Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Woman Found Hanged I Tho body ot Mrs. Wayraouth. ;i;nl I about 35 yMurs. was found hanging at I her residence in Hastings by her husj band. Mr. G. \V. Waymouth. Deceased had been in ill-liealth for some tim . * » • New Governor-General Sails j Lord Bledisloe, Governor-design; to | of New Zealand, and Lady Bledisloe will sail on the* Rnngitiki. They will | reach Auckland on March lib * “ * Garage Owner Swindled i Arrested at Hamilton, Leonard i Parkes, alias McKay. alias Lyle, alias Van Brunt, was admitted to probation for two years for obtaining goods by false pretences from a garage proI prietor. i Stolen Car Found j Having been removal without authority from Col ling wood Street, Hamilton, on Saturday, a light car owned by Mr. H. Gadd of Claudelands. was recovered at f» p.m. yesioruav in Hill Street considerably damaged. The spedometer showed 200 miles increase. Found Unconscious Found lying unconscious at the foot of the steps from Alma Street to tho river early this morning, Jamas Murray, 65, described as a painter, of To Awamutu, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital suffering from shock and abrasions. • ♦ * Suicide of Farmer’s Wife That death was duo to poison adininistered, while in an acute st »to of mental depression was the verdict of the coroner at Dannevirke concerning tho death of Mary Houlihan, a married woman, aged 28. the wife of a Kiritaki farmer. Tho woman died in the Dannevirke Public Hospital on Tuesday as tho result of taking corrosive sublimate tablets. ♦ * * Heavy Traffic List An unusually heavy traffic list kept Police and Magistrate’s Courts busy this morning. In all, 100 charges were brought. In the Police Court, before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., the tally was only 12. but defended cases kept the court late in sitting. Mr. E. C. Cutten. S.M.. in the Magistrate’s Court, heard 72 prosecutions by the city traffic department and 15 by local body traffic officers. Sub-Inspector McCt-rthy prosecuted in the Police Court, and Mr. G. Hogan, chief traffic officer, appeared for the city traffic department. * • * Street Collections Finality in regard to the question of street collections, was reached at a. conference of local bodies held at Onehunga on Monday. It was decided to limit the collections to four days in each year apportioned a« follow:—Poppy Day and St. John Ambulance Association, one day each, Plunket and Hospital Auxilliary one day. Sunshine League and Society for Protection of Women and Children, one day. The local bodies to confirm This decision are the Onehunga, Mount Albert, Newmarket, Devonport. Ot.ihuhu, Birkenhead, and Northoote Borough Councils, and the Mount Roskill and One Tree Hill Road Boards. * * * Schoolboy’s Death The adjourned inquest on the death of Arthur Desmond Whitley, a schoolboy, aged 14, was concluded before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., coroner, this afternoon. The boy, whose parents live at 9 Vincent Avenue Remuera. was struck by a cricket ball when playing on a paddock adjoining the Remuera School on December 2. He was batting when a ball rose sharply ard struck him on the head. After walking home he complained of pains in the head and his mother called in Dr. J. H. Lawry, who said tho boy was suffering from concussion. He died at 1.30 a.m. on the following day. Dr. R. E. Be van- Brown said th€*. cause of death was cerebral compression and laceration following a fracture of the skull, and haemor rhage. A verdict of accidental death was returned in accordance with the medical evidence.