DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

V GAMBLING FINES,

[By Telegraph, Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, September 16. The police on Saturday night raided a house in Federal Street and arrested twenty-one men on a charge of gaming. They seized packs of cards and a number of transparent dice. At the Police Court to-day Gozati was charged with being keeper of a common gaming house and the others with being found in a common gaming house.

With the exception of two of the latter all admitted the charge. Evidence was given that the room was specially fitted up for gambling. The dice seized were honest dice. There was no evidence that hazards were being played.

Mr Hunt, S.M., dismissed the charge against two men who were boarders and fined Gozati £25, and the others £5 each.

WATERSIDER’S ACCIDENT,

WELLINGTON, Sept. 16

A waterside y-orker, C. Clark, of 17 Aro Street, had all the, fingers and the thumb' of his right hand torn off today'; when, a sling, broke and fell on him while working in a shed at Queen’s Wharf.

NEW ART GALLERY

FOR, CHRISTCHURCH

CHRISTCHURCH, September 16

The design of the New Art Gallery, the gift of Mr R. E. McDougall, proprietor of Aulsebrooks, was approved to-day by the Domain’s Board, which also granted permission for the erection of the new gallery on land, that at present is occupied by the caretaker’s residence. This site is generally regarded as being more satisfactory than that originally granted. The new building will be of stone or brick.

RAILWAY (INSPECTOR,

INJURED IN JIGGER SMASH

WAIHI., Sept, 11

Mr R. J. Perry, Relieving Inspector of Permanent Ways on the. Railways, while driving a motor jigger near Waihi, was run into by the Tauranga express. Tlie jigger was smashed to pieces. Mr Perry , had both of his legs and his arm broken, and sustained a compound fracture of the skull. He was taken into the Waihi Hospital. He is not expected to live.

BANKR UPTCY.

CHRISTCHURCH,. ; Sept.' 16

At a meeting of the creditors of Bernard Renncll, builder, to-day a report from the Crown Solicitor was •received advising agninstr prosecution. It was stated that the dividend would not exceed five-pence in the pound. A resolution agreed to that the bankrupt be. allowed to retain his furniture.

-BURGLARS DISTURBED. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 16.' Burglars attempted to break into Mr E. Blake’s house at Huxley Street Sydenham, a,t 4 o’clock yesterday morning but the noise of a window being opened roused Mr Blake’s bro-ther-in-law and the intruders made a hasty retreat. All the blinds in the house were drawn on Saturday and that, evidently was observed by the thieves who assumed that the owner was away. The intruder clumsily opened a bedroom window and drew a. chair near to stop on .to. Then they drew the blind and were in the act of climbing through the window when they were disturbed. Mr Blake said that the burglars had a lucky escape, as there, were five men sleeping in. the house.