DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1928, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

CHAIt'&EjS ’ (By Telegraph —Per Press Association,)

AUCKLAND; Oct. 16.

After 'having ..been .scentenced’ to,, three months imprisonment for the conversion ;of 5 ( a- car along with his brother William, who • pleaded guilty and-'took - air the blame, James Russell served one week in gaol before ■ his - case , rehearsed, by Mr Hunt ‘The Magistrate, gave his resefved v judgment " to-day. 'He- said Jamel ‘ Russell’s conduot 'was strange, but as was a doubt 1 the prisoner was entitled to the: benefit of it. The charge against him would be dismissed. V v ‘ J

ATTEMPT TQ-QUT .WATER-RACE

DUNEDIN, October 15

A deliberate attempt was made late last week to cut away the main Mariuherehia irrigation water-race between Chatto' ' Fortunately a farmer discovei*ed it, else a large tract of country "would have been without water. J ' ■V ' - ... it W. 1 h ; ; " X■'•' ‘ . " *

HAND BLOWN OFF. V A\)A V^'!_A ;BLENHEIM',-'October 10. *• A station hand at Tirohanga named W. Fower was shockingly injured when endeavouring to fit a detonator cap to a pencil. The cap exploded blowing off half the man's left hand and the little r haSid.y.fhe victim: to Blennfeiinj' whei e a doctor operated, and he is making a 'c-ft ■

BOY’S . DEATH FROM BURNS. • c •;****>*■?' ' NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct. 16. The death of Leo Hobman, aged 156, from, -htmits/i'Way* followed cat ‘t'h'e >irfquesf by allegations of neglect against the Hospital? staffiby the boy’s father who was supported, to some extent by the boy’s employer, Mr, SAB* Stanton. The Hospital Board 'to-day- .secured a report from the Medical tendent' Dr J..M. Clark, which absolutely denied neglect, and showed evidence r the boy received every possible care.

The Board pasped a resolution-;s -expressing the utmost confidence in the .and stafE, and- sl© heV lief that everything possible was don© for . the boy.

The Board to-day appointed !Dr C. physici&iri ht Hie -New pitaif ed Chairman of the Board in succession to the late Mr Murdoch Fraser:

INQUEST ()« MOTOR CYCLIST

>• >■. Vrfv • ’ INVERCARGILL, Oct. 16

The inquest into the death of Finlay McGilgray, aged nineteen, a motor Collision with a lorry on September 28, was concluded to-day. The evidence shpwed that deceased, instead of swinging to th© rear of the lorry, veered to the \»v|(>ri g ship ih an-.endeav-our to paslyiwllthhU TKeAGorofielfs verdict was that deceased died as the result of shock and injuries sustained in a no blame being atia^b®^h ,t ■'' l» t

FINMI ' ' ■ ■}'):■-. --U/ ?'* - • :*;£ sit i AOctf!'i 16. ' Mrs Ellen. Walker yvas charged' .in the Police Court with keeping premises, known as the Regent Tobacconist, at Epsom, as a common gaming house. She pleaded guilty. Chief Detective Hammond said accused, whose, siiop .-Haas ,oppp§itp a trambarn 'had 'laijd -iyagers and doubles with a constable, but she was only in a small way of business. Counsel for accused >she : had •been in difficulties/and had done some beti^ng.idiheip‘/kef self along.' " A fine of £lO was imposed.

EAILWAX JMPLpYEE’S I/APSE. INVERCARGILL, Oct, 16. A young married man, /whose name was suppressed, was charged at Bluff to-day with the theft of £5, the property of the New Zealand Government. Accused, who had been in the employ of the Bailway Department, pleaded, guilty, and was convicted and released on probation for 1 12 months/

CHARGE OF RECEIVING/ > Oct. 16. : At Bluff Police Court to-day, Charles Jackson was charged with on or about July f ;,25 receiving froiß Albert; Horace Hajprh^ay,. qft, thfe, Nortliuni,'benara£ 21. qu'art' lbottles •” of whisky, one roll of worsted tweed suiting and five rolls of cotton goods, to the total value of £9O 12s, knowing them to f- h ay^,■;. < obtained. : He pleatied* not" guilty. He was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail was allowed in one surety of SlOOvfl ./W. .-v. ’? •- . CANTERBURY; /AERO- CLUB. .. ' as ana „• \v t CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 16. 1 • Canterburyv Aero Club-, . decided, to-night to‘accept an offer made by the Government of a subsidy of £SOO, and two aeroplanes-. _ It,-was stated, that it would be necessary for each pupil to find a sumi oif £ropto£34!' to £4O in order to learn to fly. The membership of the club is now 176. A recommendation was made to the committee that a fund be formed for the purchase of one or more^Sferpplanes,'

CHRISTCHURCH FIRE. • CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 16. 4 ftjto’ /promises' M Wallace

.Wa.de, Coy. Ltd. ManehesterJSt., auctioneers to-niglit did damage to the extent of over £IOOO.- The fire commenced in a lean-to at the side and rear of the building and spread quickjly to,-.the.-walls and- roof -but’''it-' did not do any' damage to the main building, parf of which is sublet to various tenants. The rear portion of the auction hall will have to be rebuilt. The building .is owned by Pc'S. Nicholls, and'; the whole of- the ground floor is leased to the Wallace Wade Coy.

Th e stock in the auction rooms, including seven pianos were considerably damageiji by smoke and; water. ~ AH the loss is covered by insurance .with the Alliance .Office.

. ..., ..EXPRESS STRIKES BUS/ ! HAMILTON; Oct. 16. The Auckland-Rotorua express struck a motor at Cloudlands level crossing this afternoon and carried it about 130 yards, completely wrecking it. As the train backed to release, the car ,the-driver, Leo Lafferty, .of Franfcton, 26, single, was thrown out. He had a remarkable escape from death. The hospital reports that his injuries are apparently only islight.

A MAN’S SUICIDE

AUCKLAND. Qct. 16, ~r -Arthur. George Taylor aged about forty, committed suicide this afternoon by jumping from the parapet of the ..Graftou Bridge at its highest pomt;-''Dteat‘h;'miist have been insta ligneous. The, police identifiel him from a book 'lpudd t}ie body. There was Oansiderablfe ..traffic at the time, about three .o;’elpckV<> .T'aylor had been on the /phrapetlamp post and one Wphiah'- he was attending to ‘the light. v:.

PUBLISHING tote dividends

: ; WESTPORT, Oct. 17. Replying to a question at a political meeting last night as to whether ” ( he would support legislation making .possible to publish total isatbr dividends and place money on the totalisator by telegram, Mr Holland said the Labour Party did not make gaming legislation a : party matter. They were quite divided in this respect. •Personally he regarded gambling as uneconomic. He thought it absurd to prevent newspapers printing.dividends, when they were.- published from the stand for everybody to. see. Also when Australian papers w,it]i New Zealand •dividends recorded were allowed to he sold here, without interference. In respect to telegraphing money, lie thought its effect would he to minimise the volume of betting rather than increase it, therefore he was prepared to answer the question in the affirmative.

SUPREME COURT , JUDGE. - : ‘- WELLINGTON,- Oct. 17. Judge Frazer, of the Arbitration Court, has /Ipe.en appointed a - temporary Judge.of the Supreme Court.