DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 20 October 1943, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

ALLEGED MURDER OF BABY. PALMERSTON NORTH, Oct. 19. In the Supreme Court, Emily Ivy Elston, 27, married, charged with murdering her newly-born child about September 3, pleaded , not guilty. The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Cooper) said that the evidence would < show' that accused, who was the mother of five other children, murdered her newly-born infant by placing it in a suitcase and closing this down, knowing that the child would die of suffocation. Accused was deserted by her husband and • later became mixed up with a soldier, as a result of which she became pregnant. She had admitted to a ■ doctor and a detective that _ the child was alive when she put it in. i a sheet and blanket, .and knew that, when she put it in. the suitcase it Would not live. . > The hearing of evidence on the lines of the Lower Court hear.ng last week in proceeding. BURGLARIES AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Oct. 19. For the third time in six. weeks, ■ burrtars broke into the big ware- . house of Kempthorne, Prosser last ■ ' night. Using gelignite, they blew 1 off the sevenrfoot door of the strongroom and also blew oil. the * safe door inside. Between £5 and ■ £6 in cash was stolen. The burglary was daring, evidently carried out by expert cracksmen, who possessed a good kit of burglars’ tools. They “ cut solid iron bars with big. bolt ■ cutters, and prized open a window. To escape from the warehouse, they cut locks from the door, with I boll cutters. The premises of Drive Yourself Limited were also raided, but the burglars got nothing. They left a note on the typewriter which read: “Thanks very much. The Avengers. FIRST V/OMAN JUROR. AUCKLAND. Oct. 19. The first woman .juror was sworn in for service in the session of the Sup- • reme-Court which opened to-day at ' Auckland She was Miss Elaine Rebecca Kingsford, of Takapuna, who . wi.s caned in the first jury case to be heard, in which a man was charged ' with false pretences, but she was - challenged Ly, counsel for the accused. PETROL RATION. I WELLINGTON, Oct. 19. The Wellington Automobile Association has carried a resolution to support the North and South Island - Motor Unions in the request for an ... increase in the petrol ration to tne ” lull coupon value. “• NEV/ RESIDENCE FOR “ GOVERNOR? WELLINGTON, Oct. 19. •7 The Wellington City Council has referred to a special committee a pro- ... posal that part of the Botanical GardL ens should be used for a site for a ” new residence for the Governor-Gen- - eral, and that the present site, conT sisting of about 50 acres of Govern-ment-owned land, -should be made =2 available to the City Council for L. housing purposes. The proposed - new site overlooks the harbour and is Ci more centrally situated and nearer Parliament Buildings than the prey sent site. The proposal vzas origmII ated by a former City Councillor who - points out that the proposed new site is used only for growing pine trees and an area of scrub. X- SUPREME COURT SENTENCES. "•■P.A, < WELLINGTON, Oct 19. L i. Sending five youths to Borstal for —• varying terms, for ' offences of a U breaking, entering and theft nature. - Judge Smith told them that they ~ could put their abilities- to very much better use. They did nothing but cause waste and loss to their fellow citizens. “I want you to understand that New Zealand requires better ."..things from you. You ought to understand. You can use your energies ■“. to benefit the country and not its destruction, and you place me in a very sad position when I have Io deal ■ with you for crimes like this” .His Honour had before him also George Thurley Thurman, 32, soldier, who pleaded guilty last week, to • bringing into New Zealand £5B 10s in i New -Zdaland currency and 104 - United States dollars stolen from the safe deposit at the New Zealand • Forces Club in Cairo. He concealed "the money in a toy dog he threw to his son from the deck of a liner bringing furlough men to New Zealand. He was admitted to probation - for 18 months and ordered to refund to the Army Department the balance of the money stolen Counsel had’ Outlined the man’s record and stressed he had acted on an impulse, when chosen for the fur- ’ lough party. PISTOLS STOLEN FROM MARINES P.A PAHIATUA, Oct. 18. Before a Justice of the Peace, two New Zealand soldiers, whose names were suppressed, were convicted and admitted to a year’s probation for the theft, of Colts pistols and 300 rounds of ball ammunition from United States Marines. The Marines, who were on a hunting trip, after drinking with the New Zealanders, found tho pistols and ammunition missing. The police later recovered the missing property. COMMERCIAL. P.A CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 19. Sales: South British £3, div. 72s 6d; Mac Duff’s 13s 7d (two parcels). Rc- " ported: South British 72s 6d; New ■Zealand Breweries late yesterday 37s 9d; Woolworth’s (N;Z.) 16s 9d. MANPOWER POSITION. P.A. NAPIER. Oct. 14. All single men aged 18 to 40 years, ■ married men of the same ages without children, and married men aged 18 to 30 years with children -would be ‘required to enter camo for one month’s training during the next six ’months, and would assist in harvesting where necessary. The Dominion Manpower Controller (Mr. H. L. Bockett) gave this information to tho conference of the' New Zealand Manufacturers’ Association to-day. Mr Rockett said that 12,000 men had been released from the Army ■since April last for essential industry as follows: Primary production,, 3,500; building, 1,200; transport, 1,400; , heat and newer, 100: manufacturing, ■ 2.800: commerce and finance, 2,000; ■others 1.000. Of tho 90,999 cases dealt with bv the manpower offices, there had been -only 2.037 appeals. A total of 14,402 cases of alleged absenteeism had been inquired into, and in 2,885 cases the offence was not es- ; tablished; 8,706 were warned, and 174 fines were inflicted, the remainder being under consideration.