DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 1 December 1925, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS.

AMATEUR, BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, Dec. 1. The -amateur billiard championship semi-final resulted in Mason (Dunedin) 666, beating Stewart (Dunedin) 649. Mason meets Hacliett (Auckland) in the final.

PRICE OF BUTTER . DUNEDIN, Dec. 1. The price of butter will be reduced one penny per pound from to-morrow.-A STIFF PENALTY. AUCKLAND, Dec. 1. Robert Ryan, aged 56, was fined £IOO on pleading guilty to a charge of keeping a. common gaming house. A charge of carrying on business as a bookmaker was withdrawn. INQUEST AT GISBORNE, GISBORNE, Dec. 1. Ait the inquest on Henry Hupa. Christie, aged 62, who died suddenly ,at Te Karakn last week, ,a verdict of death due to natural causes was returned.' SENTENCES AT NELSON. NELSON, Dec. I. At the Supreme Court Roland Walter Neilson, for arson, was sentenced to three years’ hard labour. Cecilia Lilian Neilson, for making a false declaration, was ordered to c-ome up for sentence if called upon within two years. John T'ipora Martin Piki, an ex-postal official, for theft, w-ais ordered twelve months’ reformative detention. Thos. James Balfour Mason, for theft-, received eighteen months’ hard labour. INY ERC ARHTLiL IT Ell IS. INVERCARGILL, Dec. 1. Oils tom s revenue for November constituted a record, the amount being £23,107, .as compared with £14,062 for the. corresponding month last year. The rainfall for November was 4.93 inches, as compared with .84 for November Inst year. There were only >six days free from rain. Sit-. Paul’s congregation lias sent a call to the Rev. G. J. Locker, of St. Luke’s, Renraera. At the inquest on Alexander Stewart, who was fatally burned in a hut at Win-ton. the evidence of a taxi-driver showed that deceased was intoxicated. In his opinion, -a--burning candle resting on a. block of wood was the cause of the fire. A. verdierff of accidental death while -intoxicated was returned.