NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 317, 30 March 1928, Page 9

NEWS BREVITIES

Deviation Closed. —The Bombay Hills deviation on the Great South Road is to be closed to all traffic during the winter. Boric Acid in Milk.—Eber.ezer Henry Slater, charged at the Police Court to-day with selling milk containing boric acid, was fined £2. Warning to Ship*. —The following navigation warning has been broadcast from Sydney: Crowdy Head light is reported to be extinguished. It will be adjusted as soon as possible.—Press Assn. Man’s Disappearance. —Peter Eady, who disappeared from the Wahine on the voyage from Wellington to Lyttelton on March 21, was until recently proprietor of the “New Zealand Scotsman.” Youth Breaks Arm. —While endeavouring to crank a car yesterday a youth named Bruce Newman, who is employed at a Paerata store, received a broken fcrearm, as a result of the engine backfiring. Truck-driver Exonerated. —At the inquest on John Calderwood, who died yesterday after being hit by a truck in Christchurch, the coroner found that no blame should be attached to the driver. —Press Association. Stolen Wireless Set.—Alfred Victor Smith and James Peter Walker were committed to the Supreme Court for trial on a charge of stealing fourvalve wireless set from a Wellington hotel. —Press Association. Inspired by A!co*Hol. —Vr illiam John Duffin, aged 43, was charged at the Police Court to-day with being disorderly while drunk and using obscene language. On the first charge he was fined 20s, and on the second £3. Sailor Gaoled. —Herbert Edward Cox, a deserting sailor, aged 68, who appeared at the Police Court to-day for sentence on a charge of being found illegally on premises at night, was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment Schoolboy’s Funeral.—The funeral was held yesterday of Leslie Wilfred Murphy, a Pahiatua District High School scholar, who was fatally injured by an explosion in the science room of the school. Many wreaths were received, including those from the Education Department and. Education. Board.