INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10727, 26 June 1906, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Rer Press Association.), AUCKLAND; this day. Jphn Al^Crac, n ged 40, a cooper, shot himself dead in bed in Nelson street this morning ut 8 o'clock. Deceased carries op a business in Chanoery Lane, and has been for sbme time 'overworking himself in order tb struiggle successfully against strong conipetitionr the result- being „£. general brjfeak-down of the nervous ays* tem. His -wjfe was preparing breakfast when the explosion occurred. Deceased had atfectfonato family relations. • He leaves four small children. GREYMOUTH, this day. Obituary ; Mr Joseph Hapibleton, mn* agcr of tlie Despatch foundry. The Bawihillers have agreed to raise' the price of tlihber to 7s 6d per 100 feet. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. At the Alagislrate's Court today a number of vendors of postcards wel*'up, charged with sellhisr indecent cards*, f! Finge was fined 40s and costs, J. Sayles 20s and costs, R. LeComte 20s and costs, and Aliss Barrip 20b and costs. 'Hie Alagistraite passed very strong comments on what fras practically an open sale of libidinous postcards. DUNEDIN, this day. As a rtwidt of the evidence given nt the inquest held recently wii a child who died as the res}ult of glycerine and carbolic, acid being: administered instead of gly. cerine, Sydney Smith, of the Friendly Societies' dispei)6iuy, was yesterday obarged with selling a certain nbison. without firmly affixing to the bottle containing it a label with the word "Poison" on it hi white letters on red ground. Counsel for defendant, raised! four point* on which he claimed dismissal » (1) That the chargo was not laid within six months, though he did not want to press that j (2) defendant wJis ahi employee, and did toot come uude^< the Act; (3) there was no sole, as each member of the different so. cieties contributing to the dispensary be. cam© a member of jt; (4) that the regu- , lation in tl e "Gazette was ultra vires. As i the cuse was of importance, the Magisi trate reserved his decision. ! The Advisory Board of the Employes' Federation decided to bring under the notioe of the Premier and Parliament Mr i Tregear's rilatements contained tn a So- ' ciabstic letter recently published by the Beacon. ; j (Special to Herald.) The Otago Rugby Union propose touring in September, as follows : Southland 12th, Canterbury 15th, Alatoawatu 19th, Wellington 1 22nd, Wanganui 26th. The Union completed, its inquiry into the alleged misconduct of the Pirates team at Clirirtcliuron. AThe Committee find the evidence insufficient to substantiate the imputation*! published in the Lyttelton Times. ;■ piey consider, however, the manager ,-f ailed to exercise sufficient personal control over the team, inasmuch as he left 'the. members too mulch to their own devices, and did not Dot/urn 'frith them to Dunedin.