DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 March 1922, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.; WELLINGTON HOSPITAL PEES. WELLINGTON, March 23. The Hospital Board management, decided to levy a uniform fee of 9/- per day and £3/3;- per week with half rates co children. R. 0.1. CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, Alarch 24. Messrs AL lord and T. Hunt, were elected delegates for the Wellinglo. Railway Officers’ Institute to the Dominion Conference in May. PAEKAKARIKI THEFT. MASTERTON, Hardt 24. In the Supivttie Court to-day, Percy iartin Carmichael and Eric. Malcolm Cell, motor mechanics ami both <>i .Mastertun were found guilty that on or about the night of Saturday, January 7, they did break and enter the. Pae-

- lakariki Railway Refreshment rooms “ and steal a Chubb safe containing ' 27 sovereigns, £5l in silver, ami sun- } ry documents to a total value ol fj4, the property of Thomas I'ishet I Thompson, of Hawera. MASTERTON, This Day. At the Supreme Court, Eric Alal- ‘ colm Biel and Percy Alar! in Car- ■ michael were sentenced to live years ' imprisonment each in connection with ’ the Paekakariki burglary. CLERK COMMITS SUICIDE. ' DUNEDIN. Alarch 24. ’ Cecil Lawrence Clifford, a clerk cmi ployed in the stationery department of the New' Zealand Insurance Company, • was found in the office in a room un■onscious with the gas turned on full, ' but not lit. The doctor was sent for, but could only pronounce life extinct. Deceased was a single man, 24 years of age, and a returned soldier, with three years’ service. At the inquest a verdict of suicide was returned, ALLEGED AIANSLAUGUTER. CIIRISTCHUItUH March 24. Robert Daslcr, aged 36, was committed for trial on a charge that he unlawfully killed Samuel Darrell, thereby committing the crime of manslaughter. It is alleged that accused struck deceased on the jaw and deceased’s* head struck the wall. Accused then pushed him and deceased fell down. Tile medical evidence testified that ath was due to haemorrhage of the brain, associated with a fracture of he skull.; THE RAILWAY SERVICE.’ HASTINGS, Alarch 23. The Acting-Alinister of Railways and the General Manager heard representations by Hie Borough Council ami amber of Commerce on various matters regarding railway management. The Alinister said a freight tariff would soon be operating by which many anomalies would be wiped out and the railways would then be in a better position to cope with the motor lorry traffic on roads. Speaking of railway leasehold sections in the centre of Hastings the Minister said he was altogether in favour of the tenants being given security tenure, and would recommend the Government to amend the conditions of lease, to enable leaseholders to erect substantial buildings.