SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 101, 29 April 1913, Page 7

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telfegraph.—Press Association.)

A FLAXMILL BURNED*

""*■" INYERCARGILL; Monday. 'A flaxmttl.at Mokoreta, owned By Adam Hall, wa6 destroyed by fife early oh Sunday horning, Ike origin of tte outbreak is unknown. estimated lo£s ii £400, wfiiefi includes a qnanUty of fibre. HOSPITAL BEQUEST; . this day V■-' I The Hospitai Board His receive, att vfeeof a,be*juest|bf £ 1>383 undSi thcwifi of J. M. Stakes; TShose Estate Ms Seen divided amoflg thiftefen cTistrities.- ---■ . .■ J •■■ • A SINGULAR FATALITY. ■•' ■• DUXEDIN; this day.' tt tranapifed it the intjilest oii the body of George Kewton Wilson- (aged 43), who died Suddenly ye'atefday afternoon, that death had been caused by a cprious miahap. ;The evidence of his *ife showed that he wad a marine engineer, and had been in poor health ftjr about tiro yeaiw. complaining of sciatica, anil heart trouble. Dr. MacPherSori stated that- the stOmacK contained an enorlnous quantity of food, while updii opening the, larynx Ins found about a tablespwdnfui: of stomach contents in it. The' man had gone to Sleep npbh an overloaded etonlacli, and ' a mouthful- of fddd hitt gone back into £ir passages. The C&foner returned a verdict of death ffoni saffdeati6n. -■•• • ■ '■■' -■' -■ : ! ' \ GENERAL LABOURERS' DISPUTE. WELLINGTON, this day./ Mr. Hally (Conciliation Gbminieeibilei), had a further conference with repteecntatives of the City Council, other lbcal bodies. :private employers; and the General Labourers' Union. -It Tvas stated that an agreement ..was possible with tile, City Council, but wages and conditions acceptable in this case might not .p*6*e acceptable to some of the other parties. After the- Council .had dibeufced' the position in camera it was announced that no Agreement had been ■■■ come : 'to . ■ the major points;. and.■: thet. whole matter would •be referred .to . the Court. ..t ; ; ••'.;■:!:-•--■■■''... ■■-^•"' : -"',' :