DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 17 April 1925, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS

si'iARC H HIR on | \ ~ 1 , BAY. . 1 vr i‘l i'o.s _\ -.sucia I i<m ) . UISBoRXE, April 10. ihe exploratory work m eoiiiieCL'oii with the pelrolik'i'ous uro.is in ibi.s d:s--l'" l inis been von<lu< l' d tor se\\ r.d I "“'Hillis past on I ehall <.l an Aust ra , han Company beaded i>, Ihoina, her ;nd under the direeiion oil)“ . ' htpp. A geologist and surveyor have new been brought ii’oiH Auiei'iia. i'etailed plans of the whole ;.rea o\ei which ilie eonipanx li.<-.-. obtained an on i-'in will l)c drawn up. The woik wiil take mam int nih-. i-utur. developments dept lids on.lb: e.-nei .i<’.m ilrawn fioiii the detailed jdans STOLE Io Gl-.i UARHilii). Al C Ki.A.\D. Aprn 2d. n.tiHe valued at /’M Hom the ( hurcii <-l lh<- A-,einblv ()1 (h,d. and got maimed on the proceeds of its sale. ,/7 Ills, was admitt.’d to five years' p.’oh;,I" n and ordered to make restitution -d Cl 3 10s. Mr. Poynton. said thai ih- . elders of the church ware anxion-t io give Gus-oy a chanee. He added; "i think Gussey imods v<‘iy (-arofiil w a telling.’’ FIRES. BLENHEIM, April H‘. '1 he iactory of A. .1. Bush ami > n>, contractors I’icton, was gutted b\ ide at 11.20 last irght. Todd and Co s oilices and a motor garage adjoin.ng were threatened but escaped with broken window-. Bush ami Sons *.>se heavily, by the destruction of model i; machinery’. \\ AIPUKURAU *April 10. The ton-roomed homestead at .Middleton owned by M. J. Jobiin eight miles from here, was burnt to the ground early this morning. ?<oliiing was saved. WOMAN KILLED BY I A\l. WI’.LLIX(/|OX. Apiil •<’. M's Margaret Pearson. Ao, widow, who was knocked down hy a lav on April 9, died at the hospital. It is stated th;rt. at the lime of Hie accident sli • was snflor.iig from pneumonia. The shock :;ppar. iill\ brought on heart trouble. DIRGr.AR IAHdIT IN THE Af’T. DI'NED IN. April 16. A man named Walter .Tamos Parker was caught on Saturday night in the act of robbing a till in the Beaumont Hotel. Ho was seized hy the licensee, find convoyed io the Lawrence Police Station. Ho -was brought before the Court this morning, and avjis sentenced to three months’ gaol. PURDY BEATS GUNN. TIMARU, April 16. The fifteen round contest for a purse of £l5O betXvecn Charles Purdy. 9..' (Auckland), land Harry Gunn, 9.1 (Timaru) wont the full distance, Purdy gaining the decision on points. Purdy, who had a considerable advantage in reach, won hy a fair margin over the concluding rounds. Th? contest was characterised hy a good deal of holding. Gunn, who was hampered by a poisoned arm, was the chief offender.