ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 80, 28 December 1928, Page 10

ITEMS IN BRIEF

FROM FAR AND NEAR Two Men Drowned.— When Allan Nicholson, 35, got into difficulties while swimming in the railway dam at Durracoppin, Western Australia, William Street, 25, went to his assistance. Both were drowned and their bodies later recovered. —Press Assn. Judge’s Estate.—Judge Elbert Gary, late chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, who died on August 10, 1927, left an estate slightly under 13.000.000 dollars, states an Australian Press Association message from New York. Watersider Injured.— While working on the King’s Wharf yesterday morning, W B. Greenaway, a waterside worker, residing at 42 King Street, bumped against a chisel, and received an mased wound on the left thigh. He was attended to by the Free Ambulance and removed to the Hospital. Motor-cyclist Injured.—Jack Hall, a taxi-driver, aged 26, who lives at 12 Camp Road, Lower Hu tt, was admitted to the Wellington Public Hospital at 2 a.m. yesterday suffering from head injuries caused by falling off a motorcvcle at Petone early m the l p orn ‘ D /,- He was attended to by a doctor and then removed to the hospital by tne Free Ambulance.

Ostrich’s Fatal Meal.—An unsuitable diet has resulted in the at .b the few ostriches in the S n Association message from Harni This bird, which was the pro--e Mr N S Soper, of Rotokaun, ffX’ed an orchard to pick up fallen fruit. Evidently unable to distinguish between apples and less edible |kre, it swallowed a tennis.ball. Next morning it was found dead.

viAAkmakers Fined.— Archibald Anders J w™ fined £75 for using his premise" in Hobson Street as a common gaming-house, and a Ham McMillan, was fined states a Press Association message from Auck land Two other bookmakers were fin Id £lO and £25 respectively.

Sudden Death on Bowling Green. William "Williams a storekeeper, and an resident of Westport, collapsed on a died. —Press Assn.