DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1935, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

(Per Press Association). PALMERSTON N., May 25. A n epidemic, of car conversion has disturbed _ motorists of late. Early this morning, two boys were caught at Opiki after being detained by visitors to a social gathering, who allegedly found lhe boys attempting to start a car which had been removed from a street in the city last evening. The 1-oys appeared in the Children’s Court to-day charged with converting a car and were remanded. The police stated that other charges were pending. It is understood that the arrests will lead to the circumstances of other ear conversions being cleared up. WELLINGTON, Alay 24. Safeblowers attacked the offices of the New Zealand Sawmillers’ Agency Co., Ltd., and W. J. Gaudin and Son’s grain store early this morning. It is understood that £l2O was taken from the safe in the former case, and a few shillings and some stamps from the store. A massive safe was scientifically blown open at the Sawmillers’ Agency, but the contents were of little intrinsic value. Apparently too little gelignite was used on Gaudin’s safe, which was drilled to take an explosive. The locking mechanism jammed. It contained about £lOO. CHRISTCHURCH. Alay 25. Tn the thick fog that enveloped Tingley Park last night, two attacks were made on women who braved the darkness of the cycle tracks on their way home from town. One employed as a domestic in a Fendalton home, was pushed from her bicycle near the TTagley Golf pavilion. Her assailant was a husky youth of about 18 years She herself, was a well built young woman, and struggled with the youth for what, she states, seems like half an hour. The youth had his hand oyer the woman’s mouth, stifling her cries, but. after they had wrestled their way almost across Io the Helm ore’s Road gate, she broke loose and screamed. The youth then took to his heels. Earlier than this, another young woman was attacked on the Riccarton side of the park. She was knocked down by a blow from a stick, but her assailant then lost his nerve and dis appeared into the fog. Police are inquiring into both of these incidents. Two attempts Io rob suburban railwav stations failed this week. The thieves’ first attempt was at Springston. The station is not being used, and they got nothing for their trouble. Next they turned their attention to Lincoln Station and made an attempt to rob the Post Office section. Again they were not successful. Except, for a few structural repairs the Railway Department was none the worse off. PALAI.ERSTON N., May 25. 'rhe flood conditions in this district uimlinue to improve rapidly but a pot-li-m of the main highway at AVhirokino, south of Foxton, was still impassable at noon. Traffic is required l.i deviate via Shannon. CITRISTOIIURCIT, Alay 25. Alany New Zealanders, it is expected, will be applicants for positions which, as part of its new air defence policy, the British Government has decided to create in the Royal Air Force. As lhe first stop toward providing 1500 first-line machines within two vears the Government has decided to enrol 2500 pilots and 20,000 artisans. \V ELL! X(I TON, May 25. ’lhe air mail., which left London on :.l:.v 11th. will arrive i>n Wellington by tee Monowai on Monday. GHR’S'I’CII I REH May 25. Air 11. G. Kilpatrick Im- been cl?ct eu see clary of ’ihe Gan r "■bury Freezing Workers’ and Related Trades’ Union. A ballot was held and Mr Killatrick was elec.ted by a substantial majority. Primary schools throughout Canterbury will re-open on Monday for the second term of the year. The .eeeondarv schools will re-open on Tuesday. For the first meeting of the new Ciity Council on Alonday night, there ’s a good deal of other business to be transacted, including the election of ai deputy-Mayor and standing commit I tees. This morning provided, as far as the citv is concerned, the heaviest frost of the season, namely 'J.7 degrees at lhe Magnetic Observatory, 'i’he frost was more severe in some of the suburbs. A Woolston reading showed 11 degrees. Ralph. Perkins, single, aged 22. living at 22, Hassall’s Road. Onawa., was admitted to the hospital this after-I noon with injuries to his right leg. He I wu.s riding a molor-uycle and collided with a. tram-car, T > have been Civil Servants for exactly a fortnight has been the ex perienco of the temporary stall of the I’r.eniploymont Board. Just over two weeks ago. it was stated to-day, an official communication arrived 'in ( h list church, instructing all temporary employees to till in comprehensive appli a)ion forms for the Civil Service. The opportunity was immediately sidzod by all members of the temporary stall, who believed tha\ they were once more going to get permanent employment. Then on Thursday came another oflicial communication. This (m<’ cancelled the previous one, and told all hands that they were not members of the Civil Service, but v. ere o remain on. a temporarv basis. GORE, Alay 25. The death is announced of Mr Alex ander Chris’tip. of AVaikaia, a well known runholder and pioneer. AI: Christie, who was 90 years of ago. htmled in the Dominion in 1853. A IT(’Kl T (’K LA ND, Alay 25. By the sudden death of Air James William RyburT)|. in Remuera,. the Presbyterian Church has lost one of its prominont and most valued workers. Air Ry burn was born 70 years ago. H's bu.-’iness career was with the New Zealand, Loan and Af.ercantile Agency (’ompany. 'The death has occurred in Hawke’s Bay of Nurse D. A. Oliphan'.,. wh 0 was known in many parts of the Do minion for her ability. In Auck land she served for many years as Ma Ij-.ii of St. Helen’s Hospital and later of the Auckland Public Hospital. She retired in 191 I Io marry. .Seven years a..» Nurse Oliphant, she returned to nursing in Hawke’s Bay. AVAIPI'KERAU, May 25. Attempting to jump from a moving train nt lhe Waipukurau railway station this morning. Airs AI. AI it chell. righty-six years of age, fell between a carriage and the platform and was killed instantly. Mrs Mitchell was going to Hastings, but boarded 'the south bound train by mistake. This had travelled four carriage-lengths when she apparently discovered her error. She was warned by a boy on the carriage platform not to attempt t'> alight, but she. appears, in .her ex ■ deim.n not to have heeded the ad- \ ice. Other passengers st!opped the train w. two ] eng! hr. by applying the J

