DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1928, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

CHADDED WITH FRAUD. i.Hy Telegraph—Press Association). A UCKLAXI), Dee. 21. A young man, A. .u. Email, was charged ai Uie l'oiice Conn wuii onlaiotng credit of 04 s from a taxi driver oy irand. Accused, who was employed in me culinary department of an hotel, hud been drinking and got the taxi driver to drive him to Xcu Dynii about twelve miles ouL. lie told the Oliver lie was an Lnspocior ot Police, prosecuting important eiiijiiines. He kept the driver waiting there for two hours and then drove back to tin 1 city, ami told the driver to call at the police station for the fare. Accused in answer to the Magistrate said lie did not think he could have been in bis right senses. Mr Hunt, S.AI., said the accused was no doubt suffering irom an aberration owing to a recent illness. He imposed a line of L‘l and costs lor obtaining credit by fraud, and convicted and discharged him on the charge of impersonating the police. WOMEN SHOPLIFTERS. SENT TO GAOL. CTIPISTCITURCH, Dec. 21. Two women shoplifters were sentenced by Magistrate Mosley—Anita Esther Wilson to three weeks gaol and Annie Selina Kortegast to fourteen days. Their thefts bad extended over a period of months. On hearing sentence Esther Wilson cried, “My children, my children,” and collapsed in the dock. EX-SOLICITOU GAOLED.' WELLINGTON, Dec. 21. T shall have to impose a term of imprisonment, said Air Page, iS.AI. 'l’llis man lms been well educated and has had previous warnings, in the sense that lie has been twice convicted of serious offences. The accused was Eric Donald Ross, 29, who a few years ago was a solicitor practising in Christchurch and was before tbe Court in May, 1926, and August of the same year on charges of theft and sentenced to reformative detention, afterwards going to Australia wliero be worked as a journalist. He returned to Xcw Zealand a lew weeks ago and to-day pleaded guilty to theft of a suit ease and contents irom a passageway of an hotel, and a travelling rug from a shop doorway. He was given four months. DRIVER DRUNK. WELLINGTON, Dee. 21. Jeremiah Russell, 25, who admitted being drunk in charge of the Gas Coy’s lorry, was fined £ls. It was stated he had taken a load of coke to one of the Clubs where he was supplied with beer and the plea that something was duo to t-hc icstivo season was made by counsel. AVOOL SALES. DUNEDIN, Dec. 21. At the opening of the wool sales this morning of the first catalogue oi 5713 bales offered, ninety per cent were sold, prices being slightly higher than in the north for both hall-bieds and eross-breds, due to superior qualify. The top price at the opening was 24;}d for seventeen bales of half-bred wether and 22d for merino. Necks were in exceptionally good demand and sold at 213 d, the Continent buying freely with Bradford buyers coming in occasionally. Japan was not in a purchasing mood.

AUCKLAND “PIRATE” SHIP, RESTRICTIONS ON DANCING. AUCKLAND, Dee.. 20. Last night the Takapnna Borough Council granted a license for a pirate ship to he erected on Milford Beach. A strong protest was entered by Air J. Guiniven, who declared that the license was being granted hv the Council contrary to public opinion. He also thought that the pirate ship would lower the moral tone of Milford. In connection with a dancing board near the pirate ship, the Council decided to place notice boards at Alilford prohibittig dancing on Sundays, and also dancing in bathing costume. GRANT FOR AUCKLAND, AUCKLAND, December 21. The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, advised to-day that the Government had decided to authorise payment of £2OOO for the relief of unemployment in Auckland, as a grant Instead of a subsidy. Sir Joseph said that, as a similar amount was inadvert- ( ently advised as a grant to Christchurch, the Government had decided to put all four cities on the same basis. CYCLIST DISQUALIFIED. TIAIARU, December 21. At a meeting of the South Canterbury Centre of the N.Z. Athletic and Cycling Union here to-day. Air AV. Alaekie (Christchurch) was disqualified for two years for alleged foul riding, and abusive language, when competing at the Rakaia sports on December 8. SUICIDE IN HARBOUR. NAPIER, December 21. At the inquest on Harry Duncan Morton, found drowned in the harbour yesterday, a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.