DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

BUS AND LORRY CRASH

(By Telegraph—Press Association).

WELLINGTON, June 28,

A railway bus. proceeding to Lower Mut,t shortly before ]6 o’clock hist night crashed into a stationary motor lorry in Thorndou Quay. A panel was torn from the left-hand front on tliie bus and driven for some distance down the centre of the aisle inside the bus, which was a.most crowded. Two women and a sjmalj child received slight in;'uries. In view of the damage done to the bus, it is remarkable that more passengers were, not in-' jit red..

DkUNKEX DRIVER

WELLINGTON, June 28

Arising from the Ims-lorry collision last evening, the driver of the bus, Thomas Corcoran, was to-day charged with intoxication while in charge of a bus. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded on bail.

STATE MINE IDLE

GREY-MOUTH, June 28

The James State Mine is idle to-day, the men declining to use a motor ’bus lor the two miles ride from Runanga because “ the scat of the ’bus was damp.'’ - About 70 men are idle. The daily output is 200 tons.

LAND AGENT CONVICTED

WELLINGTON, June 28,

Theodore Melville Jennens, a land agent, was convicted by Mr Page, S.M., for failure to pay a sum of money into a trust account as required by the Statute. Ho deducted £ls commission and expenses from £SO and used the rest to pay his own debts. He was fined £2O and the Magistrate made a direction for the cancellation of Jennens’ license. It was admitted that the practice was a customary one on the part of defendant. The Magistrate refused to take a .lenient view.

N.Z. BOYS SUCCESS

WELLINGTON, June 28

Two old hoys of Wellington College, who have made good in sport here, fired ivitli ambition to enter the Royal Air Force, three months ago worked their passage home by the Port Fremantle. Cable advice received by the mother of one states that her son, Leyton Williams, and the other, lan McNicol,- passed the entrance tests and have been accepted.

LOWER HUTT PROTEST.

WELLINGTON, June 28

Following an epidemic of burglary at Lower Hutt with two more last night from business ~ ;t'he heads of several prominent firms interviewed this morning expressed the view in very strong terms, that the time had arrived when the needs of the town demanded a nightly police patrol. The population is 12,000 in the borough alone and the police district extends far outside. The force is one Sergeant and two Constables.

THROWING STONES

WELLINGTON, June 28

A railway employee at Tliorndon, throwing stones at a points lever, took up a challenge that lie could not knock out a broken pane in a hut window. Damage resulted wmcii cost him a fine of £2 and an order to pay for the damage, £1 Is. The defendant was WinJames Evans.