DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

FRAUD CHARGE. By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. AUCKLAND, October 11. Two brothers Cecil William Mitchell aged 21, and Arthur Moir Mitchell, also 21, one a salesman and the other a farm-hand, were charged at the Police Court with fraud and conspiracy in attempting to obtain from the Insurance Office of Australia Ltd., £IBO by falsely representing that four bags and their contents, covered by a policy were lost. The bags, according to Detective Hammond, were insured at Christchurch about Sept. 30th. One came to Auckland and took delivery of the luggage but the other came north later and claimed the insurance, saying the bags had been lost. The bags were foynd by the police at faupiri, where another brother lived. Both intended leaving for Sydney. The accused were remanded till next Friday. They were allowed bail, each of £IOO, and an another of a similar amount.

MAORI CHARGED WITH BIGAMY. CHRISTCHURCH, October 10 On a charge of bigamy, a Maori, ■Tames Wiwi Norton, a traveller, aged 37 years, of Temuka, was remanded until October 17. The charge was that having, on February 23, 1909, married Annie McDonald, at Blenheim, he went through a form of. marriage on November 12, 1923, with Isabell Nicoll Welsh, at Christchurch, thereby committing bigamy. Mr Bowie, for accused, said that lie had been committed for ’ another offence- in Dunedin. He had been remanded on a carnal knowledge charge, and bail had been allowed. The Magistrate: “Carnal knowledge! What was the amount of the bail? ” Mr Bowie: “£2OO. He has few friends in Christchurch, but he may get another £100.” Norton was remanded, bail being allowed, self in £IOO, and one surety of £IOO or two of £SO. ATTEMPTED MURDER. CHRISTCHURCH, October 10. A remand was granted till October 17th in the case in which Ivy Bertha St. George, aged 31 years, was charged that on September 30th she attempted to murder George Edwin St. George. Mr E. C. Levvey,, S.M., was on the bench.

Senior-Sergeant Shanahan said that Mr St. George was hot yet fit to appear.

. Mr Widdowson, for Mrs St. George, said: “I ask that she be sent to the Salvation Army Home for the week, instead of being kept in gaol. Prison is not the best place conducive to her best well-beiifg, and it will be better for her to go to the Home, where she well be well looked after. She is in a very weak condition. Although the police may sav that they are apprehensive for her safety, I can say that there is no necessity for such apprehension.”

The Magistrate: “The, matter will be taken in chambers. In the meantime she will be remanded.”

IN THE AIR. WELLINGTON, October 12. In "beautiful flying weather three Auckland plgnes left for Masterton at 7.30, the first'stop on the return journey to Auckland. They will go on to Hastings after a short stay at Masterton and remain overnight there before proceeding to Gisborne and Auckland. FATAL FALL. HAWER.A, Oct. 11. At the inquest this afternoon on Charles Richard Kelly, widower, aged 60 years, whose body was found at Shawe Reach on Monday morning at the foot of a 200 ft. cliff, the Coroner’s verdict was that death resulted from heart failure, caused by a fall down the cliff, but that the evidence was insufficient to indicate whether the fall was purelv accidental, though it tended ; n that direction. DREDGE SAFE. DUNEDIN, October 12. The Otago Harbour Board’s new dredge, Otakau, previously reported overdue has arrived at Fremantle. MAR AM A’ S 0 VERIIAUL. AUCKLAND, October 10. The steamer Marama has just completed an extensive overhaul in Auckland. The cost was about £12,000. The vessel arrived on August 13th, and since then a large number of men have been employed on board. Besides the usual replacements in the engineroom, a certain amount ol structural alterations have been carried out. These alterations include strengthening between the decks with the object of reducing vibration to a minimum. Heavy steel stanchions strongly linked with connecting rods have been inserted vertically in the ship, penetrating the three decks. They have been placed where the vibration was most noticeable. The furnishings and fittings throughout the vessel have received attention.