DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 14, 14 May 1912, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association)

Nelson, May 13

Mr. A. Allan, a prominent Nelsonian, was seriously injured last night. With a party of ladies, ho was hillclimbing yesterday, but owing to the mist, got/iff the track about 9 p.m. Mr. Allan was proceeding ahead, and foil over a precipice. The girls remained all night on a ledge of rock till daylight, when Miss Hunter set off for Nelson for assistance. Misses Bogle and Robertson went to Mr. Allan and covered him with clothing. The police and a doctor arrived in the morning and returned to town in the afternoon. Mr. Allan is in a semi-conscious condition. The injuries consist of severe cuts on the head and chest, while several ribs are broken. His condition is serious.

Waipawa, May 14

At the adjourned inquest on the bodies of Mud Mud and Hine Rene, killed in a motor accident on Tuesday last, a verdict was returned that they met their deaths through the driver, Kuku Matene Ropiha, attempting to negotiate a corner at excessive speed, while more or less under the influence of liquor.

Dunedin, May 14

The Bruce County Council adversely criticised the Local Government Bill. The general opinion was that County Councils desired no such drastic changes as proposed.

Napier, May 14

The Hawke’s Bay Trades and Labour Council passed- a resolution protesting against the Government placing orders for locomotives with private firms, considering it high time the Government undertook the work thpmselves. The Council also passed a resolution approving the action of the Napier Borough Council in .insisting on British made rails being used in the tram system, although the cost would be somewhat higher.

Hamilton, May M

’The local school committee last night passed the following resolution: “That this committee, while appreciating the very highly excellent work of some teachers and schools throughout the Dominion, regrets that the result generally attained is not such as to adequately equip boys and girls for the battle of life, the syllabus being so overcrowded' that some essential brandies of education are not given attention, with the result that arithmetic, writing and reading arc far from satisfactory.” Reference was also made to the relation of the Education Boards to the committees. The Boards disregard the committees, which was resented.

Spencer Morton, 22, employed at a store at Ohaupo, committed suicide by taking carbolic yesterday. The reason is not apparent. .