DOMINION NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1939, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

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BOY FATALLY SHOT. NELSON, July 17

A shooting fatality occurred: on Sunday, when two sons of William .James Linton, of Toi Toi Valley, wore out rabbit shooting. The younger son, Derrick, aged 15 years, got in front of his brother,' when the latter was firing, receiving the discharge in his thigh. He was taken to hospital, where he died.

SNOW AT ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON, July 17

Heayv snow fell on the higher levels in Ashburton County, yesterday afternoon. There was 5A inches at Methven. and six inches at Mount Somers, with only a slight fall in the eorough. There was a frost of 211 degrees at Methven, this morning, the day being fine.

GIRL ASSAULTED. WANGANUI, July 17

Vernon Dilmont Clark Bray, 19, railway surfaceman, was sentenced to two months’ hard labour by Mr Coleman, S.M., for assaulting a girl aged 10J years, while travelling on a train between Marton and Huntorville, on June 30.

SENTENCES FOR THEFT. WANGANUI, July 17

John Charles Beecher, 24, was sentenced to six months’ hard' labour, on nine charges of theft of bicycles, 10 charges of the theft of spare wheels and tyres of motor-cars, the theft of a saddle, and petrol. The bicycles were stolen in Wanganui, -when Beecher was employed as a farm labourer at Waverley, and were sold there, - the numbers being removed. ,

DEBATE AT COLLEGE. WELLINGTON, July 15

A debate was held under the auspices of the Victoria University College Debating Society last night betweefi Dr. D. G. McMillan, M.P. (Government) and Mr S. G. Holland, M.P. (Opposition) on the proposition, “That the Labour Government merits the continued confidence of the people of New Zealand.” The vote of the audience and the students combined, totalling 350, was in favour of the On the students’ vote alone, the motion was carried by 100 votes to SI.

MISHAP ON MOUNT EGMONT

NEW PLYMOUTH, July 15

Slipping on frozen snow while less than 100 yards from Tahurangi hut, 5000 feet high on the north side of Mount Egmont, Miss D. Holmes, aged about 18, and Roy Warren, 17, slid about 500 feet down a valley covered in crusted snow and rocks. In spite of many abrasions, they were both able to climb the ridge and return to the hostel by the track, being met on the way by a later party. The girl’s condition to-day was not serious, but Warren was found to have a longflesh wound in the head, severe abrasions and slight concussion.

YACHT MISSING. WELLINGTON, July 17

A radio message received by the Director-General of the Post Office, from the Superintendent of the Chatham Islands (radio station, states that the captain of the trawler South Sea reported that the yacht Faith, with a crew of three, left the trawler on the north coast, late on Saturday night, during a gale, and has not returned yet. Patrols are searching the coast in proximity to the trawler’s position. Continuous radio connection is being made with the South Sea, and a warning has been broadcast to shipping, to keep a look-out.

JAPANESE ONIONS. WELLINGTON, July 17. The Chinese in Wellington support their countrymen in Auckland, strongly disapproving of the importation of Japanese onions, and saying that they would not handle them under any circumstances. The following statement was made from the Chinese Consulate:—The boycott has been started voluntarily by the Chinese themselves, ns all of them have signed a, “people’s pact” to pledge themselves not. to buy or handle the enemy’s goods. So far as ’this Con-sulate-General is concerned, I cannot take any action which may tend to stifle the patriotic ardour of its own nationals.

EMERGENCY LANDING.

BLENHEIM, July 17.

The Manawatu Tiger Moth, piloted by AV. Howell, of Palmerston North, which emergency landed at Pelorus Sound yesterday, was got aboard a punt this morning, and is now being towed to Eli Bay, where there is sufficient flat land for a. take-off. The plane has to be towed by launch for 12 miles, and Howell is unlikely to be able to take off until late this afternoon, if then.

It is confirmed that the pilot performed a remarkable feat in landing the plane unharmed on a small, fairlybroken fiat, which although far from ideal,‘is the best bit of country- in the vicinity-.