TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21022, 10 May 1930, Page 14

TELEGRAMS.

(Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 9. As a sequel to a stand-up light at a recent rally of unemployed, John William Hughes and George Lewis were charged with fighting. The charge against Hughes was dismissed. Lewis was fined £l. A detective, giving evidence, said that Hughes announced that he wanted to get the meeting away from the Communist element, and that he stood for King and country. That seemed to start the trouble. Hughes later offered to take on all the Communists in the hall, one after the other. Lewis’s explanation was that Hughes had called him a Bolshevist and a Communist and struck him, breaking his glasses, and he hit out in self-defence. The northern railway line was blocked for more than four hours this morning in consequence of a mishap to the Auckland to Henderson goods train. A tyre of the engine burst between Morningside and Mount Albert, and all traffic was suspended while the damaged part of the engine was removed. Some hundreds of suburban workers and children arrived late at work and school. PAHIATUA, May 9. To a charge of issuing valueless cheques on Pahiatua hotelkeepers, Sampel Knight (aged 68), with several aliases, who was originally declared an habitual criminal, but has been out on parole (since revoked), pleaded guilty before the magistrate, and was committed for sentence in the Supreme Court. WELLINGTON, May 9. Capping Day ceremonies are proceeding gaily to-day. The procession, which was as popular as ever, drew large crowds. Prominent in it were Samoan belles, a dental clinic in full operation, and the Sarron-Donovan fight. When Robert Charles Heron, salesman, came' before the official assignee for'his adjourned examination he was sharply questioned as to his earnings since his bankruptcy, what he had done with the money, and why he had not paid something into court towards liquidating his debts. After several passages between the bankrupt and’ the official assignee, the latter said he would adjourn the inquiry for the bankrupt to supply further information as to what amount he had paid to his wife, etc., for which he must produce receipts, not mere book entries. He could see that the bankrupt was determined not to do things. CHRISTCHURCH, May 9. “ That he did have in his possession and 'custody a mould intended to make a resemblance of a shilling, knowing .the same to be so adapted and intended,” was the charge preferred against Walter James Wright, a carpenter, aged 52, in the Magistrate’s Court. He was remanded till Monday. ASHBURTON, May 9, James Oliver Scott, charged with selling liquor without a license, was fined £SO, in default three months. He pleaded guilty. INVERCARGILL, May 9. Michael Forde, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Winton, was fined £2O for exposing liquor for sale on a Sunday. The barman was fined £l, and two persons found on the premises £1 and £2 respectively.