DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1928, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Por PreßS Association. BROUGHT UP AS WARNING, AUCKLAND, September 14. Brought up to-day us a warning to others that they must not remove ilhildrcn without authority from the custody of the Child Welfare Department, Mrs H. Hall listened in tears to a police account of her offence under the Act.

In February, she went to the Avondale School to see her girl (committed to tho Stato’s care, she took the child away and wont to Sydney, where tho girl was neglected and where she is now a liability in that State. / The Magistrate (Mr Hunt) said that hhe woman had no right to take the child away from Avondale and ncgleot her in Sydney. He convicted and discharged the accused. FELL FROM TRAIN. . INVERCARGILL, September 14. A man named George Edwards was killed at iGrecnhills this morning by falling from tho platform of a train. Ho complained to the guard of feeling ill and later .’through derailment of a carriage, bo was found to be missing, and a search revealed the body some distance down it ho line, terribly mangled, where the carriage lmd left the rails.

CAR PLUNGES INTO CREEK. PASSENGER DROWNED. ■WESTPORT, September 14. A fatafl accident occurred on tho Oparara Road, Karamea, at 2.30 this afternoon. A ear driven by Charles Penrose plunged down a hank into Black’s Creok. George Smith, a hotelkeeper of 'Westport, was drowned. Penrose suffered injuries to his head. LEAGUE PLEASANTRIES. AUCKLAND, September 14. Mr Harry Divers, manager of the Otago League team, speaking of the Dunedin test between England and Now Zealand took c-xception to the statement that it was a. “dog fight,” as only ono man was carried off on a stretcher. He contended that the New Zealanders (nearly all of whom wero Aucklanders) started the trouble.

THE 'WRONG BAG. THEIF DISAPPOINTED. AUCKLAND, September 14. An incident in which a thief missed a big haul by taking tho wrong bag occurred at Ardmore Street, Ponsonbv, last evening. Mr G. Phillips, of the Trocadero restaurant, his wife and sister, wero on their way home and had with them the day’s takings, amounting to over £IOO. They left a tramcar and hail proceeded some distance down Ardmore Road when a man dashed up from behind, grabbed tho hag Mr Phillips was carrying, and rushed to a waiting motor-car, which did not have lights on. The car then made off at a high speed down Ardmore' Road. The £IOO was ‘in a. hag which one of the ladies was carrying. The hag which Mr Phillips was so suddenly dispossessed of contained ono bottle of oysters and a pound of dogs’■ meat.

GROSSING SMASH. DUNEDIN, Soptemlier, 16. A crossing smash in which the occupants of tho motor-car were extremely forunato it escaping serious injury, occurred at Rattray Street railway crossing at 7.55 on Saturday evening. Tho car, a large sedan, was driven by Mr Sinclair Sutherland Malnager of , the local branch of Wright, Stephenson and Co., and accompanying him were Mrs Sutherland and Mrs J. M. Paterson. At that time a slow train from Clinton was approaching Rattray Street crossing, and, apparently failing to hear the warning bell, Air Sutherland continued on his course with the result that the car was struck by the locomotive, turned completely round', and carried across the road to the signal box. Mrs Patterson, who received a broken leg, was the only member of the party to be /badly injured, though all were cut by flying glass, and suffered Ifroim shriek. After receiving (attention, Mr and Mrs Sutherland were taken homo, whilst Airs Patterson was ,removed to the hospital. 'lhe cai was Very badly smashed.

OBITUARY. CHRISTCHURCH, Sep. 17. Obituary—Thomas Leonard Cawlishaw, aged 55, formerly a well known Canterbury rowing man and footballer. AIOTOR’S CRASH AIASTERTON, September IG. A fatal accident occurred about 10.15 o’clock on Saturday night, on tile Alastcrtou-Cartertoii road. A live seater car, driven by Ray llonsinaim. crashed into the wing of a small concrete bridge. Tho impact must have been terrific, as tho car was completely wrecked, being crumpled up like a concertina. One. of the occupants, a man named C. R. Gurr (Christian name not known), a traveller for the International University Society of Auckland, aged about 24, was killed. Gurr is believed to have (been a single man, Init his next-of-kin are at present unknown.

Robert Corry, aged 24, a passenger in the car, was admitted to the hospital with leg injuries. The driver received slight concussion, and the other occupants escaped with slight

injuries. Earlier in the evening, about G.lo, a man named Robert Greeks, of Masterton. aged 00. was knocked down m the .same vicinity by a motor truck Ho was admitted to Ibc hospital will head injuries.

hutt hailway. WELLINGTON, September 10. For the first time since the disorganisation of traffic on the Tlutt railway line, as the result of washouts by storm, the double track was in ' lse I® S ' terday. This 'was very welcome, m view of the Trots, and the fact that the airmen arrived at Trontham.

XZ. MASONIC COMMUNICATION WELLINGTON, September la. The New Zealand Executive or the Grand Lodge, of .Freemasons has deemed to give notice,.to all concerned that Wednesday 28th November, has been provisionally selected as the date for. the annual Communication. Dunedin was fixed last 1 year as tho place, hut until the time of the election » kn»" it is not possible to make any definite arrangements.

COAIPENSATION CASE. CHRISTCHURCH September 10. Tho Arbitration Court has made a change in the basis of computing the compensation claims on the-grounds of

partial dependency. Previously the Court took as its standard, an amount representing three times the deceased workers annual contribution. lhe change is to four times the conti ibution. This was made clear in the judgment of the Court delivered bj Mr Justice Frazer in a case in which Samuel "William Kelly, a Council employee and his wile, Mary Agnes Kelly, proceeded against Waimairi County Council for compensation for tin- death of their son, who was killed while in the employee of the Council. The Court awarded £2OS compensation togeher with costs and funeral expenses.

SUNDAY OPENING FOB DISPENSARY.

WELLINGTON, September 15. In a reserved judgment, Mr V . Page S.M., granted the application of the Friendly .Societies’ Dispensary for exemption from Sunday closing hours. Mr Page remarked that they must see. that its operation were confined to those mentioned in the hearing, viz., the sale of members and their families only of medical and surgical appliances given on order from a doc-

MAINTAINANCE OBDEB

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WELLINGTON, September 17

A labourer, Frederick Bryant, aged 44 on Monday last, was sentenced to six months for failing to maintain five children, the warrant being suspended as usual. To-day with two others, Leonard Ivan Gillmnu and Jeremiah MeGnvin, l |e pleaded guilty to attempting to stowaway on the Mnliono. Each was lined £2, in delimit fourteen days. Bryant was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence, within twelve months oil a further charge of leaving New Zealand wit.i intent to disobey a mainteneiice order'.