DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

ALLEGED PERJURY. (By Telegraph—Press Association). MASTERTON, Feb. 24. At the Court to-day Otliol J. Buckley and two women whose names were suppressed, were charged with perjury in connection with a fatal motor collision in October, in which Mi's Emma Smith lost her life. The case against Buckley was adjourned till Friday. The two women pleaded guilty to having made false statements at the inquest concerning the number ot passengers in the car driven by Bucklev, and were committed to the Mastei'ton Supreme Court for sentence. MAORI 01 !!L ASSAULTED. TE ABOIIA, February 22. Two Maori women, returning from work at a market garden on Friday evening at eight o’clock, discovered a 14-year-old Maori girl in an unconscious condition on the middle of the To Aroha-Paeroa main highway at Manga iti, and she was taken to the home of her stepfather. She did not recover consciousness till after midnight, when she was able to give some explanation of,what bad occurred. She stated that while proceeding to her home at Tui Pali, she met a, young man riding a bicycle. He jumped off the bicycle, seized her, and dragged her to the side o! the road, and assaulted her. The girl remembered being placed on the handle bars of a bicycle after the assault, but nothing further. The police have been investigating the case, and it is understood that a suspect lias been apprehended. MOTOR KILLS OLD MAN. AUCKLAND, Feb. 23. Fatal injuries were received by David Ainslie, an elderly man, who was knocked down by a motor car in Dittos Street, Parnell, shortly after one o’clock on Saturday afternoon. He was picked up unconscious, and died ill hospital at ten o’clock on Saturday night. The deceased leaves a widow and one child. PIPE BANDS. DUNEDIN, Feb. 24. Over the week end the annual conference of tlie Highland Pipe Binds Association was held. Archibald McLachlan, of Christchurch, was elected President; McKenziE Forbes, oif 'Wanganui, Vice-President. It was resolved that in future the piping judge should not t>o enclosed in •’ tent. That point’ in quickstep be one hundred for drill and one hundred for music. A motion that the Pipe Bands Association secede from the piping , and Dancing Association was negatived by 30 to 1. MAORIS’ CAR UPSETS. DARGAVILLE, February 24. • ‘While there was a crowd on the road to the racecourse this moi ning a motor car containing five person, including four Maoris, coming into town endeavoured to pass another car, hut it overturned, with the result that two of the occupants, Maimete Wihiogana (driver) and a woman, Marina Winning were taken to the hospital rather seriously injured. The car was also considerably damaged. RAILWAY TRAFFICSATISFACTORY FTCURES AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WELLINGTON, February 20. '‘The figures for the Christmas traffic are now available,” said Mr B. H. Sterling, general manager of railways, to-day. “and show a very gratifying increase over those, of last year, more especially having regard to the unfavourable weather that was Experienced <luring the holiday period. This must he regarded. as extremely satisfactory. As is well known to those who study the railway position in the Dominion the outstanding problem is that of the passenger traffic, and this makes it. all the more pleasing that wc should have more than held our own during toe one outstanding travel period of the year,” A FATAL FALL. HAMILTON, February 2b. While dismantling a derrick on top of the power house at Arapuni, Walter Richards, a half caste Maori, aged 2!), fell to the ground GO feet. He landed on his head and was killed instantaiieouslv. No one witnessed the accident. Richards was a married man with two children and lived at Arapuni. His parents reside at Hikutaia. j ALLEGED THEFT’. j DANNEVIRKE, Feb. 25. Robert Gunn McLeod, aged 22, manager of Dannevirke branch ol Community Stores, was remanded on bail to March sth. on a charge of stealing £SB, ! tlie property of Charles Mackic and 1 others, trading under the name of community Stores Ltd. Application a - suppression of name was refused.