DOMINION NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15274, 26 June 1923, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS

POSTAL OFFICIAL CHARGED. By Telegraph.—Bruns Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Martin Matthew Holland, postal official, aged 23, was charged with the theft of a postal package at Darfleld on May 31. He was remanded till Thursday, the chief detective stating that a number ol' other charges were to be laid.

AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. a . AUCKLAND, Monday. The breaking of four casks of crockery, part of li consignment from Liverpool to Auckland per lho Middlesex in October Just, according to the judgrrifcnt of Mr Justice Stringer, was due to Rie peril of the sea, not improper stowage, in an action by*F. E. Jackson and Go. against the New Zealand Shipping Company, plaintiffs had failed to satisfactorily establish the onus on them that the damage was caused by improper stowage. Judgment was given for the defendant, with costs per scale.

. STATE BANKS. WANGANUI, Tuesday. A currency league was rormed here last evening, with tiie object of promoting the establishment of State and agricultural banks. MOTOR CAR TAKEN. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The third motor ear theft in nine days occurred on Saturday night, when the private garage of Mr P. S. Nicholas, land agent, was entered by a side door, and a car driven off. The car was found on Sunday morning near Bromley Cemetery, with the tail light missing. A coil of hose was also stolen by the i thieves. ELECTRIC POWER LINES. ASHBURTON, Monday. The consulting engineer, Mr Templin, told the power board that wherever telegraph lines occupied one side of the road and private lines the other side the power line must displace the private lines. He recommended the board to follow the practice of the Telegraph Department not to recognise private owners’ rights, but agreeing to shift private wires into paddocks if the owners shifted the poles. The board approved.

BURGLARY AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Monday. Burglars entered the premises of Archibald Clark, warehousemen, over the week-end, evidently through a window at the rear. They selected £2OO worth of best silk hosiery apd removed it in a suit-case, also part of the. stock. GISBORNE WOOL SALES. GISBORNE, Monday. Necessary guarantees of about tO,OOO bales ol' wool for local sales have been received.