DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

PROMINENT MAN’S DEATH. B Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright/ WELLINGTON, Jan. 27. Obituary.-—William Alfred Mowbray, well known Wellington merchant, who for fifty years was connected with the firm of W. H. Levin and Coy., aged 70. He‘ was an ardent sportsman and a prominent member .of the Merchants - Association/?. ■r-'f'”' YOUTH DROWNED. GISBORNE, Jan. 27. Edward Rfiiiginia,’ aged' 16', ' VVas" drowned, in the Waimana stream, Tolaga Bay. He went to bathe on Saturday afternoon and failed to return. A FIRE. GISBORNE, Jan. 27. A dwelling and store ait Whangara owned and occupied by William Bright was destroyed by fire on Saturday night, whilst the occupants were away at a dance. Nothing was saved. MAORI GIRL DROWNED. DARGAVILLE, January 27. A Maori girl, Edith, a daughter of George Mfln, was drowned on Saturday afternoon in Awakino River, Waihu. The child was with her grandmother washing clothes in the river." The grandmother went away to get more clothes and when she returned the little- girl was missed. Leter -fhe wgs, discovered entangled iii/a'shag, feet up-: permost. It is surmised thaL deceased fell off a log on which she was playing At the inquest,' ;a verdict of accidental death due to drowning, was returned.

CYCLIST INJURED.. BLENHEIM, January 27. A lad named Noel Reade, riding a motor cycle, collided with a telegraph pole in the main street and received a broken arm and broken leg. He was admitted to the hospital. ■SHOT BY AIR GUN. BLENHEIM, January 27. Patrick Corrigan, 17, was shot in he eye with an air gun pellet while,skylarking on Taylor* river bed. •; V f#CHILD’S LEG BROKEN. BLENHEIM, January ;,25% Frank Bythell, three years old, '•bthe son of F. E. Bythell of Blenheim, had a leg broken at Queen Charlotte Sound in his father’s arms when the latter slipped. The boy was taken to Picton and the leg set. OLD RESIDENT PASSES. . BLENHEIM, January 27. Patrick Meeham, a very old resident of Marlborough died on Sstur<Jpy nigjit He took a conspicuous part in the local government of the district having been a member of some half dozen bodies -: He was 74 years of age. .1 /’ . y-Y,'. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. AUCKLAND, January 27. Three men Rudolph Allan 54, David Todd 45, Edward Ruhard Black 48, (were committed for trial on a charge of breaking,into* an,, engifie'dr'tng shop,* stealing -metal 'fittings, casting'and 4n- ; gineering appliances valued at £BO. .A second hand dealer said two of the men brought metal to him on a-truck but he refused to buy. Another' dealer bought it but post-dated his cheque.