DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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STEALING CATTLE. AUCKLAND, May 30. At the Supreme Court, John (oiighev, ol Taupiri, a sharomilker, who pleaded guilty to stealing cattle valued at £220 was sentenced to relormative detention for three years. ( oiighey would be kept under medical supervision and the authorities would have power to deal with him if they thought fit:

A FIRE. TE KUITI. Mav 30,

A fin* 3.30 on Sunday inornm;' destroyed a restaurant and living rotiius occupied by Nicholson in Korn Street. Nothing was saved except clothe 1 - hastily gathered. An adjoining conlectioncry and tobacconist simp was •saved but the contents were damaged seriously by smoke and water. The building which was destroyed was owned by James Buddie, of Auckland.

BOY DROWNED. AUCKLAND, .May 30.

Robert Norquay, aged M, was drowned in the Waikato River at Raugariri on Sunday, lie and Ins younger brother, sons of John Norquay. a launch proprietor, went to the river bank and Robert jumped into a flat-bottomed punt and was carried out by the current. Fearing he would be swept down stream, he jumped overboard and attempted to swim to the bank, but failed and was drowned, while bis brother looked on helpless.

-MAYOR ARCHER. CHRISTCHURCH, May 20. Tn reply to statements made by unemployed leaders to-day, criticising the City Council’s attitude to relief works, Mayor Archer said surely it was not supposed that the present Council could lie forced into doing a thing any more than any other Council. He did not think the question of unemployment. should be bandied from the point of view of a Labour Council. It was wisest to make relief a citizens’ movement. Later the Mayor said he would not tolerate anything in the shape threats.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH. TIM'ARU. May 39.

An inquest was held to-day touching the death of Sampson David, a retired railway bridge inspector who wa knocked down and killed by a special train in Tiniaru yard on May 17th. The Coroner found deceased met bis deatli by being accidentally run into by a train, there being no blame at tachable to anyone.

STEALING CARS. DUNEDIN. -May 39. It is almost a nightly occurrence to have reports about motor cars being removed from parking places,'said the police, when Percy Loughrey and Francis Victor Hydcr were charged with converting cars to their own use. Counsel said the charges were the result of a drunken escapade. It was stated that one car was damaged to the extent of £lB as the result of a collision with another. The accused were remanded in custody till .Monday for the probation officer’s report.

VALUELESS CHEQUES. AUCKLAND, .May 80,

Maurice Norman Raymond, 22, also known as F. X. Lloyd, was charged at the Polite Court with obtaining £5 by a valueless cheque from each of two Aucklanders. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment and remanded to Wellington to answer a similar charge there, and which be had pleaded guilty of. If was stated that licensed had an account in a Wellington bank in the name of .Meadows and had signed cheques G. Uoulsou and B. If. Xiclioll. lie posed as Captain Coulson of the Royal Navy, and had letters so addressed to him at tity hotel-.

A SAD END. AUCKLAND, Afav 30. A verdict of suicide was returned at the inquest on Alistress Alary AAlallace Murray, aged 46. the wile of Arthur Forbes Murray, found yesterday morning in an outbuilding at her home, Sherwood Avenue, Grey Lynn, with her throat cut. Her husband heard her get out of bed and thought she had gone for a book. He stated he and his wife had been on the best of terms. Her health bad not been good and she had been troubled since the death of her father last Christmas. Deceased leaves a* son and two daughters.

QUAKES. CAAf BRIDGE, ARy 30. Two shocks of earthquake were experienced this morning, the first at five to eight being severe. It was accompanied bv ft loud rumble. One chimney dislodged is the only damage reported. The second was a very light shock, that followed a few minutes later.

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. CAMBRIDGE, Afay 30. During a thunderstorm on Friday night, a local resident, AY. H. Kayes, was just about to enter his gate when he was dazed by a flash of lightning and fell against a barbed wire fence sustaining nasty cuts about the lips and nose. He did not regain consciousness for some time..

MISSING BOY. AUCKLAND, Alay 30. Three of the four hoys reported missing for some days have been found. One returned home and two were found wandering in the streets. Tom Hodge is still missing and his whereabouts are unknown.

A ROUGH TRIP. AUCKLAND, Alay 30. The Canopus which arrived from Westport to-day after battling against heavy seh's, had to turn back south of Cape E< r m<>nt. and passed through the starit to the East Coast. She encountered a northerly gale after rounding East Cape and was hove to tor twelve hours. WIRELESS. PALATERSTON N-, Alay 30. Yesterday afternoon Palmerston North Radio Club co-operating with AY. A Waters, chief engineer of Alan-awatii-Oroua Power Board rebroadcast the General Electric Coy’s short wave stations 2XAF and 2XAD. ScheneiLuly. New York, experimenting over twentyfour hours to discover the most suitable wave length for universal broadcasting, the wave lengths used simultaneously being 26 decimal 8 metres. 32 decimal 77 metres. Alusic and speech from New York was picked up bv Waters on a short wave sot at home and was relayed to the Club’s station which rebroadcast it. The Club also similarly rebroadcast Koa, Denvei, Colorado, received by Waters. The Club are thus holders of three records for rebroadcasting in New Zealand, this being the first time New York and Denver music and speech has tieen lebroadcast in New Zealand.

INQUEST VERDICT. GREYAIOUTH. Afay 30. At an inquest on Charles E. Larsen, a plumber, who was gas poisoned, Coroner Aleldrum returned a verdict of suicide whilst in a state of worry owing to a serious illness.

SOCCER. PALMERSTON X., .May 30. The Canadians played the Flock House team at Bulls this morning winning by three goals to nil. HON. R. WRIGHT. PALMERSTON N., May 30. The Minister of Education arrived here at noon on a visit of inspection to the local State primary and secondary schools. « PUREBRED HERDS. PALMERSTON N., May 30. The Agricultural College Council met here to-dav and decided to establish the nucleus of three herds of Jersey. Ayrshires ;uul Friesian* on the property Fitzherbert. Breed Societies are invited to co-operate in laving a good foundation. It is hoped ultimately to establish five breeds of pigs. In the meantime only two large black Berkshire's. Hall, of Matatoki, has given a. purbred Jersey bull to the University.

HOUSE BURGLED. WANGANUI. May 30. A burglar entered a house owned and oc-upied by Geo. McAnenv on Saturday afternoon and decamped with two rings and other valuables worth about £IOO. WOMEN HURT BY MOTORS. NELSON. May 28. Through being knocked down by a motor ear in Trafalgar Street last evening. Mrs Hockey, an elderly woman, was admitted to the hospital suffering from .shock, head injuries, and a fracture of tho left collarbone. Her condition is serious. Another elderly woman, Airs AT. A. Lamb, was knocked down in AVaimea St. later in the evening by a motor cyclist and she sustained a fracture of Hie base of the skull. Her condition is serious.