NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 124, 16 August 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Taxi Driver’s Death.—Mr. Matthew Ledger, taxi driver, of Marama Crescent, Wellington, dropped dead in Stepney Place, off Vivian Street, about 7 p.m. yesterday.—Press Association. Brisbane Explosion. —The police have detained a man in connection with the explosion in the Criminal Investigation Department at Brisbane. —A. and N.Z. Drunken Driver Fined. —Victor Wilfred Flood, aged 61, was fined £2 at the Police Court to-day for being drunk in charge of a horse and cart. Soviet and Ukraine Rising. —The Paris newspaper “L’lntransigeant” publishes a telegram from Moscow stating that the Soviet is rushing troops to the Ukraine, where the situation is serious. —Sun. Youth Remanded. —Cedric Athol Whittome, aged 18, was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing a watch valued at £3 10s and jewellery valued at £ 14. He was remanded to appear next Monday. Onehunga Roading.— At the next meeting of the Onehunga Borough Council, consideration is to be given to a proposed roading scheme for the whole of the uncompleted roads in the borough. Mount Morgan Mine Liquidation.— At an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Mount Morgan Mining Company at Melbourne yesterday the previous resolutions placing the company in liquidation were confirmed. — A. and N.Z. Lighi Court List. —There were only nve criminal cases for trial when the Supreme Court at Napier opened this morning. Mr. Justice Ostler commented that the district was maintainmg its good name for the absence of serious crime.—Press Association. Lorry Falls 200 Feet. —A large and heavily-laden motor-truck from Gisoorne fell 200 feet down a bank at p aw ’s Hill, Morere, at mid-day yesterday. The truck was completely smashed, but the driver escaped un-tourt-—Press Association. Car Strikes Verandah Posts. —Two verandah posts at Cucksey’s Buildings, at the corner of Mount Eden and stokes Roads, were damaged through struck by a motor-car yesterday afternoon. The driver states that he

as forced to swerve to avoid knockdown a pedestrian. The car was slightly damaged.