BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 14, 11 October 1927, Page 10

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR Killed By Fall of Stone.—Duncan Tennant, an underviewor. was killed by a fall of stone in the Blackball mine on Sunday. The deceased, who was 39 years of age, leaves a widow and two children. —Press Assn. M o tor-cy cli st In j u red .—While motorcycling, Janies Wilson ftillidcd with a car at an Invercargill street intersection. He sustained a fractured leg and coqcussion of tho brain. —Press Assn. Chinese Enters Monastery.—Lut Sengtsiang, an ex-l’remier of China, has entered a Benedictine monastery at Bruges, according to a promise to his late Belgian wife. —A.P.A. and “Sun Cable. Archbishop of Canterbury to Resign.— The "Daily Mail” says that it is understood that the Archbishop of Canterbury will resign in J 928, when he will be 80.— Sydney "Sun” Cable. Christchurch Bankruptcies.—The Christchurch bankruptcy returns this year up to the end of September show a total of 62 as compared with a total of 66 for the whole of 1926. —Special Service. Motorist F'ned and License Cancelled. —At Wanganui yesterday George Brook Carter was fined £’2 and had his license cancelled in the /’tgistrate's Court for being drunk while in charge of a car. Carter had collided with a cyclist on the City Bridge.—Press Assn. Earthquake in Vienna.—A Press Association message from Vienna states that an earthquake shock caused people to leave the theatres and restaurants, and clocks were stopped, and tho telephone service interrupted' There was slight damage.

Japanese Naval Review.—The Japanese Emperor, in closing the autumn manoeuvres, reviewed the biggest navy in (he history of Japan. The review was the most important for a decade. It was viewed by fully a million people.— Sydney "Sun” Cable.

Issuer of Valueless Cheques Imprisoned.—At the Dunedin Magistrate’s Court yesterday Arnold Vaughan Sutton, on two charges of obtaining goods by valueless cheques, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and admitted to probation for three years.

Three Men Killed by Poisonous Fumes. —Constable Cook, while seeking to rescue two men. Williams and Ball, who had collapsed owing to pexonous fumes in an underground electric chamber at Notting Hill, also collapsed. Firemen with respirators brought the men to the surface. All succumbed. —Press Assn.

Bush Accident Proves Fatal.—George Richard Wilkinson, whose skull was fractured by the falling branch of a tree while he was working at a sawmill at Stewart Island, died in hospital at Invercargill without regaining consciousness. The deceased, who was forty-three years of age, leaves a widow and young family.—Press Assn.

Wife of Famour Author Dead.— The death is announced from London of Mrs. H. G. Wells, of cancer. The remains will be cremated. It was the deceased’s dearest wish that her second son, Frank, should many before her death. The ceremonv was performed quietly several hours after death. She. strongly desired that nobody should go into mourning.— Press Assn."

Assault by Hairdresser—Herbert Lawson, a ladies’ hairdresser, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment yesterday at Auckland on a charge of assault arising out of his conduct towards a young man whom he invited to a place of entertainment, and with whom he made an appointment. The appointment was kept by tho young man, in company with a "detective.—Press Assn.

Death From Poison. Mr. Darcy Raymond, manager for Messrs. Henderson and Co. at Wyndham. Southland, died suddenly on Saturday as the result of poisoning The deceased, who was a single man; fifty-three years of age, had been taking medicine for a complaint and it is supposed that he mistook tho bottle. He was prominently identified with sport and local affairs.—Press Assn.

Piling Up The Costs.—A table explaining how the Family Endowment Act was added to the cost of local government, shows that the City of Sydney contributes £60.060,. while only twenty employees benefit. Randwick comes next. It contributes £M)(X), twelve employees drawing about £250. The rati» of the Randwick municipality are to be increased Id. in the £. Altogether the thirty-three local municipalities contribute 85,C00, and about 120 employees benefit, drawing approximately £6240. —Press Assn.

Hutt Road Slip Work.—Though 26,000 yards of spoil, by cubic measurement, have been taken away from the slip on Hutt Road, the work is stated to be little more than two-thirds finished. _ Indications are that a further 10,000 cubic yards, at least, will have to be removed, and that probably, if the cliff face, is still loose, further earth will fall into the roadway as this buttress is weal-med. Consequently the total clearance will not be made for some time yet.

Rent for Basin Reserve.—Headed byMr. C. G. Wilson, a deputation from the Wellington Cricket Association waited upon the Reserves Committee of the CityCouncil yesterday afternoon to ask for special terms for the hire of the Basin Reserve for the match between the returning eleven and an eleven representiim the Rest of New Zealand. Mr. Wilson pointed out that the cricket tour of England had been a financial loss and that the Tancaster Park Board of Control had promised Lancaster Park to the New Zealand Cricket Council free of charge. Consideration of the matter was promised by the chairman of the committee (Councillor B. G. H. Burn).