DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

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MOTORIST CHAROKI). GURU. Oct. -J. •\ caw which hangs on eircumstanti:il evidence occupied the attention of the Gore .Maoistrate's Court today. Constable Henry I Misting. oi Gore. was charged with negligently driving a. motor ear s’> ns to cause actual bodily harm to I'.lizahet h McKenna. a young girl, who wits knocked down by the ear recently and left ■ m the roadside after the accident. The radiator cap of a Kurd ear was found on the road. The evidence to-day showed Dusting next, day had a new cap put on his Ford car radiator. The defendant explained to the mechanic that, he caused the damage hv running into a gatepost. i '.Miss McKenna was hadly injured, suffering a fractured leg. a wound under the left check, and head and h*g injuries. Dusting reserved his defence and was committed lor trial to Hie Supreme Court. TIMDKR TRAIN DF.RAIIMKNT. TAl'l’t). (let. :i. Tolara Timber Company's train when rounding a curve ran into a moh ol horses. Three empty waggons were de-i-iiilcd and completely smashed. Ihe breaking of a coupling probably prevented loss of life. When the train stopped, the engine was across Die Hooka raid bridge, but the passenger van was overhanging a drop ol lorty feet to a watercourse heh.-w. I lie 'ide ,;f ihe van had ls> he broken in to extricate the passengers, including seven women, all suffering from shock, hut no more serious injury. A FKMAI.K IMPFIISONATtHI. A t'CK LANIL Dei. While pat i tilling his iieal along tfnieeu Street, about, To!) p.m. on Sunday. September Kt. Constable Needham received a complaint about a man parading, the street dressed up a- a W,.man. As a seipael to the incident, a voting man, K. .1. Dell, appeared before Mr I’oyulon. S.M. at the Police Court this morning, on a charge ol heaving in a disorderly manner in Oueeii Street. Constable Needham said lie timid Dell walking along tile street. He was ilre.ssed in lemale attire, and wore a woman's shoes besides a hat. a veil, and a net k scarf. Dell was attempt iug in disrobe, when witness first sum him. Accused: ‘'You were ill plain Tlie const able 1 '' Yes [ ’I ha t's ro ; hut. 1 told you who I was.” Accused : "Did I not tell toil that 1 ".ail to meet a gentleman at the Strand Theatre that night Constable: 'Acs. wm said .something about it." Accused: "I was about to pull my : white trousers down to move up my • silk socks.” Constable :'Atv" Accused: "A,ml I took my lint elf." Constable : ” \ vs." At this stage, on the application ol 1 Dell, the charge was adjourned until 10-niorrnw muniiiiLi. A l!A PIN I TCNNKI. i-'.A I -1.. ArCKDA.NI>. Get. A. A fall of earth in the deviation timuel at Arapuni has completely bhickj ed tin- oart of the work, on which I lie whole electrical sellomo hinges. It is estimated that about eighty toils of earih fell. Ils ilea la nee will take . about a week. There were im men working in the* tunnel al the time. A sill e a lid I ilea so a t s perl lie lor removing worms is Made s Worm bigs. ' A l l vi. [ fia-ntnucc -cjorw>'