NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 50, 22 November 1907, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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MANSLAUGHTER.

MAORI 'WOMAN, .'SENTENCED. ~. '..,'..'.. ■ • Auckland,. November 21. ■ At the, Supremo Court this'afternoon, boforo •Mr. Justice Denniston.Pcti Watanc, α-younp-loofcilig Maori woman,-wan placed upon her .trial;'charged-with the imir.der.of her husboindi Watoho Eahahe. When, fhn charge was read over to the prisoner, she replied: "I had been drinking." It was stated that the prisoner, when , r arrested.' said to the. constable that sl«j bad- sfrnck her 'husbaml . irith a bridle, and that she (lid. so., because he called her bad names; It was clear that the .prisoner caused the death' of her husband. .The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, with a Btfong recommendation to mercy. Accused was sentenced to;six months' imprisonment. ..' •■ ■■ :■ '■' '"• ". -■' . FORGKD TOTALISATOR TICKETS. .".'. ,'■ r 'V' Auckland,'. November 21. ' Honry Toovey; charged 'with having forged f and'uttered totalisator'tickets at the Auck- . land races,- pleaded guilty,\ind was retnanded to be. dealt .with., by .the ■Stipendiary Magis,trate r who.-,j.c'an ; commit ..to the Supreme Court for sentence..-,.8ai1, was,allowed in. two sureties 6f'£so; or one. ef £100,! :.';'■ ;';;.^v': ;, ;'-,''fire:''; ""'; ■-~.■:. ■•/ :-i.;-. i. Auckland* November 21. ; .A fire occurred this ...afternoon, in a sixroomed house in::lreland Street, occupied by Mrs. AVinters, and-owned'by Mr. A. L. Smith,-the building bernc practically gutted. Some plumbers-.were wonting on the roof at the; back of -the ■house',.' and it:;is suggested the outbreak may have been caused -by soae molten solder falling. on. to the (Woodwork* of the back landing. The, only Insurance on the furnisiure was a policy.covering tho piano; and, as practically nothing was saved,. Airs. Winters suffered'a bcvcto loss.-

FATAL ACCIDENT,

Invercargill, Novernber .21.

The "Southland 'Times" Glenorchy correspondent reports that; oif'Monday evetning Mrs : . Davidson, while driving home, stopped to throw »ri'orange to an old man, when one of the reins fell and started the horse. Mrs. Davidcqn,; in endeavouring to recover the rein, fell, and wan kicked on the head, and died instantly.; .The.horse bolted till it was pulled; up. by the loose rein entangling in the axle, and was caught' by. the husband of deceased, ,who .founds his little daughter, unhurt, in.the bottom of the trap.

NEW .COUNCIL. '■■■[ '■! Clwistchiiroh, Noyomber 21. At a meeting of the Mew Zealand Cjicket Coiincil to-night the report of the Sub-Com-mittee relative to the qualification of players and regulations, for the Plunket Shield Competition,■which ■' report has to-be • forwarded to all affiliated associations, was adopted, with_ certain , minor 'The' clause wearing on' the qiiestiori as, to whether the competition should be' anintor-provincial or an .iritcr-Associatiori. one was preferred back •to tho Sub-Committee. It was'resolved that a match ' should be arranged ..botweon the holders of the Shield arid^the- ; rest of New Zealand, the association having.;' control of the! match: to receive half tho profits, or pay half the loss.', . ' ~,. . ~., '~ '••■■■'.'■ ;-FACTORIESfBILD:-;. ,'... ■;',•; Christchurcti, November 21. . •Mr. P. Hercus-(President-of: the Now Zealand Clothing Manufacturers' Association) has forwarded to the Han. J. A. Millar (Minister for Labour) the following telegram relative to the 'Factories Act! Amendment Bill .just passed:—" The New Zealand Clothing Manufacturers'r Association strongly protests against the. alteration , in.., the Upper Hoaso of Clause 15 of. the Factories Act Amendment Bill, as it would ■ apparently render employers liable to pay for services never rendered. We,trust,the'original wording, as paWed by the House of Representatives, will be The proeent wording of the clause would upset our award and, destroy all discipline in our factory." . SALT WATER BATHS.i ■■"'."','." Auckland, November 21. The City Council resolved to-night to accept a tender at £4205 for the construction of now, salt water baths at Shelly Beach, Ponsonby; ■ ■ \ , ■,-.,., :-. ■•' NEWS IN BRIEJY ..,. , ■-~ .',. ,-. . Wanganui,.November 21. ••■ Tho Wanganui College Board of Trustees has decided to'placer an'area of its endowment,' close-, to, the icehtre ,'of the town, in tho, market for.leasing shortly.. .; . ■ -.. .;-, Balcluthn, Novqmber 21. The Synod; met this: morning in pastoral session. The Revs. A.-M'Boan and N. H. Papakakura-were recommended for ordina-tion.'.The.Rovs.-A. C.Sanderson, if. A., and R. A. Wylie passed.in .their years. Mr. J. Winiata was recommended for a year's training in the/Three Kings College.with a view to his, becoming a' candidate'' for. the Native ministry/ With the signing' of the journal tho Synod was brought to a,close.