DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

COURT SENTENCES. (By Telegraph—Press Association). DUNEDIN, March 4. The following prisoenrs were senetnceil at the Supreme Court to-day by Mr Justice MacGregor. '■ Pearl Caroline Hislop, for abandoning her baby, was ordered to be detained at a Salvation Army Homo for 12 months. In the case of William Thomas, for theft of £2OO 16s from his employer Henry Schneidman, His Honour said there were special circumstances. He ordered the prisoner to come up for sentence if called on within the next two years. Doris May Adaifls, on three charges of breaking entering and theft, was shown that the prisoner married in August last year, and bad a baby two months old- Some discussion took place on what would happen to the baby if the prisoner, who had served two previous sentences, were sent to gaol. It appeared that no provision was made for such circumstances, and the baby would have to be boarded rut. His Honour, said he did not like the conviction for arson recorded against the prisoner, but Air Hanlon pointed out that this had occurred when the girl was only 13 years of age. Frederick Hall, a young man, for forging a cheque for £IOO, got nine months’ imprisonment. The Tuclge said the prisoner was not a first offender, or otherwise lie might have treated the case differently. horseman hurt. INVER CAR GILL, March 4. A young man, Gordon Shaw, employed by the Invercargill trained S. Todd, was the victim of a painful accident to-day. While exercising a pacer in fast work on the Southland Racing Club’s clay tracks, bis horse fell, and Shaw landed on his head, sustaining a -compound fracture of the nose and other facial injuries. He was remvoed to the hospital. COURT CASES. WELLINGTON. March 5. Failure to account to his employer Casey, a dairyman of Klmndallah for accounts totalling £l9 17s lid, was charged against Robert John McNichol 27, labourer and roundsman. He was sentenced to twelve months reformative . Frederick Keen who had failed to account for £32 4s to George Remners milliner, for whom he worked on a. commission basis, got six .months gaol.' It was stated that lust year accused failed to account for £lO2 but was given a chance to make restitution. He repaid some small amount's but doubts as to Ins honesty arose again. The money in the charge was taken this year. UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM. WELLINGTON, March 5. A reference to the unemployment problem was made by W. H. Bott, of Wanganui, (President of the New Zealand Federation of Master Painters, Decorators and Signwriters), at the opening of the annual conference at Wellington to-day. He could not pretend to know sufficient about the subject to propound a cure, he said, but one thing he was convinced of, it was not a matter for political action, without first having fullest inquiry made by a. suitable commission, and he hoped the committee set up last year as the result of the National Industrial Conference would be given every possible facility to complete its work. Large loans for public works or even land settlement on a large scale, could only be palliatives. They were not pure they could not in themselves overcome the consequences of seasonal demand for extra labour which must always exist in a primary producing country. THEFT CHARGE. EX-SOLICITOR CHARGED. CHRISTCHRCH, March 5. Iti the 'magistrate’s court, J'ohin Black Batchelor. ex-Christchurch soli citor was charged with the theft of the sums of £986 and £3OO. Evidence was given on the first charge that money was paid to Batchelor to complete the purchase of a house. Accused gave the cheque to a solicitro for the vendor but the cheque was dishonoured. In the second instance a woman paid money to Batchelor to pay off a mortgage. Batchelor’s cheque i\as again dishonoured. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence. ENQUIRY CLOSED. AUCKLAND, March 5. Afetr an inquiry lasting ten days, evidence in comission into police conduct of the Elsie Walker mystery cocnludod this mornig. Counsel address the court this afternoon.