DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 November 1933, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] HUNTLY MURDER. WELLINGTON, November 8. Three detectives and fiye constables J from the Wellington district will leave, to-night, to assist the Auckland police in investigation of the Huutly murder. ACQUITTED. INVERCARGILL, November 7. After a retirement of three hours, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, in the case where George James Winton, married, was charged in the Supreme Court, with supplying a certain noxious drug for the purpose of procuring a miscarriage. EGMONT SHOW HAWERA, November 8.

The Jubilee Show, marking 50 years’ progress of the Egmont A. and P. Association, opened in fair weather. The entries constitute a record, the Show being extended over three days, instead of the customary two.

ALLEGED INTRUDER.

WELLINGTON, November 8

Alleged to be the man found in a house at Wadestown, but subsequently allowed to go free, and arrested and charged by the police on evidence of identification, Frederick Burden Clark, 32, painter, pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering a dwelling, with intent to commit a theft. After hearing the evidence, and noting an objection to part of it, Mr Page, S.M., made a committal for trial at the Supreme Court, and granted bail in £3OO. PRISONERS SENTENCED. WANGANUI, November 8. Mr. Justice Reed sentenced, at the Supreme Court, John Lister to- two years’ hard labour, for indecent assault on a Maori girl, three years of age. Harold Peace White, on four charges of forgery, two of obtaining money by false pretences, while postmaster at Pipiriki, was admitted to probation for two years, and ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution. GISBORNE, November 8. Frederick Mervyn Blank, 26, who pleaded guilty at Whakatane last week to burglary at Whakatane, was admitted to probation for two years, at the Supreme Court, to-day. WAIRARAPA UNEMPLOYED. MASTERTON, November 7. A falling off in the number of unemployed men engaged on the relief works of the Masterton County Council has been recorded in the past three months. In the last two months there has been a drop of over 50 men. The Masterton Labour Bureau also reports an inclination for the unemployed registrations to fall away. The trend of a discussion at to-day’s meeting of the County Council was that a continuing drop in the number of unemployed engaged by the County Council could be expected, and the Councillors urged the completion of the unemployed works in progress, so as not to be left with half finished jobs on th'eir hands.

WHALE OIL.

WELLINGTON, November 8.

Before the Tariff Commission, J. A. Perano of Picton, appeared in support of an application for a duty on imported oil having a specific gravity below .88.

The whaling industry in New Zealand, he said, was experiencing severe competition from American mineral oil, which just escaped the duty placed on lubricating oils. He said that whale oil was used chiefly for rope making, and to a certain extent for blending with lubricating _ aids, and most of it went to Australia. If the local industry had more protection, more whale would be caught. He thought the activity at the northern whaling centre was mainly for moving picture purposes. He had an inquiry from the woollen industry concerning whale oil, and had sent a sample only a day or two ago.

tee to do what was fairest. He announced that the Australian team’s test matches would be probably played in Wellington and Otago. A remit from South Auckland suggesting that a match be played annually between representatives of the major associations and minor associations was lost.

The mover said it was essential that young players in the minor association should be' sought and encouraged. Such a match would give them a chance.

Mr. Connolly said that the matter of country players did not concern the Council so much as major associations. There was difficulty about leave and also finance. Such a match would cost £5OO. COBDEN GIRLS’ CLUB. A meeting of the newly-formed Cobden Girls’ Cricket Club wa s held'on Monday evening. There was a large attendance of players and supporters. Norma Brislane was elected club captain, Dorothy Greenhill as vice-cap-tain, and Monica Kelly as hon. secre-tary-treasurer. It was decided that the first match of the season be against the Reefton Girls, at the Cobden Recreation Ground. SATURDAY CRICKET [TO THE EDITOR.] Sir, —With further reference to Saturday cricket and in reply to “Another Cricketer,” I am afraid this correspondent has rather missed my point, or perhaps I did not make my meaning clear enough. 1 contend that there are 90 per cent, of players available here for Saturday cricket but a good proportion of these will not play on Saturday at present owing to the haphazard way in which this competition is run, and not wishing to be non-players altogether are now classed as Sunday players. If a properly managed Saturday competition were run, I contend that a great proportion of these players would become Saturday only players, as there is quite a large proportion decidedly against Sunday play. With regard to organising a fourth team for the Saturday competition, I will be only too pleased to help in any way possible, but as I have alreadj' explained, the poor way this competition is organised is keeping players out of it. Yours etc., “CRICKETER.”