INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13896, 20 January 1916, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Hie police raided a small shop m Hobsou street and took possession of live hogsheads and, twelve cases of bottled beverage- sold as hop-beer.* The load, which weighed about three tons, was removed to the police station. The liquor will be analysed, the allegation being that it contains more alcohol, than is permitted by law. " Sharemarket sale : Auckland Gas, 30s'. WELLINGTON, last night." 'I he price of bread m Wellington is to be raised next week to 4^d per Silb .loaf. v , At the Magistrate's Court to-day Juiiies Cook was committed for trial on 'charges of assault arising out of a disturbance m a city boarding-house on Christmas morning. The parties as.sa v I ted, -.according to the evidence, were Henry Wilkinson and his two sonSj all of -whom suffered considerable injuries lrom a buckle on. a belt wielded by Coi >k. The Mount Cook Motor Company suffered a heavy loss this morning by the complete destruction of their garage at Fairlie by fire. The fire was started by i.a. painter's burning-oft" lamp used on a 'car body setting tiro to a .cover ing sliest, from which tho lire spread with great rapidity through the building. A couple, of caa's. were rescued and the oflil-o books saved. All else was loßt, incliKli'ng a first-rate workshop, five car chassis, and a private car. Two largo car:* had left for the Hermitage not V>ng ' before the fire started. The insurances | total £900, which is onty a small pro- \ portion of the value. Th.o company wiJl ' be able to continue the passenger ser- • vkx*. as several other cars were on duty, ' and offers of others have been received. ' Tho workshop's machinery can scarcely • be replaced till after the war. ASHBURTON, last night. The second south-bound express this afternoon carried a number of members of the 10th Reinforcements returning to their homes on, final leave. When the train was about a mile north of Doromore station, a soldier was noticed to fall from one of the carriages, but, owing to the length ami speed of the train, Ashburfcon had almost been reach-, eel before the guard learned of the accident. Surfacemen were despatched to the scene and Priva.to J. Goodser, of South Dunedin, was found lying on the grass at the side of the track with his heart badly cut and several abrasions on his face arid hand^. He was conscious then and complained of injury to his legs. Goodser, who is about 25 years of age, was conveyed to Ashburton hospital. His injuries will not prove serious. DUNEDIN, this day. M'ni'garct Florence Cook, aged nine years, fell off a punt at' Sawyer's Bay yesterday, and was drowned. '