DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 April 1929, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

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KILLED BY BUS. WELLINGTON, April 17.

Kenneth Cain, aged 17, residing with his parents at Number 59, Victoria Street, Petone, was . to-night struck by a Railway Department’s motor-bus at Petone and killed almost instantaneously. WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED. AUCKLAND, April 19. Hon. P. de la Perelle agreed to teleigraph to the Minister of Public Works urging him to provide work for at least 500 - unemployed in th© country district. Mr de la Perelle said it was hoped that the men would be started in employment almost imediately.

DRUNKEN DRIVER.

STRATFORD, April 19.

' Before a Justice at the Court today, Arthur McPhillips, of New Plymouth, was fined £25 on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car. Accused’s car mounted 'the footpath and a shop window was broken.

INCOME TAX FRAUDS. TIMARU, April 18.

Henry Abbott, builder, of Oamaru, was to-day, at the Magistrate’s Court fined £75 with costs' on each of five charges of making false income tax returns. Defendant said he had always furnished his returns up to time but he had no knowledge of bookkeeping, and had made up his returns to the, best of his ability.

WAIKATO SWAMP

HAMILTON, April 18. The draining of the Woodland Swamp of 68,000 acres, close to Hamilton, was brought nearer at a conference of the Amalgamated Drainage Committee to-day. The meeting unanimously resolved to ask the Government to appoint a Board of inquiry into a comprehensive drainage scheme. This important development work has long been delayed, the Government hitherto having refused to assist unless the small drainage boards would unite. United action now seems assured. WASTED LABOUR. PALMERSTON N., April 19. (Work was commenced at the railway deviation to-day, tearing up the eight miles of track laid and the collection of materials for storage. Several officers have received notice of transfer to the Gisborne and Nelson districts. Following inquiries instituted, about 90 per cent of the men signified their willingness to transfer to other undertakings. Ten men are proceeding to Gisborne on Monday, and forty by the end of next week. There are 150 general labourers employed on the deviation.

APIARIST FINED. WELLINGTON, 'April 18.

Broaches of the Apiaries’ Act were admitted .by Thomas Burrell, land agent, at the Upper Hutt Magistrate’s Court. He was charged with allowing access by bees to combs taken from infected hives, before they Jiad been thoroughly sterilised to remove infection. He was charged with keeping bees in an unregistered apiary. The Magistrate said that the offence on the first charge was looked upon seriously by the Leegisla.ture, and Tie fined Burrell £5. On the second charge, Burrell was convicted and ordered to pay costs.

CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDIES. CHRISTCHURCH, April 18.

Elsie Sumner, aged 6, residing at Woolston, died early this morning while under an anaesthetic at the Christchurch Hospital.

William Gibson, of Surrey Street, Linwood, was found hanging from a rafter in a shed at the jear of his house this afternoon.' The deceased was a retired farmer,' and was aged 62 years. Roy Arthur Simpson, aged 37 years residing in Bealey Avenue: was found dead in an outhouse at the back of an hotel in the city to-day. At the inquest this evening, a brother of the deceased qaid that his brother had not been in good health since the war, but he appeared to be in his usual health on Wednesday evening. The inquest was adjourned.

PROGRESS LEAGUES. BLENHEIM, April 18.

The annual conference of the South Island Progress Leagues met at Blenheim to-day, being accorded a civic welcome .by the Mayor, Mr M., McKenzie, after which it proceeded to discuss a great number of remits, the most important of which was a scheme of group settlement of land, giving lease in perpetuity, without thp right of sale.’ This was put forward on behalf of the Otago Expansion-League, and was lengthly discussed. ” The scheme which' had as its root principle prevention of land speculation, was generally approved', but the delegates, thought that time should be given for the mature consideration of such a vital subject, and referred the proposal to the various Leagues for consideration. To-morrow delegates will be taken for a motor tour of Marlborough.