DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 July 1932, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[pee press association.] WANGANUI BURGLARIES. WANGANUI, July 29. Preliminary hearing of of burglary charges in Wanganui, extending from January to December last, Herbert Vivian Walkingtpn, Bruttrey ana' Victor Robert Ward, labourers, pleaded guilty to several, and were committed for sentence.

Thomas Butler, farmer, admitted two charges, and he also was committed. Ward and Butler wore allowed bail.

CROSSING COLLISION. AUCKLAND, July 28

Two youths were injured, one seri ously, in a level crossing collision between a motor van and suburban train near Takanini Station this afternoon.

The driver of the van, Ronald Leslie Watson, aged 18, of Papakura, received a fracture of two ribs, a laceration of the leg, and shock, and lie was admitted to a-private hospital at Papakura.

His companion, William Neill Kidd, aged 17, of Papakura, received head injuries, and the fracture of a leg. He was removed to Auckland Hospital. His condition is reported to be serious.

H.B. QUAKE RELIEF. WELLINGTON,,JuIy 28.

The work of the Hawke’s Bay Rehabilitation Committee set up under the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Act of 1930, has been completed and a re port containing a survey of the committee’s work, which included the consideration of 1549 applications for assistance,to the extent of £2,159,422 has been submitted to the Government according to a statement by the Prime Minister.

“Altogether 1549 applications for assistance have been dealt with, the amount applied for being £2,159,422, Mr Forbes said: “It is not at present possible to indicate the amount of assistance given to the applicants, but this information will be available for submission to Parliament at the forthcoming session.”

NAVAL. RESERVE DRILLS. CHRISTCHURCH, July 29

The first case of a man failing to attend drill parades called by the Canterbury Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, was heard to-day when Magistrate Mosley, after hearingevidence, adjourned a further hearing for three months to enable the defendant, William Leonard Gobbe, to prove he was willing to abide by his contract.

The prosecuting Petty Officer said, that when men made a contract to join the Division, they were issued with a kit and equipment valued at £lO. It was a serious matter, to default from

parades, as the money spent on the kit was practically wasted. The Magistrate pointed out that the defendant was liable to three months’ imprisonment, or a fine of £2O.