DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

TOBACCO PLANTATION FIRE. 'Uy Telegraph —Per tress A ssociation) AUCKLAND, May 4... ; Ten kilns used in curing tobacco on the property of New Zealand Tobacco Plantations I Ad., near Riverhead, were destroyed by lire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £2OOO. In addition £6OO worth of tobacco in the process of curing was lost. The plant was insured for £7700 in the General Accident Fire ami Lite Insurance Office, and it is understood that the part destroyed was insured for £ISOO.

ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A DOG, AUCKLAND, May 4.

I An ujnu.fual case for the higher Court, that of a. man charged with cruelty to an animal, was heard in the Supreme Court-. The accused was Simon N. Clark, a farmer of Okailuui, who was .charged that lie wantonly hanged a dog in such a way as to. cause mmecessjK’.v suffering. Tlie Crown Prosecutor said th© dog was owned by another farmer named Mm Kenzic. Accused alleged be had thirtyfour sheep worried by two clogs, and told tlie police that when h© caught, one he hanged it. McKenzie said that lie found the clog hanged by the* neck and also b.v the tail.

miners out ok strike, WHANG A RET May 6.

Out l luuxlreu ami cdghty of the Hikurangi 'Coal Company’s miners went, out on strike this morning as a protest against the retrenchment of sixty men. The mine was idle to-day. As Hie rpesident and secretary of the .Miners' Union, arc in Auckland, attending a miners’ conference, the position is obscure.

MUR DER. oh A R< : E REM AN DKD WELLINGTON, May 6.

Horne© Frank Livermore was further remanded to May 13 on a charge of ;.he murder, on April IStli, of a child, Vera Forster, at Upper Hutt.