ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 54, 27 November 1928, Page 12

ITEMS IN BRIEF

FROM FAR AND NEAR Motor Ship Refloated.—The motor ship Nicotine Maersk has been refloated after a quantity of cargo had been lightered, states a Press Association message from Brisbane. She was apparently undamaged. New Zealand Surfer at Sydney.—A Press Association message from Sydney states, that-the’. New Zealander who on Sunday caused a diversion by swimming in the danger zone nearly 300 yards from the shore was Ronald Web.ster,. of Auckland. . .... . - Naval'Commander at- Portsmouth.—< Adnjiral Key.es succeeds Admiral Brock, as. Commander-in-Gliief at Portsmouth, states an Australian Press Association message. Allegation of Bigamy.—A Greymouth. Press Association telegram states that Alexander Cairns, a seaman, was com-. mitted for trial on a charge of bigamy. Bail was fixed at £2OO, with two sureties of £lOO each. • ; Body "Found in River.—The body of Samuel Walkey, aged, sixteen,.Ayhu has been missing ; t Puha, was found, in a river near a "dangerous ford, which "he had attempted to 'cr : ;s while in search of er -,-s, states a Press’Association message from Gisborne. The deceased had only arrived from..lreland about eleven weeks ago;-. Death After Rejuvenation Operation. —An Australian Press Association •message from Paris states that Rabe;lais, one of the world's most famous •stallions, died a few days after a rejuvenation operation by Dr. Voronoff.