MAN FOUND SHOT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24869, 15 April 1944, Page 8

MAN FOUND SHOT

CITY MOTOR DEALER EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST Shot through the forehead. Mr. Cyril Leslie Urquhart, aged 38, motor dealer, of 124 Landscape Jload. Mount Eden, ivas found dead in bed yesterday morning. Mr. Urquhart had be.cn living with his mother, who heard a shot from his bedroom at about 9.30 a.m.. and on investigating found him dead. ! An inquest was opened in the afternoon heiore Mr. J. 11. Luxford, S.M., coroner. Evidence of identification was given by 6. R. Urquhart. brother of deceased. He stated that his brother was married 16 years ago and divorced two years later. He was quite normal mentally until about a year ago, when slight mental derangement was noticed. He was committed to the Auckland .Mental Hospital for some time, being released last December on probation He appeared to be quite well when witness saw him last about a week ago. Witness said that his brother intimated some days ago that he had sold his motor business. In reply to the coroner he said deceased had possessed two rifles and two shotguns. The inquest was adjourned sine die. POTATO MARKETING PREVENTION OF GLUT (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Friday The Interna! Marketing Division states that potatoes from all parts of New Zealand will be permitted to reach Wellington markets after to-morrow. During the past month, transportation to Wellington and Hutt cities has been restricted bv rail and sea except for supplies grown in adjacent areas, such as Levin, Hawke's Bay and Nelson.

The transportation order ensuring this was issued on March 17 at the request of the Potato Marketing Advisory Committee, which represents growers, merchants and Government agencies, and which had been asked by the Hawke's Bay Primary Production Council to devise a means to enable Hawke's Bay potato growers to dispose quickly of their potato crop. Flood weather, it was stated, had made Hawke's Bay potatoes unsuitable for long keeping, although of good immediate quality. The Hawke's Bay Grain and Produce Merchants' Association lias advised that this temporary reservation of the Wellington market to their clients has practically cleared all these stocks. Supplies reaching Wellington have proved sufficient, and no congestion has been reported elsewhere through potatoes being unduly diverted to other centres from growers who would normally have supplied Wellington. These growers have had no difficulty in disposing of their crops to other North Island districts or for overseas military purposes. This is the second occasion on which this means of preventing a temporary glut likely to affect winter supplies has been employed. During last summer a similar transportation order held the better keeping stocks off the city markets until certain districts where keeping quality had been injured by excessive hot weather had disposed of their production.

FAILURE TO ACCOUNT PROBATION FOR DRIVER On a charge of fraudulently omitting to account for £42 16s 6d owing to a man ior whom he had been working, Stanley Leslie Covenev, driver, aged 28 (Mr. Aekins), appeared before Mr. J. H. Luxford, K.M.. yesterday. Detective - Sergeant Kearney said accused drove a taxi for Sydney Davidson _ from March 17 to April 1. His duties were to make out a running sheet each day. When he finished driving the taxi he handed in the running sheets, saying that he had spent the money collected during the time. Mr. Aekins said accused was easily led. He had gone overseas with the Sixth Reinforcements, but had been invalided home from Perth. Before the war accused was for nine years in regular employment as a driver and was again working for the same firm. The magistrate admitted accused to probation for two years. He was ordered to make restitution of £3O 16s Gd at the rate of £6 a month.