DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1928, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

i (By Telegraph-—Per Press Association.) BOY’S DISAPPEARANCE. AUCKLAND, April 14. Norman Tympany, aged twelve years, son of D. C’. Tympany, of St. Heliers. disappeared from home on Monday mnrning. and has not since I een seen by his parents or friends. He is described as an exceptionally bright, high-spirited lad. A remarkable coincidence is the disappearance front the neighbourhood of a man, and a rejiort that some neighbours saw two people drive off in a taxi front St. Heliers on Monday morn- j ing. hut all efforts to confirm this rcporl have proved ITil ile. The police and neighbours have assisted the parents in an exhaustive search. Ail the police stations have been liotilled.

WOMAN'S SUICIDE. CHRISTCHURCH. April 14. Suicide by drowning was the vet’, diet returned bv Coroner Mosey. K.M at the inquest to-day on Hannah Pack or. singe, ged fit), whose hotly wit: Ibimd ycslerdav on New Brightor •■'each. Evidotuc was given that Miss Hacker had been very depressed sinei undergoing an operation for goitre font weeks ago. .She left her home between ThuiNiluy night and Friday morning, leaving a note to her sister. « ith whom she lived.

HOTEL BURGLARY. AUCKLAND. April If,. A. daring Hnel robbed the sale of tin Rising Sun Hotel in Karangahapc Road on Sunday night, getting CI HI). The licensee, Mr .1. McGregor, resides over the business portion of the hotel. EIRE NEAR EXPLOSIVES DUMP. AUCKLAND. April If. Only lilt) yards from the pits where shells and ammunition, valued at over U‘25().00(l are stored, a grass lire broke out at live o’clock on Sunday evening, outside the high wall which etieirres the military camp at Narrow Neck. It was quickly suppressed. The explosives are stored in pits underground and if would take an immense heat to cause an explosion. Nevertheless, the incident caused a scare. DHOTI Kl. April If. A disastrous lire occurred at three o’clock this morning when the store ollice of the Loan and Mercantile Agency was totally destroyed. The tirm was carrying a particularly large slock at the present time. The brigade did good work saving the benzine sited and adjoining buildings. Tile Masonic Halt was only three feet away and luckily the strong wind was blowing in tbe opposite direction. Tbe buildings mid umiet.is were insured, but tbe lompnny are heavy losers. Ibe stock ~f ~i| in tlie building is still .burning but is eo n lined. Il is not expected; ilia! more dan.age " ill occur.

AN AUDITOR'S LIABILITY. CHRISTCHURCH. April Hi. At the Simreme Court. J ildgc Adams held that Arthur S. Gray, an auditor, bad been lacking in bis duly towards is employer - and gave judgment lor £(ii) I in favour of Todd Motor (uy. Slims bad been stolen from the company by ail accountant in 192(1 and Grav bad failed to discover tbe tlielts.

MISSING ROY SAKE. AUCKLAND. April If. The hoy. T.vmany. wince disappearame from Si. Helier s was reported on Saturday, is sale witli his mother, who was away from her home. The statement a~ to the lad's disappearance was made bv his father. CARRYING A IT rearm. CHRISTCHURCH. April If. In the Magistrate'- Court to-day. Nat Han'oy, a mtl-ie hall comedian, charged with present ing a revolver at another man. ph'uded not guilt.' . Han ley was lined 2"- for bringing a firearm into New Zealand and the more serious charge was dismissed. It was stated that after a drinking parly in an hotel, and during a row over money. Hanley fired a blank cartridge at the lloor to frighten the other man. A FIRE. lIAWER.A. April 10. A lire diseoverd at 7.50 o'clock lasi night caused damage estimated at about £15.000 to £17.0!)!) to buildings owned by the \Ve~t Coast Refrigerating Company, and the undents of the coal .-stornge rooms. The building and contents were covered with insurance through details are not available, 'll i- believed the lire started in the roof from an unknown eau-e and hurtled slowly for several hours before being detected. The middle portion of the building for a length of 250 feet, was gutted, hut flic brigade confined the Humes to the portion situated between the e nicrete walls dividing it Irom the ends of the building. Four small freezing chambers in the heart of the lire were damaged only mi the outside walls, the frost being visible on the contents this morning. The portion of the building saved included the company's offices and engine room with an ammonia condenser.

HOUSE SET A EIRE. CAMBRIDGE. April I I, A ease of burglary and of a deliberate attempt to burn a farmer's dwelling occurred yesterday afternoon at Taotoi Oron. eight miles from Cambridge. During the absence of Mi John linn r and .Miss Bruce, the occupants of the house, it was entered. Two five pound notes were stolen, and the house was ransacked, evidently lor money, as jewellery and valuables were not touched. On .Miss Bruce's ret urn she discoverer the house was afire. She managed to keep the flames in cheek until the return of her brother, who extinguished the lire, hut not before the walls had been badly burned. The police are investigating.

BURGLARY AT M ANGER E. AUCKLAND, April 11. The store of Kemp Bros. Matigere. was burglariously entered. The intruders having failed to effect an entry hv the front door, climbed a verandah post, lifted a sheet of iron from the roof, and entered through a panel in the ceiling. They failed to obtain any.money but they regaled themselves with cakes and cigarette,.

sequel to outbreak OE EIRE. AUCKLAND. April 15. A chapter of accidents occurred when the New Market Eire Brigade was summoned to a lire in living rooms at the hack of a shop, shortly after one o’clock this afternoon. John Cook, aged nine. wa< -tamling on the foot path, among a crowd in the street where the lire occurred, when a small dog with which he had been playing apparently tripped hint, and both dog and bov fell into the roadway. Just at this moment, the Brigade was [rasing on the fire engine which swerved, hut the hoy was caught by the hack wheel and flung aside. He sustained the fracture of an arm, concussion of the brain, and internal injuries. and is reported by the hospital to he in a critical condition.

The dog had to he destroyed. The other accident happened when a woman was endeavouring to get out of the window of the building where the five was in progress.

The fire had originated through fat catching fire when dinner was hoing prepared, and there was a general rush for the windows. The woman was cv identic pushed in the genera! confusion, and fell heavily to the ground, sustaining injuries to hot face and one leg. The hospital reports her condition! as not very serious. DRAUERY KMHORIUM FIRE. AUCKLAND. April 15. A fire occurred in the drapery emporium of Milne and Choice Ltd., on Saturday night. The Brigade confined the outbreak to the packing and despatch departments. The damage done lias not: been estimated, hut it is not believed to he extensive. SAAYYER SERIOUSLY IXI UR El). OAMARU. April 14. A labourer named George Menzies. when feeding a circular saw cutting timber at Newcastle, met with a serious accident. The saw hurst, and some of .the teeth struck him in the forehead. The teeth penetrated ins skull. Tie was taken to the hospital where ail operation was I'nnnil necessary. His condition is .serious.