DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

OBITUARY, (By Telegraph—Press Association)’* „ WELLINGTON, June 10. Obituary.—G. Wilson, formerly of ( the firm of Aitken and Wilson, aotat 73. He was born in Berwickshire and came to New Zealand in 1882. GOLFING INCIDENT. WELLINGTON; June 10. An amusing incident is reported, from the Miramar golf iinks, where a cow picked up a ball and swallowed it. The player had already lost his game and no emergency ruling was required. NOTED MAN’S DEATH. DUNEDIN, June 10. Obituary.—At Kelautan, v Malaya, William Bower Bell, aged 55, manager and part founder of the Dominion Rubber Company. At one time deceased, who was born at Inchclutha, was champion cyclist and also pioneer motor cyclist. AGED SETTLER PASSES. GISBORNE, June 10. The death occurred of James Stewart Leach, a well known identity, aged 96 years, of which seventy were spent in New Zealand. Leach had an adventurous life. He was born in Monmouthshire ill 1833 and went to sea at an early He soon after joined in the search for gold in California. Resuming sea life he was wrecked on the Peruvian coast. He joined the navy in 1853 and was engaged in transporting troops to Crimea. Later he Became a soldier and served at Sebastopool and in India at the time of the mutiny] He rejoined the navy m 1858 and was assigned to the troopship Tamar which he left at Russell on Christmas Day, 1858, subsequently coming to Poverty Bay where lie served as a shepherd on Whangara Station for many years.

A VALUABLE ESTATE.’ ; AUCKLAND, June 10. The estate of the lnte J. H. Upton has been sworn for probate at under £130,000 sterling. ] DENTAL MECHANIC’S THEFTS. AUCKLAND, June 10. Vincent Walter Morley, a dental mechanic, pleaded guilty at the Police Court and was sent to the Supreme Court for sentence on theft charges, involving a total of £248. Accused had been in the employ of Doctor Rayner at the American Dental Parlours for ten years and charges of failing to account for the money paid him by clients dated back to November, 1924. His salary was £ll weekly. ~ ' MOTOR CYCLIST FINED. .. . ROTORUA,.. June:,lo. Before Mr Paterson, S.M.,' Thomas Clark, a Maori, was fined £lO,, in default fourteen day?, and his license cancelled for two years for being intoxicated in charge of a motor cycle. Defendant was riding on Whaka Road and the Inspector’s speedometer registered 70 miles per hour in overhauling him. TELEPHONE EXPERIMENTS. HASTINGS, June 10. During a talk to Hastings Rotarians by Mr H. R. Houndsell, telegraph engineer, on the landmarks in the progress of telephone communication, it was mentioned that the system of multiple dialling is now being tried out between Wellington and Palmerston North, which promises to have an important effect on speeding up of toll calls between large centres. The system was devised by Mr It . Tj. Apperley, who joined the Port and Telegraph Department as a lad at Hastings-about 15 years ago and who is now one of the senior mechanicians in Wellington Automatic Telephone Exchange.

DUNEDIN ARCADE CASE. DUNEDIN, June 10

The decision of Justice Adams in' the Royal Arcade case was promulgated this morning. He has decided that the people of Dunedin have not established a public highway through the Arcade. Action was taken by the Attorney-General, acting for the citizens against the Arcade Company, seeking a declaration that the Arcade was a public highway. His Honour, after a lengthy review, held that all evidence was consistent with the view that a public user had been allowed, by permission of persons in possession, and in that view only was the inaction of the public and corporation since the year 1866 satisfactorily explained. Plaintiffs had failed to establish a dedication and the action was dismissed with costs. UNLICENSED FISHER, PALMERSTON N., June 10. At the Magistrate’s Court this morning, Stephen Bain was fined fifty shillings and costs on each charge of taking trout from the Manawatu river without a license and using a net, which is an unsportsmanlike device. Similar charges against another defendant were dismissed. THEFT OF OVERCOAT. PALMERSTON N., June 10. For theft of an overcoat from a motor car which lie subsequently pawned, a youth, Thomas Henry Ball, was sentenced to;fourteen days as an , example to others who pilfer from cars. It was stated s'uch thefts were very numerous and the position was becoming serious.