DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

NO RA'IN YET. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 7. Again to-day, despite nor-west conditions the Public Works Engineers report no rain at Lake Coleridge, where the level is 1658 feet, instead of 1672 feet normal. However the flow of Harper river into the lake lias almost doubled isince yesterday, being 46i) cusecs against 290. This is due to a thaw j in the back country. Restrictions oil the use of power still continue with no immediate prospect of removal.

PILOT’iS LICENSE. BLENHEIM, Oct.' 7. Mr P R. Dix has secured a B. pilot’s license. This is the first civil trained pilot to secure such a license. Tests involved a cross country flight to Aikto, North Island, on a map and compass course. A FATALITY. WELLINGTON, Oct. 7. Semple, injured in a motor capsize between Johnsonville and Tawa Flat last night was Robert, the eldest of the sous of Robert Semple, M.P. The other man was Stanley Holmes, who waa uninjured,

Semple died in the hospital, He* cehjsed was driving. He was married With one child, He arrived-' from Gisborne on Saturday (talking up- a; job as driver of Titahi bus service. '

CARPENTER SENTENCED,

] W DANNEVIRKE, ThjWiPffyW^ I William Neville Stock, a ciifpentei'' by trade, faced Magistrate Miller to answer 20 charges of theft of articles ranging from a grit mill and motor equipment down to tennis balls. He pleaded guilty. It was shown that accused was a night roamer, the articles being mostly stolen during the hours of darkness. He was sentenced j to three months on each of two charges to be cumulative arid one month on each of the others, these sentences to bff concurrent; •• • ; ' j UNLUCKY BET . \ % HANNEYIRKE;' Thi& • Day. i Ernest Friss, a labourer,.Aras/uriluc.k’y; in. laying a not' only “struck” was. caught by Police aergeaTii 3 Mar!iml He; had been out of work for several iwbbks .and pp Thursday; ;last, . fqr, .the j first tiinq,- istarted: .laying; onevsjiiiling,. doubles. He i continued;ihis ? operations, j on -Saturday and was caught • by; thq c, police early in the afternoon. The 1 Magistrate admitted it was not a bad case, but was the seepndr here within ; a short time and he could not look on these offences lightly. Accused was fined £ls. costs 10s and allowed a month to pay, ■?. BO . It'. fl. October' 6; At a meeting of the directors of the Dunedin; Bowling Club to-riiglit it' wjWs unanimously ; rc?plv ; ed : ;i ,That tills Board of Directors strongly protest against n ,aipy„, action in.. ; the .direction of tHeir ground * ’being acquired for hospital purposes, as mentioned in a letter from the Minister of Health (Hon. A. J. Stallworthy) to the Hon. W, Dbwriife StPWaft ;'- 'arid that' a copy' of this resolution be forwarded to the Minister, and also to local Members of Parliament, Messrs Taverner, Stewart, Munro and Ansell. THEFT CHARGE. GISBORNE, October 7. Having sold various articles of fur-, niture, which he obtained from a firm in Auckland and not paid for, Maurice Frederick Lamb, aged 39, was charged at the Police Court of theft, and pleaded guilty. He wasiadjliitted to probation for two years ori toridftion he made restitution of the amount'involved, TALENTED WOMAN’S DEATH. AUCKLAND, October 7. Obituary—r Mrs R. A. Singer, aged 37, wife of the well-known solicitor, and a talented musician (piano, violin, and viola). Under the maiden name of Dorothy Rose Nichol, she. was chorus mistress for J. C. Williamson. * She leaves a girl aged 11 and a boy aged 9. HOMESTEAD BURNT. GISBORNE, October 7. A seven roomed homestead, owned and occupied by Edgar Knight in Patoitaki, was completely destroyed by Are last evening. The whole of the contents were lost but the outbuildings escaped the flames. The house was insured for £750 and the contents for £250 in the New Zealand Office.