SPECTACULAR ERE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 6

SPECTACULAR ERE

MARTON HOUSE DESTROYED (Own Cui respondent) AIAKUON, July 1. A .spectacular lire occurred late on Saturday night, when a ilve-ro ... •■! dweding in Wellington Road v,a.s destroyed, oii.v the chaired front, portion and the side walls standing. The house v.us occupied by Air. Garnett Over and family, who were on a visit to Palmerston North at the time. The brigade was summoned by tele phone by a young man who was passing. The Hames had a good liojd, however, and thc wooden buildii"; made a spectacular blaze, the strong wind blowing the sparks across tie street. With commendable promptitude two lead* were soon playing on the flames, but it was nc-t tiJl after a good light and with the as. istanee of a good pressure c-f water that the blaze was got under control. U.') retiirning from Palmerston Nortii the family received a shock to find only the smouldering remains of thrnr home. It is thought, that some embers may have been left in the grate in the front room. I'he house, which was owned by Air. J. AlcDonald, "f ALarton, was insured, as also was Mr. Over's furniture, but Miss i’ut Over’s dancing trophies were all lost. A pathetic feature of the fire the deatii of the family's pet cat. which had been in the house for the night. It escaped from the building, but dashed back again in pti.nic and met its fate in the flames TWELVE MONTHS’ BORSTAL GIRL’S PETTY THEPTS A sentence of 1.2 mouths’ detention in the Borstal Institute was impos'd, on a girl c-f 17A years of ago who appealed before Mr. J. H. Salmon. S.M.. in the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, and pleaded guilty t.u <l number of charges arising out of petty thefts. Detective J. Walsh, who appeared for the police, stated that accused nad been working at various places Wanganui, Her first offence was committed on March 26. She had been employed by Mrs. Brown, who had dismissed her. She wvr.t back to G. house and got through a window and stole £5 from a bedroom. She next visited the house of another resident. Mrs. Vinton, v.hero she had been employed. From a bedroom she stole a purse and Is 3 Jd. She then paid a second visit to this house and Stole articles. She attended a dunce hall m St. Hill Street and stola a coat. These offences, added the. detective, were very common in Wanganui. Accused also paid a second visit to Airs Brown’s house and really committed burglary. She obtained a ladder and got into the house and was caughtfncrc was no necessity for her to commit the thefts as sho had a small credit at. the Native Land Court with which to buy clothes. Thc magistrate said that it was difficult to know what to do with accused, as the offences were net isolated. On the major charge she was ordered U be detained in a Borstal for a period not exceeding 12 months, and on the others she was convicted and discharged. Accused had been charged wn ' stealing a lady’s coat, valued at £- ? 15s. the property of D. Scott; with theft of a camera, indy’s pyjama*, cardigan and slip, valued at £4 10s no, the property of Sophia M. Dommett. on Afay 5: with rhoft of £5. the property "f T.ena Brown, on March 26: with theft cf a cigarette case and ."s, the property of Patricia Trv.'d ve; with theft of a purse and Ls 14d, the propertv of P. Truelove an Afay 7.