DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1931, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

BURGLAR FRUSTRATED, 'By Telegraph—Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 7. Warned by burglar alarm connected with his house, the caretaker of the Remuera bowling pavilion (wher c there have been previous thefts) called die police at 12..A0 this morning. Two >ffiee-rs in cars arrived in twelve minit.es and discovered a man crouching icliind the counter with a chisel, two letonators and a plug of gelignite. James Burke, aged 30, a labourer, ippeared in the court and was charged vith being a rogue and vagabond and ound oil enclosed premises, also hnvng housebreaking implements. He was emaiuled to April .13.

IMPORTATION OF BIRDS. RESTRICTIONS RELAXED. AYF.LT/1 NO TON, April 0. Slight variations have been agreed to by tbe Government in the restrictions imposed on parrot importations. Consideration will be given to any ■application for permission to impent members of the parrot family for public j zoo purposes or by persons desiring to import such birds otherwise than foi sale. The existing ban with regard to other birds has been removed, applications to import to be considered on i the same lines as prior to the im posit-I I ion of the ban. all birds, of course, to J have a clean Dill of health. COOK STRAIT CABLES. WELLINGTON, April G. r B le cable steamer Iris, which left Auckland last month to repair the cable in Bass Strait, arrived this morning and leaves to-morrow with fifteen miles of submarine cable to repair. Three of the Cook Strait cables are reported to be damaged. Given good weather she should bo back in fourteen , days’ time and will proceed to Auckland. and from there to Norfolk Island , to carry out further repair work.