NEW ZELAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 6

NEW ZELAND NEWS.

ißr Tc;«graj)b,—i'rcsa Aescclaiioa.) mixed reception MR. ISITt, M,P„ AT HOKITIKA. CB'r To^sersDh.—Press Association,! Hokitllu, May 29. Mir. L. M. Isltt, 51.1?., addressed a piiliiiu meeting hero io-nighfc. Tho weather was unfavourable, and tho I'rinwss Theatre held only a small at- : i cwlanco. Mr. lsitt, w]ie was subjected to frequent interruption:). Spake o:ii tho saiiio lines as his previous addresses • in other parts of tho Dominion. At tho conclusion of tire address a veto of thanks to tii.ft speaker aild continued confiiknr.o in Sir Joseph Ward as • Leader of tho Liberal Party was. car-j ried. An amendment Was put, tot- liot i seconded. Oiieors wore given for Mr. I isitt and Sir Joseph \\ ard, ami also for tho Hon. AV. F, Massev. DARING RUFFIAN. Auckland, May 29. A girl named Gwendoline Leather,; while, returning liome about: 6 o'clock ja.st night;. was assaulted bv ft man, v,ho hit her on the head with an iton spanner. Sho fell, and her assailant grasped her throats Tlio girl .Breamed, and tlifv mail snatched lipr liafldbips and troltwi The girl had two scalp wounds, which recitnrt!<! twelve stl belies, And bears marks on Ivor .iifiek. ®10 spanner ifi ji\ possession of tlio police., THE BHQ PAINTER CUT. Dunedln, M'i>y 2S, A ballot of tfj.e Dnnediii. and Suburban. Drivers' TJ'iiioU has uisfc been taken art tho question _whethef »o union. should eoniir.no its With: tho United IFcdoratio l of Labour [and Social Democratic Parte' » j ballot resulted as follows For continuance of affiliation, 30; against, Wopium OUTFIT. Chrlstchuroh, May 29. 'A' 'Cbincsfc named All Maw, alias ,!o Maw. was arrested to-night by Pefcefttwes Ward and Gibsdn Oh a eh|fgo of setlinfe Apitjm. An opto: outfit Was found on aec.uscd'a pretiiises, and ia.so a quantity of the; drug.