DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[nv TELEORAFII —PF.a CRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE TAIHAPE MURDER. CASE AGAINST MOGHAN. TAIHAPE, Jan. 25. The Taihape Court was packed this niurning in anticipation of the Moghan tragedy case being called on. About midday Moghan. chaperoned by two stalwart policemen was marched into court, and allowed to take a seat in the dock. A- he approached, the hum of voice- throughout the court was hushed. In spite of having lost flesh and having greyer hair, giving the appearance of great, age, Moghan, looked well physically. lit- did not appear to feel keenly the seriousness of the position he was placed in. He held a short conversation with his: solicitor. lie was then charged with tin- murder of Gordon John Gemmell. The ease for the police was conducted by Inspector I’ouh.v, of Wanganui. Sergeant Alafthews produced a series of photographs of the interior and the exterior surroundings of the dwelling. William Ullivier, a shearer, deposed that he knew the prisoner was engaged in shearing at .Meghan's. He did not reside on the farm. Gemmell and John Riley were wo; king for Moghan. Aloghan's wife was not there. Moghan did not live with his vile. Moghan told Gemmell to look after tlm cattle hotter or to clear out. An altercation ensued on I In- Hist of December, witness took two gallons of beer to the shed about seven in the morning. Moghan, Riley, and .Maori •Jack came up about nine. Gommell was not there. Witness last saw Moghan nn the Isi of January. AToghan said Gemmell knew his wife in AYellingl.on. Wiiness first heard of the murder on the Jrd of January. SANDERS CUB. AYELI.INGTON. Jail. 25. The trial for the Sanders' Cup. proved exciting, and were witnessed by a large number of spectators. The li rsi t trial resulted: Ilona (Auckland) I. Peggy (Wellington) 2, June (Otago) It. Linnet (Canterbury) 4. Konini (Hawke's Bay) 5. Alurihiku (Southland) G. The second trial over a different course resulted: Murihiku 1. Konini 2. Kona .'i, June -t. Peggv 5. Linnet ti. The weather was good and there was a nice full-sail breeze. The limits were handled splendidly. The final heats are to-morrow.

EIRE OUTBREAK. INYEECAEOILL. Jan. 25. A lire broke out in business premises occupied by the Household Supplies Coy., ill Dee St. this evening, hut the smalt work of the Brigade prevented its spread to adjoining shop-. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. Ihe stock in the -nop is sevcrelv damaged by the water I mill !he storev above, where the lire broke nllt in a room occupied by Janie.-, lining, a I,a, luJor. The building is owned by Hie estate of the late John Neils. There are iiisuran-os on hut h the buildings and stock, hut the amounts are not ascertainable. A SUICIDE. TE KITH. January 25. An inquest was held to-day on Patrick Dully, who suicided yesterday by swallowing half a four-ounce bottle ol Ivsol. The principal witness was R. J. Ferriss. a labourer, who said lie knew deceased slightly. Dully accosted him in the main street, saying- ' All the detci lives and police in New /'.calami are after me. Detectives from Wanganui too!” He gave witness £ll and a wai, h to mind. Dully did not return jio.j :.h, o o,g -!<; handed to the police police ;t:.fg.! LbifL. •• a:, a labourer, er.tplc'vi -t Al-.S'vnu! by tha puhAYoiks Department, and came from AA'hangamomona. in tin- Wanganui ilistiict. Nolhing wa.- known against him. He had no relatives in the Dominion. A verdict of suicide I rum a self administered dose ol Ivsol. whilsi de-

pie.-sed, was relin tied. A theory that deceased might lie the mm deter of All's Oates does not gain any official suppoit. though the impressions of deceased's finger prints were ol tuined.

MASTERTON FIR I'

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Last night at 10 p.m. a fire in the heart of the town threatened to be serious. When the alarm was given the wooden building in which it began looked doomed, as the flames had a good hold. The owner of the place is Mi-' \ Andrews, Mount Albert. Auckland, and the shops were those of A. While (Tobacconist), and H. Hadley (bootmaker). A theatre crowd was in the street at the time, and it is a mys-

i ory Uic fire wiiK not noticed earlier. It wa,, shooting a tremendous height through the roof when the Brigade arrived. Tt is surmised it began in tlie roar part of Hadley’s shop. By careful handling:, the firemen soon got control, savin" the adjoinin" Bank of Australasia and a. row of wooden shops. Hadley’s shop was gutted and the stock destroyed. The ceiling of White's was hnrnod and the stock partly damaged hv water. The built Ting was insured tor £IOOO. White’s stock is covered. Hadley’s insurance is not known. MERGES IXTO BOROUGH. (HSBORNE. January 25. By 12 of a. majority the ratepayers of . ~ part of Manga papa town district "decided at a poll to merge into ( (f ishoi-ne borough. Out of 081 on the ( ~n i l. |s| voted for and 112 against. V|.-W Oti, BURNING VESSEL PALMERSTON N., Jan. 25. The t'anterbury s.s. Company has ordered a, 800 ton oil-burning vessel for tlie Fusion tinde. She is under construct ion and arrives from England in 0 months’ time, and will be at- once coin missioned to develop tlie tiado of I‘Vxtnii with other ports. She is specially designed to meet all the needs of tin- port and will be one of the tiist o'l burners on the Dominion coasts that have Diesel engines. She will have a speed of ten knots and 81 feet dran"lit when fully loaded. DENT A b COMMISSION REPORT. DENT-DIN, January 25. The Dental Commission's report was referred to by the Hon. W. Down.e Stewart, who -aid that the enquiry on which the report was based, was purely a Departmental enquiry as to whether anv other place was more suitable for the Dental School. Whatever developments may ho found advisable i , other centres in future, ‘-nothing will be done to prejudice the Dunedin Dental School, without the concurrence of the Otago University, so long as T am a member of tlie Cabinet.Sir Henry Ferguson. Dean of the Medical Faculty, said that he hail not teen the report and had no kuowledg* o? the evidence placed before the committee, so was not in a position to make a statement. However, he would make the "cnernl comment that it would be a irrrive mistake to duplicate the Department’s physiology and anatomy schools. These subjects could be taught quite sufficiently here, and it would be a very serious expense to establish schools elsewhere.

AYlien the report -was referred to Vico Chanel lor Sidev, ho stated that ho was not prepared to tnako any cotnment in the meantime. EX-SOLDIER DROPS DEAD. DUNEDIN, January 25. While attaching a horse to a cart an the Palmerston South Show Grounds yesterday afternoon, Harry Wilson, single, residing at Ditnbaek, suddenly iHI dead at. the horse’s feet. The horse moved forward and the wheel of the cart pas-ed over the body of deceased who was a returned soldier, subject to heart attacks.