DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1928, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

i (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) STOWAWAY MISSING. AUCKLAND, March 27. Basil Stanley, whose runaway marriage formed the .subject of newspapei articles yesterday, has disappeared, lie was to have been taken hack to Hawaii hy the Anrangi, hut when the vessel sailed no trace of him could he tumid, though a search was made aboard. His lady friend was oil the Anrangi when the ship sailed, hut gave no explanation of Stanley’s disnppeara i ici*. AUCKLAND, March 27. Stanley, the American, was seen in (.1 Street to-day hut. the police are taking no action. The Customs duty is to report to the Minister of Internal Adairs that Stanley is here without a passport. SUPREME COURT SENTENCES. AUCKLAND. March 27. W. M. Scholos ami Edwin Andrew (Simpson were sentenced by Justice Blair on twenty-one charges of false pretences and theft, S'choles being also convicted on a (barge of escaping from custody and obtaining £p) I- hy valueless cheques. Scholcs was -,-n----tcnced to five years imprisonment for fraud and one year additional for escaping from custody. Simpson was sentenced to two years reformative detention. In a ease of bigamy against Charles Kemble Poore, the .Judge considered there were extenuating eireumstanees, accused having an unblemished character. Ilis marriage in Loudon in 1925 had been an unwise one. lie had gone through a form of marriage with the other woman at New Plymouth. apparently because he was anxious to father her child front a sense of duty. There was wanting in 1 this case the element of an innocent woman being deceived into marriage with a man already married, He was 1 convicted and ordered to come up lor t sentence if called upon, within twelve months. 1 ’ MAORI KILLED. ' GISBORNE. March 27. A Maori, Tom Rangi. aged 50. was 1 killed when a sledge be was driving, 1 capsized at Makarika, near Waipiro ' Bay. Rangi was caught in the running gear, breaking his neck. t INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. 1 WELLINGTON. March 27. 1 The National Industrial Conference ' opened to-day. Hon .). (}. Coates pro- 1 silling. He said the decision would ' have far reaching effect upon the wel- * Faro of New Zealand. The occasion 1 offered a unique opportunity of point- * ing the way to industrial peace and progress. Care must he taken t<> see 1 that justice was done both to capital f mil the public. He trusted the conn- • fry would greatly (benefit hy the (le- ' r-iskms of the conference. 1 A FTRF.. 1 LEVIN. March 27. A fire at 12.30 o'clock last night 2 destroyed a five roomed house at shannon, owned hy E. A. ff. Osbourne mil occupied hy Mr and Mrs I*. Burkinan and family. The occupants had •etiroil at 11.30 and everything up- \ tea red all right. An hour later Buck- 1 man was awakened by the -nicll of > -moke and hastened to :i lank room ' where a young hnv slept and found i l hat flames were bursting through the ( ceiling and the hoy still a-!eep. lie ( was just in time to pick the lad up •' with a few clothes and Imfry out t with him. In the meantime his wile | and daughter escaped with the clothe- 1 they could gather up in their flight. The building was insured hut particular- arc not available and turnituic £l5O. PAIIIATUA EIRE. PAIIIATUA, March 27. Th,- residence was an old one an I insured for £325 in the State office. Besides the family there was a hoarder i named A. O’Noili. In a short time it. was a raging furnace. During the evening there had been a fire in the dining room. It is presumed a spark t caused the outbreak. ' < ANOTHER EIRE. I CAMBRIDGE, March 27. About .3.30 this morning a block ol old wooden buildings in Duke Street I owned hy Broad and Broad was partli destroyed hy fire. The shop and prom- , isos occupied hy James Kidd, a saddler. I and the rear living rooms occupied by Mrs Radford were completely destroyed. By the splendid efforts of the brigade a portion of the buildings ooctt- i pied hy Broad and Broad, grocers and ironmongers, was saved, though the i stock was slightly damaged by water. , ~,insurances on the building arc i 27 111, Broads' stock 2100. both in the , Sun office. Mrs Radford’s household goods 235. Kidd’s stock was totally destroyed valued nt £IBO. HEALTH OFFICER’S TRIP. AUCKLAND, March 27. Doctor Hughes, Health Officer at Auckland, who represented New Zealand at a gathering of medical men organised hy the League of Nations and Government of India returned by the Maraina to-day. He states that the tour of India took seven weeks. The tour would he the subject ot a special report he is making to the Director of Health. Dr \alintine. Between thirty and forty towns anti numerous villages in nine province* were visited. They inspected numerous institutions such as medical colleges. hospitals, laboratories and stmatoriitfms and gained first hand knowledge of the methods followed. The party witnessed a religious festivity at Magi: Mela, in which 200.090 pilgrims tracticipated. These enormous gatherings are a danger for epidemics throughout the country on the dispersal of pilgrims and created one of the great problems of India. In Bengal province alone, where there was a population of torty-seven million in 84,748 villages, the magnitude of the task of preventing any dealing with cholera epidemics would he appreciated. In Hof hi tie Institute specialists dealt with the problem of the spreading „f the plague through rats anil rat fleas. in this institute antiplague vaccine and anti-venomous serum were made. The Institute had turned out a hundred million doses of anti-vaccine. At Ceylon Mr Hughes visited a factory engaged in the nianufaftuie of reconditioned milk and cream. The , factorv used only butter anil dry . milk ‘ powder from Waikato. ho sampled their product. H was exj cellent indeed. Tt was the best drink , fie had during his stay there.