DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1924, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

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A SCOW CAISI/K.-L DAIKiAVII.i.K, Sept. 21. A scow loaded with .sleepers fur tin* I’ulilie AVnrks Dopiirtinent nt J’ukeIniiii wns In-ill”; towed this iimi'iiiM” throiiyh an opening in AVairoa bridge, will'll it .struck one of the piles which knocked a hole in the forepart of the vessel. wheih capsized rdougsldu the hridoe. The vessel will he repaired in shallow water. Il is expected that no loss will result, it heluiies to the Kaipara S.S. Company. CHILD DHOWXKD. TA CM AII AX 1‘ f. Sept. 27. Dontrlas (iavin.- aytetl ahont two years, was droa lied in a creek near his home at Xilm Xilio yesterday. Apparently the child wandered front the house and fell into a. creek, where he was .found by a brother. Artificial respiration was-tried lint in vain. A SF.lt lOCS CIIAHGF. XAIMKIt, September 20. CJe.'roy David Melville, who was recently arrested in Sydney. appeared a t the Alapst rate’s Court to-day charged with cammittinw incest in Pecemher. 101 ft.

The mother pave i video e that accused had admitted tin- oll'eme. in her presume, hut witness had not believed him. The father de: lined to pive evidente hot :ti!-e he mieht. implicate himself on a clmrfie of conspiring to defeat the ends of iusti.e.. I.una I'.dwin Al.T.ille. a sister of accused, who was under sixteen at the date of the alleged oll'eme. refused to say who was the father of her child, altlmunh in a l revioiss ease I elore the Alay.ist rat e she had nseriho 1 paielitapo to aeciised. Xotv. ithstandine: the Maoist: ale's Warninp as to th eeor.seipiem es ol a refusal Li aie-'.ver iptrslinns. witness | ers'sted in lefesiiip to answer. Cross-examined lepurdinp her evidence in the previous ease she persist'd in the revly: "I don’t remember,” desuite a warninp that she mipht he pro-e' uted for |erjury. Accused was commute 1 lor trial, and bail was refused.

MOTOR ACCIDFXT. WAXOAXII, Sep. 23. A serious aeeidenl occurred at a level crossing in Liverpool street, on .’Saturday cveninp. A car coiitaiiiinp .Misses I’toic Howick, ol llmdervillc, and Corelli Million, dispenser at the local hospital, was crossinp I lie line, whcll it was struck bv a tram car, and smashed to pieces. Miss Howick "as seriously injured ahont I lie head, hill Miss Mnhell escaped comparatively liplitly. Miss Ihiwick was a ooiitesiaid ai the Competitions yesterday. She is ill he-pital in a serious rendition.