DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 13 July 1925, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS.

BILLIARDS. (.BY TELEGRAPH- —PREBS ASSOCIATIONWELiLINGITO'N, July 13. In the Falliiiier-MoCbnaehy billiards m-atoli, at the conclusion j»f Saturday’s play Falkiner (in play) scored 8851, including breaks ol : 154, 183 and 422 (unfinished) ; McConaoliy had scored 8327, including breaks of 178, 202 and 110. NIELSON ITEMS. NELSON, July 13. The mystery concerning the disappearance of Colin Ciraigie, an orchard instructor, at Alapua, was solved by the discovery of bis body near Peloroue Bridge, a third of a mile from where he was last seen. Georg© Campbell, aged .16, an ordinary seaman on the Orepuki, while going hand over hand along a wire rope from mast to mast, fell thirty-one l'eet on to the skylight-, striking the hack of his head. He lies in the hospital in an unconscious condition. His parents reside at Invercargill. SOUTH ISLAND RUGBY TEAM. OHRISTOHURiCIH, July 13. Parker ami MeLeai-y -are unavailable for the -inter-Island Rugby match at J nven-eiargiil. Gauteibury nominated nine men for the South island team, including seven All Blacks. EIRE AT WAIOHIKA. GISBORNE, July 13. A fire destroyed a store and dwelling at Waiohika. The occupants were .Mi 1 and Mrs Bougen and four children, and they had a narrow escape. The insurances total £IOOO. . EIRE AT DARGAVILLE. DARGAVILLE, July 13. A lire ’totally destroyed a large dweling and outbuildings on the Horetore estate, owned and occupied by Messrs Dowding and Hansen. The building, which was originally the homestead of Mr. Mauric Harding, a pioneer settler in the district, was a well-known landmark, it was insured in the State Fire and New Zealand offices, but the amounts have not been ascertained. A BOOKMAKER FINED. AUCKLAND, July 13. Carl Ernest F.kmnn, aged 38 years, was fined at the Police Court to-day £3OO, or in the alternative six ninoths’ imprisonment, for carrying on business a.s a bookmaker. Tt .was stated that the accused's settling sheet, for one day’s tran-s----actions, totalled £S7. He owned a hairdresser and tobacconist shop at Mi. Eden. When he was arrested he said he could get ta bond for £SOO.