ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 81, 29 December 1928, Page 8

ITEMS IN BRIEF

FROM FAR AND NEAR No paper on Tuesday.—There will be no issue of "The Dominion” on Tuesday, New Year's Day. Ankle Fractured. —J. Alartin, a bootmaker, residing at 127 Alolesworth Street, slipped in the street yesterday afternoon, and fractured his left ankle. He was attended to by a doctor, and taken to the hospital by the Free Ambulance. Canadian Cargoes.—With a full cargo of automobile parts, tractors, newsprint, and general freight, the Canadian National steamer Canadian Commander sailed from Halifax on Thursday for Australia (states an Australian Press Association message). She will be followed later by the Canadian Conqueror with a similar cargo for New Zealand. Innisfail Incident.—Special inquiiies (states an Australian Press Association message from Rome) reveal that so rar there has beeu no official report from Queensland of the coat-of-arms incident. A representative. of the Italian Foreign Office in a statement said that the Government would certainly protest if au official report from the Italian representative showed there were grounds for such a protest. Found Dead in Bed. —Winnie Matthews, a Maori child, aged four months, was found dead in bed at her parents’ house, Pakotai, on Boxing Day morning, states a Whungarei Press Association telegram. The child had been sleeping with her mother, and a blanket had covered her face.

Found Dead in Whare.—At the inquest on James Christmas, aged 57, who was found dead in his whaye at Motueka, on December 17, a verdict was returned that deceased died from poison self-adminis-tered, while in a state of mental depression.—“ Dominion” Special Service.

Body Washed Up on Beach.—The body of Sidney Alexander Harbourue, 21 years of age, who was drowned with five others on November 12, when a small yacht capsized near Quarantine Island, was found washed up on the beach at Alacandrew Bay, Dunedin, yesterday morning in an advanced state of decomposition. An inquest will be held this morning.—Press Association.