SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 43, 19 February 1908, Page 4

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Pmss Association.) SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A NATIVE?" NAPIER, Tuesday. The police have been advised that a native named Kine Hutana was found at ' Woodville last evening shot through the breast, with a gun beside him, the-cir-: cumstances suggesting suicide. Hutana was out on bail on a charge or:petty theft, and was also suspected of a further theft. The deceased was interviewed - Iby a constable at Porangahau' on Thurs- . ' day last, and after the interview he . stole the constable's horse and got away. The rille with which the deed was committed is alf>o supposed to havo been stolen. ■ . . DIVORCE. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. At a divorce sitting of the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of Leah Jane •; Cashmere v. Henry Cashmere (miseon- * duct), the judge remarked on the easy manner in which unhappily-mated people I seemed to think they could secure a divorce, and he took time to consider his •/' decision. Decrees nisi were made in the cases Jessie Anderson v. John Anderson ■"■; (desertion). and Fanny Thpmpkins v. Leonard Thompkins (desertion). '. THE PRICE OF COAL. WESTPORT, this" day. ; Commenting at Westport HarbourBoard meeting on the increase in price of : coal locally, Mr. Foster, President of the I Miners' Union, and a member of the said the increase appeared to be - associated with the bank-to-bank legislation, but. so far as that was concerned, ' the increase was absolutely unwarranted. Mr. Colvin, M.P.. stated that the mine 3 were now turning out more coal than ever. The Millerton coal miners' imion approve of the Waikato union's scheme for the federation of unions. POLICE SUPERANNUATION. WELLINGTON, this day. Forty members of the police force niefc at Wellington this evening to consider, whether the force should come under the ! Civil Service Superannuation Act. I" was decided to take further time to consider the matter, and to obtain legal ad-, vice as to the. application of tiie Act to the police force. DANNEYIRKE-.S WATER SUPPLY. i DANXKVIEKE, Tuesday; A new 12-inch water main laid by the Spiral Steel Pipe Co. to take the place of the S-iiic-h main from the reservoir to . the town has been opened, resulting in a big increase of pressure, which has : given general satisfaction.