DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

AUCKLAND’S WOOL CHEQUE. (Pa Press J ssocialion) AUCKLAND, April 13, The sum of £148.150 has been paid out as a result of the proceeds of the last Auckland wool side on March 27, w hich is equal to £9 6s LOd a hide. < r 6jd a lh as compared with £5 13s 5d and 4d for the February sale. XEW MOT()R R EGU LATIONS. WELLINGTON, April 15. By a supplementary gazette, issued this morning, it is notified that the present regulations governing the issue of motor drivers licenses under the Motor Vehicles Act 19.24 will be revoked on, tin' first- of Juno next, and on that date now regulations, which are gazetted, will come into force. WELL KNOWN MAN'S DEATH. WELLINGTON. April 15. Obituary.—P. G. Dalziel. wellknown in legal and business circles, BOOKMAKER CHARGED. AUCKLAND, April 15. Godfrey .lull of Rotorua, who picked a. winning trotting double at 33 to 1 at Thames and was not paid out by a bookmaker because he did not send the money to cover the wager, complained to the police with a result that Clarence Russell (40) to-day was charged with keeping a common gaming house. Alter police evidence which it was stilted that Jull was a stranger to Russell and never bet with him previously and that Russell never “welshed” anybody, Magistrate Hunt said “These men can be blackmailed quite easily f admit. I am in a sort of a position now where 1 really semi license bookmakers to carry on. However, Russell lias not been before me for about two years and so he will he lined 635.