AIR FORCE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20768, 1 July 1937, Page 8

AIR FORCE

CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS SELECTION ANNOUNCED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 39. The Minister of Defence announces that the following candidates have been selected for short service commissions in the Royal Air Force and will sail from New Zealand on August 13:— T. E. Brammell, Blenheim. D. M. Brass, Wellington. F. N. Brinsden, Auckland. B. Graham, Christchurch. K. N. Gray, Wanganui. L. G. W. Lilly, Dunedin. J. C. Martin. Christchurch. R. G. Maddox, Dunedin. W. Roberts, Auckland. T. N. Silk, Wanganui. I. D. S. Strachan, Wellington. N. H. Svendsen, Pukekohe. The following have been accepted for short service commissions in the New Zealand force and will report at Wigram on September 1: W. A Brown, Auckland. L. J. Ransom, Bulls. J. C. Simpson, Christchurch. J. E. Watts, New Plymouth. The following. have been accepted for short service commissions in the Royal Air ’ s orce but will undertake initial training in New Zealand and report at Wigram on September 1: J. M. Dermudy, Wellington. J. E. Edwards, Auckland. R. R. P. Fisher, Gore. H. H. Haszard, Te Aroha. M. A. Poulton, Christchurch. D. A. Rankine, Hastings. L. H. Trent, Nelson. J. E. Vernon, Queenstown. EXPLOSIVES STOLEN HUMAN LIFE ENDANGERED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 30. The danger of playing witjh detonators was emphasised bj’ Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., ip the Children’s Court at Petone, when a boy -was charged with two others who will appear to-morrow with the theft of 200 detonators and also with the theit of eight sticks of gelignite on one day and six sticks of gelignite on another. In all four charges of theft were made against the boy and one of mischief. Another boy appeared on two charges of theft. Detective F. N. Robinson said that the boy and two others stole the gelignite and detonators from the Gracefie’d Quarry, breaking into the concrete magazine. They emptied the powder out of the detonators and threw stones until the powder exploded. One of he boys threw some of the detonators away, which were found by young children. A man came to the police station and said that, he found his child with a detonator In his mouth. He took the detonator away from the child and threw it in the fire and then there was an explosion. Mr Lawry said the boys might have been killed. The detonators were capable of blow'ng up a house. The child who had the detonator In his mouth might have had his head blown off as biting on the detonator would explode it if it were alive. The boys, whe were first offenders, weer admonished and discharged and ordered to maKe restitution.