DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 November 1940, Page 9

DOMINION ITEMS

[per press association.] SALES OF LIQUOR. ASHBURTON, November 29. Jim Weir, hotel agent, was lined £lO for selling liquor without a license. He had a previous conviction. Norman Stephens, blacksmith, was fined £l2/10/- for selling liquor without a license. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED AUCKLAND, November 28. Fatal head injuries were suffered by a motor-cyclist, Emanuel William Povey, single, of Kohimarama, when the motor-cycle he was riding collided with a milk lorry. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a serious condition, and died about five hours after admission. FAMILY COINCIDENCE. WANGANUI, November 29. Babies of the same sex were born to twin sisters on the same day, in the same Wanganui Maternity Hospital. Both babies were seven pounds, and both were boys. The coincidence is heightened by the fact that both fathers are engaged in identical work, although in rival firms. BOOKS FOR CAMP. WANGANUI, November 29. The establishment of a library of 5000 books, and a plentiful supply of periodicals, at the Waiouru military camp, is under way. The books and periodicals were all given by the public. Half were collected by the Wanganui Public Library, and the others by the Country Library Service in Wellington. They are at the camp, ready for placing on the selves. All are in excellent condition.

FAILING TO ACCOUNT. WELLINGTON, November 29. Extradited from Melbourne on a charge of failing to account to the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company for moneys received for payment to it, thereby committing theft, Harry William Solomons, radio announcer, appeared .for sentence before Mr Luxford, S.M., having pleaded guilty. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within six months, if called upon, on condition that, within three days, he makes restitution of £25/7/6 to the company, and £52/6/5 extradition expenses, and that he leaves New Zealand within 14 days, and does not return for six months.

• WILD LIFE CONTROL. CHRISTCHURCH, November 29. No change will be made in wild life control in the Dominion, -till the war is over, the President (Mi- G. L. Pomfret-Dodd) told members of the Council of the South Island Acclimatisation Societies, who held their annual meeting in Christchurch, this morning. Mr Pomfret-Dodd said that he received confirmation from the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Parry) of his reported intention to leave wild life control alone for the duration of the war. The Council had not ; been informed officially of ;his decision.