DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1928, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

, V***".’*■ : V"* “:* •It THE HUNTER, ; '• 'V (By Telegraph—Dress Association)... WELLINGTON, October 5. , The Prime Minister had a tilt q,t-.thie: Christchurch members. in replying tonight W criticism. roL J}is ..actum ;in - -re?,, gard to, the . appointment of Mr sterling as General Manageivof Railways. He referred, .-to < fjlie', criticism of > Clu'istchureih,., members,, and to the. piffing speech, full :qf, iep.qti.tion j;y inade .by Mr Sulltvaiij. -.The members of the Christchurch City Couneiljv he inferred, could not set r up .'paragons of administrative .virtue, for i they •- were th© greatest offenders,. and were . always coming, year in and year out, to Parliament for .same authority to validate this and.that, •• .. . ■ > ' " Mr 'Armstrong-: AVe liave >• got pc' clause-tins year. Air Coates :-;.-The. hon. Jgen%man has something, hut J - understand that liy a unanimous vote it was decided not to make it public. . M- - Air Armstrong- replied to -the Prime Minister, stating*that the case the Latter referred to - was the. Hunter case, and an; enquiry .would be held .by the Works Committee. There was no sliirkittg of an enquiry, but the Christchurch City Council,'.hlikC'r the- Government, would not le.t the opposition appoint its CVimmittees of Enquiry. Air Coates accepted -the.explanation. Which;-* he sasid,i had .been provoked by Air Sullivan’s'.speech. • • Air -Sullivan: ;said.-.he;,had,.not • said anything to justify the innuendo. rf

STATEMENT. BY AIR G. R. HUNTER October 5.; Air G. R.’ Hunter, - who recently re signed-his position as chairman of the Works Committee of-the Christchurch City Council, and as councillor, was in Wellington to-day.*- He stated, in an interview; that he was very - pleased that the Council' had decided to refer the matter at issue in connexion with his action, to'the Works Committee for investigation.'’-He would* be • glad to place before, the Committee all the facts to his;-, alleged 'trading Witli the. Council. 1 He would go further than that and say that he could confidently face the electors, and fight the by-election on the issue. In so far as the Election was concerned, however, the matter would rest'With the" North* Canterbury Representation Committee.

APPEAL COURT.'RESERVES * ; 1 'DECISION. - WELLINGTON; October 5. . . Hie Court of Appeal,, comprising Alp Justice Reed,' Air .Justice Adams, Air Justice 1 ; Osier ; and Air Justice Macgregor to-ayheard an appeal by the United •Insurance Company,, against C. t.' Arthur;' of WellingtonThe facts.are that in November 1927; defendant proposed to the. plaintiff company for insurance on his motorcar, and in. the same month the company isstied him a policy. It contained a condition that: all disputes arising thereunder were to be referred to arbitration. A dispute arose with, reference to the amount payable by the company to defendant for, an accident alleged to have occurred to his car, and in the course of correspondence the company required , defendant to refer the amount to lbe paid to. arbitration. Defendant, however, refused-and issued a summons-ijr.-thoVAlagirtrate’s Court c 1 aimihg.£2oo from the company. The company thereupon -filed a motion in straining defendant fromproceeding' with his action.cm. the .-groqnd that they were entitled to liave the amount, due to defendant ascertained, by : arbitration.

Tlie question whether the arbitration clause is effective to exclude completely the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court being one of wide* effect; the case was removed on the ..order of the presiding judge for argument in the Court of Appeal. Judgement was reserved.

APPEAL, LODGED. • : . *S<-' ' >•. *; ' S ' ‘ DISQUALIFICATION OF CYCLISTS. i| CHRIST'CHUIiCH > .. Qct. 6. C. G. W. De-aiVs,'^lio ; W. B. Arnst And C; ’BeaTmahjiwafi disqualified in - Saturday’s road denies the statement Ahat any oui|ide pace was given to any of them the race. An appeal against their disqii|liftcation has been lodged. PUBLICANS PAY HEAVY /FINES. > ■ THAMES, Oct. 5. That he had adde<Ej4o peh cent. water to brandy and 35.634 and 26.5 per cent to whisky and gin 'respectively, was Admitted by Jqhh»’ hotelkeeper of Thames,, in the Magistrate’s Court thiss-morning. ~V%% Counsel for the ’ Department Mr V. ■3ST. Hubble):>cbai'acteiised ! it... as the

worst ease they had had, and the De partment had had many bad ones. There were seven, charges, four undei the Pure Foods Act.' Finally, the Crown .agreed to substitute two under the Pure Foods Act for two under the Licensing. Act. Under the latter the minimum penalty was £2O. Mi- Platts; S.M., stating that tlu offence was very serious, 5 fined Kelly r total of, £SO and costs-totalling £l3 14s.

‘ Another publiean, Walter Bell, wiv charged with similar offences, but tlu added water was 27.8 per cent, and 12.8 per cent. He was fined £4O and costs £9. 25. :

DAMAGE FEARED IN WAIMAK CHIHSTCHURCH, October 7. The Waimakariri River, : which inn been on the verge of flooding for a whole'week, and did actually flood on Friday, is. now, still in heavy flood. Heavy rain has fallen in the watershed of the river. A serious flood is now feared.

LYTTELTON I)AM AGE CHRISTCHURCH, October 7. A heavy nor’-west gale blew during the night at Lyttelton. The force of the wind wrecked a large wool store in course of erection for the Shaw Savill Cq. The framework had been completed and the roof was on.. The wind blew the roof off, and a large part of the framing .was also brought down. It is not easy to estimate the extent of the damage, but probably it wll exceed £IOOO. v GIRL’S DEAD BODY. FOUND IN SCRUB. AUCKLAND October 6. The dead body of Elsie Walker aged ieighteen years, was found face downwards among some scrub in a scoria pit at Panmure. The were no external marks of violence. The deceased was wearing a youth’s overcoat. She was the daughter of Drenzy Walker, of Raukokori, near Opotiki. For some time past the girl had been employed by Mr and .Mrs Frank Bavley, at Papamoa, near Tepuke, Mr Bayley. being an uncle- of the deceased. It is thought that the deceased, on Monday last/, took Baylev’s motor-car and drove away. The car was found abandoned at Papatoetoe on Monday evening.