NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 18

NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

AUCKLAND. A lively scene was witnessed at the racecourse on the Bth. A man named Clarke resisted arrest for a breach of the peace and the crowd interfered with the police and pulled a consta'ble"s horse down. The horse, in falling, struck the prisoner with his forefeet and inflicted some wounds. Mrs Webster, aged 60, was al?o injured in the melee, and was taken to the hospital .-suffering from scalp wounds. Richard Come, a labourer, aged 60, drank the contents of a bottle supposed to be laudanum outside a church in which his Fon was getting married. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. Ethel Stanley, aged 18, left her parents' residence at Te Aroha on Good Friday evening in a light dress and house-shoes. Search parties are out. but no clue to her whereabouts has so far been discovered. The friends of the late Mr G. M. Reed, journalist, have decided to erect a memorial in Albert Park in the form of a drinking fountain surmounted by a small statue. The Educational Institute discussed the question of preparing children for district scholarships. The idea was suggested that regulations should be' framed by the authorities to prevent scholars being coached outside the schoolhouse for scholarship examinations. It was agreed that the question of scholarships should be referred to a special committee, to report to the annual meeting. James Forrest, an old Crimea veteran, is dead. The deceased was a native of Edinburgh, and saw considerable service with the British army. In 1863 he came from Bendigo to Auckland, and took service with the Ist Waikato Regiment, for which he received the 1861-66 medal, being the holder of medals for service in the Crimea, India, and New Zealand. Most of the bricklayers who were out on strike resumed work on Monday on the foaris of 44 hours per week ut Is 6d per hour. In the case of one film, however, the men have not so far returned to work. This is understood to be on account of one bricklayer who did not come out on strike, and the other men now decline to return while he is employed on the job. Mr Justice Conolly refused the application of discharge of Ambrose Millar, merchant, bankrupt, though Oppenheim and Herman, of Amsterdam, the piincipal creditors, approved. The total liabilities were £9451, and the assets realised £55. The estate has not yet paid any dividend. Judge Conolly said it was a most extraordinary case. The debtor, wh'^f in business for seven years, had paid Oppenheim and Herman thousands of pounds, and yet liarl got into their debt to the tune of £8000. What Le had done with the goods received in those few years it was now almost impossible to asceitain. English and French creditors had not yet proved.' The character of the case was very unsatisfactory. James Powell, aged 48. an inmate of the Avondale Asylum, Langed him.self on a gaspipe. He was committed to the institution owing to suicidal mania. Messrs Souter and Co., instructed by Messrs Williamson Bros. , will subdivide the Rukuhia estate of 26,000 acres into suitable farms for close settlement. All classes of land are included in the estate, nearly all suitable for dairying. Easy teims will be givea