WITHIN THE DOMINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7292, 23 November 1910, Page 7

WITHIN THE DOMINION

P&EBS ASSOCIATION. LOADING THE TERRA NOVA CHRISTCHURCH, November 22. Steam was raised ou the Terra Nova thift morning:, and the engines -were given & two hours’ run. The steam (.rials were en* tirely satisfactory, the engines working ex* trcmely well. The boiler, engines and pumps have all been given a thorough overhaul, and everything in the engine department is now in Urst-claes order. The. pony stalls under tho forecastle are now completed, and are ready to receive tho animals, which will be brought on board on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning A start was made this morning to erect stalls for the remaining four ponies for which there is not sufficient room under the forecastle. The decks have been well caulked and the stalls are being built on the port side of the main deck between tho galley and the icehouse. The structure is being built of vorv stout timber, and is firmly secured to the docks,' ns it will have to stand the onslaughts of th® big seas which will be encountered on the way south. Tho ponies will face inboard, and tho house is being completely boarded up on throe sides in order to give the, ponies shelter from the weather. A largo staff of men were busily engaged to-day in loading the supplies and stores obtained in New Zealand, consisting chiefly of preserved meats, condensed milk, bacon, and flour. A GIRL’S SUICIDE SWALLOWS BOX OP MATCH-HEADS. WAN GAN Ul, November 22. A scventeeu-year-old girl named Miriam Parker died this afternoon as the result of talcing match-heads on Friday morning. The girl had a trivial dispute with her mother, Mrs Ernest Barnes, as a consequence of which she left the house. She returned about an hour and a half later, and said she had swallowed a box ot match-heads. Her mother did not believe the story, and the incident was forgotten till Saturday night, when the girl was seized with a vomiting fit. Medical aid was obtained, and tho enffercr taken to a private hospital, where she expired, to-day. The girl was very intelligent and of a cheerful disposition. She was a student at tho Girls’ College. SHEARING HANDS’ DISPUTE CHRISTCHURCH. November 22. The shearing shed hands’ dispute was before tho Arbitration Oonrt to-day, and was ad.iourned till Thursday to enable tho production of the union’s minute' book . to settle the point that the dispute is not properly before the court. NEW QUARTZ AT REEFTON REEFTON, November 22, The St. George Gold Mining Company ofe Big River reports having struck broken gold-bearing quartz in reef formation throe to four feet wide. The track is being driven on with the utmost expedition, the level now running into nearly 1000 feet, ' CRUSHED TO DEATH WHANGAREI. November 22. Percy Cope, about twenty-five years ot age, met with a terrible end in Oleary’s Bush, Kaitara. A tree ho was chopping fell unexpectedly and jammed'him against another tree, crushing hia body into on unrecognisable mass* MAORI WOMAN’S HORRIBLE . DEATH • , AUCKLAND, November 22. The young wife of Morchtr Downs jumped into a largo boiling spring, at T.okaanu. The natives endeavoured to recover the body, but were unsuccessful. The spring is a large one, and was boiling furiously. ASSAULT ON SHIP’S OFFICER DUNEDIN, November 22. In the Police Court this morning B. Crawley, engineroom storekeeper on the steamer Tokomaru, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for - assaulting tho chief officer. BOROUGH ENGINEER WANTEI WANGANUI. November 22. Tlio Borough Council to-night, decided ta invito applications fotr the feposttion of brough engineer, rendered vacant by tho death of Mr Alexander Bussell. Tho salary is £4OO a year. RECORD TRAMWAY RECEIPTS CHRISTCHURCH. November 22. During Carnival week tho trams carried 408.322 cash fare passengers. - and tho receipt* wore £6l7l—both -easily records for tho Christchurch service. AXEMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS ELTHAM, November 22. Tho entries for the Championship/Oa*, nival of the Now Zealand Axemen e Asao. ciation, to be held at Eltham on December 26th and 27th, total 184, a greater aggroeatc than last year. For the Isew Zea* land Axemen's Cup, of £l4O, there are 34 entries; 'for tho world’s championship chon 18, New Zealand championship chon 22, double-handed sawing championelup 12. and single-handed sawing championship 9., AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS AUCKLAND, November 22. At the Auckland competitions to-night awards were made as follow s—Humorous ■pecitnl j Hiss Mhud I arrcll l r Mrs McCollum 2, Mies Kathleen Major 3; piano duet, over sixteen: # Dorothy Henderson and Mrs C. Ross; solo, over sixteen : Miss Ava Symons (Hastings) and Miss Bosworth (Auckland). 90 point* each, divided the first and second pmes*, impromptu eneech: R. Algi© 1, T. 11tU.2, •,T. H. Lux ford 3; song, boys under sixteen: Roy Dormer.