DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1929, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

PROBATION GR ANTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association). PALMERSTON NORTH, May 7. “ It is a pity you did not think of the disgrace which you were bringing ui your respectable relatives before you did this. Luckily for you the police record of your character is good. I am going to give you a chance, but people don’t get two chances, so don’t offend again,” said Judge Ostler to Claude Coward, 21, when admitting him to probation on a charge of breaking and entering by night with intent to commit a crime at Dannevirke. BUNKER. COAL FIRE. DUNEDIN, May 8. It is unlikely the steamer Devon will get away until the week-end. As tho men got deeper into the bunker where tho heated coal was being removed, a fire was found this morning. The dismantled steamer Mokoia was haulea alongside and the Devon’s hunker coal is being discharged into her. SERIOUS CHARGE. TIMARU, May 7. At the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, Moss Wyllie, a University student of Oainaru, was charged that on April 2nd at Hampden about 6.30 p.m. he negligently drove a motor car causing the death of Magnus Laing. Accused was proceeding to Dunedin and overtook and collided with a cycle ridden by deceased. He was committed for trial on a charge of negligent driving, and thereby causing the death ol Magnus Laing. 'FARMER'S WIFE DROWNED HAMILTON, May 7, Sophia B. Leach, aged 53, wife ol William Leach, farmer, of Eureka, was found drowned in a. waterhole on the farm to-day. Apparently she went to tend ducks and geese, and fell into the water. An inquest was held this afternoon, when Mr Wyvern Wilson S..M. returned a verdict of death by misadventure. Deceased leaves a husband and seven children. N.Z. DAIRY PRODUCTION. WELLINGTON, May 7. The Dairy Division grading figures for the nine months ending in April show an increase for butter of ten per cent at 76.200 tons, and for cheese an increase of 14.7 per cent at 78,875 tons, as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. Reduced to terms of butter fat tho equivalent grading of dairy produce lor the *ine months shows an increase of 11.56 per cent, over the grading for the corresponding period of the previous season.