IN THE DOMINION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19992, 8 November 1927, Page 11

IN THE DOMINION

NEWS OF THE DAY MAN FOUND DEAD WI7?H THROAT CUT [Per Preas Association.] WELLINGTON, Nov. 7. Early yesterday morning Mr Gardiner, a resident of Lower Hutt, discovered the body of a man amongst some scrub in a paddock in Taita Gorge with his throat cut from ear to« ear. The body was removed to the morgue. Deceased was about 30 years of age, and the name of F. W. Wheeler appears on his clothing. FIRE DISCOVERED ON COASTAL VESSEL AUCKLAND, Nov. 7. The oil vessel, T© Toa, owned by Mr W. Wright and trading on Manakau Harbour, narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Saturday afternoon. When discovered it had* enveloped the engine room and was extinguishes with an extinguisher. The engines were badly damaged. BABY’S BODY FOUND ON RIVER BANK CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 6. The dead body of a baby was found wrapped in brown paper on the bank of the Avon yesterday afternoon. The boy who found the body immciTiately informed the police who ar<> making inquiries. TWELVE MONTHS’ REFORMATIVE FOE THEFT CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 7. Charles Thomas Batkin was caught ransacking bedrooms in the Racecourse Hotel, Biccarton, on Saturday afternoon and held till the police arrived. To-day, he was sentenced to twelve months’ reformative treatment on » charge of theft, the police stating that he had been previously convicted in 1916. LIVE SHELL EXPLODED BY BOY PALMERSTON N., Nov. 7. While playing in the sandhills in the vicinity of Manawatu Heads yesterday, John Shortt, aged} eleven, son of & beach resident, with other boys found an uncxploded shell which had apparently been fired by the artillery unit when in camp at Foxton. Not knowing the danger of tampering with the shell, Shortt was apparently hitting it when an explosion occurred. His arms, face, eyes and one leg were all badly injured. The lad was removed to Palmerston Hospital. His condition is very serious. MAN’S BODY FOUND FLOATING IN RIVER DARGARVILLE, Nov. 7. The body of Peter Brown, agcid) about 72 was found floating in the river. He left the boardinghouse, where he spent the night, early in the morning and the body was noticed in the river about 10.30, and recovered a few miles down by a launch. At the inquest a verdict of found drowned was returned, there being no evidence to show how he came in the water. BOY DROWNED IN MILL DAM CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 6. I Charles M. Clark, aged' five, waa i found drowned in the mill dam ad- • jacent to the sawmill in Lincoln Boact, ,of which his father i'3 manager. It is surmised that the child was* playing near the dam and fell in. MOTOR LORRY’S PLUNGE DOWN BANK NELSON, Nov. 7A motor lorry, driven by H. Young j plunged 15ft down a bank into the Tel •- Stream on Saturday afternoon. i Young wai pinned underneath and ; ccrtain’iy rrould have been drowned had I not a companion held his head abov'd j water for an hour till assistance aii rived. *