News Brevities

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 438, 21 August 1928, Page 13

News Brevities

Cadet's Leg Broken. —While practising in the gymnasium in the Drill Hall in Rutland Street last evening a cadet. Cyril Davis, aged IG, of Sylvan Avenue. Mount Eden, broke his leg and had to be taken to hospital. Scarlet Fever in South. —The epidemic of scarlet fever in Canterbury shows no signs of waning. Last week 57 cases were notified, including 42 in the city. Cool Thief. —A thief walked into fruit shop owned by Mr. Martin, at the corner of Barbadoes and Kilmore Streets. Christchurch. on Saturday night, while the owner was at the back of the shop, and stole a till containing a few pounds in silver and a bank book. Later the empty till and th«* bank book were found in the River Avon. Typhoid at Thames.— Five cast .s >.f | typhoid are reported at Thames. In an endeavour to trace the cause Dr. | H. Chesson, Auckland district health | officer, and the Mayor of Thames. Mr. |W. Bongard, made an inspection of j the sources of the Thames municipal j water supply. Samples of the water I were taken for analysis. Mr. Rongard said i.i.st evening that there vrms no cause for alarm. 1 Baby Strangled.—A baby, Ja« k | Turnbull, aged 11 months, was found strangled at Masterton y ester da v with his head between the bars of a cot. His mother had left in th* morning for Martinborough. the child being boarded out at the h-jme of Mia Ha, Hi day. Trustee Street. Missing From Home. —No tracj vet been found of Mr. George Alfn «i j Taylor, a labourer employed by Waimairi County Council, who disap - t peared on July 27. Mr. Taylor said good-bye to his wife and rode off on | his bicycle from his home in Harewood J Road, Christchurch. He is Oft tall. I with a fresh complexion and fair hair.