NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1747, 30 August 1905, Page 31

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

AUCKLAND, August 26. The Liberal Association’s ballot for th® selection of "a candidate for Waitemata was between Mr Gerald Peacocke and. Mr Cecil Clinkard. The ballot resulted in the choice of the latter. AUCKLAND, August 28. Further particulars of the recent volcanic eruption in Savaii (near Tonga), show that residents of Sofolu wer* awakened by earthquakes and reports lik* the firing of heavy guns. The whole place was lit up, and it was found that a fresh crater had broken out, from which flames were shooting up about 400 ft at intervals of ten seconds, and. throwing out huge stones and lava. There was no damage to life or property. William Henry Cowan, formerly employed in the Telegraph Construction Department of the Post Office, who was arrested in Sydney on a warrant, wai charged to-day with having on twoi occasions received moneys from the Post Office, and fraudulently omitted to pay the same to a number of Government employees tfa.o funouuts involved, it is at—leged. totalling <£l26. Accused was remanded on bail, on the application of the police, until Wednesday. THAMES, August 28. At an inquest on the man Young, wh® was drowned in the Piako river, the .evidence was to the effect that deceased*■ name was Percy N. Young, and he cam® from South Brisbane, where hie wife and child reside. He was a meuiber of the Ini perial Bushmen Corp, and served in Africa. A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. - WANGANUI. August .28. At a largely attended meeting of Mataongaonga ratepayers to-night it waa resolved that as the Suburbs Lighting Bill is against the best interests of the district, and as the bill now before the House is materially altered from the bill drafted by tne Road Board. Mr Willis, ,M.H.R. for the district, be asked to withdraw it. A committee was . appointed ,fo . draft for presentation to Jthe Legislative Council a petition against the bilL . . , PALMERSTON, August 26-. . Geoffrey Read, an employee in the Royal Hotel, and a recent arrival in. the colony, fell . through a skylight in the New Zealand Clothing Factory premises this morning. . He received a fractured thigh and internal injuries- He was removed to the Hospital in a critical state.

NAPIER, August 28. The Ladies' Championship Golf Tournament closed on Saturday with the Consolation and Mixed Foursome Matches. The former was won by Mias Harcourt (Wellington) with a net score of 86; Mrs Bloomfield (Auckland) being second with 83. The Foursomes was won by Miss Gorrie and Borthwick, 5 down. NAPIER August 28. A number of small fires have occurred here of late, leading to the suspicion that all were not accidental. The latest hap- - pened on Saturday night in a washhouse near the railway station. The fire was reported by a man named Frank Williamson (who was the first on the scene at a fire the previous night). The police have arrested him on a charge of arson. The accused was before the Court this morning, and was remanded on substantial bail. BLENHEIM, August 26. Twenty-five rural section's remaining on tihe Flaxboume estate were under offer

this week, and the necessary balloting took place to-day. There were .thirtysix applications for one email farm and 'nineteen of these sections . were disposed of to Marlborongh and Canterbury people. There were only five applications for the town sections, and four of these were disposed of. '

NELSON, August 28. Further important developments have taken place in the mineral belt in the - copper properties found and owned chiefly by Christchurch and Timaru capitalists. The lode in the United No. 7 level has been driven on 25ft, and is now 3ft wide in the solid, with clear goodquality of sulphide ore, and steadily improving. Some 30ft have still to be driven before coming to.the ore bodies first cut. Between Nos. 2 and 7 levels there are ex- .. -nected bo be 400 ft of backs. What is „known as the “Stinking” lode at Arrow 7, Creek, the continuation of- the United; . has opened out, and appears to be 6ft J yide. At Mount Claude there is a small lode, and still further north a ton of or© { was taken out at 6ft of sinking giving 32 per cent, of all ores which lend them- , ; selves to pyritic smelting. : ; CHRISTCH UliAjll, August 26. Relative to the present bad state of the - River Avon for rowing: purposes the en-

ginear of the Christchurch. Drainage Board—which has control of the river—■ states that the water has been allowed to run. out by the removal of weeds and hanks. When the weeds grow, in about two months time, the water will rise to a sufficient level.

At a meeting of the Selwyn County Council this morning a petition bearing over one thousand signatures was received from stock salesmen, graziers and others urging that Addington ealeyarde should be allowed to remain at the present site. The Council resolved to obtain the opinion .of the various road boards in the district.

