DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

BOOKMAKING IN A SMALL WAY (UY TUr.EGKAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, Jan. 21. “When bookmakers carry on operations openly it is a little harsh that a man like this should he charged, commented Mr Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court when ordering James Sinclair Oughton to come up for sentence when called upon on a- charge of bookmaking at Wingatui on December 27. Mr Irwin, for the accused, stated that he ran a small double among the fields. The accused was a married man in permanent employment in In vercargill. MOTOR SALESMAN’S DEFAULT.

DUNEDIN, Jan. 21. Donald O’Hara, a motor salesman, was fined and prohibited from driving for six months for being intoxicated while in charge of a car. In answer to a plea for leniency, the magistrate said that the offence was aggravated' by the fact- that the defendant’s occupation was selling cars, which involved much driving. If was a question of public safety, and no lenienov could be shown.

MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 21. The magistrate (Mr Mosley) gave his reserved judgment to-day in the prosecution brougth by the Health Department against the Dominion Comoressed Yeast Company, Ltd., holding that vinegar made from tapioca was not malt vinegar. He convicted the company without imposing a penalty for selling the product as malt vinegar. UNSTAMPED FOOTWEAR. WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. The maximum penalty (£10) was imposed to-day on W. Corrona, a boot manufacturer, who admitted exposing unstamped footwear for sale. The soles were alleged to consist of a thin layer of leather and then cardboard. FLAX-GROWERS CONFER. WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. The first conference since 1922 of the flax industry opened in the Farmers’ Institute to-day, growers and merchants being represented. The subjects, which will probably assume importance, are modern methods of manufacture, grading of fibre and, in view of the growing nature of the industry, recognition of its importance in several directions is to he aimed at. FIRE AT TE KUITL

TE KUITI, Jan. 21. Two shops occupied by Mrs. M. Gaseosgne, restaurant keeper and A. C. Mercer, tobacconist were almost completely destroyed by fire at four o’clock this morning. A boarder who was sleeping in a detached building at the back of the restaurant noticed the fire and gave the alarm. The fire had a good hold on the buildings, which were very dry, and they burnt fiercely. The upper storey of the building next door, occupied by A. W. Delly, a. conconfectioner, was scorched, but the efforts of the brigade and the absence of wind prevented the spread of the fire.

Mercer’s stock was insured in the National office for £425. Mrs. Gascoigne’s furiture and effects were insured in the State office for £450. In addition Mrs. Gascoigne lost £IOO in cash, which she kept on the premises. She had a narrow escape. The building which was reduced to a charred shell, was owned by Mr. E. Grough, builder. The insurances wore not unavailable.

FT RE AT TAUMARUNUT. TAUMARUNUI, Jan. 21. A fire last night destroyed a fourroomed residence and outbuildings owned and occupied by A. Venn and A. Laidvale. No water was available and the brigade could do nothing. The cause of the first is not known. The insurances on the house were £3OO in the State Office and on the furniture £2OO in the Southern Union.