NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1429, 2 May 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBy Toloernnh—Press Aeioclatlon.l $ A FLIER UNDER SAIL. Auckland, May 1. A smart performance has just been put up by tho well-known Auckland-owned barque Louisa Craig, which arrived at Kaipara yesterday morning from Melbourne after a record voyage of six days six hours. The Louisa Craig's performance is equal to steamboat time—in fact, it compares more than favourably with times at present being put up by steamers engaged in tho cargo ami coal trade between Australia and Aew Zealand. WANAKA IN A GALE. Auckland, May 1. The steamer Wanaka, which reached Auckland from Timaruatnoou to-day, met with very severe weather on her way up. (Silo left Tiniaru on Saturday night, and ran immediately into a southerly gale, which the officers consider to be the worst they have ever experienced on the Now Zealand coast. Tho vessel on Sunday shipped a sea which tore off tho hatch from No. 3 hold, broke the starboard ladder leading to tho bridge-deck, and bent the bridge-deck rail. A certain amount of water found its way into tho stokehold. RESULT OF MELANCHOLIA. Dunedin, May 1. At an inquest on the body of Sydney Charles Rees, who shot himself at Nevada yesterday, evidence showed that deceased iiad been suffering from melancholia for some. time. A verdict was returned that death was due to a gunshot wound in the region of the heart, self-inflicted, while temporarily ininnc. A BOY'S BAD START. ■ Auckland, Mav 1. A youth, aged 18, Alfred Arthur felonborough, appeared beforo Mr. Cutten, S.M., nt Ilia Police Court, and pleaded guilty to various charges of obtaining goods from storekeepers by fnlso pretences. Chief-Detective Marsack stated that accused had several previous convictions against him, the last one being for theft. On that occasion he was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Accused was sentenced to three years' reformative treatment. CAMPS,-9th REGIMENT. Napior, May I. Nearly 300 of fhe 9th Regiment (Wellington and "West Coast Mounted Rifles), under Lieut .-Colonel Sandtmann, drawn from districts south of Napier, left this afternoon for Tutira, where they go into camp fur * 011 days' training. They will l>o joined to-tuorrow by about -Oil rur-ii Vroin the Wnirnu and (iWioriw ilMrii-l-. For Childon's Hacking C.'odhli ■»•■ NiuulBToooY Circat Poj>B<smiat .Curo, la, GdV.