DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1928, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(Ry Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

FRIGHT DIVORCE REFUSED. ) AUCKLAND. May 1. 1

The divorce petition of William George Bright against Marin Catherine Bright, on the ground of mutual separation, the details of which were telegraphed last week, was dismissed by Mr dustin' Blair in the Supreme Court to-dav.

The Judge said that the fact was established that the separation had been brought about by the wrongful conduct of the petitioner himself, and that being so, it seemed to him that the petition should he dismissed.

WOMAN SENT TO BORSTAL. W ELl.if NO TON. May 1

Daphne Jean Stanton, 20, married, hut whose husband was stated by her to he in Sydney, got twelve months at [lie Borstal to-day, for obtaining two frocks, skunk stole, handbag, bead necklace, brooch and hat, nil valued at £ld ids, from Abrahams Ltd. representing herself as the wife of a wellknown person in TCilbirnie. and saying that she would pay by cheque. A\ hen recovered. the goods had' depreciated by several pounds.

She was admitted to probation fot two years in January on four charges of false pretences.

HEAVY GALE. WELLINGTON. May 1

A strong north-east gale delayed the ferry steamer .Maori for nearly three hours, on her trip from Lyttelton to Wellington Ha?* bight. Soon after clearing, Lyttelton she ran into the gale, which increased in force as the journey progressed. No damage was done, hut it was an anxious time for all concerned. The Arnhurn. from Nelson, was also tossed in the Strait. SHOP CLOSING TTOrHS. AUCKLAND. May 1. The first decision of tlio kind in the Dominion was given by Magistrate CtiUen to-day in connection with a large number of applications by occupiers for exemption under the Shops and Offices Amendment Act. 1927. About two hundred applications for exemption from the fixed closing hours have already been dealt with, and between 200 and 300 further applications have now been made.

Mr Gotten classified Hie shops into

four classes: First those remote front the main shopping centres, into individual shops some distance from one another. Secondly, shops in the more closely settled suburban areas. Thirdly, small shops in or near tho principal shopping areas. Fourthly, large shops which could not take advantage of exemption because their assistants must cease work at fixed hours.

Air Cut ten said the exemption should be very sparingly granted to shops in the second class, and still more sparingly. if at all. to shops in the third 0 1 a ass. Applications in certain areas would have to lie considered with refrnnl to the businesses carried on. - p

ANGLICAN LAV READERS. WELLINGTON, May 1. Difficulties encountered by lay readers in securing appropriate volumes of .sermons for their use were referred to by speakers at to-dav’s session of tlie Anglican General Synod. “ 1 don’t think we are grateful enough for the work our lay readers do,” said Canon E. G. JlarviCj Of Hamilton, in moving mat Archdeacon Meredith and Canon E. 11. Strong ho appointed a committee to compile annual volumes of sermons for the use of lay readers, and that the General Synod guarantee any deficit in the expenses involved up to CSO. “ Very often,” added Cation llarvie, “lay readers are completely at a loss to know what they should do in the way of sermons. They often have to relv on antiquated sermons, picked from anywhere. It is felt that a volume should he produced in New Zealand, for lay readers frequently have to use a- volume prepared for use in .other parts of the world, where conditions are totally different.” Archdeacon Meredith mentioned that a volume of sermons had been prepared after the last General Synod. “These sermons,” said Archdeacon Meredith, amid laughter, “ took only six minutes to read. The lay readers did not like them. 1 don’t know what the congregation thought.” (Laughter.) The resolution moved h,v Canon llarvie was carried.

CAPTAIN’S SUDDEN DEATH. WELLINGTON, May 2. Captain ('. E. Dayas, Commander of the Naldera, died five minutes after dinner last night at sea. A radio message states the Naldera which left Sydney at noon yesterday with a large number of London passengers, also tbc Olympic teams, was about 120 miles south when Dayas, aged 04, collapsed and died. He leaves a widow and two children in London. The burial takes place at sea this afternoon. Dayas was formerly master of the Baradine. J. Hartley. Chief Officer, will command the Naldera till she reaches Hobart.

LABOUR PARTY. WELLINGTON, May 2. Delegates of the Miners’ Federation at the Easter Conference of the Australian Labour Party have prepared a report declaring the Labour Party was never so reactionary or yellow as at present. It is divided and split intc job-hunting, intriguing scaremongers.