DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1932, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS

> STAMP DUTY CASE. (By Telegraph—Per Press Associationj WELLINGTON, March 9. Further argument in favour of defendant was presented in the case, Gould and others v. the Commissioner of Stamp Duties by the Solicitor-Gener-al. He contended that the submission of plaintiff that the settler had constituted himself the trustee of the settled fund in favour of his children could not be sound, as there was no evidence whatsoever before the Court which might justify it. There was no evidence which was necessary to constitute a trust. The Court reserved ite decision. THIEF ESCAPES. AUCKLAND, March 10. An exciting chase after a thief took place iii; Te Araha, late last night. Mr -N. Jackich, of a fish shop and cafe in the main street, closed his premises about midnight and was walking down the street with his assistant, when a crash attracted their attention. Thinking the noise came from the direction of their shop, they hastened, back. An inspection showed the front door to be intact, but going round the back, they were just in time to intercept a man coming from the rear door carrying the cash register. The man‘dropped the register and made across the backyard. Mr Jackich pursued him, at the same time calling for assistance. The man jumped into the back garden of a residence and the noise awakened two of the occupants, Mr E. Arthur and Mr J. Jardine, who at once joined in the pursuit. Their combined efforts succeeded in cornering the man, but, suddenly snatching up what later proved to be a pumpkin, the man threatened his pursuers. As they stopped to avoid the missile he cleared a fence and disappeared in the darkness. CAR SMASHED A STOLEN MACHINE. . WELLINGTON, March 12.. Crashing several hundred feet down a hillside at about eight o’clock last night, a five seater motor car ended up almost a. complete wreck alongside the main trunk railway line, a short distance north of Hutt Road railway bridge. Parts of the- car. broken off in the fall lay on the track and the remainder of the wreck close by. The number plate corresponded with the number plate of a motor car stolen from Petone not long before the smash occurred. The car wa-s the property of Mr N. C. Fox, land agent of Lower Hutt.