DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) WELLINGTON - , Marclj 10. The Court of Appeal this morning made orders striking John Llewellyn Charles Merton of Palmerston North, barrister a<nd solicitor, and Leslie Bruce GilfiHan of Hamilton, barrister and solicitor oil the rolls of barristers and solicitors of the Dominion. Neither of the practitioners was represented and orders were made on the application of Mr Van Haast, counsel lor Llie Law Society. The ground alleged a.-gainst each practitioner was thesame, that of converting trust moneys to his own use. Costs of £ls/15/were allowed in both cases.

AIR SERVICE. GISBORNE, March 10Consequent to the difficulties of road communication betweeq Gisborne arid Napier and the prospect of Gisborne being completely isolated during the winter, a local company with two planes established an air service, initial flights being made to-day. MAG ISTR ATE’S STRICTURES. NAPIER, March 10.

•’‘Speaking as a father and not as a magistrate, I want to tell you that I consider this type of crime so despicable that had 1 discovered it, I should have lilted to have had power to have ordered the perpetrator to be shot, and I would have been up at dawn to see the sentence parried out.” said Mr Mowlem S.M., addressing Cyril Dixon of Christchurch, oil a charge of stealing a suitcase 'and clothes. A month’s imprisonment was ordered, and also an extension of probation till the accused reached 21 years.

AN INQUEST. CHRISTCHURCH, March 10. At an inquest on Mrs Sydney Smith, killed in a lift at St. George’s hospital, a. demonstration was given by an engineer showing the lift was defective. The safety device had been broken and the lift would move even when the door opened. The inquest was adjourned for the inspector's report.