DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1928, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) BREACH OF CONTRACT. 1 PURCHASE OF SILICA DEPOSIT. AUCKLAND, Aug. 23. His Honour Mr Justice Reed gave reserved judgment on a claim by Airs Cecilia Linis Kunst, claiming £3OOO damages against William Ravage Tate, of Ashburton, for alleged breach of contract in. respect to the purchase of 30 acres of glass-bearing said at Awanui.

It was alleged that as a result of negotiations with Tate, plaintiff had broken off an engagement for supplying silica to an Australian glass company.

Tlio defence was that the option offered was never exercised, or in any case it was offered to the Southern Cross Glass Company, Tate not being liable.

His Honour said he thought plaintiff was entitled to recover damages against the defendant, but deferred assessment of the amount, suggesting a settlement on the basis of carrying out the original contract, modified or otherwise, as the parties agree.

VISITORS TO EUCHARISTIC . CONGRESS. DUNEDIN, Aug. 23. Every Australian hound steamer from New Zealand is carrying passengers for tho Eucharistic Congress in Sydney. There will be over 200 of the laity from Dunedin. Bishop Whyte, who left this morning, is the selected speaker for New Zealand at the mass meeting of women, to he held at the Show Ground on Saturday, September Bth, in the morning.

GOVERNMENT .SAAVMTLL TRANSFERRED. HAMILTON, Aug. 23. The manager of the Government sawmill and housing factory at Frnnkton said to-day that both concerns will close down liefore the end of next month and will recommence operations at Mamaku. It is stated clearly that there will ho no unemployment as the result of tho winding up. There are almit ninety employees involved, and those who will not he transferred to Alamaku will bo absorbed by other Government departments. £4OO FOUND. IN EX-SOLDIER’S OLD CLOTHES. DUNEDIN, Aug. 23. Tho secretary of tho Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association (Air John White) was yesterday handed the sum of £IOO, the property of a deceased returned soldier, which was previously unknown to ho in existence. The exsoldier who had had no near relativesin Dunedin, had been in lodgings in this city, and when he died, as tlic result of war injuries, was buried at tho Anderson’s Bay Cemetery. The usual procedure in like cases has been for the secretary of the Returned Soldiers’ Association to hand over the deceased’s estate to tho Public Trustee for administration, but in this case tho matter was held over, on account of information having been received to the effect that the man had no property other than a tin ease, which had been handed over to liis relatives. Permission was therefore given the lady of the house at which the ex-soldier had been hoarding to burn all his old clothes, and on going through tlie clothing the lady discovered £4OO, £IOO of which was in notes. She immediately took the money to Mr AVhite, who handed it over to the Public Trustee for safe keeping.