DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 July 1945, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

PAKAPOO RAID AUCKLAND, July 27. Fifty men were arrested when police parties simultaneously raided eight premises in Auckland which were being used for the s sale and marking of pakapoo tickets yesterday afternoon. Eight Chinese occupiers of the premises were later charged before Mr. S. I. Goodall, S.M., with using them as common gaming houses. The other 42 men arrested, two of whom were Chinese, were charged with being found on the premises. A fine of £2O was imposed on each of the eight occupiers, the others being fined £2 each. FOOTWEAR EMPLOYEES AUCKLAND, July 27. The “go slow” policy which was started by workers in Auckland footwear factories on Thursday ceased to-day, after instructions had been received from the secretary of the New Zealand Federated Footwear Association of Workers (Mr. W. C. McDonnell, of Dunedin). The secretary of the Auckland branch of the association (Mr. A. H. Cooper) said that the Acting-Minister of Labour (Mr. O’Brien) had persuaded the Manufacturers’ Federation to agree to the Arbitration Court reviewing the wage scale of the industry. Three weeks ago at thh conference between the Manufacturers’ Federation and the Workers’ National Council, the federation would . not agree to the matter being submitted to the Arbitration Court for review, Mr. Cooper said. Meetings to discuss the course of action were held in various centres last Monday, and a vote in favour of direct action was carried throughout the Dominion by a majority of more than 1000. Although a decision against direct action was carried at Wellington, it was later decided there to abide by the result of the Dominion-wide vote.

INCOME TAX EVASION. AUCKLAND, July 27. Fines totalling £7OO were imposed by Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M., on two defendants who pleaded guilty to charges of wilfully making false returns for income tax purposes. The prosecution, outlining three charges against Ivan Grbic, . stated that the defendant was proprietor of a fish shop and restaurant at Onehunga. He furnished returns showing income totalling £166 in 1941, when the actual amount was £1257; £273 in 1942, instead of £1323; and and £272 in 1943, instead of £1395. The amount of tax he thus escaped paying was £643/10/-. Investigators found that the defendant’s money was spread over 11 bank accounts in the names of members of his family. The Magistrate imposed the maximum fine of £lOO on each of the three charges. In the case of Richard John Northland Crosby, who admitted four similar charges covering the years 1941 to 1944, the prosecution stated that the amount of tax which had been evaded was £771/11/-. The defendant, it was stated, had been very frank with the inspectors, and was now liable for a triple tax amounting to nearly £2300. “This is-another case where I can see no reason for not imposing the maximum penalty,” said the Magistrate. On each of the four counts the defendant was fined £lOO and ordered to pay costs.