DOMINION ITEMS.
GESTURE OF AMITY
A ALICE LC ANS I) EC<) I { ATE DUN EDI N . AI'EALORIAL.
By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright
.'DUNEDIN. 31 ny 30. 'l’o-day being Decoration Day in the United States, when wreaths are laid on the tombs of those who fell in the American Civil AVar, Commander B. It. Byrd instructed mem hers of ii is expedition who are wintering in Dunedin, to commemorate the occasion by decorating the local War Memorial, a gesture of amity from the expedition and the American people. The ■ ceremony*took place this morning in the presence of the Mayor.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY
DOAI!N rON CONG I{ATI'DATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED.
AUCKLAND. May 30
In reply to the message sent by the" Governor-General on the occasion of the Queen’s birthday, his Excellency has received a telegram stating that her Majesty was greatly pleased to receive the message, and desires that an expression of appreciation and grateful thanks niav be conveyed to the Government and people ol New Zealand.
POLICE RAIDS FINE
WELLINGTON, May 31
Following a police raid on her house near Basin Deserve, Muriel McLaren Laird, a widow, 53, was fined £ls for breach of the .liquor Laws.
Cases are proceeding against people Toond in the house. : -
DRIVER FINED
WELLINGTON, May 31
George Hill, aged 48. a hawker, was fined *,£2o for being drunk in charge of a lorry and his license suspended f°>' twelve months. He had collided with a tram.. .. ......
AN INQUEST
WELLINGTON, Afav 31
The dnngor oil’ young boys sailing in deep water in- canvas canoes was stressed at an inquest to-dav on Krio Douglas, 17, drowned at Island Hay on Saturday. The boy’s father thought the canoes should be destroyed. He had warned his boy on several occasions. The Coroner said mankind even for hundreds and thousands of years had been finding out what makes for stability in the.water. These youths wanted to go back where man was all those years ago, and gain their own experience. It was very unfortunate. A constable in evidence had previously remarked there was no law against if and no restrictions over children.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1929, Page 6
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