TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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BOY DROWNED. ! AUCKLAND. January 31. Harold Lennox, aired six. son of Gor--11 don .1. Lennox, of Kemuera. was drowned at Oreki. With his brother and two other hoys, the eldest aped l * eleven, he was fishing, and fell into the channel, which lias a strong current. The eldest boy. Reginald .liaison, plnvkily jumped in and almost reached the deceased, when he himself I began to sink, having to he drawn to safety, lie ran for assistance, and a 1 boat brought Lennox ashore, but too ” late, .ludson, who is the son of Lient oil:! n I .ludson. Y.C. learnt to swim ( only a. fortnight ago. and couldn’t swim more than ten yards. me FORCER Y SCI HOIK. WELLINGTON. Jan. 31. Three men, William Holland Makin, aged :>9 ; Leonard Walter Makin. aged v A- ; and Percy Dolohing Hawkins, appeared at i ho Magistrate’s Court eharged with forging the name til' O. T. r Beeson to Government cheques. The k total amount involved was L‘11.73!) f)s. u Hawkins made a statement about lays iug plans for getting bhink chef|iies from the Discharged Soldiers’ Department, filling them in, forging Beeson’s name, and operating on them. Tledoscrihed how he and L. Makin visited the D.S.S. otliee early one morning, I procured a elief|tie hook, and then issued chorines. Arrangements were made ! for issuing the cheques through : Hawke’s Bay. Taranaki. Wanganui, i and in the north of the Wellington Pro-

I vincc. 1 After evidence was given, the ,n> eused, who pleaded guilty, were committed for sentence.

SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT. 1 CHRISTCHURCH. Fob. I. .Toll it Henry Mathieson, fireman, lifted*‘2l. was sentenced to a month's imprisonment- for striking a fine worker at Lyttelton on January 27th. lie pleaded guilty. The police said ' lie men were working on the Wahine. Mathieson came aboard drunk and struck complainant on the hack of (lahead and kicked him as he lay unconscious. In the melee Mathieson was rough iv handled. Magistral:- Wilson said free men had as much light to work as Unionist- and had served employers and the community at a time wliaii their services wore needed.