GENERAL NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1010, 13 November 1917, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

A d range. case is occupying 11 k- idieiition of ilie .Napier police. I Mi -An*fl2lh native woman died, anil .-lie "'as bniii'i (Inve day.' later. Sim is said tohavc been ill for a week, more or less, prior to m‘> ilealh, lint no doeior attended lier. anuliei death w;e. not, at that time rogiMeiVd. Owing to rumour* that deceased had boon seen in a bruised slab- prior to her death, the facts were siibmibed to the .Minister for Internal Aiiairs. who ordered t ho bod.V to he exhumed for the purport! of medical examination. Tins was done by HeiectiveBcrgcnul. Ward and a party of po tee, the body bein-;- taken np on l , n"n | V hist, ami subjected to medical cx.;sitiliiJt!K»« »y lb. .Johnston. As the outcome, an inquest c> \o be bee.l. It is staled bv the Otago Daily Tunos that an exciting experience tell to the lot of Constable Fox at Milton recently. D< was informed that a man bad been mile,iti,,.r iiorso and on making investigations li.r ftiuml the latter in po*sesston <>: a wliieli had been procured for the purpose o siioutmg the animal. The man assent, that the horse jibbed badly, but the consi able tried to persuade him to leave u alone. \ moment later, it is a leged. tin mill was pointed at the constable s head, and he was peremptorily ordered to put tjP his hand- -a request that met with a fcatlv compliance. At this point the mans brother appear. il on the scene, and taking ,M van la"" of the distraction caused by he* arrival the '■constable 'dosed with his man. An excitin';' struggle followed, in the course, ol which'the gun went oil, but no one w;u*t hurt; by tlie charge. The man was eventually disarmed by the other two men, and ■\vn.-j promptly nrrcb*t <?cl by r<y for attempting to discharge lireanns wttJi intent to t!o bodily injury.

The tallest man ip the army is, we father (on the authority of the Sydney Daily Telegraph), Priyaie J’. O'C.V.mmr, of iht 1 Australian Expeditionary I'orce, ulto stands 7fl bin high and weighs 20 stone ](Jlbi. Private 0 t'onnor returneil to Sydney for the second time on Saturday, October 27. A special hammock bail to be constructed for him, and bis walkingstick would 1 serve as a tent-pole. His hand cun stretch to two octaves on the piano. lie has a twin brother tiny same (light, as himself who is a blacksmith in Canada. Though he was placed as a guardsman at the High I onmiissioner s office in London for eighteen weeks, to advertise Australia, he is in reality an irishman from County Limerick. Wild the humour for which the lit hj are no-ed. he tells how two boys m London, .aio-r examining him from a distance, eventually approached anti said, "Say, misiei. aic there many like you in Australia .

,\s a result of a fight between two young girl; in Queen street, Auckland, on a recent Sunday evening, the girls were ciiaiged in the Police ("on 1 1 before. Mr I*. A . Frazer, S.M.. with committing a breach of the peace. Sub-Inspector llroberg said llie girls met, anil there was a heated aigttjnom over a letter. Blows billowed winds, and in a few minutes both girls were engaged in a stand-tip light. A large crowd gathered, and the girls were separated by two soldiers and sent home. It was really a most disgraceful affair. Due girl said lin- other bad written a letter saying she was going about with strange men. She resented this, and when she miU the other girl the trouble commenced. '1 be Magistrate gave the girls a lecture, and asked them if they would shake hands and be 1 fiends, bid although they agreed not to resume hostilities they refused fo aiyi'])t llif* su-i^vstion. 1 li*‘ Maoist.rau* adjoin nod Imtli cases for twelve months on the undorslaudiiitf that if thorc was any repetition of the trouble in the meantime they would be brought up and severely dealt with.

An amusing situation exists, just now between a certain Napier property-owner and a. ( hine.se tenant ol one ol his lioii-.-v (reports the Ib-rald). Owing in me ( ele-tial having go. behind with hi- rent the landlord sou gin. mi Thursday l- - -get rid ol his unprofitable tenant. He did not, ho-.v.-vet, invoke tin* majesty of the law. as repn mid by the bail iff. bid took tin- mailer m his own hands, and --Ding a lavourable opportunity’ quit llv entered the house, got possession of the key, and leak' d up me premises. 'the wily John, however, was tat lij be bee.teii, and succeeded i;s re-entering the house per medium of. a window. He is fill in occupation, continuing u> use the window a. a mean-', of egress and ingress. Being qui-sfioni-d on the situation by a neigbboui, ho ijuietly I'cimirked with a bland and child-like, entile, “In- steal inn key, me get inn ililoo inn window.” And he meuii.'j to maintain the status <juo.

A correspondent at Suva « rites to the Dingo Daily Time., to siy that, ho road wuh in tenet anil regret the in llu; )jjh;-s of the Dominion concerning New Zealand trade v\ illi Samoa, and hi- h')]ue. the effeet will ho to nrmirf leaden from iiioir lethargy and iirovont tho lee- ol the enormous trade width is now dipping away In An-iralia. lit* adds; "What, applies to Samoa applies equally to Fiji. For many years Australia, has been ‘scooping the poo! here, and is still doing so. If \i \\ Zealand i.- alert, a large proportion of Fiji’s trade can be secured. Th re are magnilieent opportunities for the. establishment of factories to deal with canned fruits and bottled .-yrups, biscuits, and confectionary, soap and candles, coccanut oil, and fibre, and canned men Is. In (he capital, Suva, then* are splendid opportunities for progressive business men.