DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. INQUEST VERDICT. WHAKATANE. September 2. At au. inquiry into the death of a, Maori girl, Iliiie llcoia Takotohiwi. aged five years, who died as the result, of injuries received through being run. over bv a motor-ear driven by John Rutherford at Enema on August 25tlu tho evidence showed the ear was travelling at 22 to 25 miles. The child left her companions and ran. across theroad in front of the car rendering an. accident unavoidable. Tho jury returned a verdict of accidental death. They . Were of opinion from the evidence thatno blame was attachable to Rutherford I and the accident could not have been, avoided bv him.

THEFT. TLMA.RU, September 2. Geo. Edward Owen Cross was to-day sentenced by .Mr E D. .Mosley to six: months’ imprisonment on each of two charges of failing to account for money received by him on behalf of Triggs and Denton, ’['he sum involved was £79 5s 3d. The sentence was made concurrent. RAILWAY LINE INTERFERENCE. DUNEDIN, Sept. 2. At 1.30 j.>.m. on Tuesday, a volcipede carrying railway officers ran into an obstruction on the main south railway line near Balclntha station. The obstacle consisted of a rail 3 feet IP inches which was placed right across i the track. It was later ascertained this rail on the same day had been thrown ; clear of the lino by an earlier train. Police investigation disclosed that mis-( guided hoys were responsible. AN ARREST. BLENHEIM, Sept. 2. Alfred Scott, if>, charged on about13th August at Pongaroa obtaining 15 guineas from Alfred Richard Leavers by means of false pretences with intent to defraud was remanded to appear at Pahiatua on September Bth. Accused was arrested at Benopni headworks of the Marlborough hydro-electric I scheme.