DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

MILITARY CONFER,

<B? Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, July 30.' Representative territorial officers conferred with the Minister of Defence (Hoi). Gobbe) with the object of considering recommendations made by the Genera l Officer, comm finding New Zealand forces, ‘Major General Young,: for the maintenance of i a skeleton defence force in place of the present system. The. Minister st-ated subsequently i that the proposals submitted were' thoroughly considered and the officers! assured him of -their ' •cO-opferatibn'. r.m v the scheme drawn up bv the Govcwiimeht. ' , A.

TRAM EXTENSION REFUSED

WELLINGTON, July 29..' The Mayor, Mr .Troup, in reply to, a deputation which The , extension of .the .trains' in Brooklyn, a.Jnlf suburb; said that as no- extra could.,be., charged, such, a .work could 0n1y... be constructed, out of surplus, revenue,and there was none. On the contrary, the 'train receipts' were still £phrg. iidwh, so much as to cause anxiety. Yor could they increase the" bus service Rather, it must be reduced. kV . iNpiilfi'ASE IN PRICE..Up-

g . ; CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. Owing to the increase in duty, the retail price Of spirits is to be increased proportionately. This decis-. ion was reached by the Canterbury Licensed Victuallers Association yesterday. Nip 'prices will remain unchanged, bht measures will be brought into general use throughout the proince. The price of a 1 Kittle of spirits, 'formerly costing 12s 6d will now be 14s .

• r : ; AUCKLAND'SESSIONS.

AUCKLAND, July 29. ( A . short list of oases for trial was reviewed by Mr Justice Smith at the opening of the' criminal session of v'Snp'Vemb "Court To-day; Seven - ‘charges arising out of "offences against, "property, three charges of offences ,against 1 sexual morality, and " cli ai ges"of r hegligeh £ - driving arid causing death'made lip the list to be dealt with. His Honour said that if was a short list compared with the.' usual 20 or, 22. This he considered; was highly satisfactory. ' ' U True bills were -.returned in all cases.

TIPSY MOTORIST GAOLED

N ELTHAM, July 29." ' At'; he'Court this morning, Francis, Kemp, a labourer of lej.opo, . near -Stratford,-: previously, convicted in. 1.9 ; 20 aiul 1926*0f being dyimk in charge' of a motor," and on the having his license cancelled for--tnr'ee years was convicted on his 'third offence ;by Mf Tate, S.M., anti >as seiip teiwecV'to: fouiloeh lilaysvi: ihipnsohme£t.‘ and was’ disqualified from holding a license for two years. ■

SHEEP-STEALING CHAR'(|i,-" < DUNEDIN, July 27. - The second hearing began in the 'Supreme Court to-day of the case .in which, Eclbert William Lewis, of Springvale. was charged with steal-, ing 20 ewes, valued at £ls, the property of Edward James lies, and. alternatively, with receiving them, know-; ing them to have been dishonestly obtained. The case had : beep almost, completed at the previous session when t\vo : jufyhufn’were discovered vylrinking. in a hotel, bar with witnesses for tW ‘tlei‘ehce^and 1 ordered, illie ' alleged, in IriC .‘Opening-; adflrpps : ;';t'hht .;. tlio, :qeQUsed :haU:r h -fenpesv rhTJles’ prorer.ty -for tiie purpose bf-'the case. } Thet case is expected to last for three days..

ANOTHER TIPSY MOTORIST|4 | WELLINGTON, July 29. Roy Sortain Smith, agent, was fined £2O, and his license was cancelled for 12 months, on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a car. Evidence was given that his car struck a. bus and a wheel came off. The defendant urged that the loss of the' wheel was the cause of the accident',' hnt he admitted having had a number of drinks, and the ' Magistrate held that lie must convict. . " OOMMER CTAL TR AVELLER INJURED. - ROTORUA, July 30. The Rotorua-Auckland express yesterday afternoon collided with a car : owned and driven by A. E. S. Cookson, a commercial traveller, at a level j crossing 'between Tirau and Putarau. 1 Cookson was severely cut about the head and suffered other-'.injuries.'‘ -He was brought by train to the King street hospital. His condition tliisj morning was fair. The Crossing i&;; open, and there is no reason apparent ' for the collision. Cookson ,is single, j,, very highly respected and is a 'capaibldi motorist. ’ RAILWAY DISMISSALS, i- "

WELLINGTON, July 30. Further dismissals are pending at* Hutt Valley railway workshops, notices being given to 33 men on Monday, to take effect- early next month.