DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 May 1936, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] UNLICENSED WIRELESS. WELLINGTON, May 7. A young man was fined £2 at Lower Hutt to-day for operating a small wifeless transmitting set. He was not licensed. The seriousness ot such an offence was pointed out, the Act providing for a fine of £5OO. SHIPWRECK RELIEF. DUNEDIN, May 8. A provision for handling £5 to each member of the crew, and £7 each to the master and engineer of the motor vessel Kai.- 'a, recently wrecked near Auckland, was approved at a meeting of the Shipwreck Relief Society. THEFT OF WALLET WELLINGTON, May 7. A verdict of guilty was found by the jury in the Supreme Court, in a case in which Samuel Allen, railway carpenter, was charged with stealing from a dwelling a wallet and £l2 in money. Allen was remanded for sentence. BUTCHERS FINED. WELLINGTON, May 7. Three Lower Hutt butchers were each fined £3 and a number of employees £1 each for starting woik before six- a.m. on a Saturday. It was stated that price cutting and the men’s desire to have a Saturday haltholiday were responsible for starts as early as 3.30 a.m. FATAL INJURIES. AUCKLAND, May 7. The death occurred in the Auckland Hospital, to-day, of R. S. Dickson, married, aged 64, of Glen Eden, who was admitted with severe head injuries on April 23. Dickson was struck by a bicycle while walking along Great North Road, the accident occurring after 8 o’clock at night.. .He was taken to the hospital in a critical condition.

H.B. POWER BOARD. WELLINGTON, May 7. . In response to overtures from Waipukurau Borough Council and Chamber of Commerce, the Minister of Public Works, Hon. R. Semple, has approved additional representatives of the Borough on the Central Hawke’s Bay Power Board. Hitherto it only had one, compared with eight other members. Waipukurau Borough embraces one-third of the total consumers, and is providing threeelevenths of the revenue. WELLINGTON WATERSIDERS. WELLINGTON, May 7. The offer regarding wages made by the shipping companies to the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union, and considered at yesterdayl’s stopwork meeting, was accepted, subject to the approval of the New Zealand Federation. The terms were not disclosed. . I

Normal working conditions were resumed this morning, though heavy rain interrupted work. Overtime was worked on several ships to-night.

HUNTER ESTATE. WELLINGTON, May 7. Two further issues arising from the estate of the late Sir George Hunter were discussed in the Supreme Court to-day, when the opinion of Mr Justice Smith, was sought on whether the various legatees were entitled to be paid interest on their respective legacies, and, if so, at what ,rate of interest, and whether out of' the capital or income of the estate; and .whether the residuary estate was liable for payment of estate and/or succession duty assessed in respect of a legacy of £5OOO bequeathed in a codicil to a niece, Helen May Hunter. Decision was reserved.