NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Old Offender Fined. —Daniel South, aged 47, a fourth offender for drunkenjess. was fined £2, in default seven imprisonment, at the Police Court to-day. Collision With Train. —A motor-car crossing the tram route at Puriri i, ee t’ Gonville, Wanganui, yesterday, collided with the Castlecliff tram. The ®otor-car was damaged extensively. Electric Cable Fuses. —A spectacular olaze occurred about 9 p.m. last even“*B when an electric power cable fused under the footpath in Prince’s Street, opposite the University. The fire turned itself out after about five minutes. Road-Worker Found Dead. —A man -orking at the relief camp at Maori vully on the Lake Sumner Road about miles from Waikari. Canterbury. JfM found dead with his throat cut mis morning. No particulars are bailable. Drill Hall for Ponsonby. —A wooden "fbl hall, 95 feet bv 97 feet, is to be yfeted in Dignan Street, Ponsonby. nere will g j x offices an( j a minia- *."• rifle range, besides tile main hall. if r ? are being called for the work, a„-i to k® completed within three 1,1,1 a-half months. Special Train Arrangements. —On the ba» as * on Australian boys’ footneYt match at Huntly on Wednesday nir • ttie ■^ ailwa y Department intends fo r p l ! 6 a s P ec *al train leaving Huntly ( -»len Afton at 6 p.m. The de--8 are advertised in this issue. "•"landed to Taumarunui. —William £ ea Moore, charged at the Police lan/* Jo-day with entering the Mids Hotel, Taumarunui, and stealJJrJ&Pjds valued at £9 6s, was re- ° i4 I>Pear at Taumarunui on