DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

TENDERS ACCEPTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association)'. DUNEDIN, June 14. Tenders fii the sum of £3662 Is 4d have been accepted for seating accomodation in tile new Town Hall, this being over £2OO less than the estimate. The successful tenderers are Scoullar and Chisholm, Dunedin; the Miller Chair Company, Wellington; and C. and AY. Hayward, Dunedin. BOOKMAKING CHARGE. AUCKLAND, June 15. The Hawke’s Bay races were on today, and the police have been busy among the bookmakers, with the result that Detective Sergeant McHugh caught Janies Rogers laying odds this morning. An hour later Rogers appeared in the Police Court and admitted the charge. Chief Detective Hammond, who prosecuted, sa.d Rogers was hotting for himself, and,was only in a small way. He had never been before the Court before. “Eined £25,” said the Magistrate. FARMER’S FATAL FALL. HAMILTON, June 15. H. Troughton, a farmer, of Morrinsville, whose spine was * badly injured when he fell from a top-dress-ing machine, died at the hospital today. JEWELLERY THEFT. AUCKLAND. June 15Two hundred pounds worth of jewellery were stolen from the home <>! Lul.v Lockhart, Rcmucra, yesterday afternoon. It is thought that the robbery took place while Jack Lockhart, her son, was having a clip ui tea on the back verandah. He had left the front door open and it is supposed the thief walked in unseen. Family heirlooms were stolen, including 20 pairs of ear-rings, seven jewel cases and watch and chain belongin’ l to the late Mr Robert Lockhart, and family seals, etc.

ANAESTHETIC iTRA GEDY

HAWERA, June 15

The circumstances of the death of Clarence John Only, who passed away at Hawera Hospital on June 2, following an operation for the setting of his broken jaw, caused in a collision that afternoon" at Eltham between the motor cycle lie was riding and a motor car, wore investigated at an inquest yesterday. The jury brought in a verdict that the anaesthetic (not the motor cycle accident rior the broken jaw) contributed directly to the death, and that no blame was attachable to the medical officers.

RAILWAYMAN’S DEATH

HAWERA, June 15

A verdict of death as the result ol valvular disease of the heart was returned at Patea this morning at an inquest on Charles Gibbons, aged 5/, a railway surfaceman, who collapsed and fell from a railway trolley while ntung with a companion between Patea and Rangikura yesterday. a post mortem medical examination showed signs of heart disease in an advanced stage.