PEDESTRIAN KILLED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24370, 4 September 1942, Page 2

PEDESTRIAN KILLED

KNOCKED DOWN BY TAXI AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN When she was knocked down by a taxi in Victoria Street West at the foot of College Hill, Freeman's Bay, at about 7.10 o'clock last evening, an elderly woman, whose identity had not been established by the police at a late hour, was killed instantly. The woman, whose age was estimated at between 55 and 60, was about sft. l£in. in height, and had lost her right CHASE BY CONSTABLE REMOVAL OF A SAFE (P.A.) DUNEDIN, Thursday While Temporary-Constable Eric | Burns was on patrol in George Street I late last night he heard a scraping i sound front an alley adjoining War- : dell's grocery premises. Investigating, ' he found two men, who decamped in different directions. He pursued one and with the aid of two Air Force men ran him down. Subsequently a safe mounted on a small truck was found in the alley, unopened. In the Police Court this morning Victor Royden Curline, aged 39, tinsmith, was remanded on a charge of breaking and entering. THEFTS IN CAMPS EXPENDITURE OF PETROL (P.A.) DUNEDIN. Thursday Strong exception was taken by Colonel J. G. Jeffery, area commander, to-day to remarks made in the Police Court by counsel for a soldier charged with stealing petrol from Army cycles in camp. Counsel had suggested the charge was trivial and that if accused had held higher rank than private the matter would have been dealt with by the military authorities. j There was nothing trivial about it, said Colonel Jeffery. The petrol was siphoned from machines of a flying patrol which had to be ready at a moment's notice for any emergency. On actual war conditions the offence would I rank as sabotage. As to the second suggestion by counsel, an Army order j had been issued that all charges of I theft in camps must be dealt with by * civil Courts, irrespective of the rank of the offender. Counsel had also referred to rumours of wastage of petrol in camps. "Considering the immensity of the job the Army is doing," said Colonel Jeffery, "I am satisfied that the expenditure of petrol is far from excessive." FERRYING FLIGHT AUCKLANDER'S EXPERIENCE (Special Correspondent) (Reed. 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 2 An Auckland airman, Sergeant-Pilot L. C. Webster, has returned to Engi land after ferrying a Wellington bomber to Egypt. He was the second pilot. It was an all Now Zealand crew, - the others being Sergeants Fiesst, J. D. Henderson, Powell (Taihape), J. Henry (Wellington) and V. Brooks (Christchurch). They reached Egypt from England in 23 hours' flying time, j but remained for some time at Malta i at a time when 57 Germans were shot down in one day. "We were underground more than on top of it that day," said Sergeant , Webster, "but still managed to see . many marvellous dog fights." Sergeant ; Webster visited the New Zealand Army Base Camp in Egypt before returning , via Cape Town, where he spent a fortnight. OVERCROWDING OF BUSES i (0.C.) WHANGAREI. Thursday Representations recently made by the ; Whaugarei Borough Council regarding overcrowding of buses have elicited the reply from the Commission of Transport, Mr. G. L. Laurenson, that under present conditions it was not desired to restrict loading unduly, provided it : was kept within reasonable limits. In . wet weather the demand would be ; greater and a certain amount of lati- , tude could be given. When this replv was received by the ' council, .Mr. S. Oldcorn expressed the , opinion that the issue had been evaded, but the Mayor, Mr. W. Jones, " remarked that, having brought the ' matter under the notice of the com- ? missioner, the council, which had no -I responsibility, could not take the mati ter further.