LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night
The sloop Laburnum, which is to he attached to the Nov Zealand squadron, arrived at Port Fitzroy on Saturday, and is expected here about Friday. William Henry Hawken, a fanner of Manurewa, was found tlead outside his whare with his head practically blown off. Deceased was an ex-soldier. He lived alone. A verdict of suicide was returned. iLarie Hefl'eren, aged lour, a daughter of Mick Hefl'eren. died in the hospital to-night as the result of burns. She was plaving at home about 3 p.m., with a. little "boy, who struck a match, igniting her clothes. As the outcome of recent increases in Government valuations, a meeting of city property owners decided to form a Property Owners' Association, and a committee was appointed to confer with the Chamber of Commerce on the action to be taken. It was decided to prepare a memorial to the Valuer-General, protesting against the valuations and the methods of assessment. Norman Steward Ward (13) was committed for sentence on two charges ot breaking and entering shops. Alfred Hintoti (38) was committed for sentence on two charges of forgery and uttering cheques. A youth, Andrew Peter Jen«on was committed for sentence for stealing a post office bank deposit book and forging the name of the depositor for £l2 WELLINGTON, last night. Interviewed regarding the reported abandonment of the overseas settlement scheme by ex-service men and others, Mr Massev said: "I know nothing more than "has already appeared m the papers. The Government has received no special advice. I suppose it will affect New Zealand as well as the other Dominions. When I left England, it was' understood the scheme would be continued as far as New Zealand was concerned till probably December.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15773, 14 March 1922, Page 10
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294LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15773, 14 March 1922, Page 10
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