Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 131, 24 August 1927, Page 13

Last Look Round —

A Missing Overcoat. —William James ; Courtney, aged 42, who appeared at the Police Court to-day, was remanded until August 30, on a charge of stealing an overcoat, valued at £5 15s. Country Store Burned.—A store and post office owned and occupied by Mr. M. J. Nelson, at Whatoro, 19 miles from Dargaville, were totally destroyed by fire on Monday. Pacific Cable Board.—The Pacific Cable Board, at its meeting in London, was not able to deal with the question of the chairmanship, owing to the absence of replies from some of the Dominions.—A. and N.Z. Ohakune Fires. —Two fires occurred in Ohakune last night. The first call was to a fruiterer’s shed and later to a residence occupied by Mr. H. Davis and family, on Raetihi Road. Both buildings were totally destroyed. Manager of Massey College. —Mr. W. J. McCulloch, senior Government Agricultural instructor for the WellingtonSouthern Hawke’s Bay district, has been appointed farm manager at the Massey Agricultural College. Cyclist Knocked Down.—-Sidney Jamieson, a cyclist, of Durie Hill, Wanganui, • was knocked down by a motor-car at Fordell yesterday. He was taken to hospital, and at a late hour was still unconscious. The extent of his injuries is not yet known.—Press Association. Youth Guilty of Fraud.—A lad 18 years of age was sentenced to two years’ Borstal treatment in the Gisborne Magistrate’s Court this morning on charges of obtaining money by fraud, his name being suppressed out of consideration for his widowed mother and sisters. Death of an Infant.—At the inquest on the body of an infant found in the Town Belt, Dunedin, on August 3, the coroner found, after evidence, that the child had b#en born alive at the end of July or the beginning of August, and had been killed by external violence by some unknown person, which caused a fracture of the skull. Dobson Affray.—Charles J. Clayton, aged 23, was remanded till Tuesday, charged with causing actual bodily harm to John Voyce at Dobson. Bail was allowed at £2OO. Voyce’s condition is said to be serious. Pie is suffering from head injuries received following an argument in the whare which the men shared. Alleged Theft and Arson. —The Wellington police were granted a remand to-day by Mr. E. Page, S.M., in the case in which James Perry, a boilermaker, aged 36, was charged with breaking into the home of Mr. A. J. Pollock, of Kilbirnie, with intent to steal, and having wilfully set fire to the home of Mr. N. M. Clark. Bail of £4OO was allowed. More Russians Shown the Door.— The British Home Office has ordered two officials of Russia Oil-Products Board, one director and one other representative of Arcos on the Russia Oil-Products Board to leave the country. It is stated that the order has no connection with the business, but is because the men have not fulfilled the conditions of admission. It is reported that the Trade Union Congress is organising a protest. Picture Theatre Fire.—Early this morning a fire was discovered in the People’s Picture Theatre, Levin. The outbreak started in the operating box, and spread to the dress circle. The fire brigade succeeded in confining the flames to the roof and the circle, being assisted by the existence of the steel ceiling and walls. Extensive damage was done to the furnishings. The theatre was not being used for pictures, but the operatic society held a rehearsal there the previous night. Railway men Injured. Frederick James, of Frankton, and James Joseph Bell, of Auckland, railway linesmen, met with an accident at Waikino today. They were proceeding on a railway trolley when a crowbar they had on the vehicle apparently became entangled in the machine throwing the men off. James was sent to the Hamilton Plospital apparently seriously injured, while Bell was admitted to the Waihi Hospital not so oadly injured.