DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 29 November 1943, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

OFFICER’S BODY FOUND. AUCKLAND, Nov. 27. The body of Captain in. M. Louisson was found to-day above the Aratiatia Rapids, on the Waikato River, after he had been missing for twentythree days. COMPANY MANAGER FOUND GUILTY. DUNEDIN, Nov. 26. After a hearing occupying five days the trial of Stanley Reginald Burns, company director, formerly of Dunedin, on six charges of false pretences and six charges relating to the publication of false balance-sheets, ended in the Supreme Court to-night. The jury, after a retirement of s'x hours and a half, found Burns guilty on two of the major counts, one in respect of a 1938 balance-sheet, and the other in respect of a 1939 balancesheet. He was found not guilty on all the other counts. t The Jury retired at. 4.48 p.m. and I returned at 11.18 p.m. ■ Burns was remanded in custody un- ■ til Monday for sentence. ■ CRICKETERS JOIN COUNCIL A OF SPORT. ■' 1 1 ’ CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 27 After hearing an outline of _ the and objects of the National of Sport, as now constituted, ElHnegates to the annual meeting of ■e New Zealand Cricket Council evening agreed to affiliate with body. on the motion itself was in committee. Prior to that, chairman (Mr. A. H. Allen), in to the annual report, said he a National Council of‘Sport serve a very useful purpose if r it induced more young people to .come out into the onen a’r and play games. Mr. D. E. Wanklyn, who attended the recent conference in Wellington, said the Council’s objects had been narrowly and sharplv defined. It could not interfere with the internal management or activities of any national controlling body, and it could not interfere with any matter which a national controlling body* asked it to leave alone. .