DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1936, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

. probation for theft

(Per Press Association— Copyright)

CHRISTCHURCH, January 16

Henry Alan Moray Smith, company agent, aged 28, appeared to-day before Mr Reid, S.M., for sentence on five charges of theft from the New Zealand Loan gnd Mercantile Agency Company at Rakaia, the sums totalling £153 8s lOd. He also appeared for sentence on the charge of stealing £4l from William Wilson Carruthers. Smith ewas convicted and admitted to probation for three years, a special condition being that :he made restitution. - •• - • ",

. WANGANUI: W OOL PRICES

.} j WANGANUI, • January iff. !‘[Compared with the. sale held ; at Wanganui on April-of last year,.. 4 life wools may be said, to have risen iwo ppnee r to three pence,- Compared w.'th the recent Napier and Wellington sales, the prices- were- fully, firm, except ,that- for .finer sorts,, the market Was ; v sljghtJy in, t the growers’ favour. Top price of.the sale was seventeen pence. farthiiig for a fine line of cqrrjedale. 1 '

In comparisn with fillq recent Wellington sales, medium to coarse wop.! sold at par to firrn,, Fine wools of 48/50 quality were a quarter to a half penny up. Those of ,56 quality were a lijalf ' penny , to' a penny.''Fine 'hqggetsAvefe a halfpenny to a penny up.'

' CONSTABLE’S SUICIDE

AUCKLAND, Jan nary

The body of 1 Hugh.' Malcolm MacPherrijn, aged;:s4,- District Constable to Te Waiti, was discovered early this morning in a wkar-e near his residence.- 1 A discharged revolver was lying beside the body. The deceased .'eft a note declaring his intention of taking his own life. An inquest was held during, the afternoon. Evidence >va.-. given by deceased’s wife, who said the had lately been very depressed and worried regarding his health. The Coroner return a verdict of death from self-inflicted wounds.