DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

AN INQUEST

(By Telegraph—Press Association)

HAMILTON, June 16.

At the inquest on Thomas Barton Shaw, a young farmer off Taiwhare who was killed in a collision between two cars at Newstead on May Bth, one of which was driven by his cousin Hector John Shaw, the coroner found deceased met his death through head injuries, as a result of a collision, further that Hector Shaw drove the car in a manner dangerous to the public.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE

HAMILTON, June 16

Wliare Matanli, who was sentenced this morning in the Supreme Court to two years hard and declared an habitual criminal attempted to break away from the police escort on leaving the •ourt to bis cell. It took the combined efforts of several warders and policemen to handcuff him while struggling on the ground. The prisoner declared that lie did not care if they hanged him.

INDECENT, ASSAULT

HAMILTON, June 16,

Robert Arthur Samwavs was charged with indecent assault at Huntly on n hoy, was found guilty at the Hamilton Supreme Court to-day. Sentence was postponed.

AN ASSAULT

NEW PLYMOUTH, June 16

Michael .Joseph Cronin, a fireman on the Hororata, at the Brakewater Hotel asked Thomas Shane, the ship’s cook, to shout for him. Shane agreed. A second time a similar request was made, and Shane agreed. A third time Cronin asked for more, but this time Shane refused, so Cronin broke his nose with a blow of the fist. Today Cronin was fined £2 for assault.

BUSHMAN KILLED

NELSON, June 16. Cornelius Liddy, aged 27 years,

single man, whose mother lives at Vakaia,, met with , a fatal bushfelling accident, at Anatimo* in the Takaka district.:The deceased was pinned, on a stump by a fallen tree, and it was ntpossible to release him till the tree was cut through.

INJURED FROM EXPLOSION. TAUMARANUI, June 17. As a result of an explosion at Lawler and Rice’s foundry this morning, Raj' Rice is now suffering from shock and a broken bone in his right forearm.

CAUGHT BY TRUCKS. TAUMARANUI, June 17

Caught between two trucks while shunting operations were in progress at the Pukeweka Sawmill Company's yards at Mananui yesterday, A. E. Mound sustained injuries which neces-. sitated his removal to the hospital. He is suffering front a crushed chest with a broken collar bone and ribs.

THAMES TRAGEDIES

THAMES, J-V’e 1~Four tragedies occurred to Thames folk yesterday.

The body of Robert Kirk, a r l liames chemist, was found in a car at Taupo. Thomas Donaldson, an elderly man worker shot himself on the verandah of his home at eight last night. At nine thirty news came through from Rotorua that Richard Angell, a resident of Mackey Street Thames was killed in a bus accident.

At- midnight Robert McOllum, a well known Thames man, died sudden-

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