DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 December 1929, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Preßß Association.) QUARRYMAN KILLED. , WAIROA, December 10. A Maori, Maunga Taylor, married, employed at a Public Works quarry, fell 100 feet on to his head, and sustained severe injuries. He was taken to the hospital and died this afternoon. FALSE PRETENCES. GISBORNE, December 11. Arrested at Hamilton, Leonard Parkes, alias McKay, alias Lyle, alias, Van Brunt, was admitted to probation for two years for obtaining goods by false pretences from a garage proprietor. FATAL DEPRESSION. DANNEViRKE, December 11. That death was due to poisoning, self-administered, while in a state of acute mental depression, was the verdict of the Coroner concerning the death of Mary Houlihan, married, 28, th wife of a Kiritaki farmer, who died in the Dannevirke Public Hospital on Tuesday, the result of taking certain tablets FALSE DECLARATION. AUCKLAND, December 9. In the Supreme Court Eleaiior Benson Platt and William Platt appeared before Mr Justice Smith for sentence on a charge of making a false declaration for their marriage, the girl being under age. The girl was. ordered to come up for sentence if called upon, and the man was admitted to six months’ probation. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR UNION. AUCKLAND, December 10. A unanimous invitation to become General Secretary of the Christian ' Endeavour Union of Great Britain has been received by the Rev. Lionel B. ; Fletcher, Minister of Beresford Street ' Congregational Church, Auckland, and ' President of the New Zealand Chris- ■ tion Endeavour Union. Before coming to the Dominion Mr. Fletcher was President of the Union, which .now seeks ’ his services. He ° :.nounced to-night ’ that he was ,r ''. invitation his ! earno" 1 - xiLth-ation, but he was leav- ■ ir)« , »nis'd'ecision in abeyance until the Lend of the present month. ! I C.O’S-SERVICE. AUCKLAND, December 10. , A proposal, which it was considered » might offer a final solution to the prol blem of finding a suitable alternative E service for conscientious objectors to s military service, was cordially approvl ed by the Auckland Presbytery to-day, > when the following resolution was cart ried: —“That the Presbytery of Auckland welcomes the proposal that, when > exemption from military service has t been granted to conscientious objectors ; the alternative service should be at ; work at orphanage institutions of the p denominations concerned.”

MEMORIAL BURSARY. WELLINGTON,, December 11. The Wellington College Board of Governors have received a letter from John Gallie, of Kelburn, advising that he had paid to the Public Trustee £lOOO, to be invested in the common fund, the amount of interest derived thereby to be paid to the Board for the establishment of a College Bursary,to perpetuate the memory of his t\yo sons who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. They were Captain Oscar E. Gallie, D. 5.0., M.C. (R..F.A.) and Captain Victor J. Gallie, M.C., C. de G. (R.F.A.). The donor expressed a wish that the Board might be long spared to award the bursary, and his desire was that it might stimulate the recipient to emulate his sons, both “old boys” of the College, in character, patriotism and devotion to dutv.

The gift was gratefully received by the Board.