DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1929, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.) SHOPLIFTER IMPRISONED. CHRISTCHURCH, February 22. Annie Hanlon, married, aged 47, was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment for shoplifting. On three separate occasions she took goods from the D.I.C. of a total value of £2 8/6. ARRESTED SOLICITOR CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 22.' J. B. Batchelor, ex-solicitor, was again before the Court this morning for the Magistrate to announce his decision respecting bail. Having been informed that Batchelor could assist the Official Assignee to clean up the estate while still in custody, the Magistrate refused bail. FATAL ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH, February 23. John Piercy, aged GO, residing at London Street, Richmond, who was picked up unconscious at the intersection of Dean and Madras Streets on Thursday evening, died in the hospital. It is alleged that he was knocked down by a cycle, ridden by a youth. LOCOMOTIVE’S TRIAL WELLINGTON, February 22. The new Garrett articulated locomotive had its second trial run today with a load of 312 tons, making a trip to Johnsonville in eleven minutes. The ordinary type of A.B. Pacific engine, drawing a load of 190 tons, takes 14 minutes for the same run. The traction effort of the Garrett engine is 51,380 lb., while that of the A.B. type is 20,000 lbs. only.

METHODIST CONFERENCE. AUCKLAND, February 22. The annual conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand was .continued to-day. The President of the Conference, Rev. J. F. Goldie, was presented with a gold-mounted fountain pen and pencil on the occasion of his birthday. A Procession of Witness was held in the City streets to-night, followed by an open-air service on Civic Square.

SUNDAY TRADING. CHRISTCHURCH, February 22. Convictions were recorded by Mr Mosley, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court to-day, on charges against Adams, Ltd., motor agents, and two salesmen of the firm. Vernon Clemens and Reginald Norman, for Sunday trading. Adams, Ltd., was charged with exposing motor cars for sale on Sunday, and the two other defendants with working at their trade on a Sunday. Adams, Ltd., were fined 10/, and the other defendants 5/, with costs. BOOKMAKER FINED. PALMERSTON N., February 23. At the Police Court, Charles Joseph William's, charged with using premises as a common gaming house, pleaded guilty. Detective Quirke said that the accused was one of the biggest bettors in Palmerston North, and had no other occupation. He asked for the maximum penalty, although he admitted that the accused had been perfectly frank. The Magistrate fined accused seventy-five pounds, saying that he must inflict a substantial penalty. MOTORING TRAGEDY. CHRISTCHURCH, February 22. An inquest Concerning the death of Stephen James Johnston, aged about 40, of Te Kopuru, Dargaville, who was run down and killed by a motor car, driven by Mrs Stanley, of Riccarton, in Manchester Street last evening, was opened before Coroner Lawry, S.M., this evening. Evidence of identification was given, and the inquest was then adjourned sine die. The condition of E. A. Baldero, of 41 Tennyson Street, Takapuna, the other man who was run down at the same time, and suffered a fractured skull, is stated by the hospital authorities to be fairly satisfactory, following an operation performed last evening, but he is still seriously ill.