Sir Joseph Ward has accepted the invitation of the Christchurch Cycling and Motor dub to be present at a monster “ smoke social" to be held in Canterbury Hall on Saturday night next in connection with the Dunlop road race from Timaru to Christchurch and the “ good roads movement."

CHRISTCHURCH, August 28.

A lengthy report was submitted by a special committee to a meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College to-day on the suggestion that the Board should take over control of technical classes here. The report, which was unanimously agreed to, was adverse to the proposal chiefly on the grounds that classes could not be carried on at the college without seriously interfering with its true functions (university), and that various college endowments could not be legitimately utilised for such purpose.

Thp ownership of the trotting horse Norfhcote (by Rothschild Emerson mare) was the subject of a case at the 'Magistrate’s Court, when Colin Morrison claimed possession from David Douglas, or <£Bo in lieu of possession, or in the alternative <£B6 18s. cost of keeping and training. Morrison stated that Douglas gave him the horse when a colt and when not worth more than .£5. lie understood that the colt was given him for services rendered Douglas in training a horse for him. Defendant stated that he did not give the horse to plaintiff; he had handed it to him to train, and in return plaintiff was to receive whatever prize money the horse won. The Magistrate said the evidence was very

contradictory, * but on the facts he had no hesitation in giving judgment for defendant.

ASHBURTON, August 28. An inquest was held to-day concerning the deatn of Estella May Atkinson, aged twenty months, who died on Saturday night as the result of shock from swallowing caustic soda on Fridav morning. The evidence showed that the mother and child had visited a relative's house, and the baby wandered into the washhouse, and swallowed a quantity of liquid caustic soda. The child’s neck, lip 6, and mouth were badly burned, and she vomited blood. The verdict was that death was accidental.

DUNEDIN, August 27. A fire broke out early on Saturday evening in the drapery and clothing store of J. Watson, junr., Port Chalmers, and the building, of stone and brick, was completely gutted. The fire started through a boy, while lighting the gas in the shop window, dropping a match among

inflammable show goods. None of the contents was saved. The stock, valued | at. ~<£sooo, was insured in the Alliance and I New Zealand offices for <£2ooo, and in the National office for <£soo; the building in the New Zealand and Alliance offices for <£6oo. Stock just landed by the Mamari | to the value of ,£IOOO was uninsured. ! The dead body of a male infant was 1 found on the Town Belt between the I city and Roslyn. The police are making ; inquiries. It is believed an early arrest will be made in connection with the death of the Chinaman at Tapanui. DUNEDIN, August 28. I The Mayor of North-east Valley sprang i a surprise on a meeting of the Council | to-night by moving a vote of sympathy 1-with the Premier on account of the attack by members of the “New Liberal party.” After a silence that was ‘‘felt,” .Councillor Pryor seconded the motion pro forma in order to emphatically protest against the introduction of politics into the Council’s A mo- , tion was at' once carried to proceed to i the next business. ' At a meeting of the .Council of Churches, a motion .was-passed expressing hearty approval of the clause for the i abolition of the totalisator which Mr

Ell, M.H.R:. proposes should be inserted in the Gaming and Lotteries Bill, and respectfully urges all members to us* their voice and vote against the legalisation of the totalisator. which gives th* Government sanction to a vice inimical to the highest well-being of the colony. It was stated that the Temperance Reform Council was engaging two ladies to go from house to house instructing women how to vote at the local option poll, and the Council endorsed the action of appointing these ladies. Major Cumming, of the Salvation Army, was elected president for the ensuing year. The condition of Bailey, who was injured in a football match on Saturday, is rather worse to-night.

I The dead body of a newly-born male infant found on the Town Belt on Saturday evening was without clothing, and t was partially wrapped in brown paper. At the inquest the medical evidence j was to the effect that the child had not breathed after coming into the world.

The jury returned a verdict that the child was still-born.

DUNEDIN, August 28. The police have arrested Thomas Stott, sa d to be a half-caste jrith Australian, aboriginal blood in his veins, on a charge of being concerned in the murder of Ham Sing Tong at Tapanui. Stott was brought before the Court to-day and remanded. He was brought into Dunedin for safe keeping. Stott has been in the district for four years working as a carpenter, and at various odd jobs. He A believed to have been at one time a black tracker. Late this afternoon a youth, sixteen or seventeen years old, supposed to be in some way connected with the crime was arrested.

It is believed further arrests will follow.