DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 October 1931, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[PIB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] SOLICITOR FINED. NEAV PLYMOUTH, October 28. Pleading guilty, William Henry Armstrong, solicitor, of Inglewood, was fined a minimum of £5O for failing to have his trust accounts audited within four months of the end of the financial year. A FATAL FALL. AUCKLAND, October 29. Robert Alfred Lewis, 62, married, sailmaker, employed by the Northern Company for 20 years, was working on a bench this morning, when he slipped and fell backward through a window 50 feet down. He died from his injuries. BODY IN GULLY. WELLINGTON, October 28. In a gully at Makara, the decomposed body of a young man was found at dusk this evening. The deceased was about six feet in height, and the body was clothed in a blue suit, with a speckled fawn overcoat. It is understood that there were no indications ot foul play. BODY IN RIVER. BLENHEIM, October 29. An inquest into the circumstances of the finding the body of a female infant, disclosed that the child was still born, about three weeks ago. . Thei e was no evidence to show how it came into the water. The inquest was adjourned sine die.

NO SOVIET GOODS. WELLINGTON, October 29. The Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union adopted remits, urging the Government to prohibit the importation into New Zealand of the products of any Soviet country: also urging the Government to support any steps taken by Britain to prohibit the importation of Soviet goods. COMPENSATION CLAIM FAILS. GISBORNE, October 29. The Arbitration Court gave judgment for the Gisborne Sheep Farmers Company, in the claim for compensation by the widow of Thomas AVooller, who died whidst engaged in the freezing works, the allegation being that death was due to strain caused by his work. The Court held that the weight of evidence showed that death was due to coronary thrombosis, and not, therefore, due to effort. APPEAITuPHELD. CHRISTCHURCH, October 28. Proceedings against five young men who faced charges as a result of recent escapes from the Burwood Girls’ Home were withdrawn by Mr A. W. Brown, Crown Prosecutor, in the Supreme Court this morning. One of the accused, Alan Hirst, was tried previously, and the cases were held up pending the decision of the Appeal Court as to whether the wording of the charge, “residents of a State institution,” applied to girls who had actually escaped. This morning Mr Brown informed Mi' Justice Adams that Mie had the authorisation of the Solicitor-General to stay proceedings, and the youths could be dismissed. Hirst and the others, Frank Royce Seiwood, Hector George Milligan, William Edward Killick, and Charles Gatehouse, were all dismissed.