DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

TRIAL OF CHINESE CLERK. IJy Telegraph—Press. Assn., Copyright. AUCKLAND, -May 3. Ja the Police Court, Albert llong Duk, a Chinese clerk, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial on seven charges of false pretences and theft, involving a total sum of £V-j The principal charge related to payments made to Duk by another Chinese, under tiie belief that the money was being used to pay lor extensions of his permit to reside in New Zealand. Duk was formerly employed as Court interpreter in Auckland. A VAGRANT’S ATTITUDE. AUCKLAND, -May 2. William James Smith, aged 25, was sentenced to two terms of three months’ imprisonment, the sentences to he cumulative, on charges of theft and breach of probation. He had not worked for eighteen months, and informed the Probation Officer that he wasn’t going to be slave 1 r anybody. TREED BY WTLD LO' R, WHANGAREI, May 2. Mr A. E. Lollard, of Auckland when shooting at Pakotai, near Whai..;:-i"oi, yesterday, had a narrow escape i: a hoar. The animal, which was Alt, Bin. long, treed the hunter helore-he could get his shot. , lIAILWAY BOOKSTALLS. DEPARTMENT MAY NOT TAKE THEM OVER. WELLINGTON, May 2. Indications arc that the Government will not take control of railway bookstalls when the leases expire at the end of June. After the Railway Department had decided that it would be advantageous to assume control of the bookstalls, representations were made to the P;ime Minister by a group of business men, who drew Sir Joseph Ward’s attention to this further interference with p’ivate enterprise, and it appears that the Prime Minister may make representations to the Minister for Railways in turn.

In that event the bookstall questio; will be dropped.