DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 2 July 1932, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

WOMAN FOUND DEAD. (Per Press Association). ROTORUA, Juno 30. Death in a lonely house on the shores of Lake Rotoehu overtook Muriel .Ida Angell, married, some time between 8.30 a.in.' on Saturday ami 5.30 p.rn. on Wednesday evening. Her little daughter, two and a half year* of age. was found asleep beside her when the husband of the woman made the tragic, discovery on Wednesday •-•veni-’ig. The child was well but evident!'" had been crying. It had not been able to obtain food. Mrs Angell was lying upon the bed fully dressed. The body disclosed no signs of violence. The husband had left home at 8.30 on Saturday morning and did not return until after dark on Wednesday. The house is situated in a very lonely spot on the shores of Lake Rotoehu, and the nearest neighbour is three miles away. EDUCATION BOARDS. CHRISTCHURCH. June 30 T he following nominations have been ■ received for the election of members to represent the various wards on the Canterbury Education Board: Christ church Urban area (two members required).— Messrs C. Baird. C. N. R. Mackie. J. J. Rowe. C. D. W. L. Sheppard. and C. S. Thompson. Timaru Urban area (one required).— Messrs GBenstead and A. L. Lee. North-west Ward (one required).— 'Messrs H. J. Bignell and C. Rands. Middle Ward (one required)—Mr W. P. Spencer. South Ward (one required).— Messrs G. W. Armstrong ami J. T. Smart. An election on July 20 will be necessary in all wards except the Middle Ward. Mr Clarence Ramis has been nominated against the sitting member, Mr FT. J. Bignell. of Greymouth, in the North-West Ward, and is a farmer, of Springbank. Canterbury. NELSON. June 30. The following nominations have been received for the election of members for the Nelson Education Board:— Nelson Urban Area. Mr H. Wood; West Ward. Hon. W. H. McIntyre; East Ward. Mr E. J. Scantie bury (elected unopposed): North Ward. Messrs W. C. Baigent and J. Bruce (one member required). North Ward, extraordinary vacancy caused by resignation of Mr E. Trevenna, Mr F. A. I Carling (elected unopposed). LAND SETTLEMENT AROUND ROTORUA. ROTORUA. June 30. ; A number of intluontial Ngapu ii di efs. led by Mr Hau Honaro. M.P . . . arrived from the north nil Wednesday i i to inspei'i land settlement schemes ui the Rotorua district. 'The o no-t ini'* : I inveterate foreman of the Arawas were i extend'd a <er inonial welcome at al i very large native gathering. Tha , Native Minist,-r (Sir Apirana Ngata) I i was present, and with Aniwa. Ngapuhi and TuwharetOa (Tokaanu) represen- ' lativ s he will tour the district in the I next few days. NAPIER REBUILDING. NAFFER. July 1. I The building operations connected ; with the rehabilitation of Napier eon-, tinue with iindiini nish.’d intensity.! Many buildings of a value exceeding I five figures are at present under eon- | struetion. Although between 45 ami .".<1 per rent, of the cost involved in each structure is absorbed in labou . ther e is an army of nirii in the locality waiting to take advantage of any j work offering. I MORE BURGLARIES. I CHRISTCHURCH. July 1. . I Burglars last evening stole jewellery valued at £lOO from the premises of • F. B. Lane. Rangiora, forcing a back i I door, and cutting a wide hole in the. | communicating'door, which was barred.: WANGANUI. July 1. | There has been a chain of burglar-j ies in Wanganui of late. On Wednesday night, the premises; of Ned Nixon, tobacconist, were en- i tered and a number of razors, shaving j brushes and a quantity of tobacco and ; £4 from the till were stolen. Last night, two men with a lorry, were surprised at midnight at a coal j and wood yard of Ben Bullock, Spring-| vale. One ran away and hid in a paddock, and the other made for home, where he was arrested early , this morning. Both Mark Twain j Sheehy ami Raymond Victor Chad-I wick were charged at the Court with the theft of firewood from Bullock’s and from the Westport Coal Co. Senior-Sergeant McLean intimated that a number of charges were pending against accused, who were remanded for a week. Firewood has been missing in large quantities ot late from the depots.

FATAL OVERDOSE OF DRUG. CHRISTCHURCH. June 3". Death from heart failure brought on by poisoning was the verdict retui’ied by Mr T. A. Young, Coroner, al an inquest held this morning on Har-dd Roy Johnson, aged 38 years, of <’7. Keppel Street, New Brighton. uho died in the Christchurch Hospital on June 7th. The poison, the Coroner added, was self-administered, but whether accidentally or not the evidem *’l did not show. Dr. A. B. Pearson, pathologist at th" Christchurch Hospital, gave evidem ■ regarding a post mortem examinati" ' of the body. In his opinion death v - caused by heart failure resulting ft” ; an overdose of a drug. The drug wh* one used to induce sleep. The Go\ernment analyst's report stated the" there was a small quantity of the drug present. It was a hard poison *” detect. LYTTELTON TUNNEL HOLD-UP. CHRISTCHURCH, July L As the result of an electric locomotive breaking down, about 400 pas-l

sengers on the workmen’s train f.oml Lyttelton to Christchurch, were h Id up' in the tunned from 7.22 si'l 8.40 I his morning. The whole service was disorganised for several hours. lh? trouble was due to a driving wheel s izing. Eventually, shunting enginepulled the train back to Lyttelton. .-.nd[ ii left again about 9 o’clock, arriving without fuither mishap.