DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 November 1944, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

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SHOT AT DETECTIVE. ■ WELLINGTON, November 1. A verdict of guilty with a strong recommendation to mercy on account of his mental condition at the time of the'occurrence and his youth, was returned by the jury after a retirement of seventy-live minutes today in the case of Henry Kenny Thomas Carr, labourer, aged 18, who appeared before Mr. Justice Johnston charged that with intent to do grevious bodily harm he discharged a loaded firearm at Detective W. C. Harper on April 22. MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT CHRISTCHURCH, November 1. A verdict of guilty of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy was returned by 'the jury to-day in the case of Roy Kitchener Kennedy, an airman and baker, aged 29 years, who was charged in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Northcroft with the murder of Edgar Williams at Christchurch on September 10. The jury retired at. 42.53 p.m. and returned with its verdict at 3.25 p.m. Kennedy was remanded for sentence.

KILLED ON RAILWAY. WAIPUKURAU, November 2. In the rush for refreshments when the north-bound express pulled into Waipukurau at 3.30 p.m., yesterday, James Ronald Miller, aged 44, married with eight children, of Taradale, fell under the train and was killed instantly. Caught under the battery box of the middle carriage, he was dragged 15ft. He was returning home after attending a wedding at Masterton. His wife was aboard the tram, in a different carriage.

P. & T. EMPLOYEES. WANGANUI, November 2. A motion of no-confidence in the Dominion Executive of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association was passed at a well-attended and representative meeting of the Wanganui • Branch, last night. It was pointed out that the Executive had reversed the principle of arbitration, which had been the Associations pol-* icy since 1928, before adequately referring the matter to members-.

MISSING TEACHER FOUND HASTINGS, November 2. Father Lawrence Smith, a master of St. John’s High School, who has been missing since Sunday and was believed drowned in the Tukutiki River has been located at his home in Timaru. . The Hastings police were advised Lot the fact by Father Seymour of the Catholic Presbytery yesterday, and it was stated that Father Smith was in a nervous condition, and nearing a breakdown in health. FIREMAN GASSED. WELLINGTON, November 2. Overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at a fire, last night, fireman J. Winter of the Central Station is in hospital in a serious condition, rive firemen and a member of the Post and Telegraph staff were taken to hospital but only two were detained, and one is expected to leave to-day. The fire was in the Post ana Telegraph workshops, at Waterloo Quay, where sawdust in an iron hopper had caught alight. It was extinguished with a water lead but gas formed and caught a number of men before they could get clear. WAGES STOLEN AUCKLAND, November 2. An audacious robbery was committed in Shortland Street, .shortly before noon to-day when a thief wno secreted himself in a van belonging to the Cleaners’ Supply Laundry Ltd. snatched a bag containing £234 and .'scaped. The driver of the van, Jack Sunde, accompanied Miss Zoe Fowlci to tl'.o National Banx to diaw tac Company’s weekly wages, parking the van outside the Commercial Hotel. The money was placed in an attache case and when Sunde ano Miss Fowler got into the front seat ol the van the bag was placed on the seat between them. Just' as Sunde was about to start the van a man jumped up from the floor of the vehicle, struck Sunde in the face grabbed the bag and ran oil. Sunde chased him but without success. CYCLIST KILLED DUNEDIN, Nov. 2. One man was killed and another seriously injured when a motor car collided with two cyclists in Cumberland Street, yesterday. The victims were:— Killed: John Horan, 22 Fox Street, married, middle-aged canistermaker. Injured: Frederick Bell, 26 Reid Road, married, aged 59, head injuries, concussion, injury to left eye. The two men and a companion were cycling south along Cumberland Street, from work when the accident occurred. The third man was uninjured. As a sequel to the Cumberland Street motor fatality Charles Morland, married, 32, butcher, Green Island, was charged at the Police Court this morning With being intoxicated when in charge of a car, causing the death of Patrick John Horan. Accused was remanded on bail.

WAGES STOLEN AUCKLAND, November 2. An audacious robbery was committed in Shortland Street .shortly before noon to-day when a thief wno secreted himself in a van belonging to the Cleaners’ Supply Laundry Ltd. snatched a bag containing £234 and .'scaped. The driver of the van, Jack Sunde, accompanied Miss Zoe Fowler to the National Bank to draw the Company's weekly wages, parking the van outside the Commercial Hotel. The money was placed in an attache case and when Sunde ana Miss Fowler got into the front seat of the van the bag was placed on the seat between them. Just' as Sunde was about to start the van a man jumped up from the floor of the vehicle, struck Sunde in the face grabbed the bag and ran off. Sunde chased him but without success. CYCLIST KILLED DUNEDIN, Nov. 2. One man was killed and another seriously injured when a motor car collided with two cyclists in Cumberland Street, yesterday. The victims were:— Killed: John Horan, 22 Fox Street, married, middle-aged canistermaker. Injured: Frederick Bell, 26 Reid Road, married, aged 59, head injuries, concussion, injury to left eye. The two men and a companion were cycling south along Cumberland. Street, from work when the accident occurred. The third man was uninjured. As a sequel to the Cumberland Street motor fatality Charles Morland, married, 32, butcher, Green Island, was charged at the Police Court this morning With being intoxicated when in charge of a car, causing the death of Patrick John Horan. Accused was remanded on bail. AERIAL CADETS WELLINGTON, Nov. 2. Two notable performances stand to the credit of members of the course for trainee fighter pilots who received their wings at Woodbourne Air Station yesterday afternoon. L.A.C. J. D. Washington, a 20-year-old precision engineer from Auckland, topped the course with a special distinguished pass, which was described by the presenting officer., Air Commodore S. Wallingford, as “a very rare thing for training in the R.N.Z.A.F.” This classification covers general excellence in flying, ground subjects, allround ability, and initiative based on Empire-wide standards. Sergeant V. L. A. Powell, aged 20, of Auckland, who was a railway cadet before entering the Air Force, set a new R.N.Z.A.F. record for air firing. In a fixed front gun attack on a towed drogue target his figures were well above any previous recorded average for the Dominion.