LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9547, 30 September 1902, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last nighfc. Captain Bailey, master of the cutter Eleanor, was discovered dead in his berth on Sunday morning at Whaugarei. He apparently died while 'asleep. '. ; NAPIER, la6t night. ■~. A case arising out of the death of a man named Hoffmann, from injuries j caused by falling off his bicycle, was heard at the Magistrate's Court to-day, when the proprietor of the Awatoto hotel was charged with supplying Hoffmann, who was a prohibited person, w#h liquor. The charges, of which there were four, were dismissed, no evidence of the actual sale of liquor having been brought forward. A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred at Hastings- this morning. As Mr E. Milton, the newly-appointed manager of the Union Bank at Hastings, was lifting the bank's revolver from a drawer, the weapon went off, tlie shot going through Mr Milton's cap, and grazing his head, causing the blood to flow freely. Medical assistance was at once procured, when it was found that, although a small blood vessel had been severed, no serious injury had been sustained. WELLINGTON, last night. The Opposition party in the House has',: arranged for presentations to be made to Messrs Pirani and Hutcheson, who! are retiring at the close of the session from active participation in politics. In Mr Pifani's case the token of esteem from the party will take {he form of a gold watch, and Mr Hutcheson will re- * ceive a. set of carvers and fish slicers-. Miss Allen, daughter of Mr Jas. Allen, will also be the recipient of a presentation; from' the Opposition party on the eve of her marriage. A deputation, consisting of officers and men- of returned contingents waited on the Minister of Lands to-day to urge that something should be done to enable them to carry out their wishes in that direction. The special inducements' that are held out to settle in South Africa were brought under the notice of the Minister, who was asked to do something at once. Mr Duncan said that the question was too involved to give an answer •to at once, but he would give a reply early next week.

Newspapers and magazines addressed ..to'the light-house keepers on tlie New Zealand coast will in future be transmitted free of postage. On the police making an application this morning to withdraw a charge against a woman who was alleged to be a brothelkeeper, on the ground that she had gone to another district, Mr Haselden, S.M., said that he thought the complaints made in the country districts, about a, certain class of offenders being hunted from the cities into the country, where they became a standing menace to peace, were quite justified. It was not right to send offenders away simply to get rid of ~ them.

WESTPORT, last night. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, Jas. Crooks was charged with being in the possession of 6ilb of tobacco, on which the Customs duty had not been paid. He was fined £6, or treble the value of the goods, and costs and had the tobacco forfeited. Mabel Ralph, aged 5 years, died suddenly at Denniston on Saturday morning, through drinking a. bottle of cough mixture. The girl, .was given. -.a»-emetic, and on being pufto"bed went'off to .sleep; but wa». found dead in the morning. At the inquest a verdict of death from misadventure was returned. CHRISTCHUBCH, last night. The Board of Governors of the Canterbury College declined to act in conjunction, with the Technical Association in regard to establishing technical classes. It considers that the law does not allow it to spend money in that direction, and that technical instruction should be undertaken by an independent body. A young man named James Edwards met with a. distressing accident to-day. He was attending to a, water-wheel, and was in the act of placing the chain on the driving-wheel, when his coat became en- -~ tangled in the cogs of the main-wheel. His left arm was drawn in, and he was taken round the shaft several times, eventually being thrown some distance from ■the wheel, his left arm being torn off and left hanging in the wheel. No one was near at the time, and he walked fully ten chains for assistance. Every stitch of clothing was torn from his body. He ■was brought to the hospital, and was doing well at a late hour to-night. . DUNEDIN, last night. For the A. and P. Society's Horse Parade, 44 entries have been received. In all-aged stallions there are 21 exhibitors, entering from Christchurch to Invercargill. The entries for the Society's first competitions already number over 400.

The Liberals at Milton have selected Mr J. Ascott to oppose Mr Jaine.s Allen for tlie Bruce seaf at the forthcoming elections.