BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 85, 9 January 1928, Page 10

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR Found Dead.—Joseph Coumbe, of Paroa, aged about 56, a farmer, was found dead in his yard by his wife on- Saturday, with his throat cut.—Press AssnAlleged Bookmakers Charged.— On charges of using premises in Eltham as common gaming houses aud carrying on, the business of bookmaking, John Dewar, McKay, ironmonger, and Antonio Novak, restaurant keeper, were on Saturday remanded to Saturday next at Eltham, Bail of <£lso each was renewed. Drowned in a Dam.— An inquest was held on Saturday into the death of George Henry Guest, aged 17, who was drowned in a dam on a farm, Lower Duthie Road, Matapu, Eltham, on New Year’s Day. A verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attachable to anyone.—Press Assu. Suicide by Poisoning.— At the inquest on Saturday at Hamilton into the death of Henry Charles Austin, aged 35, a verdict was returned of suicide bypoison. Deceased was admitted to the Waikato Hospital on Friday and died twenty minutes afterwards. Outbreak of Fire in Parliament Buildings.—A fused electric wire was responsible for the Fire Brigade receiving a call to the General, Assembly ibLrary, Parliament Buildings, shortly before eleven o’clock on Saturday morning. The trouble was quickly attended to and no damage was done. Children Injured by Lorry.— Two young children, son and daughter of V. Lee, a prominent Greymouth jockey, were knocked down by a motor-lorry on Friday at the Reefton racecourse. The boy was cut about the face, and the girl was removed to hospital, where her condition on Saturday morning was ported to be very low. —Press Assn. Charae of Assault.— Anker Jakob Karto Jensen was remanded to January 11 by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday on a charge of assaulting Avan Murdock so as to cause him actual bodily harm . It was alleged that Jensen struck Murdock, rendering him unconscious and necessitating his removal to the hospital. Red Leaders Become Humble Workers. —An unconfirmed report published in Paris says that Trotsky, Zinoyieff and other members of the party in opposition to the Soviet are now humble workers in a Moscow leather factory.— Press Assn. A Venturesome Voyage.— Accompanied by her husband and Captain Bugg, Mrs. Ivy Hercomeb, a young woman, lias left Calcutta in an attempt to reach Australia in a thirty-foot open ships lifeboat named the Hiawatha, says a Press Association message from Delhi. Disposal of Oily Refuse.—A British Admiralty order directs that oily refuse must not be discharged within 50 miles of the British coast. Experiments in disposal and treatment are continuing.— Press Assn. Anglo-Egyptian Negotiations. — The London “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent says that Anglo-Egyptian negotiations have been temporarily suspended, partly owing to. the menace of an Egyptian Cabinet crisis and partly to protracted consultation between Bntain, Australia, and New Zealand. I ress Assn. French Cadets Pardoned— Tim St. Cyr Military Cadets have been included m the Ne‘w Year pardon? and have rejoined the college, states a Paris mes-. sage to Sydney "Sun.” Several cadets belonging to the St. Cyr Military Academy took part in a No More nar demonstration organised by Communists and were later imprisoned for their actions. ! ; • : "

Imprisonment for Theft.— The theft of a raincoat valued at .£1 15s. from the Salvation Army- Home, Tasman Street, and of a bag valued at 10s. from the ss. Maunganui was admitted by Cecil Francis Jellie, a salesman, aged 30. in the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday. Jellie was sentenced to one month s imprisonment on each charge, the tcims to be cfimulatire.

Germans Desert Their Ship.—Seven members of the crew of the German steamer Kersten Miles were left behind in Auckland when their ship sailed on Saturday morning for Wellington. Ihe deserters, who are all Germans, were Xed on Friday,, but a. search of, the city ■ by the ships officers and police failed to find them, and it is believed thev have made out into the country. The Kersten 'Miles will remain for some days discharging at Wellington, and it is hoped that the runaways, will be caught in time to be put aboard the vessel before she leaves for Newcastle, her next port.—Press Assn..

More Seats for City Reserves.-Throimh the generosity of Mr. John Swinson, the citv was presented with a Now Teai s gift in the share of eight substantia garden seats, which have been placed under the pohutukawas m the Courtenay Place reserve. There are at times manv more people waiting for tramcars, or Merely resting, than can be .accommodated in the waiting-shed bes dr, tho tracks at Courtenay Place, and t lieso have eagerly availed themselves of th o opportunity afforded bv ; the new seats to "rest an’ be tliankfu .

Charge of Attempted Arson.-Freder-ick Watkins, aged .60. was chained the Auckland .Magistrates Court «ith having attempted to set fire • ,o a dwelling house in Union occupied bv Maria Bottles. Sub-Tnspector ’McCarthv staged that the case presented some unusual features. There seemed little doubt that accused attempted to set the house on fire, Hie reason was not at present, clear. He asked tor < remand until Tuesday, which was ?r“nted. to enable further inquiries to be made. \ _