DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

A BANKRUPTCY,

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, October 24

An order for the adjudication of Ewan William Alison, the younger, of Auckland, solicitor, and his -wife Winnie Alison as bankrupts, was made by the Supreme Court to-day.. The total liabilities in the estate amount to £lb'o,~ tXK) and assets are valued at over £150,000. The summons for adjudication came before the Court in July and proceedings having been launched by a woman who had a mortgage of £SOO over one of the properties. The summons.. had been adjourned to enable the debtors to realise on their propertied, but today it was stated the debtor would offer no objection to.the order. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. NEW PLYMOUTH, Octooer 22. Claud H. Taylor, farmer, Urenui, was convicted and fined £5 with costs £1 10s, lor having sheepskins in his possession with the ear removed. The fine later was increased to £5 Is to permit of an appeal,.. ■ ...; : In the Magistrate’s 1 Court' this moth' ing, Ernest Wilfred Taylor, gate-keep-er to the Egmont Park Board, pleaded guilty to the theft of: £6909s fid. and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail was allowed, .

LICENSEE Flkkbt jo' WELL ’NGTON, October Mi Levi Smith, licensee’.: ,; ofithe'Tertnior us Hotel, was fined £10 “on a charge pjf exposing loqour for sale after,.-hofirs. An alternative charge of opening the premises was withdrawn. Defendant had three previous convictions. FILM SITUATION. WELLINGTON, October 25. Following on the acting-Prime Minister’s statement on the cinenia film situation, Sir Victor Wilson, representing some film renting corporations, said in an interview that he had explored. unsatisfactorily ', every, avenue of seftleindfi't. - It' is nt>t for ’tne W dictate to the Government as to the laws. All I can say is we...cannot trade under the conditions imposed. ■■ I fully realise the seriousness of the position and regret it;.; The Government; should,legislate to bring films, in,, not to shut them out. Closed theatres will only mean one thing, the bailiff, I am anxious that such arv alternative shall not be necessary. . > d ARCADE GUTTED. INVERCARGILL. October 23. The arcade in Esk Street, a large two-storeyed brick building containing shops and offices, was completely gutted by fire at 1.30 a.m. to-day. The outbreak started in the shop of T. H. Brewer, fruit-'dealer, and-spread with grearb rhphjity-. : ;The ejther tenants were: D. E. Kelly, tailor; J. Boyd, land agent; Wairjp Goa] Go.-; Southland "Silver Beech Co.; Radio Club; Girls’ aVid-’th& State Fire Insurance, The premises were owned by ColortclCibwie -JCicholiß, cji -''Oamaru. The building was Insured in the State Office for £9OOO. The tenants weremostly insured for small amounts.

BOOKMAKER FINED £25,

GISBORNE, October 24

On a charge of frequenting the' street for the purpose of betting,”Robert Burt pleaded guilty to-day, and was fined £25 by Mr P. H. Harper, Magistrate. In inflicting the fine , lie said that accused was apparently only operating in a small way, and it was his first offence. MAN FOUND DEAD, WANG ANTjf, :: October' 24.' - About noon, a man was found dead in the bedroom of a boarding house where he had booked a fortnight ago. There was a pool of blood oh the fioofi ’ A doctor certified that death was due to an internal complaint; Papers found on the body indicated that lie had been travelling round the country selling needles, His name was A, J. Keogan, and he was about 57 years of age.