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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 4978, 30 May 1903, Page 7

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riIESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND. May 23. It is reported from Matahura that a young farmer named David William Walker was found drowned yesterday m a well on his farm. It is supposed lie fell in accidentally. While the concert of the Liedertafei u as in progress last evening an accident nafo pened to one of the performers, Miss Maud Alexander, the well-known coutiaito, who formerly resided in Dunedin, “lie was retiring from the platform when sue missed her footing and was precipitated down a flight of steps. One of her kneecaps was fractured. It will he three or four months before Miss Alexander will he about again. Same years ago she had the misfortune to break the kneechp in her other leg. , ~ , . , At the inquest on the body of Fames Fee', found in the harbour yesterday, a verdict of found drowned was returned, it transpired that Fee was an inmate ol tho lunatic asylum at Dunedin for a short time some years ago. THAMES. May 29. Tho local bodies in the Thames district complain of tho costly method in which licensing elections are conducted, and intend urging upon the Government the aclvisableness of adopting a cheaper method. STRATFORD, May 29. The man Godkin, who was lost in the hush, was brought home on Wednesday. GISBORNE. May 29. A deputation of townsmen and settlers waited on the Hon. J. Carroll to-day, urging that the sentence of two and a half months’ imprisonment passed on August Zenker for selling spurious beeswax should he mitigated. It was represented that Zenker had been misled m regard to the alleged beeswax and that there had not been intentional roguery on Itis part. He was willing to make restitution, and pay nil expenses. Mr Garroll said they had met with the idea ol lightening tho lot of a fellow creature. The subject appeared to have been taken up universally by the people of the district and he would do. therefore all his power to carry out their wishes-, rte promised to lay tho matter before the Minister of Justice. ‘ , A water supply scheme, at a cost ot £15,078, was submitted at the meeting of tho Whatanpoko Road Board to-day, the source being the Waimata River. 4ho baraugh approved of •AVaimrere, but must go to the ratepayers again to obtain authority to pay a highex* rate of xnteresfor money. ~ , . At the Police Court on Monday eight chargee will be heard against seven persons in connection with breaches of P/® 1 ? 1 * bition orders. A feature of two ot the informations is that they are laid against prohibited persons for supplying liquor to others who are also under the same banu not to obtain drink. WESTPORT, May 29. Edwin Ferguson, aged 21, was found dead tlxis morning at the bottom oi a cliff at Denniston. He left a temperance lodge at 9 o’clock last night, and is sumposed to have missed his way, and ieii uo feet. His neck was broken. CHRISTCHURCH. May 29. An inquiry was held to-day into the death on May 23rd of. Mrs Amelia Malcolm. Deceased was on one of the trams in the Ferry road collision of April lltn, when she was much bruised and suffered, a severe nervous shock. Her condition brought her into such an anxious state that it was thought advisable bring on premature labour. The woman had puerperal and scarlet fever. One ot her nurses was now laid up with scarlet fever, but it was not clear wnethor the nurse had infected the deceased or vice versa. Dr Jennings said that death had been clue to "septicaemia, and the jury gave a verdict accordingly. An inquest was held to-day on Henry Heighten, found dead in tho Waimakam-i river yesterday. The jury returned a verdict of death from ag An elderly man named Duncan Fraser, a station cook, dropped dead iu the street this morning. Heart disease was the cause of death. DUNEDIN, May 29.

. A poll took place to-day of Caversham electors on the question of amalgamation with Dunedin. Owing to the miserable weather only 479 votes were recorded, out of 1543. The result was—For amalgamation, 172; against. 307. Teviot station of 24,500 acres freehold and 50,000 leasehold, with 33.000 sheep, has been acquired by a syndicate at about £50,000.