VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 March 1910, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

'DV TELEOKAPH—FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] TtMIFXCAISM. WAXCANM. Match 19. At the Supreme Court this morning two Maoris named Paku and his wife were sentenced to three and one month respectively for practising lohtmgaism. A IiUSIIMAX'S FATALITY. AUCKLAND. March 19. Peter I .oof. a bushtnan, met with a serious accident while (ramming in tlte bush. lie died while Ileum conveyed to the hospital. JUMPED INTO THE itiYK.l!. WAXGAXUI, March 19.- An old man named Thomas Howard committed suicide last night by jumping into the rivi r off tin- 'own bridge. The body has not vol be n recovered. MAN PKOWXED. U'CKLAXD, This Day. Ciioumst,•wires surrounding the disappearance of a man nam d Frank Hill, aged 40 years, who was last seen aboard the yacht Katie a! Mechanics Hay. Paruell, on Saiurda\ point- to the probability of a drowning fatality. He hoarded th vacht on Sat it i -lav t.. pro c ! to Mariieti, 16 miles fio'ni Aurkland for a cargo of explosives. 11,"1 son. owner of tin yacht, 11 <■: 11 i: i_• that the craft was still at anchor 400 yards from Wvuward Pier went out to ascertain fivin Hill th- cause of his delay in starting. The ~,n | \ ; ia< •- th.-l could l> found of Ihli were a coat,

hat ami pipe. Hudson -rates that, when he las' saw Ihl! on hoard tie yarht, he was hauling in Ihe ■ aide chain. lb f' ars he must have slipped o.e: board Ihe water at the anchorage is 1! feel deep

FATAL ACCIDENT. IXVFRCAIUHLL, Tlii« Day. das. Milh-r. a well-known farmer in the Mossburn district, was thrown from a horse on Thursday and died at Itivcrton Hospital on Sundav. An inquest is ~, bo held. t A IS<IDV FOUND. WANCANCI, This Day. The body of the vming woman Sutton, who has been iiiissinu' since Tuesday, was found floating in the river tins morning.