DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 31, 11 June 1913, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

WARSHIPS’ MOVEMENTS. [Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association. 1 Wellington, June 11. H.M.S. Pyramus leaves at 4 p.m. for Noumea, and thence she will probably be ordered to the New Hebrides. .... H.M.S. New Zealand arrived. She will stay hero till Friday. She is not open to visitors. A HABEAS COHPUUS CASE. Wanganui, June 11: As an outcome of a Supreme Court action in Wellington recently, in which a nisi decree habeas corpus was issued compelling John Forbes to give up custody of the twelve-year daughter of D. H. Gilberd, to her parents', a case, came before Judge Chapman today, in which a decree absolute was asked foi fc . The case is proceeding. It is the first case of-the kind in the Dominion; - ■' *' • -:* «■ ■ A SCOW ASHORE. t f bp * ’ ■’Nelson, Juno 11. The three-masted scow Maroro, 230 tons, owned by the Box Packing Go., Sydney, is ashore at the eastern entrance of P.olorus Sound. The Nikau is- standing by, and there are hopes to refloat the scow at .full .tide.

’■LENIENT TREATMENT. Auckland, June 11. At the Supreme Court, David Hughes pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm at Gisborne, and was sentenced to three months’ hard lar bor and fined £lO and £5 costs, the order to bo suspended if the. ; payments indicated are made. , A CONSTABLE DISMISSED. Greymouth, June 11. Constable Smyth has received notice of dismissal from the force. He was recently transferred to Greymouth from Auckland, allegedly for his efforts on behalf of the Police Association. ■ Tho constable explained to a ‘‘Star” reporter that he was on the wharf, watching timber trucks on account of reported thefts of timber. He mistook the tim© for five o’clock, and at 4 a.m. went to the station and signed the book. He was reported to headquarters, and will be dismissed on Saturday next for leaving .. duty and making a false entry in the book, i ’’ ’ " , ,