DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1932, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

WINE STOLEN FROM CHURCH, (Per Press Association Copyright.) HAMILTON, July 17. Twelvo bottles of wine were among a number of articles stolen from the Methodist Church, London Street, Hamilton. Ten cupboards were, smash- 1 ed, the panels, being, split and broken. In. addition to the wine, a quantity of tea and sugai- was removed. HOSPITAL CHARGES. V NAPIER. July 17. Hawke’s Bay , Hospital Board members protest against the suggestion, ot Dr. M Watt (Director-General of Health); that they should increase maintenance rates to 12s per day for adults and 6s for children, from 9s and 4s 6d respectively; - i~y TO HAVE VOICE RECORDED. ; DUNEDIN, July. 18. Arrangements have been' made for Lex, MacDonald, Dunedin’s boy contralto, to visit Australia to have his > voice recorded. Few boy singers in the Dominion have reached j&uch ,a , high , standard as MAcDohald. Mr R. Hud- ;> son, of the . firm of Cadbury, Fry, and Hudson, has ' interested himself in the j young artist to such an extent that his firm is defraying all expenses of the visit of MacDonald and ‘ his mother - to Australia next month. MAORI BYE-ELECTION. INVERCARGILL, July 18. , Mr Thomas Bragg, of Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, has agreed to contest the Southern Maori seat as an Independent Reform candidate at the byeelection on August 3. DRUNK IN CHARGE OF CAR. WELLINGTON, July 18. ’ Charged with being drunk, in charge of a motor-car, Jasper Stringer was fined £5 by Mr Woodward, S.M., and had his license cancelled -for a year. John Moriavty was fined '£lo on a similar charge. " COUNCIL. RYE-ELECTION. INVERCARGILL,, July 18. In the bye-election for the vaoant seat on the Invercargill City Council to-day the result was as follows:Mr M. C. Denham (Labour) 2023 Mr W. It, Mabson ..A ... 1687