LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13700, 2 June 1915, Page 6

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) 4 ■■' AUCKLAND, this day. . Sharemarket sales : — Auckland trams (preference) 20s. Captain Stuh and the crew of the Norwegian barque Fram, wrecked at i Maiden Island on February 24, arrived by the Tallin e to-day. After the vessel's moorings were carried ii\vay only half an hour elapsed before she went to pieces. The captain and crew seized meudts ana juinpud ovei hoard, leaving everything, even the ship's papers, so perilous was the position as the barque was being driven to certain destruction. They were buffeted m the surf a good deal, but none were hurt. During the passage of tl}e Talune from llarotonga a passenger, J. W. D. Noble, created a sensation by suddenly jumping overboard m mid-ocean without giving any warning. The engines were stopped; and a boat lowered. Noble was picked' up and brought aboard, not having suffered serious results. He was placed under restraint till arrival at Auckland, and then handed over to the police. : , WANGANU, this day. A fireman named W, J. j Douglas fell off a goods train at Moumahaki at midday and was badly hurt. He was conveyed to Patea liospital. STRATKORD, this day. This morning DetectiveSiddells'(\\anganue) and ■Senior-Sergt. AfcNeelv (±dawera) arrested Aiel F.dward' Willihin Lythberg on a charge of stealing aniailDag containing £140 at Halcombe, on | May 14 last year. Tlie accused appeared before the court this morning and was remanded to Waiiganui on 11th June, bail' of £300 being granted. ! WMLLINaTON, this day, Peter Ontivif, & miner, engaged" at the Junction riiine, was killed .this morning by a fall of quartzxin an underground slope.

An error occurred m the report of the Hon. Mr Bell's speech last night m reference to pensions. What he said was that he did not meart' to say that no difference would be made between men who had children and men who had ; none, or that no difference would be made m the case of a man who had been supporting aged parents, but when laying down the law it was impossible to discriminate between poor and people who were better off.

At the Magistrate's Court to-day, Geo. Edward Hanson was charged \vn,h uuing liquor into Tvonthani camp; also with supplying whisky to a member of the sth, Reinforcements. He represented himself as a staff fern-oant-ma.jor from Dargaville. Inspector Hendry said the camp commandant desired him to point out the serious nature of the offence. Liquor was probably the cause of all the trouble m camp. Further, it had a detrimental effect on the discipline. If. liquor was taken into camp by strangers, the regulation concerning visitors would have to bo moi'e strictly adhered to. The Magistrate said that if Hanson was a sergeant-major, he should have known the regulations. On the lirst information he was ihied' £50, or one "month's imprisonment, and 0.-. the second £10, or two months' imprisonment, the terms to be cumulative. DUNEDIN, this day. Some interesting information concerning 1 the Otago red deer herd was given 1 to-day by a, deputation from the Acclimatisation Society to the Hon. Mr Fraser as member for Wakatipu. It was stated that Hie herd, which has been considered hy. oversea experts as one of the finest m the world, threatens to deteriorate rapidly owing to overstocking and malformation. During i the past Hvo years close on £800 has 'been spent m culling, but m order to retain the original standard of the herd it will be necessary to shoot a^. least two thousand this year and another two thousand m the following year. Apart from deterioration the herd is becoming troublesome to settlers. The society propose to spend £200 this year on culling, and asked Mr Fraser to urge on the Hon. Mr Hell the necessity for a State grant m order to further the work of thinning out. The Minister expressed sympathy and promised . to urge that a grant be made, remarking that it would be a thousand pities if the splendid herd m Hunter Valley, m Wanaka County, were permitted to hopelessly deteriorate. v