VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

TELEGRAMS.

[BT XHLHGBAPH—PBB SBJ!S9 i.B3OCUn<MIi) SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF AN OLD SPORT. ",. MASTERTON, Dec. 6.—Prideaux Tancred, well-known in sporting circleij was found dead in a room of a house here this afternoon. He had a strap round his neck, and had evidently committed suicide some hours before bein£ found. Deceased was suffering ■■ from what he considered an incurable complaint, and had been in melancholy spirits for some months. , '' y* SUDDEN DEATH. '- MASTERTON, Dec. 6.—A man named Greenbank, a publican at Biairlogie Junction, died suddenly this afternoon on the road to Masterton. , TRAMWAY TROUBLE. \- r : AUCKLAND, Dec. 6.—At a meeting, of the tramway employees this morning it was decided to give fourteen, days notice of intention to strike unless their demands were conceded. Tliis decision is subject to a confirmation meeting of the balance of the employees to-night. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. '; DUNEDIN, This Day.—At the inquest on Charles Neville, 'foreman linesman on the city trams, who was killed while rescuing a linesman caught on a live wire, the evidence showed that death was due to terrible injuries to the head and chest. .A-ver-dict of accidental death was returned, no negligence on the part of the department being 'apparent. -/;

FALSE ELECTORAL DECLARATION.

ELTHAM, This Day.—At the Magis> trate's Court to-day D. F. Patterson, chaa-ged with sending iir a claim for enrolment containing a false statement on behalf of another person was fined £2O and costs. Other electoral prosecatios are being heard.

THE STORM AT NAPIER. ,•>:* NAPIER, This Day.—A; westerly gale blew with hurricane force, all through the night, uprooting huge! trees and levelling fences, and completely wrecking gardens in exposed, positions. The roof of the Observatory at the Catholic Mission wa,s carried away. The storm now show? signs of abating. -vl'ji-

THE DUNEDIN DISTURBANCE.. DUNEDIN, This Day.— Disorderly scenes have occurred during the last night between the crowd and V° l the latter being hustled and compelled to use their truncheons. A youth who was a,rrested for throwing a sack appeared at the Police Court this morning and received the salutary sentence of seven days' imprisonment without the option of a fine. -' j

HOARDING HOUSE DESTROYED, WANGANUI, This Day.—At half: past four this morning a, fifteen roomed boarding house known as Wellington House, was completely gutted by fare. The brigade prevented what threatened to be a disastrous conflagration as a sale of wind was blowing at the time. The building was owned by Mr Salek, Wellington. The insurances are uiv known.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. TIMARU, This Day.— Annie Green, a< T ed 41 years, a nurse, who had been three years *in Timaru and had no rela--1 ives in the colony, was admitted to the Bosmtal this morning with a cut in her throat, it was a case of attempted suicide through over-work and worry, x'he wound is not serious. ~'