NEWS IN BRIEF

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17345, 27 September 1924, Page 15

NEWS IN BRIEF

Herman Edward Harvey was found guilty of murder at Adelaide, and was sentenced to death. The Waikouaiti, which sailed from Hobart for New Zealand lifted 1,000,000 super feet of hardwood, constituting a record for timber loaded at the Hobart wharves. Douglas Gavin, aged about two years, was drowned in & creek near bis homo at. Niho Niho, near Tauniarunui, yesterday. Apparently the child wandered from the house and fell into h. creek where he was found by his brother. Artificial respiration was tried in vain. Th© Stanford University tennis team's visit to Sydney resulted in <t ■financial loss, both to the Australian T awn Tennis Association and to th© "Universities. In view of this, it is considered that it. will be difficult to arrang© similar visit* in future. The British Empire Producers' Organisation in .London adopted u resolution opposing the proposed Russian Treaties as being a menace to the Empire’s ethical and economic interests, and appealing i,> the Government not to proceed further therewith, without the concurrence of the Dominions and India. The Federal Court of New York upheld the indictment of Gaston Means, former Department of Justice Agent, bis Secretary, Elmer Jarnece and his Attorney, Thomas Felder, on charges that they received money which they misrepresented was to be used in the bribery of the former Attorney-General H. M. Daugherty, and other GovernA eeow . laden with sleepers for the "Public Works Department, at Pukehuia, whilst lieing towed this morning through an opening in the. Wairoa Bndge struck one of the pile*, which knocked a. hole in the forepart of the and it capsized alongside the bridge*. The vessel will be repaired. Tt lies in shallow water and it ‘is expected that there will be no 10 1 -- as * result of the accident The scow belongs to the Kaipara Shipping Company. in the main office of the Gisborne ’ Railway Station, to which he k said I •to have gained entry through breaking a window. He was charged in the Police Court with burglary ami was remanded for a week.