DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1929, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

VALUELESS CHEQUE.

(By Telegraph—Frees Association).

■PAHIATUA, August 2. Before Justices, Alex Frank Hausmann, belonging To.Masterton, pleaded guilty to issuing'valueless. cheque for 18s to G. A.;;Viilceht; at ’Pa li ia t ua.. Accused tion and ordered;: to make restitution at the rate- of £2 a month Applicaf tion for the 'of , tlfei j name was refused-.? .•??'?;? -?

DUNEDIN; OPINIONS. *: : DUNEDIN, August 2. Most of the .Dilnedin (business men who were this-.morning invited to say what they think of the Budget replied to the effect that they would like to peruse the Finance Minister’s speech' at leisure before venturing definite opinions on the subject generally, but there was common consent on one point—the increase of the primage duty on imports from 1 to 2 per cent. It is severely condemned. TEACHING OF EVOLUTION. REPLY TO PROTEST. HAMILTON, August 1. The Minister for Education-, replying' to a Hamilton protest against- the reference to evolution in the new; school syllabus, said that the intent--ion had been misunderstood. There• was no intention that the theory of evolution in connexion with the ancestry of mankind should he taught in the schools; It was quite unlikely that teachers would! extract the wrong meaning from the reference in the syllabus. “The intention of the syllabus,” lie said, “is that children should be led by a first-hand study of Nature- to discover some part, however small, of the wonderful plan of creation, gaining thereby an increased love and reverence for the Creator.”

ALLEGED THEFT. ; AUCKLAND, Aug. 2. A clerk in the Railway Department whose name was ordered- to be suspressed by Mr Hunt, S.M., was charged in the Magistrate’s Court with stealing . £l6B, the property of the Railway Department. The police stated that restitution had been made, and that probably accused would plead guilty. uounsel said it was not likely that the accused would alriiit the offence. ."A remand was granted bail being nked in one surety of £2OO. \V AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP. \ - - ; HAMILTON, August 1. The Auckland provincial clay bird championship was decided, here to-day. It was won by C. Seddon, of Hamilton w o shot the possible of twenty-one Other leading scores wefe—W. J. M’Miken (Hamilton), T. Glenn (Hamilton), A. E. Macready (Auckland) 20 each, D. Fraser (Auckland), W. J. Aitken (Morrinsvillte), M. Pratt (Otorohanga), and C. E. Hodge (Auckland) 19 each. INTOXICATED DRIVER. WELLINGTON, Aug, 3. » Samuel John Carncross, alias Albert Prosser, aged 47 was given two months imprisonment oy Justices at Petone for being intoxicated while in charge of a car. His license was suspended for two years. RELIEF FUND. v -OAMARTJj’ Aqgust' j:;;:;;; The Mayor to-day forwarded-th.e Third., instalment of £SOO for earthquake relief to the Central Committee. A RUMOUR DENIED. ■ WELLINGTON, Aug. 5. Rumqitffs have gained currency that Major-General R. Young, General Officer commanding New Zealand forces is to retire this year in older to becomeCommissioner of Police, and that Brigadier General M. M. Gardner, Officer Commanding the Southern Command, will be General Young’s successor. The matter was referred to the Prime Minister who gave the suggestion an emphatic denial.