For aggravated assault on liis wife, whom he struck on the head with a piece of gaspipc, Bert Morrow was ordered at Gisborne .yesterday to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. The Magistrate remarked that ho deserved gaol, but as his wife was dependent on him for maintenance a minor sentence would be passed.
When crossing the Greymouth bar at 8.45 yesterday morning the steamer Mernoo (1405 tons) took a slight sheer and grazed the south breakwater. Captain F. W. Cox, the harbourmaster, was in command at the time. The vessel proceeded to the wharf where a preliminary inspection disclosed damage to the tips of three blades of the propeller. She was drawing Bft 6in forward and 12ft lin aft on arrival. There was a considerable swell on the bar yesterday morning,' an inclination for jt to "make. ”
The drawing of The Big Prize List Art Union will commence at 9 a.ra. today, March 5, in the concert chamber, Town Hall, Wellington. Tan Eobcrt Kennedy, aged 15, the son of Mr Robert Kennedy, of Fcndalton, Christchurch, died in hospital on Sunday night from head injuries received while cycling in a collision with a car in Park terrace. The cycle was struck broadside on and the boy landed on the bonnet. He was picked up unconscious. The car driver was Wr F. H. Ansley.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 53, 5 March 1935, Page 6
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