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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 251, 20 October 1904, Page 4

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Strong winds from between west and south-west and south, glass I rise.'' William Henry . Joseph Kingston, alias Elpaste lvinson, was committed for trial at Kawakawa yesterday on four charges of obtaining money by falsely representing himself to be a doctor of medicine. Tho annual quarterly general committee meeting of the Empire Veterans' Association was held (by kind permission of Colonel Davis) at the Drill Hall, Rut-land-street, yesterday, and was attended by a great number of members. Captain j B". J. Daveney presided. Mr W. Thome was thanked for legal opinion re membership. The Governor (Lord Plunkett) was thanked for his kind acceptance of patron to the Association, he stating that he is greatly interested in the cause. Several new members were proposed and accepted. The balance of funds in hand was £3S 2/11, general fund, and £S in hand for picnic fund. The entertainment committee were instructed to make arrangements for the annual picnic in December, and also to arrange for another concert. Mr: Geo. Sayers, of Karangahape road, kindly offered 500 copies of -verses entitled ''The Veterans of ToDay," his own composing. These verses were read by the hon. secretary, Mr James Stichbury, and the meeting unanimously approved of same, and accepted the offer with thanks. An inquest was held at Karangahake yesterday before Mr. Forrest, coroner, into the circumstances attending the death of Walter Ings, the victim of yesterday's accident in the Government railway tuna el. Nothing was disclosed in the evidence other than the simple explanation of the fatality wired yesterday, and a verdict of accidental death was returned. The interment took place in the Paeroa Cemetery to-day. Our Thames correspondent wired today: '"On inquiring at the hospital as to the condition of Fred Shaw, who received severe injuries in the snga- arahake tunnel accident, I was informed he was progressing as well -as could be expected. At the Magistrate's Court, Christ church, yesterday Dr. Finch, the district health "officer, applied for an order against the local bodies apportioning the cost of providing and maintaining : an infectious diseases -hospital. The magistrate heard argument, and reserved bis decision. Representatives of the local bodies had several conferences with a view to arranging the distribu-. tion of the cpsfc bofc-adveaya failed to agree, i