DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

TOTALISATOIt ODDS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND,

November 24

Elsie Blandin Swindler, 4.3, admitted at the Police Court that she laid totalizator odds at the Alexandra Park Trots on Saturday. The police said she laid odds under shadow of the machine. Her clients were mostly women. She promised Magistrate Hunt she would give up the practice and she was fined £2. It was stated her husband was an invalid and she had two children to support. AUSTRALIAN COAL. 7000 TONS IN OCTOBER. AUCKLAND, November 24.

Only seven thousand tons of Australian coal was imported to New Zealand in October said the Minister of Mines (Hon. A. J. Murdoch) to-day, when speaking to United Party supporters. Not one ton of that coal was used on the New Zealand Railays. Representations to the gasworks had resulted in their using only about 500 tons of the imported cnol.

SAD TRAGEDY. GTSBORNE, November 24

Sad circumstances were revealed at the inquest on the body of John Francis Hills, nged 45, found on beach, He died from a 1 gunshot wound, 1

The evidence showed that the deceased was a returned soldier of Rua. tori a. and had been suffering from shellshock. Ten weeks ago he was married, and after returning from the honeymoon, lie had lived for just over a fortnight in a new bungalow that he had built on his property, when the husband and wife woke up one night, they found the place in flames.. The furniture and wedding presents were all destroyed. This combined with shellshock, resulted in a depressed state of mind. ... *

The Coroner returned a verdict that Hills died of a gunshot wound in the chest, self inflicted, whilst in a state of acute mental depression.

CLAIM FOR INJUNCTION. CHRISTCHURCH, November 24

The Supreme Court to-day heard a claim by Ransomes, Sims, and Jefferies Ltd., engineers of Ipswich, England, against P. and D. Duncan Ltd.,, of Christchurch, for an injunction to restrain defendants from infringing plaintiff’s trade marks, and in part cu-: lar from applying the mark “R.N.F.” to any ploughs or parts manufactured by defendants. An order was also claimed for the delivery, up to the plaintiff company, of all ploughs or parts in the possession of the defendants, which offended aga'nst any injunction granted, damages on account of profits and any further relief, was asked for with costs.

The defence was a general denial of the allegations.

LICENSE CANCELLED. CHRISTCHURCH, November 24.

“Any man intoxicated or drunk In charge of a motor vehicle must expect to lose his license," said Mr Mosley S.M. in convicting Frederick Hobson, a contractor, aged 85. “In every case,”, added Mr Mosley “I will cancel the license, I will make no exceptions. I have done so before in cases where men were earning their living, or partially earning their living by means of trucks or motor cars. It has become so common, however,- that I have quite hardened my heart,” Hobson was fined £lO, and his license cancelled until 'May 31st,