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SHIELD CRICKET OTAGO OUT FOR 138 DUNEDIN. Friday O?ago in its first innings against Wellington m the Plunket Shield cricket match made 138. Toomey c McLeod b Pritchard. 2: Chettleburgh c Wngley b Pritchard, 5; Leader b Pritchard. 17: Mills 1.b.w., b W.lson, 11; Lem in, in, 2: extras 13. total 138Bov/hng: Pritchard 5 for 68. Wilson 4 for 38. Ashenden one for iy. REVOLVER SHOT SEAMEN SENT TO GAOL WELLINGTON. Friday Mr Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court overruled a legal point raised by counsel for Charles Theodor Nelnot guilty by a jury of attempted harm to Stanley Meredith Hunt, slaughterman, but guilty of causing actual bodily harm in circumstances that had death occurred would have made him guilty of manslaughter. His Honour sentenced Nelson to three months’ imprisonment with hard labMENACE OF ICE DAMAGE IN BELGIUM AMSTERDAM, Feb. 8 Icefloes sank a cargo ship and damaged five others which are likely to sink. Cables in the harbour have been broken, quays flooded, and cranes damaged. Ice nearer the German frontier, where 200 ships are held up, crushed a collier, which motor pumps are keeping afloat. NORWAY IN THROES OSLO. Feb. 8 Increasing ice formations on the south coast threaten shipping. Bitter weather, with a shortage of fuel and electricity rendered idle 400 ships, closed the schools, and restricted church services. There is two months' fuel available. The loss of 33 colliers during the war and severe weather is hampering shipments,
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 4
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