PIHA FIRE CASE CONSTRUCTION OF BACH

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20783, 18 April 1939, Page 6

PIHA FIRE CASE CONSTRUCTION OF BACH

Wanganui Port Facilities Two proposals, involving the expenditure of £25,000 for extra port facilities were approved at a meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board yesterday. Of the amount mentioned £15,000 is to improve the depth of water to enable better handling of ships and £IO.OOO is for additional sheds accommodation at Castlecliff. Sales Tax Yield The amount of sales tax collected in February was £254,484, a record for a February and £23.959, or 10.4 per cent, over the receipts for the corresponding month of 1938. The yield, however, showed a substantial drop from the peak figures on December aiid January. In the latter month a new high level was recorded at £330,Night In the Bush Two Pahiatua youths, E. Webby and M. Keashavv, while deer stalking near Marima on Sunday, were overtaken by darkness and spent the night in the bush. A search party -was organised yesterday morning, when the youths appeared, weary, wet and showing evidence Of their ordeal. They had followed a creek until they found themselves clear of the

(Continued from Page 8> William James Biggs, builder. of Epsom, said in 1932 he erected the bach at Piha mentioned in the evidence. He produced a plan and gave technical evidence regarding the construction of the house, which contained three rooms, a kitchen and a sun-porch with a garage beneath. McKay’s Teeth Extracted The next witness was Arnold Taylor, solicitor, of Auckland, who said he acted for Mrs Thomas, owner of the Piha bach. The bach was insured for £250 at the lime of the fire in the Norwich Union Office. The actual value of the bach was £315. Its contents were valued at £124 and were insured in the same office for £SO. Gladys Marie Rollo, dental nurse, of Takapuna, said she was employed by Messrs Howie Walker, Ltd., of Queen Street. On February 11 a man, giving his name as G. R. McKay came in for attention, about 10.30 a.m. Witness identified the man as accused McKay. McKay said he was from Australia but would be in New Zealand indefinitely. Ke wished to have his teeth out. At the time McKay was wearing a full upper and a partial lower denture. Nine lower teeth were extracted, being the only ones left. BOXING THE CRUISER WEIGHT TITLE LEWIS TO MEET HARVEY LONDON, April 17 John Henry Lewis and Len Harvey will fight for the world cruiserweight title in London in May. MURDER OF CONSUL SEVERAL MEN SENTENCED LONG TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT BAGDAD, April 17 Sentences varying from eight to 15 years’ hard labour were imposed on six men at a court martial in connection with the death of Mr J. MonckMason, formerly British Consul at. Mosul. The sentence of death passed or two lads was commuted to 15 years’ hard labour, on the ground of their BODY RECOVERED AUSTRALIAN NAVY LIEUTENANT CANNES. April 17. Fishermen recovered the body of sub-Lieutenant Arthur John Anderson, who is reported to have been a member of the Australian Navy and who was washed overboard from'the destroyer Zulu during the Mediterranean spring cruise.

Defence Conference The Pacific defence conference reassembled at Wellington yesterday and continued discussion *on its agenda. Having decided to refer various problems to a number of committees, the conference adjourned until the reports of the committees are available. Sydney Traffic System The manner in which the Sydney police controlled traffic and their civility to users of the road made one think that the New Zealand traffic system was out of date, commented Mr S. S. Saulbrey, of Ngaruawahia, in writing to a friend in Hamilton from Sydney where he has been attending the Royal Agricultural Show. Congestion caused by car parking was troubling officials in all Australian cities, said Mr Saulbrey, and Sydney with its narrow streets had an increasing traffic problem. San Francisco ’Quake To-day is the thirty-third anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, which occurred at 5 a.m. on April 18, 1906. The earthquake was followed by a fire, the aggregate damage being estimated at £60,000.000. The number of lives lost was never ascertained. although it amounted to thousands, bodies being found among the wreckage months after the catastrophe. Fourteen other towns in California shared the calamitous effects of the earthquake, and Los Antgeles. nearly 500 miles distant, was visited by two shocks.