NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1508, 2 August 1912, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

iDn Teleeraph-l'ms AsjoclattoiU » THE PERSUADER. AFFAIR ON A UNION IiOAT. Auckland, August Recently wlien the Vancouver steamer Marama was Auckland-bound a. Vancouver teaman deserted. An ofiiccr of the I'nion Steam Ship Company persuaded a steward on tho .Maheno lo act oil the .Marama tor . tho trip, with the promise thai he would be relumed lo his -old berth 011 the Maheno later. The captain of thez-Mahcno was not 1 U-tl. 1 I'or this action, Mr. Hartley, t'lie officer who induccd tho man to leave, was to-day prosecuted by t.lic Superintendent of Marine on a charge of having persuaded a , seaman not lo jirocped to .sen in his ship. | Tho facts were admitted. Mr. Cuttcu. S.M., decided jigainst the defendant. lk> said the Act of 1877 permitted owners lo transfer men from ono ship to another, but (here was no such provision in the present) Act. The point is that, the captain's permission was not obtained and Ino man did not receivc hie discharge. RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. Grcymouth, August 1. At a mooting of the Greymouth branch--, ot the Amalgamated Society of Railway .Servants tho following resolution was carried unanimously:— "That this branch strongly protests against the announced intention of tho (joveriimcat to import an expert to manage the New Zealand railways after retirement of the present general manager, instead of promoting an ollicer from tho service who would bo thoroughly familiar with Now Zealand conditions, and equally capable as a railway man; and especially ill view of the fact that it has be<va freijucnll.v stated by those in authority that every facility is oll'eml to every member' of tho servico to rise from the'lowest to (ho highest position in it." THE SURFACEMAN'S JUMP. Dannevirke, August 1. Patrick Cloherly, a railway surfaceman at Oringi, got ,on the wrong (rain at tho Danupvirko station la.st night. Oil discovering his mistake, lie jumped oat while facing tho wrong way, awl his left foot went under ono of tho"carriages. Tho foot was severely crushed and tho leg. mangled. Ho was taken to tho hospital, and tho leg was amputated below the knee. Cloherly, who was just, finishing his annual leave, is doing moderately well to-day. RAILWAY OFFICERS' CLAIMS, Dunedin, August 1. At the Railway Officers' Institute am nual .conference, it was resolved: "That every effort be made lo liavo immediate effect given to tho recommendations of tho Railway Committee on tho petition presented lo Hie llouso in 11111. Tho opinion was unanimously expressed by members of tho council that they had received a verdict from (ho highest tribunal to which they could appeal, namely, I'arliiv. ment, which had found that tlio elainu set forth by the 'officers of the railway ter< vico wcro justified. FOUND DYING. Pahiatua, August J. Mrs. Lvs, wife of the licensee of Hi# Malum Hotel, died suddenly yesterday morning.- She was found by lier' husband lying on the door of her bedroom in a state of _ collapse, and expired before medical assistance arrived. ■ ■ FARMER HANGS HIMSELF. I Hamilton, August 1. 1 The police have received information that a farmer named Alfred Shaw, residing between Olianpo and To Awamntn, \ committed suicide by bunging. There are I no other details. SHOCKING DEATH. Timaru, August 1. Ivor Wilson,.a young man, a life insurance agent, met his death last night in a shocking manner. 110 was malting up his hooks, when the kerosene lamp upset, setting his clothing on fire and also (lie room. The clothes were burnt off Wilson, mid his body was shockingly burnt. Wilson, after lingering ill agd'ny, died from shock.- ' I BRIEF M.ENTION, Reefton, August 1. A young man named Harry I'ower was in-rested y*itcrtlay evening -at Big River, charged with stealing gold oro valued at J;'-'. He was remanded until to-morrow k Dunedin, August 1. Ah Wong, a Chinaman, died atAlcxan* dra on Tuesday evening while undergoing an operation for removal of a cancerous growth on tho neck Auckland, August 1. R-obert Martin, an old ago pensioner, was found dead at his residence this morning., Ho was apparently well last night. Nelson, August 1. A dwelling at Brightwater, owned by Mr. Walter Hill, has been destroyed by (ire. The house was insured for X 20(). and furniture for .£SO in the Imperial office.