LATE DOMINION NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 2 November 1911, Page 2

LATE DOMINION NEWS.

A MAN'S DEATH. . PEB UNITB.J TRUSS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. About 10.30 o'clock on Tuesday evening a man named George Guther was taken to the hospital suffering from the effects of an injury supposed to have been caused by being knocked down by another man near the corner of Willis and Manners Streets. When admitted to the hospital Gunther was unconscious, and in that condition he remained until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when he died. Gunther, a station hand, belonged to Masterton; but recently he had been working at Pongaroa. Deceased's mother (who at present is very ill) and a brother reside at Marton. The police are making inquiries for the man who is supposed to have been responsible for the mishap to Gunther. An inquest will be held to-morrow. NEW ZEALAND COMPETITIONS. WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. The competitions were continued today and the attendances were good. Following were the results:— Piano duet, under 16, "Trois Marches Militaires" (Schubert).—Mary Feist and Mollie Moore (Carterton) 1, Agnes M. Duncan and Ida- Helen Duncan (Wellington) 2. Violin solo, unde»l2, "Stilles Gluck" (Hans Sitt). —Alexandra C. Matheson (Wellington South) 1, Arthur David McKiulay (Wellington) 2. Recitation, girls under 16, "To a Skylark" (Wordsworth).—Ethel M. Brewins 1, Mavis Hall (Wellington) 2, Stella Cairns (Masterton) and Hazel Jeffrey (Island Bay) 3. Scotch song, lady or gentleman, own selection.—Mrs Lewis (Wanganui), "Robin Adair," 1; Miss Pacey (Dunedin), "Turn Ye Tae Me," 2; Miss Lyons (Auckland), "Withim a Mile o' Edinboro' Toon," and Mr W. Aspinall (Auckland), "Annie Laurie," equal, 3. Contralto solo, for competitors who have never received a fee, "Fascination" (Dessaur).— Miss Roy P. Livingston (Christchurch), 1; Miss Ivo Symes (Wanganui), 2.. Duet, gentlemen, "Watchman, What of the Night?" (Sargeant)—J. Aspinall and 0. E. Farrow (Auckland), 1; W. E. Saunders and R. On- (Lower Hutt), 2; H. F. Wood and D. Lillicrap (Wellington), 3. SUICIDE AT SEVENTY. DUNEDIN, November 1. An old-age pensioner named James Critchfield, aged 78 years, residing with his wife at 207 Main South Road, Caversham, committed suicide this afternoon by hanging himself in a shed at the rear of his dwelling. Apparently he had been worrying about some property transactions in which he was engaged, but not to an extent to lead to any apprehension. At 3 o'clock he went to Caversham Post Office to get his pension, and at 3.30 his wife saw him going in the direction of the shed. The body was discovered at 5 o'clock. YOUNG MAN KILLED. George Parsons, aged 17 years, was killed as the result of an accident at Greenhills quarry on Wednesday afternoon. Parsons was employed at the quarry and by some means was caught in the machinery and badly knocked about. Dr Torrance, of Bluff, was sent for and later in the afternoon he called in Dr Snow, who motored down to Greenhills from Invercargill. Parsons, however, was very badly hurt and he diedl about 7 o'clock. He was the son of Mi- William Parsons of Bluff, and lived with his grandmother at Greenhills. AN INFANT'S DEATH. TIMAttU, November 1. "One of those unfortunate cases in which a mother had overlain her child," was the coroner's remark to-day on recording accidental death at an inquest on an infant three weeks old. THE FOXTON TRAGEDY. PALMERSTON N., Nov. 1. The body of Leslie Roberts, aged 18, one of the victims of the recent boating tragedy at Fox ton, was found on the Otaki beach to-day. All the bodies of the eight victims have now been recovered. TIDE OF IMMIGRATION. WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. With the arrival of two Home liners, the Athenic and Turakina, and the Sydney steamer Moeraki, the population of the Dominion was considerably added to to-day. The Athenic brought 620 passengers, 491 in the third class, 95 in the second ( and 34 in the saloon. There were 174 assisted immigrants, 123 adults and 51 chikken. The list included 30 farm laborers, 10 farmers, and 40 domestic servants. These last came out in charge of Miss Hellier, matron, and are booked to various parts of the Dominion. Sixteen wives are rejoining their husbands. The Athenic landed 117 passengers at Hobart for Australian ports. The Turakina's passengers numbered 359, of whom 294 were in the third class. Assisted immigrants by her totalled 28 adults and three children, including 14 domestics. The Tongariro, due on December 7, has about 450 assisted immigrants on botard. One hundred domestics are i coming by this steamer.