DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

BOARDING-HOUSE ROBBERY. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 17. The theft of £4B in notes from a Carlton Gore Road boarding-liouse has been reported to the police. The money comprised one £lO note, three £5 notes and the remainder in singles. The notes were left in a wallet which was hidden by the proprietress on a mantelshelf in a dark corner of her room, which was in the front portion of the house, only a few yards from: the street. In front of the mantelpiece was placed a large wardrobe, so the thief would have to move this out of position in order to get the wallet. Usually the proprietress keeps her money in a cashbox. This was the first occasion that she kept it in a wallet. She had intended to pay a number of accounts with the '£4B, otherwise she would not have had the money in the house. The money had not been long in her bedroom before it was stolen. The proprietress spent some time in the kitchen superintending' the cooking, and on going to ..her room for ,the money found that it had disappeared. Nothing was disturbed. Tho circumstances are not such as to suggest that the theft was committed by the thief who recently raided 'boarding-houses in Grafton Road and Symonds Street. SIR G. HUNTER’S FUNERAL. WELLINGTON, August 20. The funeral service of the late Sir Geo. Hunter, M.P., whose death is announced, will be held here at St. Peter’s Church to-morow morning, after which the body will be taken by the 9.15 train to Waipukurau, where the funeral takes place. RUGBY PLAYER HURT. TE AROHA, August 20. In a friendly game of Rugby 8,. House sustained a broken nose, as the result of a head-on collision with another player. BOY LOSES EYE. TE AROHA, August 20. While chopping wood, a boy named Robin Ashton, of Waitoa, had his eye pierced by a sharp splinter, necessitating the removal of the eye. MOTORIST KILLED. MASTERTON, August 20. Wilfred Wriglcy Payne, senr., Clerk of the Telegraph Engineers’ Office Masterton, was killed early this evening as tho result of a motoiiug accident near Tinui. Only meagre details are available, but it is reported that the car skidded in some mud on the roadside and capsized, the deceased being pinned undernenrth, and death being apparently instantaneous, The deceased was aged 32, a married man, with one child. COUNTERFEIT COINS CHARGE CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 20. In the Supreme Court to-day, Walter James Wright was found guilty on two charges of uttering counterfeit coins. Accused had given coins t<> shop-keepers and the main evidence was that of identification of the pri soner. After the jury had returned their verdict, the Crown Prosecutor said lie would withdraw a further indictment against the prisoner, of having in his possession, moulds suitable for making counterfeit coins. George Cnnti and William Frederick ;Garner were found not guilty on a charge of breaking and entering Ballin Brothers’ warehouse and committing theft therein. MASSEY MEMORIAL. UNVEILING NEXT MONTH. WELLINGTON, Aug. 21. The unveiling of the memorial ere ted at Point Hal.swell to the late lit. Hon. W. F. Massey, P.C., who was Prime Minister of New Zealand for nearly thirteen years, is to take place on Friday, Sept. 19th. . INCOME TAX BUDGET PROPOSALS UNALTERED. WELLINGTON, August 20. Special Land and Income Tax proposals were introduced to-night. Th re is no material alteration on the budget proposals. BANKRUPT CONVJ CTED. ON SIX CHARGES. ' NEW PLYMOUTH, August 20. The guilt of Beit Thomas 011 sixcharges under the Bankruptcy Act. was found by a jury in the Supreme Court to-day. Thomas had been arrested in Sydney. He was previously a farmer at Mangorei. Among other charges were those that he removed from New Zealand part of his assets in bankruptcy; that lie did not disclose all his assets and that he put one of his creditors to needless expense by 11 frivolous and vexatious defence to an action in the Supreme Court. The jury recommended mercy on the ground of Thomas’s lack of business! knowledge. Sentence was deferred.