LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 6

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) WANGANUI, this day. 7 A young lady named Sutton, daughter 6i a Hawera settler, disappeared; last evening from, a house m, Waiiganui Avhere she was under medical treatment. She had' m'eviously tulkcdi' about committing suicide,, and as she was only clad m a dressing-gown oyer her nightdress, anxiety is felt for her safety. WELLINGTON, this day.

Lord Kitchener arrived m Wellington from his overland trip to-day. He is leaving this afternoon by the Mokoia for the Eastern Pacific "Inlands. Before the Chief Justice today.. Robert Bert Ling, -superintendent 'of the Wellington zoo, claimed £2000 damages from John Norton, proprietor of Truth for alleged libel. . The case 7vas tried before a special jury. Defendaut depied that the words complained of reflected on tho plaiijtiff m his occupation, or had' beep published falsely or maliciously/ or were libellous or-, defamatory, that ih their natural .ordinary signification they were true m substunce and m fact. It was stated an apology had been pub-, lished, which was aaid by plaintiff to be no apology at all, but a* case of adding insult to injury. The case is proceeding The provisions of the Industrial Schools Amendment Act. were brought into forco m Wellington for the first time to-day. The Act empowers the polico to bring any uncontrollable child oefore a magistrate to be committed to. a.n industrial school. 'The present case was a girl 14^ years of age, who had- run awa.y trom homo thrice. Her mother statm tliat the girl was beyond her control. The girl wais committed 16 St. Joseph's Orphanage. j GREYMOUTH, this day. As a result of Sunday's,- boating .futility a representative , meeting, held last night, decided to form a Lifeboat Association, arid to convene a "public-, meeting of citizens for Friday. : The proposal was.'. most cordially taken wp. . . ;' There ' is a large, attendance at ' the athletic „ c hampionship, and, Hibernian sports meeting, m 'Victoria Park. Tim president^ MivWopds; two delegates, apd thr^e competitors,: delayed at Braley yesterday, were ; brought from Otira .-'. by motor car,, down the' old Christchurch road. -Tlie '■.■weather is peifect for athletics. 'I he 10.0, yards' championship was won by' J., ShiVas . in* 10 seconds, beating, Morris (Wellington) and' Treinbath (Gore), whp, itan close. The , other starters were MeWhirter and Dorreon.