DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1926, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Presg SaTHeR bItdWNED. DUNEDIN; December 3; The triink of a body, dressed, in d bathing costume Wah ,oii 7 the I‘Ocks near. Lawyer’s Road this 7 afternoon. The remains are supposed - to be those of Henry Stephen Baker, c who was drowned whilst bathing at - Tomahawk on November 7th. TYPHOID OUTBREAK, a , MASTERTON, December 3. a, The recbht outbreak bf typhoid level* claimed its ftest victim to-night ’ in Miss Winifred May Sjffii'siidtG aged 23, who died iii Mast.eHOri. Hospital,• After twB -Weekb. iii isdlatidri; D‘eI.edsed'ii iiibdiei- is numbered aiiiong tiie btliei* sbVbii liashs iii lldstfital. t THEFT AT BULLS. 5 NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 3. > Michael Joseph O’Grady, who arriv--3 ed at Inglewood by service car to-day, r was arrested by Constable Longbot- - tom on suspicion in connection with a ? theft at J. B. Gaisford’s (Bulls). The b arrest was the result of a telegraphed 3 description of accused, who appeared j before the court and was remanded to P Palmerston North. J BREACH oFpROBATION; DUNLDIN, Debehibei* . At the Siitifefiie Court this fiiofniiig; ? David Chas; McGilL UiafgffiL tfitli having stdleii ij’Bni the Elfcfitfds hix Coy., was sentenced to tlirb'b > years’ reformative detention and " three years’ reformative detention on I a charge of a breach of his proba- - tion. f Mr. Justice Sim, remarked that acs cused had wasted his chance on pros bation, and had not realised the im- - portance of living an honest life, ft i- Killed by bAR&. g PALMERiSTdK, NijRTH, Lee. 3., g At tlib adjbhriied .iiiqiiest |iiib tlie .. circumstances atteiidiiig tlie deatli dt j Cyril Alfred Kreaghbr, aged 27, who I died in Palmerston North Hospital, . consequent upon injuries received , through being knocked down by a 1 motor lorry while cycling on Kimbole ton Road on the evening of November * 23, the Coroner found the deceased 6 died frdiil it flijitufed bflWdl; CtlliSfld e tliroilgii. being khobked dbwii by a lorry driven by Arthur John McElrdy. The Coroner said he did not propose V commenting on the culpability of the 3 driver, as even if not a criminal, 5 there might be a civil action. s CHRISTCHURCH, December 3. e At the inquest into the death of a 3 married man, Charles Nelson, aged , 60, the Coroner returned a verdict ■ that Nelson died as the result of ini juries received in a collision with a s motor car, driven by Arthur H. Murf ray, in Victoria Street, on November 24 last. i NOT A POLICE OFFICER ■ DUNEDIN, December 3. To day at the City Police Court, Edward DlcLelland was charged that he assumed the designation of a police officer. Accused had sought admission from a gatekeeper at Forbiiry course, and had informed him that he was a detective from Wellington on holiday, and was investigating a theft from the Grand Hotel. Accused, in evidence, said that he was an examining officer in the Customs, and a 'detective. He denied that he suggested he was a police officer. The Magistrate said the accused’s remarks to the gatekeeper led to an assumption that he was a police officer. Counsel said accused had been gassed in France, and was in a bad state of health. The Magistrate: It seems to me like a mental case. He ordered the accused io come up for sentence any time within twelve months and ordered him to pay costs. MINISTER’S STATEMENT. WELLINGTON, December 3. The Minister of Mines, Hon J. G. Anderson, in the course of a statement to-day, said that he regretted the unfortunate occurrence at the Dobson Mine very deeply. He was not in possession of all the facts and therefore he could not say anything at present in regard to the disaster, further than that the fullest investigation would be made. Apart from a Departmental investigation an inquest will be held. Shortly after the receipt of the news of the disaster by the Mines Department, instructions were issued to the officials, of the State Mine to do everything possible to render assistance in the rescue work, etc. , The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr A. H. Kimbell, has sent the following urgent telegram to the Superintendent of the State Collieries at Greymouth: — .. “Please render every assistance possible in rescuing men in Dobson mine.” Later in the morning, upon the receipt of a further message from Greymouth, the following wire was despatched: “The Minister directs that no expense is to be spared by you in the rescue work, and that', if required, you are to arrange for a special train or motors. Please wire me hourly results of rescue work.”