NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1704, 22 March 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Teleerash.—Press Association.)' ,

VERONAL & OTHER ACTS. > WELL-DRESSKD "WOMAN CHAUQED{ , ' Auckland, March 20. ' A young woman, named Annie 'l'ravis,! who .was.admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Tuesday ot' last week, suffering from the effects of veronal poison, wo*, discharged' on Thursday and was sent. 14 the Parnell Rescue Home. This morning/ Travis, who is a well-dressed and rathei superior-looking young woman of 27 years,v was charged before Mr. H. 0. Cutten,S.IL, with having attempted to commit; suicide. > 1 • Inspector M'Grath staled that since her reception into the Parnell Home she had. persisted an refusing to take food,, Shei had accepted tea to drink ti]l sho disV covered tliat it was boiled milk infused with tea, whereon she refused that also) l'lie magistrate suggested that accused) be charged with lying mentally defective} which would, enable him to remand hejffor a week for medical observation. This course was followed. _ The' young womam is by no means destitute, as ahiom: her; effects, when she was taken to the liosni-; tal wds a sum of money, amounting to allittle over .£SO. . . j

PALMERSTON & CARS. • [ Palmcrston, March 20. f A vote of ratepayers was taken to-day* regarding -the institution of electric/ trams. .LoM; yenr a wto was earned) in favour of raising a l<~an,i '.uxl. sinroj tJien, there lnis Iron a sti'o'i>> against the prcpra£, particularly on ne-, count of tliv! iifitiequaic 'iout?. srrrlce. and; • tbo news^tv' for an kkimk tunnel! under the railway line In the. Squar».\ The poll to-day was the result of a petition lodged dgainSt tho .propositi. ,and ,tho. voting was i\s tlis-trams,. 054;• for the trams, 551;' majority against), tho trams, 103. .. , Tho result can 1.0 interpreted to meas,. "that-tho -majority of the ratepayers IxH licvo that Palmerstou, having no ..con-) gestcd main arterial roads, can bo served- by a motor - bus servico. . It js not unlikely that a proposal for municU pal buses,,will be made if th« borough \frill allow" th 6 inauguration of sufch' tt system, about Which tliers-seems at) pre-; sent to bo some doubt. • • J SASH FACTORY FIHE. Foildinfl, March 20. ( The Feildiiig Sash and Door Company's; factory was seriously damaged by fire' last night. The factory was a large one,' containing numerous turning machines' and stacks of dry . skirting, • moulding,, made-up- piece?, carpentcrs'.benches,, etc.' The fire .apparently started .near lh<i ( engine-room l and spredd along 'towards, the'front offices. , ■ The brigade, with four leads of hosoJ gradually drove tho firo-baok: to' tho, centre, and after many hours' fighting; got it completely under eon trql. - i This "offices 'and adjoining', rooms were' saved, also' a 1 detached slicd' stored with timber and other slacks of : timber. • ! ,A very. rough estimate, -'gives thodaniago at JC2OOO. Details of, insurants are not available. .