AUCKLAND ITEMS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6219, 27 May 1907, Page 5

AUCKLAND ITEMS

PIIES3 ASSOCIATION'. AUCKLAND, May 25. Two deaths occurred on board the s.s Navua on her last trip from Auckland. A few hours before the steamer's arrival at Apia, a New Zealand squatter named Schields died. It is reported that he was subject to epilepsy. The next morning at 6 o’clock Mr J. Busch, who was returning to Samoa, died suddenly, death being due to heart failure. Both bodies were buried in the Apia cemetery. . , ■, . , Mr Justice Dcnniston has granted an application by the Auckland Harbour Board that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company should supply items of their claim for .£13,000. arising out of damage sustained by the steamer Mamari through the collapse of the blocks in Calliope dock, on the occasion when some workmen lost their lives. The inquest on the body of the man found drowned at Devonport did not disclose the identity of deceased. The body was evidently that of a labouring man. A handkerchief found on the body hearing the name of "C. Kasper proved to bo the property of Captam Kasper, of tho scow Endeavour, but he was unable to identify the body or explain how the handkerchief came into the possession of deceased. An open verdict was returned. ,