NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ten prisoners occupied the police cells last night. The majority of them wcro week celebrants.
Nineteen objections are set down for hearing before the Assessment Court, a sitting of which is to be held this rooming at Ouehunga by Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M.
At a meeting of ratepayers at Paterangi, it was decided to ask the Waipa County Council to raise a loan of £4000 for metalling the roads in the Ma»gapiko Hiding.
In a fall from the Onehunga Wharf on to some rocks on Saturday, Wm. Davis* an Onehunga labourer, sustained injuries to tl? head, necessitating his admission to the District Hospital. His condition is not regarded as being very serious. The fund for providing a motor ambulance for the Auckland Hospital now totals nearly £100, the sum of £500 being the amount required. The latest donations include: Mr. John Fleming, £10; Mrs. A. M. Heflaby, £3 3s; and Mr. George Plummer, £1 Is.
The inquest into the death of William Richard Waters, who was knocked down by a tram in Karangahape Road and ki!'<*d on Friday night, was opened on Saturday.' After formal evidence of identification, Mr. E. C. Cntten, S.M., adjourned the inquiry until Wednesday. afternoon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15552, 9 March 1914, Page 8
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