DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

A FOREIGN SHIP. (Australian Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 10. A short stay was made at Auckland by the Swedish motor-ship Parrnkoola, which arrived from Los Angeles yesterday morning. Site sailed in the afternoon in continuation of her voyage to Wellington, Brisbane, .Sydney and Melbourne.

’File vessel brought cargo from Scandinavian ports. San Francisco and Los Angeles. She unloaded only 4(H) toils at Auckland. Ku route from Los Angeles to Auckland the I’arrakooh called at Apia to unload a cargo for Samoa and to load copra fop America. Siie was to have loaded thousands of cases of lin it at Apia for New Zealand. hut did not owing to the declaration of the Seamen's Union and the Waterside Workers’ Union that foreign vessels carrying cargo in opposition to New Zealand-manned ships would not he discharged or loaded in New Zealand. For the same reason the Pamikoula did not load cargo at Auckland for Australia, as was done by other vessels of the same line previously,

EX-NAVAL MAN’S OFFENCE. AUCKLAND. March 10. “He threw a full bottle of beer through the window, so he must have been very drunk,” said counsel who appeared for Charles Alexander Smith, aged fort.v-two, a labourer, who was charged at the police court with drunkenness in Krtiangaliape. Rond yesterday, and with wilfully damaging a plate glass window, valued at £lB 10s. Smith pleaded guilty. The Detective-Sergeant said attention was attracted by a crowd outside the* shop. A large plate glass window had been broken, and the accused was standing near. Smith said he had had a row with his wi'e, and that he was only “evening things 11 p a bit.’’ Accused had many years of good service in the navy to his credit, and had retired two years ago.

Recently he had had ponsiderable domestic trouble with his wile, who worked in the shop. Smith had been working on relief works, and only came to town yesterday. Unfortunately. lie had taken too much liquor. Smith was placed on probation for six months, and ordered to pay £lB 10s within that period.