DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 December 1926, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.) 1 < ■%. BODY IN,RIVER. WANGANUI, December 6. Thd body of Martin O’Halloran, [ a middle #Js<kl man, who has been ; missing for a week, was found in the [ river this morning. I FIRE AT LEVIN. I LEVIN, December 5. A fire 1.80 o’clock this morning . destroyed a fifteen-roomed residence ; at Ihakarfi, owned by Mrs J. Potts, of • PalmefstOn; and occupied by B. C. l Russell, share-hiilker, The cause of ■ the outbreak is unknown, The insurances were £2OOO on the house l and £440 on the furniture. WATERFRONT TRAGEDY. ! TIMARU, December 6. While working on the staging'at the ’ oil tanks Oil the waterfront this morn- ; ing,- Sydney Thompson, 22, a native ’ of Brixhain,- Devonshire, England, ! overbalanced and fell 30fL He receiv- ’ ed a severe fracture of the base of the ’ skull, and died on the way to‘the hospital. L BOYS RUN OVER. I AUCKLAND, December 5. L CordOfi Cox (aged 8) and Thomas j Ford (aged 12),- residing at Devonport, j were knocked doWii by ail ice-cream - van, the property of Astrella and Son, t They were riding on a boys’ trolley, . when the wheel came off, dislodging f them as the van approached. Both [ sustained injuries to their legs. Ford < also had a fractured forearm. An inl jtiry to Cox’s knee-cap necessitated an • operation. FOUND SHOT. AUCKLAND, December 6. The body found with a gun alongside, in an old guinfield near Milford, oil Friday, lias been identified as that of Charles Robert Hewett, 63, of Cambridge. A son, in his evidence, said he last saw his father alive on September 30. i Deceased was then in financial diffi- ■ culties over his farm, abandoned to , the mortgagees. t The inquest was adjourned. 1 ' > PRISONER’S ESCAPE . AUCKLAND, Dec. 6. Samuel Arthur Pudney, aged 35, an ; habitual criminal, serving two years, i daringly escaped from Mount Eden gaol at 7.30 last night. He made an excuse to visit the quarry, and seizing a favourable opportunity, he dashed through an open gate. In face of pursuing warders he got away under cover of the darkness, and despite a vigilant search, he is still at large. AVON BRIDGE. CHRISTCHURCH, December 5. At the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Justice Stringer gave his reserved judgment in a case in which certain citizens of Christchurch, interested in the improvement of the Avon river, sought an injunction to restrain the New Brighton Borough Council from erecting a low level bridge over the river, which would have prevented the passage of all but small pleasure craft. His Honor held that the bridge, if erected, would constitute a nuisance and granted an injunction with costs of £35 and disbursements. BUTCHERS RESUME. MASTERTON, December 5. Twenty-three unionist slaughtermen commenced at the Waingawa Freezing Works on Saturday morning. The volunteer butchers who wished to continue were kept on. A corresponding number of labouring hands also reported for work. The management reports that everything is back to normal. HASTINGS, December 5. The freezing workers, acting on official instructions, will commence work on Monday morning. FEILDING, December 6. At the freezing works this morning, six butchers w.ere called in, in addition to twenty volunteers previously engaged. Six unionists immediately accepted books, and work with the volunteers. Everything is going smoothly. The lambs are rather late in maturing, but increasing numbers are coming forward daily.