DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1922, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

— — — (Per Press Association, j A FATAL FALL. AUCKLAND, March 14. Basil A. Scanlon, aged 32, died instantly through being crushed us a result of falling from a. waggon, while carting logs for a mill at Tanka u. Deceased, was a. returned soldier. FARMER KILLED. INVERCARGILL, March 14 ; While engaged harvesting on his farm at Heddon Bush yesterday, 1Cai rues fell backward off a dray, m consequence of the horse suddenly moving forward. His head struck the ground violently, his neck being broken. MOTOR CAR RECOVERED. NAPIER, March 13. A car belonging to the Department of Justice, which'was stolen from outside the Wellington gaol on Saturday, was recovered here this morning. Ivo men. Haiold Burton Hay and James Harold O’Brien, who were charged with the thelt ol the car, were xenmnded. The capture of lhe men was clue to the proprietor of the local garage where the car was stored. AUCKLAND OFEENDERS. AUCKLAND, March 15Noin.an Stewart Ward, 23, was committed for sentence on two charges of breaking and entering shops. Alfred Hinton, 38, was committed for sentence on two charges of forging and uttering cheques. A youth, Andrew Peter Jenson, was committed lor sentence for stealing a Post Ofliee Savings Bank deposit book, and forging the name of the depositor for £l2. FIRE AT HASTINGS. HASTINGS, March 14. A fire at midnight, in the buildings on sections , leased by the Railway Department, Station Street, gutted Hannah’s billiard saloon, Kummer's (seedsman) shop and the “Hawkes Bay Herald” agency office. Adjoining premises on either side, occupied by Kessell (boot shop) and Charles (fruiterer) were slightly damaged. The destroyed buildings were the property of W. P- Fitzgerald. The origin of the lire is unknown. TILE WORKS BURNT. TAUMARUNUI, March 15. At five o’clock this morning, fire broke out in Winstone’s roof and tile works. The drying sheds and the stnicture work round eight kilns were destroyed, and the main buildings reduced to ashes. The fire had a strong hold when the alarm was given, but the brigade succeded in saving the engine sheds and valuable machinery, including a new hundi’ed horsepower boiler. Twenty thousand tiles were destroyed. Winstone’s premises were burnt to the ground in October, 1919. The damage is estimated at £5OOO above the insurances.