DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1922, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

HOTEL GUEST ATTACKED, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Goober 12. W. H. Ballinger, a well-known Wellington racehorse owner, was attacked in his bedroom at the Grand Hotel early this morning. Awakened by a noise, he inquired who was there and received a glancing blow on the head from some weapon, sustaining however, only an abrasion. The intruder escaped without any ibooty. WANGANUI WOOLLEN 3IILLS. Wanganui, October ]s. The board of directors of the AVanganui Woollen Mills Company has decided to go right ahead with the construction of the mills. It is expected the machinery will be in position inside a year. The plane provide for a complete compact mill with between 35 and 40 looms. It is proposed to manufacture a type of goods hitherto not attempted, in New Zealand. The general manager will leave by the Corinthic for England to order plant and equipment and engage foremen and operators. SMUGGLING OPIUM. Wanganui, October 12. Oolin Clyde Hemus, a seaman who had seven "tins of opium in his possession when arrested, was fined £5O or two months’ imprisonment for smuggling. Charges under the customs and anti-opium legislation were 'withdrawn. Accused chose imprisonment. A CHARGE WITHDRAWN. Auckland, October 12. The charge against Martha Jane O’Shaughnessy tof having caused the death of Elsie May Fraider by omitting to perform a legal duty, to-day was withdrawn by the Crown, the death of accused’s daughter, Mrs. Imrie, having altered the whole aspect of the case. Mr. Singer, for accused, asserted there was no evidence of neglect against either of the accused women, the allegation being that a doctor should have been called in sooner. Mr. Poynton, S.M., agreed to the charge being withdrawn. A DANGEROUS MOTOR CYCLIST. Auckland, October 12. Percy Christie, who was charged with the negligent driving of a motor cycle, by which a passenger inside a car was injured and had a leg amputated above the knee, was found to have driven at a dangerous speed and ordered td pay hospital charges of £33 2s and damages £ 166.