DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

DRUNKEN CAR DRIVER

(By Telegraph—Press Association)

PALMERSTON N., Jan. 30

Pleading guilty in the Police Court to a charge ol intoxication while in charge of a motor car, Harold Cotton was iined .tin and had his driving license cancelled for twelve mouths, ilo had been lined previously for intoxication while in eliurge of a car. DROWNED. BLENHELM, Jan. 30. Hamilton Bogle, 22, a native of Ireland, believed to he without relatives in the Dominion, was drowned at Kaiuma. Peiorus Sound, yesterday. He was engaged cutting blackberries for Ilarcoiirt Williams and apparently went bathing in a water hole. lie. was missed and his body was found at the bottom of a pool. A EIRE. NELSON, Jan. 30. A lire early this morning badly damaged a house in Bridge Street, occupied and owned by E. R. Neale. Alost of the contents were saved. Insurances £IOOO on building in Nafumiti, and £SOO oil contents in Phoenix. ’ IXQU EST COAI AIENDATION. GISBORNE, January 30. At tlie inquest on G. Davidson, drowned at Alalakaoa Point on Sunday, the jury placed on record their appreciation of the magnificent efforts made !>v William Gill and. Charles Pulia, who at the risk of their own lives and under considerable personal difficulties, did everything humanly possible to rescue the deceased. SUDDEN DEATH. AUCKLAND, January 30. Freda Lewis, aged 21, a seamstress, living with her parents at Morningside, was taken ill at 2.30 a.m. and rushed to the hospital at 4 a.m. where she died one hour later. Indications are that death was caused by strychnine poisoning.