IN THE DOMINION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19998, 15 November 1927, Page 7

IN THE DOMINION

NEWS OF THE DAY WANGANUI MAN DROWNED 1 Per Press Association. J DUNEDIN, Nov. 4. The body of William Roberts, aged 30, single, who had been missing since yesterday from Waipori Falls, was found in the Waipori River this morning. Deceased was on holiday from Wanganui, and left for Waipori on a fishing expedition. STOREKEEPER’S SALES OF LIQUOR NAPIER, Nov. 14. Arnold William Stewart, a storckcep* er was fined £25 at the Court to-day for selling liquor without a license. The police asserted that beer had been charged to the credit of customers as cauliflowersBURIAL OF NGATIAWA CHIB? NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14. The burial of Rangi Matatoro, chief of the Ngatiawa tribe, at Matarikioki near Waitara, on Saturday afternoon, was a most impressive ceremony, and was largely attended by both Maori and pakeha. MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT NEW PLYMOUTH NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13. The Cross of Sacrifice, a beautiful memorial to the soldiers of the town who fell in the Great War, presented dj Mr and Mrs C. H. Burgess, was un-

veiled in Te Henui Cemetery by General Young to-day in the presence of a large gathtring. The Cross is fifteen feet high and is a replica of those erected in France and elsewhere, the material used being Coromandel granite. UNOCCUPIED HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE AUCKLAND Nov. 14. An unoccupied nursing home on Manakau Road, owned by Mr D. McCartcn, and leased by Nurse E. Crossan was partly destroyed by fire at 2 a.m. on Sunday. The flames practically destroyed three rooms, and the other four rooms were badly damaged. The building was insured for £9OO and the furniture for £275. HOUSE COMPLETELY DESTROYED BLENHEIM, Nov. 14A seven-roomed dwelling at Springlands, owned by A. Jones and occupied by Bert Renner, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday. The building was insured for £lOOO and the furniture for £250, both in the South British Office. Practically nothing was saved. CHILD DIES FROM BURNS TAUMARUNUI, Nov. 14. A child named Bertha Ellen Harriet Bennett, aged three years and l eight months, died at the hospital yesterday as a result of burns received on Saturday. The child was left in the house at the parents’ home, Pungapunga, near Manunui, while the father went outside temporarily. A few minutes later another child ran out to the father saying his sister was on lira. •