NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2211, 25 July 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Tetosrssh.-Piete Association.) » ■ , - ( CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES. a4.«.r, ,■ Auckland, July 24. At the Police Court, William Leslie nSKV™ 8 chai 'S Cfl .with having obtained £.8 10s.' from a local drapery firm l)v. false pretences. It was stated that sixteen _other charges wpuld.be preferred. On the case being adjourned and application made for bail, the Magistrate said accused had left New -Zealand for Australia and "skipped." his bail there so that though entitled to bail as a right, it must bo in a prohibitive amount. It would be himself in £2000, one other surety in £2000, and two in £1000 each.

TAXI-DRIVER FINED. Christchurch, July 24. As the result of a collision between a motor-car and a motor-cycle on July 5; on the New Brighton Road, when a gul passenger on the side-car of the cycle had a leg and thigh broken, John Whitty was before the Court to-day charged with having failed to stop after the accident. Complainant alleged that the defendant was on the wrong side of the road when the accident occurred, and had no lights. The Magistrate in- , flicted a fine of £3, with costs, and said it was the duty of a taxi-driver to stand by an injured person. FIRE AT BLENHEIM. '. ] '■ Blenhefm, July 24. A fire this evening destroyed a email garage occupied by E. H. Best, two cars being totally destroyed—a Humber, valued at £150, and insured in the Boyal Office for £100, and 1 a Star, valued at £350, and insured for £250 in the Guardian Office. The building was valued at £50, and. was insured for £20 in the State Fire Office. WESTPORT HARBOUR. , : Westport, July 24. _At the Harbour Board meeting to« night the board adopted the soheduif of works to be carried out within eighteen months, and estimated to cost £95,000. ' Mr. F.':F. Munro, who has now taken up his residence in Wellington, still occasionally visits Westport.He has resigned the chairmanship, but retained,his membership on the board. Mr. J. H. Greenwood, deputy-chair-man, was elected chairman, and Mr. H. Gillen, deputy-chairman.