NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 79, 27 December 1907, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

i : • ... 'r'-(BY .TELEGRAPH—PRESS' ASSOCIATION.) , ' / ;.;.-■ ■ .;':,' ";'-: :i ' -";'''.■' ; '.-s'.-".. -■ , .'.': : ■: • ■'■.. '";C "supposed 'fiLccmOi, Vpoisoning: , ; • v> ;/;- : ' / :'.^:"-':V : . ,; Napier, December'2B.'., ; A. man named : George "Valentine vChiitterton- '.■'■'. ■■■//'Jdiuistoii w;arrested at Taradale-on Tuesday; '"". .. drunkenness, and wheii trought v , . to. Napier -.wais fotjnd to 1 , be weak : retateJ" He. was.■admitted :tb. th,o'liojpital, : where. !;■ .Ghristmas"Day. '''.It :.is. ; .supposed .: i^'6a:\tlft. , efftM!^.'of'rslcoh'ol ,^o|Mning/.,s^v:, !'--'; : -'. , . ..MOYEMBNTS OF THE SQUARRON. '." ■;\ ■■';;■■.-: • ■».. ,\ Auckland, .December 26. ■.'■-.'■' / flagship of ;the -Austra- 1 squadron, with Admiral Fawkes, , leaves ': ' 'Jot-- Wellington :on. Saturday;'-- TKo' ! ; Clial^ '' \ ' .'.lenger' s gqe's into , doo'kioh Friday;..and' , after-; : wards.'-will'-.follow' ; the : .•'Powerful-,,-together , "with .tho' -Pegasus and tne •:' ';-\.;-^vj'STAißijßp.;imxs;-\A;; , E^Asqti;.;.v-; ■• • ■. ■.'-■... Auckland, December 26. - A peculiar incident occurred -in A Queon .'.Street yesterday. V A yquhg. wotnan,--Annie. .j. - ;, Irwin,' was along, ■ ac'cbmp'aniefl-' by. another woman and a man, when sonic- words ■ "aTo'said to have passed between/them; ] Some ~s. ;'men'werb standing, by-the'footpath'J' and the' •"■;woman.'lrwini , jt is.'.afficrted, s "returned;tq; the , ''■■'■ '-'- 'mbn'ancl said:;" I' will' break' this'^umbrGlla over you if you molest mo. in'the'streot;" ' ! A man named-CHarles-Hudson'denied that■ .". h'o had , molested;' herr'Tyhareunbn .she is ■■■■ ' allpged. to ..have" , ; , rajsed;; ! thqj.,parasol..and Btabhed Hudson iri; thd' peek,.',the. .tKin steel ,end piercing tho fle3h"aritl..iri{licting"a slight wound.. . :',Tb'e woman '.. was , . immediately : arrested./,. ■:;: '.''.,.,.:, ■/ ■'.-';,'. '.. , . , ';.".'..'. . :,,