DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association

JOCKEY’S CONSPIRACY ALLEGED AUCKLAND, ‘.May 25.

An inquiry has been in progress for some time past concerning the riding in the two Higliwcight Handicaps at the recent Rotorua Racing Club’s annual meeting. It is alleged by the racing authorities that there was a conspiracy among certain jockeys regarding the running of certain horses in those events, and the matter will he finally dealt with by the Judicial Committee of the Rotorua Jockey Club next week.

RURAL CREDITS FOR TARANAKI NEW PLYMOUTH, A lay 25. A North Taranaki Rural In termed ipto Credits Association was formed at a meeting of farmers at New Plymouth to-day. Seventeen farmers signed up. and many others in the outlying districts have expressed their readiness to join.

WOMAN’S SUICIDE. CHRISTCHURCH, May 25. Cecilia Genevieve Gallivan, a married woman, aged 38 years, was found dead by her husband at their homo in Cornwell Street, Lyttelton, early this afternoon. She had a gas jet beneath her head. Suicido while of unsound mind was the verdict returned by Coroner Mosley, S.M., at the inquest to-day. The woman had been ill for several weeks and had developed melancholia. INCOME TAX £125 FINE. AUCKLAND, May 25.

In flic Shniul income tax case, Air Terry, who appeared for Sliand said that he must admit that the returns, as rendered, were incorrect. However, they were .not wilfully rendered so. At most they were negligently rendered. STiand did not wilfully perpetrate a fraud upon the Taxation Department. He was an efficient baker, and thrifty, but his knowledge of accountancy was both elementary and rudimentary. Sliand, in bis ignorance, thought that he had only to make a return of bis income from the business after deducting the expenses. His wife had money in the business. She was really a partner. and the defendant did not consider he was bound to return particulars of private returns.

“Well, I am going to convict this man,” said Magistrate Hunt. “It is a case of downright impudence. Why, in one year he showed his income to be £-106, whereas it was shown to have been over £I2OO. He has been getting out of paying bis taxation, and be lias been drawing money out and putting it in bis pocket. Sliand will lie fined £25 and costs on each of the five charges. That will make people ho honest in their returns.” WOMAN FATALLY HURT.

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The death on May 13th. of Mrs Jane Rankin Stobo, aged 60, who was knocked down by a bicycle on which were two schoolboys, on A lay Ist. formed the subject of an inquiry before Coroner G. Cruicksha.nls to-day. The medical evidence showed that deceased suffered from a fracture at the base of the skull. She partially recovered consciousness for a few days, and then lapsed into unconsciousness and died of heart failure. The Coroner returned a verdict that deceased died from a fracture of the skull as the result of being knocked down by a bicycle riddeii by school boys. MAGI STR ATE’S STRICTFR ES. CHRISTCHURCH, Alay 20.

In fining two employees of a contractor for cruelty to horses, the Magistrate, Air Orr-Walker, said: “I think tho employer should be more heavily punished than his employees. Tt is peculiar that the charges were laid against tho men. I wonder what a man would do if lie had a sore hand. Ho would probably stay away from work, demand his wages and take good care of himself, but when it is a poor dumb animal which is injured, it is driven and forced to work in a dastardly manner.” FIRE 'IRACEDY. HAAVF.ItA., May 20.

There arc no additional facts concerning the tragedy which overwhelmed the W oiler family early yesterday morning in their lonely cottage at Ararata. The .bodies of the victims were brought to town during.the- day, the funeral taking place this afternoon .

The cause of the fire is unknown. I t is difficult to explain the position of the father’s body in the kitchen, unless, as suggested, lie got up to make a cup of tea as was his custom. The kitchen stove is encased in an iron chimney. This and' the kerosene lamp seem the only likely sources of an outbreak, but all the matter is conjecture.