DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

THEFT AND ARSON

(By Telegraph—Per press Association)

CHRISTCHURCH, August 20

Burglars last night, for the second time in a fortnight, entered the premises of Guthrie Bowen and Cov., Worcester Street, and stole goods worth £IOO.

■Highly inflammable goods were spilt on the floor and set on fire, but a passer by noticed the flames and notified the police. The damage was small. Previously a similar attempt was made.

ANOTHER FIRE

GISBORNE, August 20. Waiapu Farmers store at Waiomatnfirin with the contents, were destroyed bv iire It is understood there is some evidence of the building having been broken into prior to the blaze. The building and stock were covered by insurance £B9O,

PERJURV COMMITTED,

WELLINGTON, August 20

James 'McDonald, 52, a painter, pleaded guilty to perjury in connection with an affiliation maintenance complaint, heard on July 2 and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. He was also adjudged ..the father of the child. A STOWAWAY. A SECOND OFFENCE. WELLINGTON. August 20. Though fined £2 in Christchurch on Tuesday for attempting to stow away on Lyttelton ferry steamer, James Timothy Rowlings, 29, a fireman, stowed away the same day in the steamer Gale. He was [fined £3, in default 21 days. FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS. TIMARU, August 20. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, Matthew Henry Richards, licensee of Saltwater Hotel, for unlawfully making false returns of income for four years 1927-28-29-30, the charges being admitted, was fined £3OO.