DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 March 1926, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.) TRAVELLER DROWNED. ' ■ DUNEDIN, March 6. A body, identified, as that, of Edward Ticiiener, .a. .traveller, missing for a week, was found in the Harbour this morning.- . FOUND SHOT. / DUNEDIN, March 7. A married man, named James Ferguson, aged 62. living jat Musselburgh, was found shot through ' the head at his home this morning, ~ He was taken to the hospital 'dangerously — ‘3-’ DRUNKEN MOTORIST. ‘ DUNEDIN, March 8. Robert Thomas Gilchrist was .senfenced to seven,.'day's* imprisonment'for being drunk-jyliilst. in charge of a motor car. ;i evidence .showed he had caused a. traffic blockage, during the reliability trials on Saturday. LYTTELTON TUNNEL. ; Christchurch; March 6. As the result’ of a Cori'ference between thej=Rrime. (Minister, and Canterbury representatives; this morning, it is announced ..thjat it lips been, decided to electrify the Lyttelton Tunnel, but not to duplicate it. EX-PATIENT SHOT. WELLINGTON, March 8. A man named Alexander Black, aged 28, who had been-a patient of the Wellington Hospital, was found at Happy Valley oirSunday-with a bullet wound in the chest. -Black..was taken back to the hospital, wheyd.'j jie was . found to be in a serious condition. /*’ - - ACCOUNTANT- CHARGED. .. , ; STRATFORD, . Mai-ch 8. At the Magistrate's..'Court, Matthew Miller, accountant to, the Milking Machine C'oy.i; is . charged with the theft ,of £27 10s, the property of the Company.. The, police obtained an adjournment..: saying; that a-large sum was involved. ’Bail was granted, but the Bench would not order the suppression of the accused’s name.

KILLED ON RAILWAY. AUCKLAND,... March BA. The engine driver. of a train,, which left the city at 5.35 o’clock on Sunday evening, when between Penrose arid Southdown, felt a bump-. He pulled up and walked back, and found the mangled remains of a big man dressed in a dark grey suit. The body was conveyed to Otahuhu. His identity is not known. .., '

A ROUGH TRIP. • . AUCKLAND, March; 7.. The steamer Hartfield arrived frppi Nauru to-day after a -protracted y.oyj age of fourteen days. She was delayed by heavy winds and seas. When she arrived she only had ten tons of coal in the bunkers. General Tom Griffiths, Administrator of the Island, was a,passenger. He goes on to Wellington and Sydney. He stated that everything is going .well at the Island.

SUICIDE AT HQSPTTA'L. , CHRISTCHURCH, March' 6. Archibald Nimmo Watson, aged 49, married, formerly in business at Sumner, died in the Lewisham Hospital this morning. He had been' in the hospital as a patient The night nurse found him with his throat cut and with incisions in arms and legs. By his side was a safety razor blade, and a-note stating: “Gone off mind. Gone mad- Forgive!” An jnquest was ope."fed, but was adjourned afterevidence of identification.

LORRY ABLAZE. WELLINGTON, March 8. A match thrown down by a passerby, while William Eagle was filling a lorry tank with benzine, on Customhouse Quay, ignited the fumes therefrom, and instantly the lorry was a mass of flames. Fire extinguishers from nearby business premises kept the blaze in check till the Fire Brigade arrived with a chemical outfit. The lorry suffered about £5O worth of damage. Eagle escaped uninjured. apples EXPORT. HASTINGS, March 8. A ■ special train leaves Hastings' tomorrow for’ Wellington, with 10,750 cases of apples for export to England. Four thousand five hundred cases will be despatched by ordinary train on Wednesday and later in the week, some ten thousand cases will be forwarded, making a total shipment to England from this district of oyer twenty five thousand cases.

AUSTRALIAN NAVY. WELLINGTON, March 8. The Australian cruiser squadron departed on Saturday afternoon for Hauraki Gulf, where it will be joined with the New Zealand ships for manoeuvres. The weather was beautifully fine and many people gathered along the shores to wave farewelTLo the departing war; ships. Commodore Waddle, in a mes' sage to the Mayor, expressed gratitude, on behalf of the officers imd men for the warmth oi the, welcome accorded them. He said that the visit would strengthen the ties between the peoples of Australia and New Zealand. GERALDINE FIRES. TIMARU, March 6. Fire this morning completely gutted the main stores of the Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association at Geraldine. The fire broke out in the drapery, department, and rapidly spread through the other departments, only a small quantity of groceries being salvaged. The Machinery Department and Grain Stores adjoining were saved. , The building was insured with ‘the South British Coy. fqr £27,830. Early this afternoon a motor garage, at. Geraldine, owned by H. W Wade, was totally destroyed by fire. The brigade turned out, but little could be done, owing to the inflammable nature of the contents. The plant was insured for £250 and the building for £lOO. ' ( M KILLED BY CAR. ASHBURTON, March 8. 'A motorist, who did not stop, knocked down Joseph Claude Pearce, who with a companion, was cycling from Fairfield to Ashburton, at 7.5. p.m. on Saturday. Pearce, who died from the injuries sustained, was 24 years of age, and a labourer, at the freezing works. Deceased was riding on the left hand side v of the road with a friend, George. Lysaght, . who . states that they were proceeding along-a little north of Mitcham Road, when two cars approached from behind. The first car passed, but the second came on towards them,' then pulled on to the crown of the road. As the car made this manoeuvre the rear of the vehicle struck the seat of deceased’s bicycle and threw him off,. Deceased sustained serious injuries to his headl and was rendered unconscious. The car did not stop. An inquest was opened and adjourned.