NEW ZEALANDS NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 224, 15 June 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDS NEWS.

' (BT TELEGRAPH—PRESB : 9 — PRISONER EH'CA'PES. IS SUBSEQUENTLY' RECAPTURED. . Chrisfoiiurch, Juiio 14. The prisoner Philip Yv'lritCi'Lwho is serving si long sentence for holding .iiji.a, jeweller's shop in. Christchurch, and recently committed to the Hospital as insane, lias' now been certified as sane, and was taken back to Lytteitoif tiiis afternoon. • White was handcuffed fco'ianother prisoner,' theytwo being in constables. . On reaching the Chris'tclinroli. platform to catch the train at 2.45 p,w n AVhite slipped his hands from the rushed out into Moorhouso Avenue. A Orip of the constables, made chase aftof TOiite, who, when in front of the Grosvenor'Hitel, was tripped by a pedestrian; and was ttal seized by tha policeman. • t IKtt> White resisted, strongs-hut was got oo hoard the train, and was subsequently lodged in the gaol. . " LOSS. OF THE ItIjIUTAL , 1 . Auckland, June 14. Tho investigation into tliplloss of the Northern Steamship Company^^eainer, Muritai at the Hen ana Chickens 'gvojijp, on May 27, was continued' on 'Saturday >r aiid fras adjourned till-Monday'. .

siVAII VOLCANO" 'X6tive. Aucklspt), June-14. . , Tho " Herald at* Apia reports, that the activity of ■ tho volcano at Savaii is greatly increasing,: aild that a rivor of lava eight miles wido liov.vjlows from the mountain seaward. A ■ ' ' CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL. - , _ • • . , /'.Blenliplin, June, 13., His.Excellency the Gpverndßhas forwarded tho. Captain Cook. Memorial Committee a subscription for the 'p?o|iosed monument at Ship Cove, and has c,ohssited to givohia patronage to the ' The Minister for Lands has also forwaftled a contribution, and tho movement is now successfully proceeding on national lines, - ' t . RE-HEARING- WANTED. ;' , ' Auckland/!' June 13. Tho Coastal Masters' Association recently petitioned tho Ministe'r"'f>f'Marino for a rehearing of the inquiry o'.-tho T '«collision be-, tween tho steamer Wairiinal and!..the scow Moonah, on which the mastei-'ol'the latter vessel /was' held to be in fault.v J, i . Tho Hon J, A. Miliar .rtplicd Jthat a rehear"". ;• m!d only •bo 'granted l on tho grou 's "i ,lew • evidence' bcingtlobtainablo, i or that thero had been a niiscarriage of justice, and ho conld not see'tiis waysto grant the : request. •' / $ih>. -i%The .members'of the Masters'' Association will meet next week to furthei steps thoy shall take iii thei'thatier"'

" PETITION FOR REMISSION OF "• , SENTENCE) •* ; Dunedln,"7une 13./ . A/petition bearing; fourteen 'signatures was forwarded to'tfiV'SJiSister; for Justice to-day, asking for a'Tcm'issibn of'the sentence on Clempson, imprisoned 1 for ; : altering a school standard: certificate r ia order to get-into the railway " ' BTJRROWS'S 1 Cvncdin; \ftiue. 14. At 11.5 last Mr. Tnmi 13arrows laid down his clubs after swiping Itheih'Cbntinuously since 5.55 oil Thmai.iy.morning, ; a period of 62' hours 10 miiinlos. He. thus broke the.'world's rccorclptu! upi'by Griffiths in-Sydney.'by-'five niinuili; .c-Burrows got a great reception from vrry lafge audience, on the completion of luKitaski:'!,' Ho finished"strongly,-"giving n -lisiibfoexhibition for the last i five minutoi'. : ,fl«i «n'-. Burrows left for -Australian owday.Mi.lHa will meet Griffiths for the, chamriionsflip of the world in Adelaide on July 3J then proceed to. the* Franco-British! Exhibition, and will probably return t toe NowrZealand'next April. ".'-'isy, iiV? HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.' Naplor, June; j.|,. A public meeting was held,,in iNapier on Thursday in connection with tlio formation'.of a branch of tlio Society for ■(iPrbmotikig'lt'ko Health of Women and Children.\ The 'Majj-or (Mr. J. Vigor Brown) presided, was a large attendance of. ladies. $$#ef®ntatives.of tho medical profession were, [also present. The Governor and ■ Lady .'jPlipljet attended. Lady Plunket read' a oii .'the. objects of the society,,arid Lo?da£lui}ket"Ji;as one of the. speakers; Among J-the contributions received towards tho •wprji T'ofl' tHo Society was one. of £100 fronvMr. J/'VJg&r Brown, and one of £50 .fro^Mr.jpfow. Knowles. His Exfcellency,. on b>l£ilf of! Lady Plunkot and the Society, -thankocl' people fpr .the sympathy they liAii shown \nth tho movement. .- v ; ,y~ \jj;.

RESUMPTION OF A GRAZING ! . . - ; Napier,' June 13v fi •At .a' meeting of the Hawk6js: Bay yliatili Board, Mr. 6. I.: Black on behalf of-Mr.; H. G. Black; iiis'Wn,'wKo'.is present 'lessee, of.'a- small graßii^tun/ofyiS^ acres in : Waingaromia, Kui.'oy ?district, u 'and; ' protested' against, the. proposal' 6f' T th© • ernment to-take' over for the whole.'of the run;' with tho >! exceptioHfJ4f 900 acres,''which his. sotf is. to , retain; • Itrwas alleged by tw>''Members fof * the Board that the Minister hrtd^dCCide#.'to- ' cut,up two.'?uns, and to,give tlie third to the the ' circiftnstaiices'.'itt' each case were similar. It. torecommend, for the favourable consijJerajtioff" ' of the Minister, that under t.ho cirfcunistanoeS' now disclosed Mr. Black shoul&' ,: be-offerod the renewal of the lease of his run., . V.FRUIT PEST.' S> ijiji «|.y v 1 ' Nol.so^j;'jf§§ejl4'"v It is understood that' the .San^o'se, scalar, has been observed in some orchards ijv.tyiq' Nelson district. * The officers, of tjie ' ( A^riciil- J _ itural Department are, reticent, but of fruit and wopd badly. irifwted'Wve^e^r;; 7 seen, and no denial is. given. ' are reporting to the ing instructions..?" , N, ' » ,CHARGE OF^SHEEP-STEi\iLIKQ^. ' 1 lnvercarsNl,VJunoJl3. , ' James Robertson, 1 a drove^;'' ) 'aH ! esteai on a charge of. sheep-stealing, was ','sub-j sequently cuarged'af'tho I • • with stealing 118 "sheep_,'. the''pKtiertvr'pf 1 ; Goorge Pinckney, of'AVaikaia stdtfiJu.'" 'He ; was remanded till Thursday next,;biil; being allowed, himsolf iii M £2oo and two ; sureties : £100 or one of £200. .*£ ...... 77" • ~~'.y O'V .