DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1929, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.)

CHILD DROWNED.

NELSON, May 10.

A distressing fatality occurred at Tahananui about mid-day to-day, when Joseph Boyce, aged three years, son of Mr J. Boyce, fell from the I Rocks Road into the water, and was drowned. Artificial respiration was applied, but without result.

HOSPITAL BOARD. CHRISTCHURCH, May 10.

The proportional representation count in the election of City members of the Hospital Board was concluded to-day. The elected members are: — Dr. Acland, Mr. I-I. J. Otley, Dr. Foster, Miss Cardale and Mr. W. Anderson (Citizens’ Association candidates), Mrs. McCombs, Mrs. Green and Mr. P. W. Sharpe (Labour candidates).

MAN’S SUICIDE.

CHRISTCHURCH, May 10.

William Douglas, aged 55, married, was found /dead at his residence this morning, with a shotgun lying beside his body. At the inquest, it was revealed that Douglas, who was manager of a coffee stall, was given a cup of tea by his wife at 8 o’clock, and when called for breakfast an hour later, said he would be down in a few minutes. A muffled report was heard and on investigation he was found dead from a woupd on the right side of the head. A verdict was returned that death resulted from a gunshot wound, selfinflicted.

TUNNEL-WORKERS. WELLINGTON, May 10. A statement of the conditions of .work being encountered in the driving of the Kotemaori Tunnel, on the Wairoa —Gisborne railway, was made today by Mr. Cook, Secretary of the New Zealand Workers’ Union, in repudiation of what he describes as the grossly unfair and misleading report given recently regarding the rates of pay on the job. According to Mr. Cook, the conditions in the tunnel, owing to wet and the nature of the country, are peculiarly bad, and the men are asking only a fair thing. In response to an inquiry to-day, the Minister of Public Works said that an Inspecting Engineer of his Department was at present in the Napier district looking into the statements made in regard to the tunnel, and, pending the receipt of his report, he had no statement to make.

WOMAN WITH REVOLVER

HAMILTON, May 10

Jane Lumbye, married, Frankton, was to-day acquitted in the Magistrate’s Court, on a charge of unlawfully presenting a loaded revolver at a policeman. Lumbye had a dispute with a vendor, named White, regarding ,a motor cycle she purchased on the instalment plan. She refused to pay overdue instalments or relinquish the cycle claiming its qualities had been misrepresented.

According to the police statement, White came from Auckland to Franktofi, and called at Mrs. Lumbye’s house with two other men after 10 at night. Mrs. Lumbye refused to admit them, saying: “If you come in my house I will shoot.” However she surrendered the revolver to a policeman whose attention was called by the noise.

Magistrate Wilson held that the illegal preseting of the revolver was not proved. For being in possession of an unregistered revolver, Mrs. Lumbye was fined 10/-.