DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

HOTEL SALE

jßy Telegraph—Per Press Association.! GISBORNE, Feb. 27. Tlie report is confirmed of tlie sale of the Masonic Hotel, one of the oldest established hosteleries in Gisborne from F. Hall to D. J. Barry.

CAR DRIVER FINED

TIMARU, February 27

When Harry Newall, alias Ashford, and a friend named Evans filled up “Blue Peter” yesterday afternoon everything looked set for a corFKvial evening, Two gallons of nut brown ale were disposed of in a short time, but their luck was out when a car Newall was driving collided with a White Star service ear shortly after 9 o’clock. ’Die police were soon on the scene and Newall went to the police station and Evans to the hospital. In the light of subsequent events the evening was destined to prove a costly one, for Newall was fined £lO and lost his drivers license to-day in Timaru Magistrates Court, on a charge of having been drunk while in charge of a car.

MURDER CHARGE

CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 27

On a charge of murdering her female child at Waipara on February 21st, Kathleen Jennie Dodd, 31, appeared before Magistrate Mosley, and was remanded till March 6th. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 27. Accused is a single woman, employed as a domestic.' The infant’s body was found in a water hole yesterday.

FRACTURED LEG. 1

(PAHIATUA, Fob. 27

J. A. Young, a married linesman employed By the Taearua Eleetirc Power Board at- Makomako, fell from a pole and fractured a leg. A boy, Eric Brown, son of W. T. Brown, a local business man, also fractured his right leg when he fell at a school excursion to Plimmerton v esterday. TOWN PLANNING.

WELLINGTON, Feb. 27

The first conference of the New Zealgnd ; Town Planning Institute opened to-day. Hon. de la. Perrelle congratulated the institute of surveyors and society of civil, engineers op their, vision, courage, enterprise and public spirit, in joining forces for the foundation of the Town Planning Institute and wished members every success in the great? work they had undertaken. He made it clear that no real progress could be made unless ratepayers and citizens generally were 'behind any legislation it was deemed necessary to introduce. It remained *to be semi how pioperty owners and the people would react to implement schemes when face to lace with concrete proposals. The primary function of the Town Planning Board was to draw .up rules and act as referees. The future of town planning depended largely on the education of the popple.