DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

ROYAL SHOW. •* (By Telegraph—Press Association). PALMERSTON N., Jan. 29. The Royal Society has come out much better than any other show, sank Mr Johnston (Treasurer of Manawatu A. and P. Association) when presenting the statement of accounts, which indicated that after allow! g ifor payment of the two-fifths proportion,' the total overhead expenses incurred by the local Association in reorganising tfio fixture and dividing the net profit on an equal basis, there was a credit of £4l accruing to each Royal Society add the local Association. : 4 ’ 1 1 » . . '•* KILLED BY SHUNTING ENGINE? ' ,:i WELLINGTON, January 29. ? Fredeick Major, aged 69, married 1 , was killed at Thorndon railway yards at ten to-day. While oiling some points an engine shunted backwards or* to him, death being instantaneous. The express train was pulling out at the time and it is thought the deceased did not hear the approach of the shunting engine. He was a casual labourer. CYCLIST KILLED. . TAUMARUNUI, Jan. 29. $| Ronald Brew (17) died at the hos ? > pital as the result of an accident oiif Matapuna Road last night. Brew-1 was riding a bicycle which was struck* by a car, driven by Ambrose Old. Tho ; ; accident happened- near the saleyards* corner. The ear ainU cycle were tray-'; elling in the same direction'. *. f - . ! f. THEFT OF MILK. f|. WELLINGTON/ Jan. 29. A sentence of twenty-one days was;? imposed on Frederick Smith, alias;' Archibald Smith, aged 42, for steal-5! |ing a bottle of milk valued at Is 2d* from an alleyway alongside a shop;’ Accused, was described as havingtwelve previous convictions being o'F the vagrant class. There was a good.' deal of this class of pilfering going on, according to the police. GAMING ACT FINES. CHRISTCHURCH,'Jan. 29. As a sequal to a raid ,by .City dc r . tectives last week, six'persons appeared charged with breaches of the Gam-, ing Act. William Frederick Kiddey for using an hotel bottle store as a’, common gaming house was fined £26,; in default six weeks gaol. ( Eunice Brown, a barmaid, for on, tering into bets was fined £lO, in default one month. Frederick Alfred Fox, for using a bar of the White Hart Hotel as .« common gaming house was fined £2oi in default six weeks. . Other cases are proceeding. ■« 1 • ii SHEEP IMPORTATION. ; p PALMERSTON N., Jan. 29. p The need for stringent precautions; being taken against the " possibility £)fj sheep diseases being introduced 'into New Zealand from infected was mentioned at a meeting of the Manawatu A. and P. Association. It was decided to suggest to the Goy* ernment that restrictions be placed -oil the importation of sheep from infected countries. - MAN DROWNED. DUNEDIN, January 29. Charles Walter Sell (25), married, with one child, was drowned in the harbour last night. Deceased, with a companion named Tuckey, was in a. speed launch and when going round: a buoy the boat turned over on one side and the men ifell out. Tuckey was rescued by a party in a rowing boat, but Sell, who was unable to swim, was not sighted. Deceased was a prominent yachtsman and a member of the North-East Harbour Board Club Committee.