NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15249, 12 March 1913, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

.•; iHv:•• -v'■;'•}'■■ .' Fotfe iniales" and. two female®; amatedon V minor charges, occupied the city police :^T^- cells last rnght. :.-9j, ; ■ ; i-■ :^:■• v : ....;:' ~ r i-' Tiw tram* will not ran on Good Friday, 5. te lie » rpfcmw. take® f) place on that.date. •• -'V-l "?£?: f't - Tini»'-^mbia^yv.3c^- : of Autor mobile ■ Association • will be - - hem next Saturday- to Papatoetee. : .■■.-■•■ ••_•'•; ». v: - , The Auckland wtUng3* % e ?! ~ th» Empire - Royal Gommtaaton will be opened « to-morrow morning. A-.-v. < 1 , A aingjo woman named AnneTravin , was admitted ,to tHe ; Hospital yesterday Vi jaflering from." veronal -PQUPMPfv . ..- • Hielt&lian fisherman, Rosario Schibitia, *■- r who attempted to commit wiiaae by shoot--«w*Mns&' -with-ia revolver on Friday mining, u atOl in a precarious condition. ~ A retired' fanner, 4 Wm. Bennett, aged /• 75, Hying at DnneAn. while working in his gai2enwwa r Attacked by ' i : , ;and «pired alrnoßt unmediaiely. *•. -< ' * » . <• ■.« o _*<<"• 1* is probable : that arrangements will '/ be made 'fer* the members of the Imperial •"' ■ Trade Commission to be taken by -the ££./•* '■ •■ Harbour "Board {or •> tour,of . the Jfcbowr " : during their * visit ,to Auckland. .•■, .■...,. • At; the TeArsi Maori lrai on Monday formal offering* from the tribes were mad* ylt'' is . expected ' j the donations will .':' easily exceed-ti the ''/■• :■ cost ' of ..■ •" the '■ ■ ' new church* approximately £2300. v The new totaliaatar r which wa* installed at Ellerslie ft few months ago will be used for the first time at the Easter meeting.

lor wo. wow ""M* •-» r —, ——" - f .. . The tickets will be wetted as ore, the oew machine. being, only used for record- >■ ing;:. •' - ; : . .-V : <v.; r>- ; A very heated discussion; look place at yesterday's meeting of the Harbour Board ' WardingMr, ;F. .E. ■ Powell's , recent criticisms of certain of the harbour works. The dn»«-were held by the board , to be unjustified. v A labourer, Albert Forward, 21 years '"<>( we, was ; working,;.ai>■ tie. Railway Workshop* yesterday morning, when . a .: , heavy weight fell* on his. foot, injuring it jo severely •• thst removal to the hoe- ; pital was necessary. *■ • > He quantity of coal shipped at New- : ' castle during tile 'month, of" February for places )>woDd the, State : showed an in-. : hnmm of 62,038 to«s over the quantity for the month last year. £$? total for the month amounted to 370,569, * «| which 242i200 tans were for Common- '£; %-■ wealth aad New Zealand porta, and 128,360 ton* for foreign porta. ■ : ' Am J£M B«<ttridge and Mr.! F. Fanell 1 . .ware driybtg f *long -the Taupiri Road on Sunday 'the norse, which became frightened at a motor-bicycle on the road, began l to play up (telegraphs our Huntly correspon- . dent). . Part of. the harness giving way, the shafts fell to the ground and broke, both occupant® of the trap being thrown out. He young lady was so badly hurt thas she could not be taken home until Monday night, a contusion to the hip being so severe as to render movement impossible. Mr. Farrell, beyond receiving a severe -shock, "was little the woree for the accident. . • -