DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 57, 2 March 1912, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association,) Auckland,. March 1. ' A'fire broke out in the operating room of the Queen's Pictures, shown n?he° Parish M, «nicht. Damage to tne extent of £2OO S done. There was no panic, those mm the building quietly The proprietor lost the machine and 3000 feet of films, which insured. The building wa3 -only 'cMhtlY damaged. - . - 'fhe M&Wmt Conference was tfe- '■ to-day, 180 delegates' attend4&£ SfW& the Tiie ! following «eW .elated Joy fifeta-j 'b-et-S of Gomihrttec. -iAUeklarid,' J. Veale, , ; T. W.,J*|» ■D xon, and G. B. Bennett; Welling"toa L .J. Clark and G. Tiller; kelson S. Gorman and G. M. bpence; Canterbury, R. H. Turner, C. S. Heward,- Otago,■*,.. vßieSevear »hd E. Asiin. l It was resolved that a committee be set up to consider all matters conneoted with the new Theological ColWe, and report ,at. an .early date. . i i i i ..\lten4ghti .wetfe Mm , guests* pi s the new ..Theological i College. l.ttm-mikiiee at, a.-banquet. -.•.■■■ i ■•'••-, , -,[<> aMit/i ••> ■!".:-Giahornei-i March I. , . (The ihody found in,the Wairoaltjver. yesterd'ay is that,of a. European, ] Apparently middle-aged, turning grey, and stoutly built,; about; sft 10m in i hsrfght. i 1* had .been, in the water about seven days. As.no one could i identify the body, it was photograph-' 'ed and interred. No on ® 1S reported to be missing. , An unfortunate accident occurred at the town wharf this afternoon. A gang of men were engaged discharging the coal barque Thora at tne wharf, wlien a labourer named Joe O'Conneli evidently tripped over a coil of rope and fell through the hatch, 20 feet, on io the coal. He was removed to the hospital, suffering from concussion, and his condition is regarded as serious. . . Wanganui, March 1. At the Harbour Board meeting tonight a notice of motion was tabled to the effect that the Board rescind its previous resolution to promote,a Bill to raise a loan of £250,000 for harbour improvement, and that it take steps to raise £IOO,OOO instead. This means the temporary abandonment of the big scheme at the Heads. Tie new loan is to be used for the purchase of a dredge to deepen the i r.ver channel to the town. ,

Feilding March 2. Feilding, who had .served a term of four consecutive years, died suddenly this morning from heart disease. He was a solicitor by profession. Wellington, March 1. The unknown man who was knocked down by a tramcar in Willis Street on Thursday evening and had his skull fractured, died to-night. No evidence as to his identity has .been forthcoming. . , y Mona Jupp, 15 months old, the child of Claud Thomas Jupp, was playing with a boy in Alexandra Hall this morning, when she touched a large platform weighing two owt., winch was standing on one ma against the wall. The platform fell on the infant's head, fracturing the base of the skull. She died soon nflcr her admission to hospital. The child's father was framing pictures in the hall at the time of the accident. .mmedin, JVlarcn 2. For the /band contest to l,e held from October 14th to 1 £>+ li the following prize-money has been allotted . A grade, £2OO, £75, C"; 0.. ,£25; B grade, £75, £3O, ,Cls, £10; 'inicKstep £25, £ls, £lO, £5. It s limit rst.vd that at least one Australian Land will compete. Wellington, March 2. Sir Joseph Ward has received cable advice that it will not be necessary for Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P., to undergo an operation, and he hopes to leave for New Zealand in April.