DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1928, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

1 MAN DROWNED, illy Telegraph —Per Press Association.) O AMARU, Oct. 12. Jack Miller, aged 50, single, a cook at tne hydro-electric camp at Awaki.no, fell from a bridge into the flooded Waitaki river at Kurow yesterday. The body has not been recoyered. A CANDIDATE. ■GISBORNE, Oct. 12. W. Lissant Clayton has announced his candidature for Gisborne seat, in the interests of the United Party. HOCKEY TOUR. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12. At a meeting of the New Zealand HooKey, Assn., the Australian Hockey Association wrote stating it had decided to send a team to Fiji in 1929, and that if the New Zealand Association would extend an official invitation the team would tour New Zealand either before or after the Fiji visit. A sub-committee was appointed to go unto details to draw up a suggested itinerary and to submit an estimate of the cost to the affiliated associations concerned.

MAYOR’S HOUSE BURGLED. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12. After ransacking four rooms of the Mayor’s house at 118 Tennyson St., Beckenham, last night, burglars took away a gold presentation watch and two ladies’ watches. Their exit was a hurried one, as it is thought probable they were surprised by the arrival of the Mayor’s son at 9 p.m. A little 1 later Rev. Archer~arrived on the scene, having been summoned from a function of welcome to the,All Black footballers. The intruders gained entry through a window, which had been left open. CYCLING RACE. APPEAL UPHELD. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12. Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Assn, yesterday evening upheld, the appeals of B. W. Arnst, C. J. Deans, and C. Bearman, the placed men in the Round the Gorges cycle race, aginst disqualification by Papanui Sports Club for allegedly receiving motor pace.

FATAL ENDING. GISBORNE, October 12. Robert Macaulay Bruce, an English schoolboy, died from the injuries sustained through being caught in the belt of an engine driving a shearing machine at Mokoiuri Station. Owing to the flooded river, it w T as impossible for a doctor to reach him, or to receive him at the hospital. - , REFORM CANDIDATE. PAHIATUA; October 12v G. Harold Smith, Reform candidate for Pahiatua seat, opened his campaign last night, with an address at Ballance* There was a large attendance, include ing many ladies. The candidate met with an excellent reception and a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence was passed. The Chairman (Mr J. H. Bremner) paid a very glowing tribute to the services rendered by Mr Smith to the constituency when he had previously represented the electorate.

JERSEY STOCK SALE. i. Palmerston n., Oct. 12. At the sixth annual Manawatu Jersey hull and heifer sale yesterday, prices generally were not as high as last year. Requirements were apparently .filled early in the sale, when a very fine selection was offered. Later, the prices fell away. .Ninety-three head were sold realising over twentytwo hundred sterling. R. L. Harris yearling heifer, Ku Ku Viola, was next guineas, was the highest price realised over the sale. The same owner’s yearling heifr, Ku Ku Viola, was next blest, sixty guineas. A hid of one hundred and forty-five guineas was received for the same owner’s yearlino heifer, Ku Ku Ripple, but the reserve was two hundred guineas.

LICENSING ACT CHARGE. AUCKLAND, Oct. 12. An invitation by the licensee of Quean’s Ferry Hotel to two friends to step over and have a nightcap, after playing billiards, led to all three being before the Court on an after hours trading charge. They were taken to lvis private sitting room an the liquor was given them out of a private decanter. It was admitted by tlie prosecution that there was no suggestion of liquor having been sold Mr Hunt, S.M., in dismissing alt charges, said it would be an abrogation of a licensee’s common, law rights to hold that he could not invite his friends to his house.

SOLICITOR STRUCK OFF. WELLINGTON, Oct. 12. The Court of Appeal this morning made an order striking Michael Bede Maher, a solicitor, formerly practising lat Hawera, off the rolls of the Supreme Court. It was alleged by Mr A leek, counsel for the Law Society, that Maher had failed to pay into his trust account certain moneys received (by him on behalf of clients, and 1 further that he had wrongfully paid money out of his trust account, and had failed to account for certain moneys received on behalf of clients. Maher did not appear and was not represented by counsel. Costs £ls 15s were allowed the Law Society. DEATHS AT SEA. AUCKLAND, Oct. 12. During the voyage of the Rimutaka from London to Auckland, Mrs Ashworth, a third class passenger return-

ing with her husband from a holiday in England died and was buried at sea-. :1-,, : ’ ; • A trimmer, named J. Matthews, disappeared from the ship on September 17th. ■ ’ ' AVAR PENSION BY FRATJD. V' WELLINGTON, Oct. 12. Louis McDonald, a carpenter, was ; to-day charged that by means of false, misleading statements, he obtained instalments of a war pension totalling £177 13s 4d. Mr O’Regan for defendant said the defendant’s wife became entitled to a war pension in respect to a. son, and defendant was appointed as her agent. After the wife died the husband stillcollected the pension, evidently under the impression that what was his wife’s was his own. That defendant had acted quite bonafide in the matter was proved by the fact he had recently applied for the old age pension and stated on the form that he was drawing a war pension. Defendant was convicted and ordered to refund within seven days the amount wrongly withdrawn.

A VETERAN’S DEATH, ;. " ROTOR,UA, Oct. 12. Obituary—John Macintosh Roberts, N.Z.C., the oldest veteran of the N.Z. wars. He was born in Bombay, India, in 1851 and reached the Dominion inv 1855. He served with distinction in the Maori wars, afterwards holding an important civic position as sergeant and magistrate. Me'retired in 1909 to his home at Rotorua. Two sons and two daughters survive him. ELECTRIC POWER. DARGARVILLE, Oct. 12. Hobson Electric Pov r er Board at a meeting last night, unanimously adopted the report of T. R. Overton on j the load survey of the Board’s district and probalble cost of installation and reticulation. The Governmenthave stated their willingness to bring' pow'er from Arapuni to the Board and it is understood a survey ,of the route has already been made. The Board has been waiting developments for some time, but it now seems to becertain that Hobson County and probably Otamatea, adjoining, who are also having a load survey taken by Overton, will have electric power, and lighting within two years..'The estimated cost of the scheme is. £109,000. There are just on one thousand milking plants and two large butter factories in the Board’.s area ; als6 sawmills, flax mills and' metal crushing plants. ...