NEWS BREVITIES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 10, 22 December 1933, Page 7

NEWS BREVITIES.

Bankruptcies recorded in the district from Halcombe to Levin, of which Palmerston North is the centre, total 23 lor the year, being the lowest since 1920, when they were eight. Tim highest number in the interim was 52 in 1927. An inquest was held at Tolaga Bay to-day concerning the double tragedy in the early hours of Sunday morning. The coroner returned a verdict that death in the case of Annie Amelia Martin -was caused bv a wound in the forehead inflicted by her husband, and that the death of Henry Martin was due to a gunshot wound self-inflicted. George Alexander Low, described by the police as “a bird of passage,” was remanded at Dunedin on charges of stealing a fur necklet valued at £l9. The police had been looking for the accused for twelve months. He was arrested in Australia on a charge of theft there and deported. As a result of representations made by Class A (single) men to the Vneinpfoyment Board, ration cuts are to be restored in Palmerston North. All relief workers cease work from 5 p.m. to-day until January 8, receiving the normal rate of pay for the intervening period. The men may remain in camp if they wish, but in that case they must be prepared to do fatigue Mr Justice Ostler's reserved judgment in the, ease Reginald Gilbert Brown v. C. G. McCully, Ltd., timber merchants, a claim for damages alleging faulty construction of an indoor, bowling rink at Christchurch, holds that the defendant committed a breach of contract and awards damages totalling £651 to the plaintiff on the claim, including loss of profits, £250, and the return of progress (payments £250, with costs on- the'highest'scale. The judge said that the plaintiff wanted a permanent floor on which bowls could be played for a reasonable number of years and did not get what he bargain ed.for. On the defendant’s counterclaim judgment was given defendant for £l6 for work done, no costs being allowed.

Gertrude Mildred Baker, aged 34, single, was found dead iu a house in Willis street, Wellington, this morning. There was gas in the room.—Pre-s Assn.