BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 10

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR Canberra Rotary Club.—At Canberra a local Rotary Club has been formed.— Press Assn. New South Wales Team of Riflemen.— The New South Wales team of riflemen left Sydney for Auckland by the Maunganui yesterday.—Press Assn.

Fall From Cycle.—As the result of falling off a cycle at Petone yesterday, Betty Calvert, of 6 Heretaunga Street, Petone, was admitted to the Public Hospital at 11.15 a.m.. suffering from an injury to her left arm.

Cruiser Melbourne to be Scrapped.— The cruiser Melbourne, one of the original vessels of the Australian Fleet, has departed from Sydney for England. She goes into the hands of the shipbreakers. —Press Assn.

Injuries Prove Fatal.—Joseph Pascoe, who was admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Wednesday evening suffering from injury as the result of a fall from a motor-cycle, died in the hospital yesterday.—Press Assn.

Recipients of Poor Law Relief in Britain.—Official returns show that the number of persons in England and Wales in November, 1927, receiving poor law relief in their own homes was 951,500, compared with 306,787 in 1913. —Press Assn.

Water Supply for Epuni,—So as to be able to proceed with the construction of water-works in the Epuni Riding, the Hutt County Council, at its meeting last night, decided to apply to the Local Government Loans Board to sanction the borrowing of £l7OO by way of a special loan.

Labourer Injured by Collapse of Wall. —Owing to part of a brick wall collapsing in a building that is being demolished in Parish Street, W. E. Dailey, a labourer, of 43 Onepu Road, had one of his feet crushed yesterday morning. Dailey, who is employed by the Fletcher Construction Company, was attended to by the Free Ambulance and afterwards taken to the hospital.

Knocked Down by Moior-car. —Mrs. M. Thom, of 106 Aro Street, was knocked down bv a motor-car at the corner of Tory Street and Courtenay Place, at 9 o’clock yesterday morning. After being attended to by the Free Ambulance she was taken to the Public Hospital, where she was admitted suffering from -i fractured rib and lacerated wounds to her face.

Jules Verne Centenary.—Celebrating the centenary of Jules Verne’s birth, a number of Swedish and German papers, probably also French, have arranged a race round the world, following the route outlined in Verne’s ‘‘Round the World in Eighty Days.”—"The Times.”

Norwegian Government to Resign.—A motion bv the Radicals censuring the Labour Government’s declaration of policy was carried by S 9 votes to 63, states an A.P.A. and “Sun” message from Oslo. The Premier. Herr Homsrud, announced that his Government would resign.

No Monuments. —Sneaking at _ the Marine Engineers’ Institute last night, Mr. J. M. Smith, superintending engineer of the Union Steam Shin Company. stated that all the mechanical things seen to-dav were the work of engineers. "Yet.” he added, ‘‘l don t think we see a monument to one anywhere.”

Found Dead in Office.—With the gas turned on, Martin Wood Milne, a married man residing in Maraama Crescent was found asphyxiated in the offices of Miss Chrisp, typist, about 9 o clock vesterday morning. The discovery was ’made by Miss Chrisp, by whom Milne was employed. An inquest will be held this morning.

Fatal Tram Smash.—Goods wagons on a road tramway broke loose near Thiqnville, France, and violently collided with n passenger tram at a level crossing. Twelve were killed, and 34 imured. The driver is alleged to have decamped. A.P.A. and “Sun.”

New Fighting Plane.—The British Air Ministry made a successful trial of a new fighting plane, a Westland-Jupirer Westbury machine, which carries two small cannon, firing explosive shells, instead of machine guns. It is understood that the new gun planes solves the difficulty of recoil.—A.P.A. and “Sun.”

Flood Damage in Tate Gallery.—Tn the House of Commons Mr. A. M. Samuel, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, announced that the flooding of the Tate Gallery in January, through the rise of the Thames, bad destroyed only twenty unimportant mid-Victorian pictures. All the others could be restored. —Press Assn.

House and Valuable Collection Destroyed by Fire.—Yesterday afternoon in Gisborne an eight-roomed house and contents, owned by Mr. J. R. h-irk, was completed destroyed by fire. Included in the loss were a valuable library, including volumes going back to the fifteenth century and autographed works by famous authors, valuable pictures, war medals, and South Sea Island, curious. Insurances on the building were £2OOO and on the furniture £lOOO, both in the Standard Office. —Press Assn.

Migrants to Australia. —The net gam in migration to Australia last year yas 48,924 persons, according to figures issued by the Commonwealth Bureau ot Statistics. The excess of arrivals over departures included 38.000 people ot British nationality, 1200 Greeks, 6500 Italians, 4000 Jugo-Slavs, and 300 Maltese, making altogether IS per cent, of the excess of arrivals.—Press Assn.

Breach of Act Alleged.—Thomas Edward Waters a builder .appeared yestcrday in Hamilton Magistrate’s Court on three charges of breaches on the Bankruptcy Act, viz.: failing to keep proper books, contracting a debt which he had no reasonable or probable change of paying, and of wilfully failing to keep proper books, with intent to conceal the true state of his affairs. Waters, who pleaded not guilty, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.—Press Assn.

New Trial Asked.—A motion for a new trial iu the divorce case between Felix Stuart Hindmarsh Bolton and Eileen Margaret Bolton was heard by Mr. Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. C. A. L. Treadwell appear, ed for Mrs. Bolton to ask for the new trial, on the grounds that *he verdict was against the weight of evidence, and rhnt the Judge had misdirect'd the jury hy directing them not to consider the evidence relating to each particular given by the respondent alleging habits and conduct inducing or contributing to adultery, as evidence of connivance. Mr. A. M. Ongley annealed to opnose the application, which was dismissed bv H’s Honour, after argument bad been heard.