NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION)

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 101, 22 January 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION)

1 A DEADLY POISON. A ( NEED FOR RESTRICTIONS OX SALE. \ Auckland, January 21 ! The ovidcnco at an', inquest, to-day.-ouco « • again turned on the subject of tho sale- of: •. -. cyanide of potassium, one; of' tho r, poisons known to lnodorn suence. Tho 'Colonial Analyst for Auckland (Mr. Pond), ,:< vl - oxiiresscd his strong, disapproval of tho ; torn of allowingHliis drug to. bo sold ,with -a. iv. such ' few restrictions-;by-iphotographers;, arid : others, ' and considered that - it l should" most ; certainlyripfc.be '-allowed" hands'" of any person whowished, to :purch'aso it.. „; Oxalic acid, the ,witness .remarked, - ; used largely in ;'cbmmer^,''.-'biit;'i'tis^;salo !; .waß '•' V-v-'Vii 1 .: restricted. The analyst also stated.that ■ tho deceased,', who' had jiwallbwed; somb\cyariide, ■;';>■ had by some coincidencc given, himself'almost"■ > l as speedy a death, ail possible., He had,partakon ot a quantitv'af -strawberries,-and had afterwards, it _is;considered, taken the poispnl. . ■winch, combining with t-he acids-of .'thefruifc.-v.: .v . ■had liberated' the , deadly; •-'hydrocyanic. , alriiost instantaneously;';::• CONGO ATROCITIES. , ' ' ■ , ■ ' -p; • • Dunsdln, January 21. • . '■At a . meeting of the Council of Churches. . last :-iiiglitit was .determined- • toV'&kvtKa. ; ;vi\y'^ ; : co-operation of ' kindred' organisations i- v throughout the*Dominioii-in a united protest i against the atrocities: inflicted Con- • golese, under tho rule of Kmc: .Leopold, and . :, i •m an .appeal to the Imperial Government to ■ .use';its ..utmost, autliority; and';:influence :-_for: /:■ .; the. suppression ;of r thesc .frightful iniquities. V SUICIDE, AT AUCKLAND . Auckland, Januarv 21. A verdict of '.'Wilful suicide", was returned : by-the Coroner's-jury, this/ morning in tho ease of Joseph Brooso,. whoseTbody was: found. • oil the bcach- at-St. ;iHcli6rs i ;i a-.local seaside .. . resort. !A : tin of. cyanide Vof 1 ;potassiu'm..jvhs v;\ found beside the body, medical,'o'xamuia- ; tidn showed" that tliisQioisoii ,ivas> the 1 cause- '. ■ ,of death. "■> ■v i'-V FIRE AT HAMPDEN" _ 1 ■ v.Oamaru, January 21.. . "Afire-at Hampden last night dc&trovcd'an' eight-roomed house, owned and occupied ,by . Mr. Jdmes Fmdlay. The insurances amouu- \ ted to. £800 in the Otago, Farmer's 1 , .Co-opera-- ;.. .tiro - Association,'.' but"Jlr. Findlay'estimates'', V his' loss at several hundreds of pounds in ' 'excess 'of this' amount." The origin - ' is unknown.. ... ;; v ' .'. ; '~v\ v',V.',.' r .vo THE WEATHER * , Dunsnin, Jauuar\;.,2l. In one of tho Dimcdin suburbs last evcnui';. :the thermometer registered 00 degrees in tho ; shade; the highest .record .known here,". :. •' Cambridge, Januarv 21. : . , ; A long spell of the 'hottest, weather known' ,y: ! ■•. . for- many years, has -been, experienced ..here.-- ,-.7 Rain is badly needed.'.BUILDING -ACTIVITY IN V ■ • CHIIISTCHURCH Chrlstohuroh, January 21. • ■ Thirty-mne huildiug' permits were' j '.' : , ; ' iii' December byvthe'City, Council, 1 tho estimated cost'of the works;being £23,130.:;7 ' *. ; CIIRISTCIIURCH ABATTOIR. ; . Oliristchurcil, January 21. : , Of ,9-48 cattle slaughtered.in .the .city abat- /. ..' , tqir diiriug December, 17, were condemned..; . Lambs' ; slaughtered' minibered 2960, calves '' . 397,■ and pigs .513,! .'Olio;of each was coil- . deinned. "■ , . • . A TOURIST RESORT / Cambridge, January 21. The BorOu'gh Council is preparing a scheme lor advertising . Cambridge throughout the Dominion as a residential tourist resort'.': SEA'.ENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. , ' '~ Cambridge, January 21. " A 'collection amoiigst the. members of. the Seventh. I)av Adventists' Conference hero realised.£3lo: . . - DIFFICULT Y IN GETTING CREWSI'-.' • Auckland, January 21. ; Shipowners on the .West Coast'are experiencing considerable ditliculty in,getting crews for ,tncir vessels, and the , scow Hawk has ' been detained at Oneliunga for several days oil tiiis account. ' The full complement, how- ' ever, was secured yesterday; 1 but not before ono of the number had to-be paid the exceptionally,.high rate'of £8 a -month for his services.. .. A MISTAKEN REPORT. : . Auskland, January 21. A telegram from .Mercer states that Cap. .. -tain Raggi who was reported by Maoris yesterday to have been drowned, is alive aud we". ' . .... EXTERMINATION OF RATS. .' Auckland, January 21. ! The District Healthl'Officcr_(Dr.. RurdyLis' vigorously preaching a war of-extermination . of rats, and-has, .therefore, written to tho llarbour Board suggesting that, some ono should .bo made responsible for - , laying down poison in a wholesalo manner underneath the Uoors of sheds arid warehouses round about tho wharves. . 1 \ CHINESE PASSENGERS. Auckland, January 21.' Tho eleven Chincso, passengers by tho Manuka, which arrived-from Sydney on Monday, will not, as, may have been supposed, l'onn an addition to the Asiatic population of -New Zealand.' Tho [Celestials -are bound for Tahiti, whither they will proceed by- first opportunity. HALF-HOLIDAY QUESTION. s Wanjanui, January 21. Tho question of: tho weekly, half-holiday "• has created considerable discussion, the. advo-. catcs of Thursday arid Saturday being fairly evenly divided. Tho Borough Council decided to-night to take an informal poll of the burgesses on January 29, and -to lie guided accordingly in fixing-the day upon which tho half-holiday shall be observed., A STORMY,TRIP.. Invcrcargill, January 21. Thero was excitement at Halfmoon Hay. Stewart Island, last night when the Kikcno, a small craft laden, with, pleasure-seekers, failed to mako port after a trip to Port Adventure. A big galo was blowing' dircctly out of the Bay. The Kikcu'o tried for four hours to get in, lost some canvas, and took water aboard. She then gave it up, and rau • into Paterson's Inlet, where she spoilt the night. The morning was fine and calm, and Halfmoon Bay was reached shortly after io'clock. • ' , NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Dimedln, January 21. Tho directors of the National Insurance ' Company will, at an early uate, bring before the shareholders proposals to take further powers for their business, and also to limit the liability of the shareholders.