DOMINION NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 26, 26 March 1924, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

TRAMWAY ADVERTISING.

Per Press Association

Wellington, March 25

In a reserved judgment to-day the ■Chief Justice held that there was no ground for granting an injunction restraining the City Council from completing the tramway advertising contract with Chandler and Co., Ltd., which was the subject of much discussion at the council table.

Action was subsequently taken in the (Supreme Court by two ratepayers, with the Attorney-General joined as plaintiff, against the corporation for an injunction on the grounds that tli© contract should have gone to National Advertising, Ltd., which had guaranteed a revenue to the corportion approximately £8650 in excess of that guaranteed by Chandler and Co. in its tender.

Th© Judge,'said: “There is no personal interest in th© councillors and, though they may be mistaken, that is not a ground for setting aside their power and discretion.”

DRIVER’S NARROW ESCAPE.

Napier, March 25

Au accident of a somewhat unusual nature befell L. Harris, a farmer of Taradale, to-day. Whilst driving a small car on a country road, Harris smelt fire, and as he looked round lie loslt control of the car and crashed into a telegraph pole, which snapped off nnd fell over the hood of the'car. Had the driver been sitting up straight when the pole fell, instead of leianing out, probably ho would have l>een injured. Ag it was, he just had time to get out before the car was enveloped in flames.

long arm of the law.

Te Kuiti, March 25

At the Police Court a case, the age of which is supposed to be a record for th© Dominion, was heard here to-day, when William Ware, of Frank ton, was charged with having, in 1900, sold whisky to natives at Te Kuiti.

Senior-Sergeant Matthew said he laid the original information when a constable at Te Kuiti. Th© accused disappeared tsoon after, but witness recognised him at Hamilton in December, 1923.. The senior-sergeant gave evidence as to having overheard th© accused selling liquor to Nikora, a native constable, and other Maoris. He seized thi© liquor o*l the premises ol Noble, accused’s employer, who witness had not heard of since.

Nikora was the Crown’s principal witness, but when examined through an interpreter, he seemed hostile, and said h© could not remember the events referred to by the police. The ease was dismissed.

PRISONER AT LARGE.

Christchurch, March 25

Frederick Marshall, aged 34, an Australian criminal serving a sentence imposed at Wellington about twelve months ago for forgery, bolted from Paparua prison farm yesterday afternoon. Hei was driving a dray at the time, and apparently took a horse with him, as a horse was found at a plantation near the farm. Up till noon he was still ait large.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNTS.

Auckland, March 25

Shortages in the accounts at the Waiuku Post Office led to the ap' pearance of William Edward Kemy, aged 20, and Harold George Allan, aged 25, before justices of the peane at Waiuku,

Kemp pleaded guilty to the theft of £6 7s and £7 9s 7d, and also to a charge relating to the destruction of a savings bank deposit slip. He was committed for sentence.

Twenty charges, involving alleged theft, fraud, and concealment of documents, were preferred against Allan, who pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial. Th© amount in\olved was stated as approximately £IOB, and the operations were alleged to have extended over th© period from June, 1923, to February, 1924.