DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1930, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

WELLINGTON STREET FRUIT STALLS.

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WELLINGTON, February 6

It was alleged at a Cty Council meeting that the Hindus had put their heads together, with the result that there had been a material reduction in the prices for fruit hawkers’ stands. There was a proposal before tlm council for reconsideration of the minimum upset rentals when licenses were put up for auction, and one councillor questioned the wisdom of permitting hawkers’ stands on the street at all, Councillor Luckie said that fruit, stands had their advantages,. People were able to buy clieaper than in some of the shops. It was really the fact that prohibitive prices were being charged by shopkeepers that led the council a few' years ago to encourage stands in the street.

The proposal was agreed to. The drop on the occasion of the last sale of licenses w r as from £526 to £IBB Up to this occasion there had been a steady increase in prices, showing that great competition existed.

PROTECTION OF WILD LIFE

STATE FOREST SERVICE.

DUNEDIN, February 6

Interviewed respecting articles upon the-subject of the control of wild life the Hon W. B. Taverner (Commissioner of State Forests) stated that deer herds had readied, such proportions as to be a danger to native flora and fauna. In the articles mentioned improper inferences had been drawn. The Department had no knowledge of any “tentative scheme drafted by an official of the Forestry Department,” nor had it been invited to be represented at the conference of acclimatisation societies in question. The articles by Mamaku did not originate from the forest service, which did not desire to replace or to eliminate the, acclimisation societies; hut there were directions in w'hich better control and co-ordination could be attained. The Minister said he strongly resented the reflections cast upon the motives of the State Forest, Service, which wms conscientiously administering the Act.

PRISON CAMP SYSTEM

VISCOUNT CRAIGAVON IMPRESSED.

WELLINGTON, February 6

So impressed is Vis'ount Craigavon with the' prison camp system in New Zealand that he will take back-..with him to Ulster all the rules arid regulations available concerning the 'methods adopted in the Dominion. Mentioning this fact at the State luncheon to-day. Viscount Craigavon stated that for some time his Minister of Home Affairs had been agitated over the. prison system in Northern Ireland. “I have had an opportunity of seeing how you treat, your prisononers,” 1 added Viscount Craigavon, “and with the information I have obtained we cannot model our system in Ulster on the lines that are in operation here.”

CHARGE. OF BIGAMY. WELLINGTON, February 6. In the Supreme Court, James WilW Hudd pleaded not guilty to a c \rge of bigamy and a charge of n'-ting a false declaration of marriage. is alleged that, having married at ~ ,r don, England, in 191.5, he went tbi ( gh a form of inarrigae with Ida ii ro iii]g in May, 1927. A'jsed’s defence is that he thought bis fe was dead. '

•bhvelations of Ida Browning, with one Hjpriek James Harris, a cabinetmakei‘ w j 10in His Honour classed as one ol|i e frankest witnesses he had seen fo,, i o „g time, form a prominent feature the case. HaixJ! under cross-examination, said thai le . 'gave the bride away to •Hudd, Eying that he was married. He also ij that lie had stayed in Christchur with the woman, as man and wife. ' e p|yi n g to a. suggestion that he wt infatuated with the woman, he si that he had been infatuated. Accused wt' ounc ] JIO t guilty of bigamy, but guil 0 f Hla^in g a false state ment. He "‘'einandcd for sentence. POSTAL At. TELEGRAPHIC ' II %UE. WELLINqn, February 6. A return of revenue for the quarter ended, on Member 31, 1929, was published in . “Ga/ntte” tonight. It shows th^ a j phgtal revenue (shillings and f. e orlll jtted) as £389,300, compared v, £37,5 700 for tne same period of year. Tne total telegrahpic i mje for ’ these periods was £610,446 £5G6,2C6 respectively. The postal enue at the four main centres Auckland £84,744; Wellii 333. ' ynristchurch £38,873; l> d j n £25,' 14- Telegraphic revenue^ uck j an ’ d - £153,483; Wellington £121;. Christ . ! churcli £94,472; Dunedin i Savings hank returns game s period show an excess of w nva ] s -* over the deposits of £367,678^ - the corresponding peiiod of . and f excess of £403,576. The totah nt d of deposits for the quarter of \ Jn »• parentheses was £7,166.227 (i 4 ; - (78). and withdrawals ’ J 107,755. \

BANKRUPT FLYING OFFICER

AUCKLAND, February 6,

A meeting of creditors of Major Gerald Awdry Oadogan Cowper, formerly a salesman of Manurewa, and now flying instructor of Hamilton, was held yetserday.

It w-as stated that for some time after coming to New' Zealand he had worked on commission as a motor salesman. He had saved £SO, which he paid as deposit on a farm at Manurewa'. Until his appointment with the Auckland Aero Club as instructor last year he had not been free from financial worry and the farm property had proved a severe handicap. His liabilities amounted to £640 and assets to £SO. He was prepared to offer a settlement of 5s in the £. He had a wife and one child to maintain. His present earnings averaged £lO a week, and he was paying £5 5s a. week for board. He was paying £2 a week to a creditor on an order, and £1 a week off his furniture.

TEMPLETON HOSPITAL

ADDITIONS

WELLINGTON, February 6

The tender of Mr A. H. Pearce, for erection at No. 3 villa a.t Templeton Mental Hospital, at a cost- of £8540, has been accepted by the Public Works Department.

JEWELLERS’ ASSOCIATION

WELLINGTON, February 6

The thirteenth annual corifere'nce of the retail Watchmakers’ and Jewellers Association of New Zealand met at Wei ling yesterday and to-day, Mr H. S. Hislop (president for 1930) occupying the chair.

Mr J. Williams, of Wanganui, was elected president lor 1931, as next year’s conference will in all probability be held in that centre.

The executive council for the present year was elected as under Messrs H. M. Conway (chairman), M. M. Heinemann (lion. treasurer) H. W. Lloyd, C. H. Shenvood, S. F. McLean G. Morris, and T. Tromayne, secretary, Mr G. F Judd

Delegates were present from varous parts of fthe Dominion, and several permits designed to strengthen the position of the , trade and improve its status w'ore discussed and passed.

SERIOUS MOTOR ACCIDENT

WAIROA, Feb. 8.

A -serious motor nerident occurred on Tarewa Hill near Morere late last night, when a car, driven by Tom Dennis, the well known Maori All Black, containing three passengers went over the bank through the lights failing when negotialting a bend and rolling two chains through a fence. A middle-aged Maori, Teddy Nepia, was killed outright but tw'o Jady passengers escaped with cuts on the legs. Dennis with injuries to his back was hospitalled.