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Mr. 9 Mitchell was a resident. for many years of Waip&wa. aind had stayed recently at Waipukurau. ‘WELLINGTON, Alay 25. The delegates to the Empire Parliamentary Association Conference in London, Messrs AV. A. Bodkin, M.P., the Hon. Alark Eagan, AI.L.C., and Air C. M. Bothamley, Clerk of Parliament and Secretary of the New Zealand branch of the Association, left this af-ernoon by the Alataroa. DUNEDIN, Alay 25. In the Police Court, the Anderson’s Bay Bowling Club was lined £3 and costs for using 30.00(1 gallons of water on its green between Alarch 4 and March 29, during rhe period when water restrictions had been imposed by the City Council on account of the d rough.. AUCKLAND, Alay 25. Stormy weather was encountered by the British motor-ship Elmbank on a trip from Nauru Island with 8600 tons of phosphate. She sailed on Alay 14. and lute on the night of Alay 17 she shipped a heavy swell which flooded the forecastle knee deep, damaging the crew’s efforts. Condi'ions remained .stormy till midnight on Thursday, and the freighter occasionally shipped large quantities of water. Early yesterday afternoon she passed the Japanese squadron, which was then north of Aloko Tlinau. The Elmbank, after completing discharge all New Plymouth. Wanganui and Sydney, will load copra, in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea for the Continent, via. Cajjetown. Her English officers have already been 21 months on this side of the world. FATALITIES. BLENHEIM, Alay 24. The body of Alary Lsobel Chapman, wife of J. C. Chapman, service car proprietor, residing in Alechan Street, was found floating in the Omaka River, at 9.30 o'clock this’morning. She had been in bad health for some time. Her husband missed her from home about six r m.. and instituted a search party. She leaves a grown-up son. She was a native of the AA r airarapa distr-c!. GISBORNE, May 24. A’! the in q ues’t c once rn in g Ih o dea t h if Patrick James Quinn, 83. who was knocked over by a motor-ear at Te Karaka c-n Alay Sth, and fatally injured

lhe .jury returned a verdict that deceased was accidentally struck by a cur no blame being attachable to the