DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) IXANGAHUA TRAGEDY. EEEFTOX, Jan. 10. The body of a man named Hugo Trumbold was found in a whare at Rocklands, near Inangahua Junction, at 1 p.m. to-day, with the head blown off, apparently by an explosion of gelignite. The body was lying on a lied, and there was traces of gelignite about the whare. Deceased was a German by birth, about 58 years of age. He is believed to be single. He was last seen on Saturday evening. An inquest will be held to-morrow. SEAMAN’S TRAGIC END. CHRISTCHURCH, dan. 10. Advice has been received from the Karetu, en route to Newcastle, that Joseph J. Murray, an able seaman, was lost overboard on Sunday. Murray was well known in Lyttelton, where his widow resides. Ho was 29 years of age. He came to the Dominion when a lad, and after leaving school joined the Union Coy’s training ship Aparima as an apprentice. He was in the Aparima when she was torpedoed in the English Channel. For the past ten years he had been serving in the Union Coy’s, ships on the New Zealand and Australian run. CAR CRASHES IN BANK. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 10. "While Air Green, teacher, from Blenheim, with his wife and family, was

going down Porter's Pass yesterday afternoon, his ear got out of control, and the brakes failed to hold. The occupants expected every minute to he hurled over the precipice, hut, to save a severe smash. Air Green steered his car into the hill, which caused it to capsize into the mithlle of the road.

The car was badly damaged. Airs Green received a broken arm and severe cuts, while Air Green and his daughter are suffering from severe cuts and bruises. The son escaped unhurt.

KNOCKED DOWN BY TR A A IC'AR. CHRISTCHURCH Jan. 10. Seeing a little girl running a scooter along the tram line in Addington this evening, and a tram hearing down upon her, Gertrude Taylor, a young woman, rushed across the road to save her. The motennau applied the brakes, hut the child was caught by the tram and carried fifteen feet. .Miss Taylor, however, was knocked over and received injuries to her head and a fractured leg, being in a serious condition when admitted to the hospital. FALL OVER. CLIFF. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 10. Through falling down a forty loo* cliff to the roadway below at Scarborough, Sumner, to-day, Magnus Hay. aged 8, received had injuries to the head. LAD CRUSHED BY LORRY. GTS BORNE, .Tan. 10. AVliile a lorry laclen with wool was proceeding to Gisborne from Xgatapa, a mishap occurred to the gear, and a younger brother of the driver, William Edward Leslie, fifteen years, held fh gear iu place for some time, hut on turning a bond, a tvre blew out.

| the lad jumped, and the lorry passed j ever him He sustained a fractured skull, fractured pelvis, and arm. Hr is in a critical condition. WO AI AN SWINDLED. WELLINGTON, January 10. Thomas James Campbell labourer, •18, pleaded guilty to-day to obtaining LJ-> by means of false pretence', the story being that he went to a registry office in Palmerston North, representing he was a well-to-do farmer at Taihape and wished to engage a housekeeper.

Tie engaged a woman named Blanche Cook, and obtained £33 from her by explaining he was temporarily embarrassed and wanted to truck some stock to the farm. He sent the woman to Taihapc, where she found she had been hoaxed.

Accused also admitted obtaining £5 by a valueless cheque and £3 from Charles Simpson, by representing he was a relative of Simpson’s son-in-law.

Accused had previously served terms of imprisonment for false pretences forgery and theft. He was sentenced to six month’s imprisonment concurrent on the liyii minor charges, and on the third charge was convicted and ordered to come lin within three years if called upon, a condition being that lie repays the C 33, at £1 per week. FT NED EOT? RECEIVING. WELLINGTON, January IP. After discharge, three circus hand.*, who pleaded guilty last week to receiving stolen goods, were to-day each

sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment. the Magistrate remarking that the offences seemed to be corns rued on a matter of property, l.e’ng part of goods stolen in the South Island ftom motor ears, and other place* for which thefts four other men had been sentenced to terms of three months Li order that die men might not lie left stranded in Now Zealand, tlie Magistrate agreed to alter the senenee to a fine of £5, i-i default a fortnight’s imprisonment.

IX FA NT DROWNED. MASTERTON. January 11. Frank Basil Ryder, the infant son of J. Ryder Alnsterton was drowned in a creek yesterday afternoon. He was left playing on the grass and must have crawled down the hank into the stream. SEAMAN’S DEATH. AUCKLAND. January 11. William Hunt, 54. a seaman on the steamer Hirere, returning to the vessel slipped and fell sustaining head and internal injuries, from which he died in the hospital.