to be followed. The position at Waimakariri lias l>een investigated on the spot quite recently by the Chief Fisheries Officer, Mr Hefford. COULD NOT ATTRACT HELP. WELLINGTON, March 8. At five o’clock yesterday morning a milkman found Mrs Stafford, of 158, Main Road. Wadestown. lying helpless <m the ground, suffering from injuries to her hip. She had been lying there since midday on Tuesday. ) She stated that she was emptying a basin from a balcony, which gave way, causing her to fall to the ground ■ a distance of about twelve feet. She I endeavoured unsuccessfully to attract - attention by calling out. An X-ray 3 examination at the hospital has not - disclosed any serious injuries. i DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC. i CHRISTCHURCH, March 9. 1 The inquest concerning the death of ? Richard Edward Joughin, aged 41, >' who collapsed under anaesthetic at ■ the Christchurch Hospital, early on k Thursday morning, was continued to- * day. 1 Jougliin was cycling homo late on ' Wednesday evening, when the forks of v his bicycle broke and be fell on bis I face on the roadway. He walked a ” quarter of a mile to bis home, but was taken to the Hospital bleeding profusely from a broken nose. An operaII tion was considered necessary to stop 0 the bleeding.

James Keith Davidson, Assistant Medical Officer, said he saw Joughin at 12.15 a.m. His injuries were a badly broken nose, with a large lacerated wound. The patient was in good condition to stand immediate surgical intervention. . The anaesthetic was begun at 12.40 a.m. The patient took it u’ell at first. The operation had proceeded for twenty minutes when respiration ceased. The operation was stopped, and artificial respiration commenced, and stimulants administered. The heart failed ten or fifteen minutes later. There.-was-no sign of intracranial injury, and’the patient showed no signs of shock jas would make the operation dangerous. The operation was needed urgently, as the patient was bleeding profusely, and the bleeding could not bo stopped without an operation. The operation was limited to opening the wound for the purpose of tying the blood vessels and stitching the wound. Gervan McMillan. Medical Student, who had administered the anaesthetic, said he was qualified for this duty. There was no apparent reason for the stoppage of respiration in this case. As the post mortem was not completed the inquest was further adjourned INQUEST PROCEEDINGS. HAM'ERA, March 9. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Millieent Elizabeth Richter, a. farmer’s wife, aged 42, who was found unconscious near her home on the road early on the evening of February 24 and who died the following night at the hospital. Coroner Barton found that death resulted from a fractured skull sustained through Richter being knocked down by a motor-car driven by George Cravy Smith, a stock buyer, of Hawera. It Was alleged in evidence that Smith and a passenger, Ernest Allied Nixon, were both intoxicated. They stopped after knocking the woman down, but left almost immediately when questioned by a passing motorist. Smith is being charged with causing the death of Richter. EAST COAST RAILWAYTAURAXGA. March 9. A. J. Baker, Inspecting Engineer ol Public Works, J. K. l.owe. District Engineer of Working Railways at Auckland, accompanied by H. Watkinson. District Engineer of the Public* Works ‘at Tauranga, to-day are inspecting the portion of the East Coast railway line constructed by Armstrong and "Whitworth with a view to giving a certificate for the running of trains.

NEWSPAPER FINED. AUCKLAND. March 9. In the Police Court to-dav, the Sun .Newspapers Coy. Ltd. was fined £5 on each of three charges brought under the Gaining Act, as the result of racing competitions conducted last year. The charges were of establishing a lottery, receiving money in consideration to pay money on the contingency of a horse race; and lastly, with receiving money as a consideration tor a promise to pay £IOOO on the result of the Now Zealand Cup and New Zealand Trotting Cup. In a reserved judgment. Mr McKean, S.M., said he was not prepared to deny that possession of some knowledge of the form of horses might not lie an advantage to competitors. However, the accurate placing of horses, at a time when it was not known whether some of the horses would he scratched, was a matter in which the element of chance predominated. It had been decided that tlie game in which there was a mixture of skill and chance could he unlawful. The defendants therefore, he said, would be convicted, and a fine of £5 on-each of the three charges.

LORRY DRIVER FINED. WELLINGTON, March 9. A collision between :v train and a motor lorry driven by Charles H. Latham, at Khandallah crossing, had a sequel at the Court to-day, when Latham was charged with having L failed to take proper precautions and was fined £5. FINE FOR STEALING. ' "WELLINGTON, March 9. The theft may be t small, but the Department loses a lot of coal in this way, said the Sub-Inspector, when Denis Cox was fined £3O for stealing two shillings’* worth of coal from the Railways. STOLEN SUITCASES. HAMILTON. March 8. \t the Supreme Court, two young men. Ira George Land, and Bernard Francis Murray, pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking and entering a garage at Tauranga, on January 27 and stealing seven suitcases, and the contents valued at £95, the property of Jacksons Ltd.. Auckland. Accused were also charged with receiving stolen goods. The iurv returned a verdict of iruiltv a recommendation to leuiencj being’extended in tl.e case of Murray on account of the evil influence exercised over him by Land. Accused were remanded to Mondaj, to give them a chance of assisting the police in recovering the balance of the goods. BOOKMAKER FINED 1 . HAMILTON, March 9. On a charge of bookmaking. Harry . Asher, a tobacconist, was fined £- J and costs. a seriousTcharge. HAWERA, March 9. George Craig Smith pleaded not guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court fin- trial, on a charge that while in a state? of intoxication, he drove motor car near Mokoia, on February 24tli. causing tlie death of ... --V Millieent Elizabeth Richter. The police alleged that Smith was drunk, and a passenger in the car admitted that the car had struck a woman about 7.15 in tlie evening, in broad daylight. fire at dunollie. GREYMOUTH, March 10. A fire broke out in the Dunollie Hotel at an early hour this morning. The fire was thought to be practically extinguished, but it broke out again * afresh in another portion of the structure. The tank water available was all used unavailingly and tlie building was almost completely destroyed. A MYSTERIOUS KXLOSION. : CHRISTCHURCH, March 10. As the result of a tremendous ex--1 plosion at the rear of an unoccupied ‘ cottage in Moorhouse Avenue, the : back portion pf the building was completely wrecked at 10.30 p.m. yester- ; day. Several windows, in a wool store of Pyne, Gould, Guinness alongside were destroyed. The cause is a mystery though it is believed some kind of a charge was set off by a fuse. f JOCKEY DISQUALIFIED. INVERCARGILL, March 9. 1 A a meeting of the Southland Dis--1 trict Committee this evening, it was - resolved to disqualify T- W. Parry tor ten years, for having ridden without 1 a license in the galloping and trotting races. 1 MILLER-TON DISPUTE. f S MILLERTON, March 9. A stoppage occurred at the Miller- * !> ton Mine on Thursday over several disputes. The dispute which preeipitatoil the stoppage was the refusal of the " management to fire a shot, nhich in ~ the opinion of the workmen’s inspector should he fired. 1 A meeting was held and tlie men decided to accept, the workmen’s inspector’s decision that the shot should *■ Ite fired. It was agreed that work should discontinue in the mine until the shot was fired. ls According to the report of the workmen’s inspector, the shot complies with s ’ the Mines Act. The District Tnspoo S tor of Mines decided otherwise, but ’j the workmen’s inspector was not pre- ' sent when he give his decision. • C The meeting was held at 8 o’clock.