DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

A CASE SETTLED. 1 , [By Telegraph, Per Press Association.] CHRISffCEURCH, July 15. It was' stated by counsel to-day that the main action in the famous case of Wright and others versus Morgan and othei-s, was settled this morning by the consent of all parties. The compromise arrived at was submitted by counsel, Justice;., Herdman approving.

FLOODS IN NELSON.

A HILLSIDE SUBSIDES. NELSON, July 15. Heavy rains throughout the district during the week-end caused general ) C floods, which damaged roads, bridges, and farm lands. A subsidence' on a hillside near Tahuna Park wrenched two houses from their foundations and ! the occupants had to evacuate/them. : ■ The subsidence was probably the' result of water getting into' the * cracks caused by the earthquake. PROBATION FAILURE. WELLINGTON, July 15. Avon Roderick Ayres, (40), a labourer, got three months to-day for a breach of probation, in failing to ‘ re- f ' port. His conduct, it was stated, had been unsatisfactory. He had gone to Christchurch with a girl; an ex-pat- ' ; ient of the Menial Hospital and the ? girl could not-now be found. Ayres - is a married man with three children, THEFTS AT DANCE. , ORCHESTRAL PLAYER CONVICTED. . WELLINGTON, July 13. Leonard Vivian Sharp, aged 22, for theft of a coat, and gloves at;a dance was fined £5 to-day, in default one month. It was stated that he was fined last month for disorderly behaviour, but had not paid, and a warrant was to be executed to-day. for his imprisonment. , Sharp is a member of an orchestra. ' ' W ‘ CAR DRIVER FINED. ” PALMERSTON N„ July 15. This man. is not fit to be on the road. He has had two accidents. in six months. He has offered- no ex-•'; planation. It may be his eyesight , or it may Ibe carelessness,-/said Mr,.w /. Stout,| in- the ) jMagistrifte’.sj| ‘ v *| Oourt/AWhen -two: charges’ of fallqgea y negligent driving were preferred against J. Cleary, a service car driver. .Defendant’s license was led until ..June Ist, 1930. Fines were.,!;: also, .inflicted. . . ..L rj&jj ■■ .-’- r -' / ‘ ■ A;-AUCKLAND^ : July In land : Aitken, aged #.:f er,/‘for. obtaining' goods and - amoriiitln g‘ to i £26 by Worthless .chequesilvKiv in various North, Island towns was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment, tfi be followed by two years’- re£ $ formative detention. •" *

Last March the accused was 1 placed on''two years’ probation for a series of similar offences at places ■[, between Yd Palmerston North and Auckland. .: GIRL IN MALE ATTIRE. > WELLINGTON, July 12. Arrested by a detective at the winter show last night, Myrene Edlin, a young girl, was to-day charged with’ being an incorrigible rogue, in that she escaped from the- Borstal Institution. It was stated that she got three.-. ■ years for serious thefts from hotels in Wellington. She escaped Ifrom Point Halswell, was recaptured at the show, wearing male attire.- She had gone to •• some men and asked them for men’s . Y clothes, as she wished to attend a . fancy dress ball; ’ ’YY- YY ) The police sought an additional sen- < /•' tence for disciplinary purposes in cases Y of this sort, and the Magistrate re- Yi manded the girl till to-morrow to. con- .h sider the matter further. Y :

CRUSHED BENEATH TRACTOR, b WANGANUI, July 12. I A distressing accident occurred on .i the Turakina Hill, about thirteen miles from Wanganui, this afternoon, resulting in the dedth, at the Wanganui Hospital, of Mr Dave Adamson, aged twenty-two. Demonstrations were being given with a road tractor, and Adamson was in the driver’s seat, when the vehicle, evidently passing over soft ground at the edge of the road, lost its balance, and in rolling down the bank crushed the unfortunate man beneath it. drunk and disorderly. CHRISTCHURCH, July 15. “There is a sinister aspect about this case upon which I will not comment further. There is a big doubt the benefit; of which must go to the defendant.” This comment was made . by Magistrate Levvy to-day in dismissing two charges against Alexander MacDonald Smith, aged 39, a wellknown electrician, of being disorderly while drunk, and with using obscene language. Police evidence was warmly and indignantly denied by the defence.

MISAPPROPRIATION. ; .. * AUCKLAND, July 15 Raymond Bradford .Purser, aged 28,' s' an ex-solicitor, pleaded guilty to nine . charges of misappropriation of clients > money amounting to £7OO. Hhe police ~ said the first they knew of the ’offences was when Purser Told them. He was committed for trial. Bail was allowed.