DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. POSTAL THEFTS. AUCKLAND. April 27. Post Office loiter boxes in numerous suburbs have been broken open during tbe past ten days and the mail removed. As the disappearance of cheques and sums of money has been traced to ibis cause, tbe postal mifliorilies issue a warning to the public I hat documents jir articles of a valuable nature should he Itumlcd in at the nearest I’o-t Office for registral ion.

The first case of thelt occurred at the corner of Remucia road and Ridings road on the night of April Hith17th. Other eases that have since been reported indicate that the work is that of a person with a motor-cycle or car, as the districts of Remuera. Ivp»om. Parnell, and Mount Albert have been visited in turn. Locks bate been broken wi'll force, .showing that a heavy instrument has been U'-eii. and last evening in tbe Mount Albert area the correspondence was removed from four hosts.

Tn all eases interference has been after the 3 o’clock to 4 o’clock clearances in the afternoon by suburban messengers and before the arrival of the chauffeur im to 1 a.m. Several boxes have been found open at 11.10 p.ni. The Mount Albert discoveries were made about 1 a.m. to-day.

BRIDGE GIVES WAY. OAMARU, April 27. A narrow escape from serious accident occurred on the combined traffic bridge over the Upper Waitaki yesterday. A train of fourteen trucks loaded with stock was crossing from Hakataramea to ivurow. when one of tin? plies gave wav under the engine, with the result that part of the bridge sank two feet, on the up-stream side. The beams held, however, and the train got over.

THE C. A. LARSEN. DUNEDIN, April 27. Tenders for temporary repairs to the damaged winder, C. A. Larsen, will close on Monday. It is likely that there will 'he two tenders from Port Chalmers, one from Christchurch and one from Auckland. The whaler will probably go to Norway or some European port for permanent repairs. Lloyd’s Surveyor, when asked by a reporter whether alternative tenders for temporary and permanent repairs were being invited, replied that both kinds of work were included in the specification. The cost of salvaging the damaged whaler and bringing her from Stewart Island to Port Chalmers is said to have been about £25,000.

AUCKLAND SAVINGS BANK AUCKLAND. April 27

“Deposits for the first time have exceeded .£75,000,000 and the bank’s reserves now stand at £7500,000,’ stated the president, Mr Edward Anderson. at the annual meeting of trustees of the Auckland Savings Bank this afternoon, when the eightieth annual balance-sheet was presented.

MUSTERED FOUND DEAD. TTMARU. April ‘27

A young nu n named Major, about 20 years of age, was found dead with his neck broken oil the Glenmore Station. Tekapo. on Thursday. He left the homestead early in the morning to muster sheep, and when lie did not return at night a search party went out and found the ibody on a rocky hillside. The youth. whose home was in Auckland, was a relative of Mr Murray, the owner of the station. An inques* will he held. INQUEST OX FTIIEMAX. AUCKLAND. April 27. At the inquest on the death of the fireman. Pliolda 0. Beutli. aged twenty-seven, who was severely burned at Winstone’s Oil Store fire, mid died next day. the Magistrate. Mr M’Keati. returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence that death was due to shock and toxaemia following severe and exten- , sivo burns. .■ ]

The Magistrate said that the accident was most unfortunate, but there was no blame attachable to anyone. A gallant fireman hacl died in the execution of his duty. He believed that no unreasonable steps had been taken by the firemen, and he did not think that they had taken a risk

greater than that which they accepted every time they mounted their engine.

RADIO DEALER’S LICENSE. AUCKLAND, April 27. A charge against J. H. Ansell, an auctioneer, of selling wireless apparatus without a radio dealer’s license was dismissed by Mr M’Tvean. S.M.. at the Police Court to-day. The Magistrate said that defendant’s business was to sell goods of all kinds. Unless a person intended to carry on a business of selling wireless apparatus, lie was not required to obtain a radio dealer’s license.