DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 12 August 1935, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

(Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, August 19. “I regret to say that we can find no extenuating circumstances in this man’s conduct. He showed a deliberate intention to steal,” declared Sub-Inspector McLean iu the Magistrate’s Court this morning, AA'heu Stanley Harris, a labourer, aged 34, appeared for sentence on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond. When Harris appeared yesterday, Sub-Inspector McLean said that lie had gone to a coal yard iu Waltham Road with the iutention of stealing coal, but had changed his mind and gone away. Harris was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment. Known to the police since 1899, A’iiliam Simmonds, a labourer, aged 66, added another conviction tu his large total iu lhe Magistrate’s Court tais morning, when he Avas fined 20/ . Tn default 48 hours’ imprisonment, as a second offender fur drunkenness. Sub-Inspector McLean showed the Magistrate (Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M.), a foolscap sheet of paper closely typed with a record of accused’s previous convictions. WELLINGTON. August 10. Taking the risk of being detected from the street by a policeman or passer-by,, thieves carried out a daring burglary at qlie Plaza Theatre iu Manners Street’ on Thursday night. Climbing to the top of a sweet counter in the foyer they forced up a steel grill and made aAvay Avith £8 12.* 3d in cash and a quantity of chocolates and cigarettes. No attempt' Avas made to break into the manager’s office. A large showcase A\hich was directly in line with the glass doors leading to the street forced open and a large quantity vf lingerie avus taken. HAMILTON, August 10. dive Woodward, aged 13 years, was knocked doAvn by a motor-car -driven by M. J. Bonham this morning and was later taken -to hospital with scalp wounds and concussion. DUNEDIN, August 10. As a result of a destructive and spectacular lire, Clark’s Steam Laundry, which was established 65 years ago in North-East Valley Avas razed to the ground in the early hours of this morning. The outbreak was no-t dis<co\ r ered till the Hames ha.d taken a strong hold, and although there was an ample supply of Avater the brigade’s task was hopeless from the .rtart. Summoned by late calls, the firemen had a narrow escape, for jus as thev were advancing to attack the flames a large wa'l collapsed outwards and bricks, were scattered about at their feet. The building and plant were, insured in th,> Norwick Union Office fo r £2 000. TE AROLIA. August 10. Fire destroyed the municipal abattoir this morning. The blaze had a strong hold when the fire brigade ar rived. The building was demolished within an hour, and no contents were saved. The building of Avood iron and concrete was erected in 1925 ait a cost of over £3OOO. Tt Avas insured in the New Zealand Office, with the contents, for £2510; HAMILTON. August 10. Radio-station IZTT, Hamilton signed off for -the last time this< morning. As the result of -the loss of the Government subsidy in June, and the uncertain position .engendered h\* the copyright claims of the gramophone record canipanios, the proprietors, G. S. Anchor niid Comna-ny derided to cea*e transmission this morning. Although ■‘ho stop had boon threatened for some weeks the decision when ana >unced by the station director, Mr G. 8. Anchor, tkis morning, came as a surprise to hundreds of listeners througtoiii the Waikato. PALMERSTON NORTH. August 10. A slip Avhich camo doAvn in the Mana wain Gorge is estimated to be at hast 10.000 cubic yards. Jt is the largest of the kind in the Gorge over a period of tin years. A Wood v? lie motorist, Mr I?lower, had a narrow escape, having just passed over the road wheu the great mass of earth commenced to slide to x he bottom of 'rhe cliff face, the ta.'] striking -the re&r of the back mudguard. A gang of 25 Public Works men are now at AVOfk clearing the great niass of debris. It. is estimated t'hat It w - dl take a wer k to clear even a Track for motor fra lie. while a month may b- 1 necessary ,to make portion o* the road absolute!’ safe.

A gapi ig hole 100 feel high has been •torn out /of the hillside, Avhich at the point ri fls for over 200 feet. Ag t’B slip crashed down it tjrc away a /out 70 yards of handrail in :v reinforced concerto foundation, avd a,so t h telegraph poles, causing mternip /on to telegraph and telephone •traffic / but employees of the department /'restored communication early this lorning with temporary lines. D’ png 'the early part of the week von heavy rainfall aa*us cxpn'ienc.ed in the forgo, causing a slip on the railwa nine Avhich held up traffic for come ho- £ Apparently the same rainfall sc fin motion forces to disinl.cgrat • t] /hillsid-*. and during the Aveid< 70 n for slips have bcm cleared awv, v fie during the past, month this has | ] p-n (he almost continual Avork of men i ftioned al’ the Gorge. Ten further fall slips occurred this morning. care is required in re loving the earth from the large slip, b the hillside is still creeping. In the meantime 'traffic to Hawke’s Bay and AVairarapa is using the Pahiatua FTrack, whic,h in itself is not. a first Ic'ass highway, and during recent days has been affected by numerous small slips. CHRISTCHURCH, August 10. Something like 30 shopkeepers are reported each to have been defrauded of £l. by a man with an arm in a sling, Avbo went round asking to be giA-en £1 in exchange for silver. To each he produced an envelope in which to place the £1 note, but in every case on counting his silver out, he sai.d he was 2s« short, and then handed back an envelope. The envelopes handed back however, Avere all later found to be empty. CHRISTCHURCH. Au crust 10. Tt is estimated that more than £240 has been added to the Metropolitan Queen Carnival funds as a result of activities last evening. There was a splendid response at entertainments in Tattersall’s Horse Bazaar and in the tramAvay sheds. This seems to assure 'that the £3OOO mark Avill be passe dwhen the total is announced on Mondav. A challenge issued by Mr J. R. McKenzie to any racing eyedist to a mile Taen against his pacer Taxpayer for £l.OO a-sid-e has been accepted h\Mr Price Jones, who has nominated TT. G. Watson, as his representative.