HEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 156, 28 March 1929, Page 12

HEMS IN BRIEF

FROM FAR AND NEAR Child .Fatally Scalded. —Joyce Pearcei aged three years and 10 months, a daughter of Mr. William Pearce, of Smart 1 . Road, died at the New Plymouth Hospital yesterday from sealds received through falling into a bucket of boiling water on Tuesday afternoon (states a Press Assn. ■ telegram). She was staying .with her grandmother, Mrs. Harris, at Pihama. The British Budget.—ln the House of Commons, Mr. Baldwin announced that the Budget would be introduced on April 15, states an Australian Press Assn, message. Illicit Rum-maker Heavily Fined.—A Press Assn, message from Sydney states that Frederick Ross, convicted of illicit rum-making at Glebe, was fined £525, with costs,, this being his second offence. The police stated that defendant’s plant was capable of making two gallons of rum a day. The spirit was considerably overproof. The defendant is to remain in gaol until the fine is paid. The Prinsep Case.— ln his judgment on the Prinsep case. Mr. Justice Hill confirmed the report of the Registrar so far as Marie Lohr and the child were concerned, as the trustees took the view that the settlement was made to protect Prinsep from his own extravagance. The f Judge considered that the proper course was to release only part of the balance to Prinsep and re-settle" the rest in such a way as the trustees approve.—Australian Press Assn.

Boy Fatally Thrown From Horse.— A fatal accident occurred at Huntly West on Tuesday, states a Press Assn, message from Hamilton. The victim was Timi Awa. aged thirteen years. He was driving some cattle when his horse threw him. He was picked up unconscious, and died shortly after a doctor arrived. His neck was apparently broken.

Deaths From Electrocution. —A Pres? Assn, message from Brisbane states that threeAdeatlis from electrocution occurred on Tuesday. Leonard Winter and Leslie Payne received fatal shocks while repairing motor-cars, and Clarence Shaw was killed while working with a motor-grind-ing machine.

Firemen Injured at Sydney During a fire which damaged Gloria House, Sydney, three tiremen were injured and four women had narrow escapes from being trapped. The women were m the hack part of the building, and did not know of their danger until the firemen arrived. The damage will run into thousands. Two floors were gutted. • Press Assn.

Two Bovs Smothered in Sand. —A Kempsey (New South Wales) message states that two boys, aged twelve, named Young and Kerrison, were buried alive at Crescent Head Beach. The lads dug a pit in the beach. While scooping oilt the sand with their heads downwards, a. mound collapsed on top of them. A. girl passing the spot saw feet protuiding, and when extricated the boys were dead. —Press Assn.

Motor Cyclist’s Death. —The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Stuart Henderson. a youth aged 17, on Saturday, March 2. as the result of an accident on the North Road, was resumed at Invercargill yesterday, before the Acting-Coroner and a jury (sthtes a Press Association message).' After hearing lengthy evidence, the ipry. without retiring, returned a verdict that deceased me/ his death as a result of injuries received through the motor-cycle he was riding colliding with a motor-lorrv.