DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

WELL CONVICTED. By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. GISBORNE, Alarch 11. Having 38 previous convictions for theft and 'false pretences, Daniel Batrick O’Connor was to-day sentenced at tlie Alugistrate’s Court to three months hard, to lie followed by a year’s reformative, for obtaining £3 from a hotelkeeper, and U2 from a Priest by 'falsely representing lie had just purchased a farm. LICENSING CHARGE. GISBORNE, Alarch 11. Desiring to preserve a unique record, an hotel licensee, William John Brav, who had conducted hotels for thirty-live years without being convicted of any offence, .Magistrate Levvy to-day acceded to counsel’s request to dismiss as trivial a charge of selling after hours. ALLEGED CONVERSION OF CAB. AUCKLAND, March 11. Arrested during the week-end on a charge of converting a motor .car to his own use, valued at Cloo, Norman Flelmore 'Turner (2fi). an officer on the steamer Pipiriki now in port, appeared at the Police Court this morning. As Air Aloodv. who is appearing lor accused, is out of town to-day. Turner was remanded until to-morrow. Bail was allowed, the .Master of the Pipiriki going surety.

BOOKMAKER CONVICTED. AUCKLAND, Alarch 11. . Early this afternoon Detective Sergeant McHugh arrested William John Hogan at the wharves, charging him with carrying on the business of booKmnker. Hogan appeared before Afr Cutten, sS.AL, at the Police Court later, pleading guilty to the charge. Chief Detective Hammond produced a double chart which had been seized. This was at -£8 to 2s fid on the I hornson and Railway Handicaps for tne Wellington races. Hogan said he used to he a whari labourer, hut lately had been in illhealth. “1 took £8 risk.” he said. “] think you took CIO risk,” said Afr Cutten, in fining defendant that sum. A GIRLS DEATH. WELLINGTON, Alarch 12. A girl, Betty Hill, aged fourteen residing at 40 Randwiek Crescent, Lower Hutt, died in the hospital last evening as the result of injuries received through falling off a train at Lower. Hutt station, before it had stopped. It appears the girl spent the day with some friends and was returning home when the accident occurred. She received severe head inuries and fractured ribs. She was taken to the hospital at 8.15 hut succumbed at 8.40.

NATIONAL ART GALLERY. WELLINGTON, Alarch 12. Money raised for the National Art Gallery. and Aluesum is to he placed in the" hands of a temporary board of trustees on which there will be tuo Government nominees, with Sir Joseph Ward as chairman. £95,000 is in sight and steps will he taken to raise the remaining: £SOOO. which "iilß " the fund to £IOO,OOO promised by the Government. .Meanwhile interest is accumulating but the promoters desire to raise the whole of the £IOO,OOO if possible by subscription.