DOMINION NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1927, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS.

BURGLARY. WAIPUKURAU, February 11. During the absence of Mr. and Mrs D. Dunbar at the Pictures on Saturday night, their dwelling in the hear: of the town was visited burglariously Jewellery and a fountain pen, valued at £25, were sto.lcu fron} a bedroom and dining room; also the contents ot a child’s money box, and a blank cheque. The losses were not discovered till last evening. VANDALISM. BLENHEIM, February 14. An act of vandalism has been report ed to the Secretary of the Cook Memorial committee, in connection with the national monument at Ship’s Cove It appears that visitors to the sounds at Xmas time defaced the tablet on the memorial by carving thei names deeply beside the inscription concluding with the words inside the ornamental border “ Palmerston North Y.MJ’.A. Party, Christmas 1926,27.’ Ou the wooden crosspiece of the an chor surmounding the memorial, a great many names had been scratched. A copy of the names has been taken with view to further action. MOTOR COLLISION. WATMATE, February 14. Frederick McKinley, seventeen, is in hospital, in a critical condition, 4 as the result of driving a motor-cycle into a car which he was unable to avoid when turning a corner, and was thrown on to the road, with injuries to the head. An other lad, a pillion rider, was unhurt.