DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1932, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

CRUSHED FINGER. .(Per .Press Association— Copyright., ;'7 AUCKLAND, July 28. : Instructed by wireless to return to Clapei Maria, the (Government lighthouse steamer Mat-ai there found the assistant lightkeeper, named Leighton, had a finger badly crushed in a winch while hauling up stores which thsteamer had left. He was brought to Otehunga and hospitalled to-day. GOLF CHAMPION. AUCKLAND, July 28. .Miss Susan, Td hurst, champion woman golfer of Australia, is retui fling home after competing in the Bluish championships. She expressed the hope .that the .revival of womans contests between Australia and New Zealand, An lines of the Windeyer Cup matches would be inaugurated soon. PUBLIC TRUST CHANGES. WELLINGTON, July 28. The following staff, changes in the Public Trust Office are amr minced :rK. A. Hendcr,'-'on, to District Public Trustee, Welliiigtoii, in -succession to G. E. Miller, who has been appointed Deputy Superintendent of the State* Advance’s Office; J. Bryan to AssistantSolicitor, Head Office; T. H. Kmg, to .Assistant-Controller of the Estates Division of the Head Office; 0. E.ey.beig to District Public Trustee, Paimenston North; W. M. Egglcstono, to District. Public Trustee, at' Hawera. ADMITTED TO PROBATION. TIMARU, July 28. At the .Supreme Court, Roland James Ackroyd, aged twenty, who had p.faded guilty to a charge 6f a serious offence against a girl under sixteen, \i«s admitted to probation, for two years.