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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 18, 26 April 1916, Page 2

Christchurch Press Association telegram states that William Francis Bert Dunn, clerk to the city council, pleaded * not guilty to the theft of £942 11s lOd, and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Weather Forecast.—The indications are for winds hacking east to north, then freshening to gale after about 16 hours. Increasing haze d'ml cloudiness for a change. Barometer falling soon.—Bates, Wellington. ihe police received word this morning that an old man named Hugh Johnston, aged 82, who lived with his son on the Bird Road, was found dead m his bod at 7 a.m. to-day. . The old man seemed in good health last evening, and when a small boy who slept in the same room rose from his bed lit G o’clock this morning, he thought the deceased was asleep. O n bein'--called f„r breakfast, Johnston did not answer, and on examination, it was found that he was dead. It is not known ' whether an inquest will he neeessarv.