DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1932, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

CLOTHING STOLEN. (Per Press Associatiorirf Copyright.) AUCKLAND, July 6. Thieves entered,the,clothing factory of Macky, Logan, [Caldwell, Ltd.,' in Mariukau Road, Newmarket) during the week-end and stole a- quantity ‘ of clothing valued at £7O, There' was evidence that the burglary was committed with the sole intention of taking clqthing, as the property stolen comprised fifteen suits/ mostly of navy blue serge, and a number of dress shirts.

1 LOST HANDBAG. , AUCKLAND, July 6. A leather handbag containing £8 10s in gold, £3 in notes arid £1 in silver, in addition to rings and jewellery valued at £IOO, was lost from a motorbar in Newmarket last ...Thursday by Mrs R. B. Lusk. A reward of £lO waa offered for the return of the property, but so far there has been no response. ... / 1 .. ... .' . , MOTOR DRIVER’S INTOXICATION. , MASTERTON, July 7. As the result of a collision on the Carterton Road, last night, .Sidney Arthur Bishop was .arrested, and charged at the 'Court to-day, before Justices, with having been drunk while' in charge of a motor car. He was fined -£lO. 1 It was stated by the police, in Court, that accused had been convicted fouq times previously for drunkenness, but' not while in charge, of a car. On a further charge of dangerous driving, he was convicted.GANG OF THIEVES. ! WELLINGTON, July 7. Stated to. be members of a ” gang who had evidently operated on quite an extensive scale around the city, recently, William Arthur Reilly, 19, J.i'lan Arthur Lewer 21, Andrew Mr--22, Alexander Ross 2U, and Gerald P°hert Groom 18, appeared before Mr Page, S.M., on charges of theft,- to which they pleaded guilty. Reilly, Ross and Groom were sent to Borstal lor three years. May and Lewer were placed on probation for three years. ■A COLLISION. LEVIN, July 7. Roslyn Read railway crossing, north of Levin, was the .scone, of an accident when the south-bound New Plymouth exprn s struck a sedan car, driven by Res”. Father Broughton, of Feilding.

When lie saw th e try in, the driver stopped and tried to reverse, but svas struck before he cleared the. crossing. The car svas overturned. Father Broughton sustained cubs about the head and face and an injury to his leg,' and was taken to the Levin Hospital. Two other passengers, Goodwin Bros., of Rongotea, we.r e unhurt, though suffering from shock.