DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 June 1927, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.) COMET SIGHTED. HAWERA, June 24. The Pons Winnecke comet was picked up by the Hawera Astronomical Society, which is believed to be the first to sight the comet. DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED. HAWERA. June 24. Thomas Sheen, a traveller, of Auckland, who collided with a motor cyclist on Wednesday was charged with being drunk while in charge pf a car, and was fined £2O. His license was cancelled for twelve months. SERIOUS COLLISION. HAWERA, June 24. Maurice James Leydon, who was injured in a collision between a delivery car he was driving and a horse, and received severe injuries to the head, is still in hospital in a critical condition. BULK OIL CARGO. NEW PLYMOUTH. June 24. The steamer Maliston arrived with the first cargo of bulk oil for this part from Singapore. The vessel belongs to the Anglo-Persian Oil Co., but the oil is consigned to the British Imperial Oil Co., which has erected storage tanks at Moturoa. The oil will be distributed over a wide area, extending probably to Main Trunk towns. DEATH IN TRAMCAR. CHRISTCHURCH, June 23. While on his way to the city in a St. Albans tram to-day, an elderly man, D. Boyce, collapsed and died before medical assistance could be secured. When the car was about five minutes from the centre of the city the man had a seizure or fit. The conductor gave such assistance as he could, but the man expired just as the tram entered Cathedral Square.

AMERICAN BROADCAST. WELLINGTON, June 23. The Crosley Broadcasting Station, “W.L W.” from Cincinatti. will simultaneously broadcast a. special programme for Australia and New Zealand on 52 metres, with 250 watts, and 442 B.N. 3 metres, with 50 kilowatts, commencing on Sunday at 8 p.m., New Zealand time. A preliminary test will be conducted to-morrow (Friday) at 8 p.m., New Zealand time. A STRANGE EXCUSE CHRISTCHURCH, June 24. A young woman, Winifred Iris Cockle, who admitted causing damage by setting lire to the curtains in a house at Mangere, was admitted to probation for two years and ordered to make ’restitution of £l2/10/-. It I was stated that accused gave as an excuse for her acts that she hoped her employers would shift from Mangere. She was not a first offender. GAMING HOUSE CHARGE. ASHBURTON. June 24. At the Police Court, Timothy Kissane was charged, as the outcome of a police raid on June 3, that being the occupier of certain premises he did knowingly and wilfully permit Basil Muller to use the said premises as a common gaming house. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined £25, half to be paid in a fortnight and the remainder in a month. Muller was lined £5O at a previous sitting for assisting in the conduct of the house. GUN CLUB CARNIVAL. MASTERTON, June 23. The ' Masterton Gun Club’s carnival opened at Solway Show Grounds today, there being a large gathering of prominent shots from all parts of the Dominion. The Club’s £lOO open clay bird handicap was divided by Douglas McLachlan (Masterton), R. E. MeEwick (Timaru) and I. Bird (Kimbolton), who broke all twenty-one birds. McEwick was in great form, not once having to call on his second barrel. Seven others broke twenty birds. The New Zealand Clay Championship will be decided to-morrow, and the New Zealand Live Pigeon Championship on Monday.

BURGLAR KNOCKED OUT AUCKLAND, June 24. Norman Selwyn Connelly, 37, was charged at the Police Court with breaking and entering the residence of Hull Kinlock at Three Kings, and stealing goods valued at £4/17/0. Kinlock discovered a man prowling about the house and saw him dart behind a curtain. He rushed him and hit him with his fist. They both struggled for some time. Kinlock then got a good smack at him and knocked him clean out. With the help of his sisters he bound the intruder with rope, and the police were sent for. Accused was remanded until June 31. MOTOR CYCLISTS COLLIDE. WHAKATANE, June 24. A head-on collision occurred between two motor cycles at Awakeri last evening. The riders were Horace Johnston, of Edgecombe, and Claude Shepherd, of Tarawera. Johnston was taken to Whakatane, where it was found that his eye was injured through a piece of metal from his goggles becoming embedded. The metal could not be extracted and the patient was taken to Auckland. Shepherd was rendered unconscious, but recovered. Both machines were badly smashed. GARAGE DESTROYED. WAIPUKURAU, June 24. Shortly before eight o’clock this morning, the brick garage of the Waipukurau Dairy Coy., adjacent to the factory, was gutted by fire, only the brick walls remaining. Four lorries destroyed were insured for £1550, the building for £7OO, and the tools etc., for £5O. The policies are held by the South British office. The cause of the fire was the engipe of a lorry backfiring, the building becoming quickly ablaze. One small truck was rescued. The garage was previously burned three years ago. '