DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 May 1942, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

CYCLIST FATALLY INJURED

CHRISTCHURCH, May 19. Charles Morris, aged 69, married, of 430 Selwyn Street, Addington, was fatally injured when riding a bicycle he collided with a tram this afternoon. The accident occurred in Oxford terrace. He was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital with a fractured skull, and died this evening.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. INVERCARGILL, May 19.

Two men appeared in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Kennedy today on a charge of manslaughter. The case arose out of the death of John Meagher, aged 63, a farmer, of Makarewa, on February 22. The accused are William Lawrence, aged 42, a farmer, of Makarewa, and James Mann, aged 70, a miner and rabbiter, of Makarewa. The case was unfinished when the Court rose this evening.

TERRITORIAL KILLED. CHRISTCHURCH, May .19

Driver Albert William Blackwood, aged 19, a territorial stationed at a military camp in Canterbury, met with a fatal accident when riding a motor-cycle on the main Akaroa road about 9.30 o’clock this morning. Driver Blackwood was on convoy duty at the time and was thrown from his motor-cycle at a sharp bend, about one mile and a-half on the Christchurch side of Akaroa. His machine apparently became out of control in loose shingle, and he was thrown over a bank into a paddock. Another member of the convoy met with an accident at the same point, but his injuries are not serious. He was admitted to the military hospital.

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION. AUCKLAND. May 19

“When one sees these brave ships coming from the other side of the world, one regrets to know that sometimes there is something rotten in them,” said the Magistrate (Mr. F. H. Levien) in fining six young seamen £2O each, two of them for the theft of silk stockings and other goods, and four for being found in possession of goods that had not been through the customs. All pleadej guilty. The goods concerned in the charges were valued at about £BO. The police said 'the goods were, stolen from cases stacked on the bridge of a vessel on which the accused were employed. Four were caught bringing goods ashore that had not passed the customs, and other stolen goods were found on board the ship. The men had signed on in England for the round trip. “Where it not for the fact you are leaving on your ship soon I would have sentenced you all to a reasonable term of imprisonment,” said the Magistrate, in imposing the fines. “The offences are the more serious because the goods you stole are so scarce.”