DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1936, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ESCAPEE SENTENCED PALMERSTON N„ February 11. A sentence of three months’ imprisonment was imposed on Michael George Johnson, a Maori youth, for escaping from a police lock-up • with another man. Accused also got six months on charges of theft, the terms to be cumulative. DOGS KILL SHEEP. CHRISTCHURCH, February 11. Twenty-five sheep were killed by worrying dogs yesterday in paddocks on Blenheim Road, near Middleton. All the sheep, which were held by Pine, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., and National Mortgage and Agency Company, had their throats gashed and torn. It is believed that they had been attacked by large dogs.

STORM DAMAGE PAHIATUA, February 12. Pahiatua County storm damage is now estimated by the overseer at £l7OO. The Akitio County engineer’s survey makes the tally £2lOO. A contractor working near Pongaroa, had plant damaged to the extent of £3OO, by flood waters. ALLEGED CONVERSION. WELLINGTON, February 12. Dudley Holdswprth Smith, 24, motor engineer, was committed to tn© Supreme Court for trial on a charge of conversion of a car, the property of William Trevor Hume, farmer, of Pirinoa. The car was taken from the Royal Oak Hotel, and recovered next day at Levin. The speedometer showed" that 150 to 160 miles had .. been covered. HOUSE ON FIRE 1 PAHIATUA, February 12. A Konini resident, Job Mabey, who incurred broken ribs when blown off a high roof, in the recent storm, had a further run of bad luck this morning. His house was destroyed by fire during milking operations. His sick wife, in bed at the time, had an unenviable experience. Owing to the wind it was impossible to save the house, and little furniture. The insurances are with the Standard Office.

WATERSIDERS’ UNION. AUCKLAND, February 11. The members of the Waterside Workers’ Union will in future work on the Australian vessels that are manned by licensed crews. This decision was made at a stop work meeting of the Auckland Union. ’During the tw T o months that the seamen have been on. strike in Australia, the waterside workers have refused to discharge or load cargo on Australian vessels which have visited New Zealand. At first this action was taken because the vessels- carried volunteer crews, but afterwards the embargo was extended to vessels carrying licensed seamen.

CALLIOPE DOCK. AUCKLAND, February 11. The tender of W. Williamson, contractor, of Christchurch, of £2489, for the work of extending Calliope Dock, was accepted by the Auckland Harbour Board to-day. The work, it is stated, will be begun almost immediately. The extension to the dock is being made to accommodate the two large new cruisers, Leander and Achilles, which are shortly to replace the Dunedin and the Diomede on the New Zealand Naval Station. The plans provide for lengthening of the dock floor, an additional 13 feet, involving the excavation of about 1800 cubic yards of sandstone and concrete. The work, which is to be completed within four months of date of its commncement, is part of a major scheme for improving the naval defences of New Zealand.