DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 November 1930, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] SLIP ON MAIN TRUNK. WELLINGTON, November 24. The Limited from Auckland was 57 minutes late, as the result of a holdup, by a small slip between Mataroa and Ngaurukehu. „ WAITAKI—HYDRO. WELLINGTON, November 24. The Government does not intend to obtain from Professor Hornell a full detailed report on the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme, stated Mr Taverner to-day.

HOUSE ON FIRE. PALMERSTON N., November 24.

Fire on Saturday evening totally destroyed the thirteen-roomed residence in Manawatu Street, occupied by Henry John Fenwick. Nobody was ou the premises at the time. The building, which was the property of the State Advances Department was insured for £lOOO. Fenwick’s furniture was insured for £l5O.

PORIRUA WIRELESS

WELLINGTON, November 22.

The tender of Standard Telephones and Cables (Australasia) Ltd., has been accepted for radio installations at Porirua mental hospital. The tenders varied from £1175 to £1961, and the lowest tender was accepted. The presentation of the gift and the opening ceremony will take place on Christmas afternoon.

RAILWAY ENGINES WELLINGTON, November 22. The Railway Department recently completed the first two engines of the order for twenty-four, which are building in the workshops at Hutt and Dunedin. These are to be known as the “C” class, and have been designed for use as shunting engines, or for suburban or other traffic, within the limits of their capacity.

YOUTHFUL BLACKMAILER. DUNEDIN, November 24.

At the Supreme Court, Albeit George Ashton, (19), was sentenced to two years at Borstal for demanding money with menaces.

Judge Kennedy said the prisoner had blackmailed a man about to marry, and continued such .blackmail after marriage. It was a cruel-odious crime. Accused had not even hesitated to impugn the honour of a young man recently dead, to his parents, accusing him of leaving a woman in trouble, and demanding money.

COLERIDGE STAND-BY.

WELLINGTON, November 22

On. account of the saving in transport of crude oil, it has been decided to locate the stand-by electrical plant, to supplement the Coleridge supply, at Lyttelton. There is already in existence a Public Works Department power line from Lyttelton to Christchurch, so no extra e'xpeuse will be incurred on this account. Arangements have been completed for the storage of oil at Lyttelton, but until negotiations at present going on with the Lyttelton Harbour Board are finalised, no announcement of the exact site of the plant will be made.

, MECCA OIL CASE. WELLINGTON, November 24.

The case in which the ownership of a quantity of oil, the subject of a written contract of sale between the Socony Proprietary, Ltd., and Pimental, who was recently sentenced for fraud, was settled by Judge Reed today in the Supreme Court. His Honker holding that the property in oil, i which was valued at £562, had not passed from the Socony Proprietary, Ltd. Upon consideration of the contract and all the surrounding circumstances, he found the intention of the parties was that the property in goods should not pass until payment of the demand draft. The oil had been seized under several distress warrants. Costs were allowed to plaintiffs.

ALLEGED SLY GROG

ASHBURTON, November 22

There was a mild sensation in Ashburton yesterday afternoon when it became known that the police had carried out another raid on an alleged sly grog-shop in the business portion of Havelock Street. A curious crowd soon gathered at the scene of the raid, where a carrier’s cart was backing out with about 30cwt of grog that had been seized.

The haul is stated to be the largest ever made in Ashburton. The liquor was taken to the police station. This is the second raid carried out by the Ashburton police this week, and the third within three weeks. Both others were on a house in Tancred Stredt, where liquor was seized on both occasions.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY CHRISTCHVRCH, November 24. . The Supreme Court to-day heard a claim by Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., engineers, of Ipswich, England, against P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., of Christchurch, for an injunction to restrain defendants from infringing plaintiffs’ trade marks, and in particular from applying the mark “R.N.F.” to any ploughs or parts manufactured by defendants. An order was also claimed for the delivery up to the plaintiff company of all ploughs or parts in the possession of defendants which offended against any injunction granted. Damages on account of profits, and any further relief, was asked for, with dosts. The defence was a general denial of the allegations. The case is proceeding.

MOTORIST CONVICTED. ASHBURTON, November 22. Arising out of an accident near Methven, on May 22, whereby Rachel Highley, a young woman, lost her life through a motor-car colliding with a gig, Lawrence Thomas McKendry appeared before Mr Orr-Walker, S.M., at Meth ven yesterday, charged with having driven a car in a manner dangerous to the public. Counsel advanced a plea of “autrefois acquit,” pointing out that the defendant had already been dealt with on a similar charge at the Christchurch Supreme Court, and had been acquitted by a ju-ry. The Magistrate said he could not agree with this view. He fined the defendant £lO, and de-licensed him till after January 1, 1932. A charge of failing to pass on the right side of an overtaken vehicle was withdrawn.