GENERAL NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10550, 15 January 1913, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

a wfill known resident of InyercarJtl Mr Thomas McCarthy 64 years & was found dead in Ins van at tim Gat) road on Sunday. « ™ nndeS?o P od that death was due to heart failure. . . r Ratepayers of Levin and its comity have unanimously decided tnac | it"is desirable that Levin" Borough cSunoU and the northern portioniot HorSwhenua County be severed.from *■ Wellington Hospital and gianUole ,: AicLdfttrict and attached to Jamier ' stfft North. Application to the pro = -peVauthorities is to be made. The Ruapehu, which sailed from WellfnSton on Thursday, had a re- £ Srf caTgo of dairy produce aboard shipment was f«f„% I tnnq of butter and I*3lß tons 01 makingaan aggregate consign»Sentof 2738 f s o! dairy produce kui'iß thellargest th **. g jJJf r J2£ - and to ?-' -S 3 S it while the f achinery was p in motion, he got entangled Both £ lees were fractured, and his .law was •" JdS ininred. He w was takengto Ashwhere he is lying Llk in a very condition. bettOTico%3ignnient of Jersey buttei&fat production has ■Wfcobably never£fleft this country, W> iavsa London Correspondent, than F-m two bulls and rlSee heifers on December (3th The cattle ajl> for Mr J. K. '*- Corrigan, of Hawfra, who has been ki England for six months trying to procufe the very best butter produo-. iTiff strain of Jersey cattle. AccordSf'toliable judles, Mr Oorr.gan faafmade an excellent selection and *he consignment, in'.time, will without ESS? help to.improve.the.dairy herds of New Zealand. On both sire and dam side every animal is full or S? best strain of gutter fat producers there are m England. About 12.30 o'clock on Sunday morning, a seven-rooomed house at Longburn, owned by MzV.f*™se, and occupied by Mr F. ! S.. M. Han kin, schoolmaster, at Longburn, was destroyed bv fire. Mr Hankm and h!s family were at Linton that night aid nobody was in the house, conmauently the origin of the fire is a S??Sy. The lad Wilton gave the Sarm immediately .he discovered the oSeak, and.with the assistance of ready helpers, was successfully sav ins a considerable amount of turmtnfe including a piano, linoleum, book's Sdpainflnga. The bui ding was totally destroyed. " ,^ as i*" Jnredinthe State . office to: £3OO There was also an insurance of £3OO on the furniture.

An unusual case was heard in Auckland Uourt, when a father was Verged with having harboured Ins Slighter, knowing her to have absconded from licensed '.service. The girl was under the control oi "the Auckland Industrial School, and •while in licensed service, absconded About three months afterwards she . got married, two nights prior to the marriage being spent at a place where the defendant was boarding. A fine of £5 was imposed. Invercargill reports that a motorcar collision with a railway train occurred Son «Jtfonday evening at Grassmere, resulting in three young men-Eric Russell, Eddie Broad, and George Broad—being admitted to the hospital suffering from cuts and * bruises. The impact hurled Russell «s. over the wind screen on to the cattle ■T stop. Eddie Broad had some ribs V broken, and George Broad has sus- > * .tained cuts and bruises Walter . • Broad was thrown violently against - the "Stop, look out for the engine " signpost, which ht> clasped, and slid to the ground uninjured. Alfred Broad was also thrown out, but . escaped w.itira shaking. Both car ♦ and train were travelling slowly at "' .'the moment of the collision, and to •<£ this fact is probably due the slight :v nature of the injuries sustained. ' • Brisk demand for Hoyle's Prints ; <fastdye), 'Roslyn Summer-weight : " Underwear and Warner's famous Rust-proof Corsets.*