DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1929, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

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PAKAPOO GAMBLERS. WELLINGTON, April 18. A Chinese fruiterer, Wong ?Wai, aged 58, was fined £6O to-day for using his premises as a common gaminghouse. i It was stated that a detectives’ raid showed pakapoo had been played. The default was fixed at three months’ imprisonment. RAILWAY WORKS. PALMERSTON N., April 18. Official instructions for the suspension of all work with the exception that it will T be necessary to leave everything in a satisfactory condition, were received, at the railway deviation early this morning. Steam shovels stopped and the construction work ceased immediately. Inquiries werhinstituted to ascertain which men were willinor to transfer to other undertakings. “The first draft is expected to leave for Gisborne on Monday. REGISTERING BRANDS. HAMILTON, April 17.

In the recent sheep stealing cases Ithe police' had difficulty owing to the failure of farmers to register brands. In order to impress oh them the importance of obeying the law requiring registration, the police to-day prosecuted Edwin Charles Shepherd, farmer, of the Huntly district, on two charges relating to failure to register brands.

Detective White said there was no reflection on the. integrity of defendant. The Magistrate-, Mr Wilson, imposed a fine of £1 in respect to each charge. CROSSING SIGNALS. HAMILTON, April 17. That a green flag or light as a warning.’to motorists not to cross a railway, is unsatisfactory, is the opinion expressed by the Magistrate, Mr Wilson, to-day. On a recent evening a woman driver named Grace Clark, seeing a green light at a level crossing, thought the road was clear, drove ahead, and crashed into a train. The Magistrate remarked that green was regarded as a safety colour, and in any case such signals were unsatisfactory as many people were colourblind/ Electric flicker signals were a better warning. Defendant ..was • fined 10s.