In the Dominion

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20108, 29 March 1928, Page 6

In the Dominion

Air Haldane Johns, who was up till rMontly in charge of the Vacuum Oil Company’s operations here, returned to Wanganui from Palmerston North yesterday.

At the Dunedin Police Court yesterday, Edward James, a fireman, and George Henry Trillo, a trimmer on the steamer Alanuka, were charged with stealing lemons valued at 25s from the ship. Each was fined £5, in default a month’s imprisonment.

An Auckland telegram states that ft youth named Athol Henry Deighton was committed to Borstal for three years by Air AlcKean, S.M., on a charge that on Alareh 14 he received £l5 from a piano dealer as ft loan on his father’s piano and. throe days later sold it to another dealer for £25.

The Afangatanoka Co-operative Dairy Company’s store at the rear of the factory was burgled late on Alonday night, states a Pahiatua telegram, but the thieves were disturbed and made their escape in a car after dropping articles of mercery. A strange car with lights extinguished was seen parked in the locality just prior to the burglary.

One of the oldest residents of Tau marunui, Theodore John Aleredith, passed away at 10.30 yesterday morning under circumstances pointing to suicide. A neighbour heard the report of a. gun and rushed into the old man’s room and found him with a wound in the head and a revolver alongside. Thu deceased, who was aged 85, leaves a widow and grown-up family.

The election of Dominion officers for the W.C.T.U. at the conference held yesterday at Napier resulted: Dominion president, Airs T. E. Taylor (Christchurch); corresponding secretary, Aliss Henderson (Christchurch/; recording secretary, Airs Evans (Wellington); treasurer, Aliss Lovell Smith (Christchurch); editor of White Ribbon and business manager, Airs Perryman (Foxton); associate editor, Airs Judson (Auckland).

At the Dunedin Police Court yesterday Ernest Percy Dell was fined £25 for bookmaking. The police stated that, accused was lined £lOO at Oamaru in 1924 for the same offence, but apparently had done nothing since til! the recent Oamaru meeting. Counsel suggested that as he was a married man with four children the offence be held over his head for 12 months, but the Alagistrate said they would be inviting men to have a trial run at bookmaking.