DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1925, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press’ Association.) INFANTILE -PARALYSIS. ■, . , TIAf ARU; July 10z .. After immunity from infantile paralysis extending some weeks, two cases were Atiporte’d ‘ yesterday' frbni-a' country district about -twenty miles from Timaru. One'was.a girl of four years. She died. The other is a. girl of six years. . . J.,’ y . - . . ALAORI DROWNED. . - WANGANUI, July. 10. A -Maori named :Sain-'Woon, ’>’a wellknown resident of Wangehu, was drowned at the Town Wharf at noon to-day. He went to look over, and tripped and • possibly he struck his head in his fall. '• 1 A watersider, Frank'-.O’Keefe, dived in and brought the body to the landing. The - deceased went- on it world tour with the Ratana party. , NEW THEATRE. • i CHRISTCHURCH, July 10. John Fuller and Sons, Ltd;, the weßknowm theatrical! firm, has acquired a property of half an acre, fronting Alancbester and Lichfield-Streets, .on which to erect a palatial theatre,' at air estimated cost of one hundred and forty thousand pounds. It will have a seating capacity for.-two thousand three hundred. Luttrell Bros. have, been appointed the architects, and probably Air Luttrell will visit .America- shortly in’search of designs. . BANKRUPT. COMMITTED; DUNEDIN, July 10. ... Walter Henry Clement was to-day committed for trial on charges of obtaining credit while 'an undischarged bankrupt. Various amounts were con 7 earned, totalling £B9/12/- relating •hiefly to deals in motor cars. The evidence disclosed the fact that the recused was adjudicated a bankrupt n Tnvefc irgill.’and had' since secured credit in connection with a garage, which lie proposed to start in Dunedin under the style of “Commercial Motors.” :

WELLINGTON’S RAINFALL. WELLINGTON, July 9. In connection -with-the--prolonged spell of wet. weather here this winter, it is recalled that excessive rain Was experienced in 1874. From June'.to September inclusive the amount was 33.73 inches, and for the six months from Alay x to October inclusive, the total was 39.94, -The worst winter this century was in 1904,'when for the same period the total fall WaS 37.4'J ' inches, ending up with a record fall for Wellington of 12.94 inches in October. So far this year has outdone both, thb averages for May and June being nuch higher than either of the previous years mentioned. .

“JUST FOOLISHNESS.” GISBORNE, July 10. Before Mr Levvey, S.M.,' a middleaged man,' Thomas Ward, was charged under the “Wai- Pensions Act; “with making false declarations. Evidence was giveW’that defendant; in applying for a pension, declared that his personal were forty pounds in the Savings Bank. When • inquiries wer e made it was found that he really < had‘ five hundred and fifteen pounds deposited. Defendant said his action was'just- foolishness. Counsel for the ..Conimiss-pnctr ’of

Pensions, said he did not desire to pi ess for a heavy penalty, but the action was brought as a. warning. The • Alagistrate; after warning .defendant of the seriousness of the charge ordered hijn to come up for sentence when called upon within 12 months, and ordered him to pay the costs.

PRISONERS SENTENCED,:. 1 i ) WELLINGTON, ’July? 10.;; At the -Supreme > u Court,’-iJu’sti'Ce Ostler passed sentences bnpprisoncrs, who had pleaded ‘ guilty Kehiieth Robert Watkins, ’ fivg charges ’•• false pretences, "two years' hard labour ; Hyacinth Francis AVisnewski, theft; as servant, prbbatioii 'fOr one year; Charles Corbett, ’ bibakingj, .entering and theft, probation uoiie year; Herbert Harris Keith, a led of 15, break-, ■ing, entering) and tlteft,' sent to Borstal Institution , for . three years; George' Hurley,. Rieft; tmonthsimprisonment; William I’ercy Joyce, obliterating documents -and . forgery, probation for • .tjvb-years -Berty Sharkey, escaping froni • gaol, .-.theft and indecent assault, and attempted carnal knowledge, five years’' imprisonment on the more -serious charge and thtee months’ for escaping, and a year on the other charges.. KILLED BY TRAIN. TE KUITI, July 9. J./Brcinner," traffic inspector, Ohakune, was killed by -'a Special goods train from Hamilton, one and threequarter miles south of Otorohanga at about 4.30 this afternoon. Breniner was proceeding on a jigger towards Otorohanga and met the train in a cutting coming round a corner. Driver Maloney applied the emergency brakes and stopped promptly, but Too late to avoid a collision. ■ Bremner fearful injuries/death being instantaneous. He was married. .and (had tlirec children, the yonflgest six w’eeks 61d. TE KUITI, July-10. >-

' An inquest ' was held on Jasper Bremner Railway Traffic» Inspector. The evidence of the 'engine driver?’ Janies Maloney, 'who was' driving the train,-' which struck ‘ the -motor ‘\jigger propelled by the deceased, showed that rhe fatality’oi?'currt)d f iffiurid a sharp bend in the line. Part of the jigger went straight up, and' the deceased was thrown on the footplate of the engine; The speed of the train’ . was about 25 miles an hour at the time., He blew his whistle before coining to the .curve; Aftef further*- corroborative evidence, the Coroner delivered a verdict that the’fatality was entirely due to an accident, no' blame being attachable- to anyone. He paid a compliment 1 to feiigiho 'driver Maloney’s promptitude in uijjMltd trajn, ■■ •-