DOMINION ITEMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 September 1917, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS.

[Per Pr«*dß Association.] AN INDECENT PICTURE. AV EL LING TON, September 22.--Solomon Gordon, picture framer was tilled Li) for exhibiting in a shop win - dow a photograph of a nude woman. The Magistrate observed that it had been held by a Loudon magistrate that the, picture was permissible for exhibition in an’art gallery, but. may ho indecent when shown in a simp window, because of ils inllnem-c on the young GUILD'S BODY FOUND. DUNEDIN, this. Day.--A young woman arrived in Dunedin on Salmday morning with her mother on a visit. to relatives. She was evidently not well, and on the way to her destination she left a suit case at a. shop. On arriving at. their destination, it wan discovered that the girl was verv ill. and a doctor wa# called. An examination disclosed the fact that the “LI had recently been confined. This led to inquiries by detectives resulting In the discovery of the body of a newly-born child in the suit case at ihe shop. A post mortem examination was held yesterday. arid an ‘n"ii.v.t will lie opened this afternoon. The girl’s condition was such that her removal to the hospital was necessa rv.

tired of life. CHRISTCHURCH, This, Dav

John O’Brien, 55 years of age, au incate of Nazareth. House Benevolent Home was found dead in bed to-day with his throat cut with a. razor. A verdict n) suicide while of unsound mind wa# returned at the inquest.