HOMICIDAL MANIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14510, 13 November 1909, Page 3

HOMICIDAL MANIA.

CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 13. A young man named Charles Brown, residing with his. mother at Springfield Road, at an early hour this morning suddenly developed homicidal mania, and attacked his mother with a carving knife in a violent .and determined manner. His. elder brother, who was present, saved his mother from getting serious injury. The police were sent for, but Brown fled and has not yet been captured.

Mr. Dallas, Devon St., is arranging a show .of Cailler's chocolate in one of his windows next Tuesday which will uo doubt attract a good deal of attentiou. We draw attention to the fact that the time for receipt of applications for the' position of foresnan of works to the Hawera County Council has been extended to the Ist proximo at noon. Conditions can be, obtained upon applying to the county clerk, Hawera. - The new military march tone "What we have we'll hold" (words by F. J. Courtney and music composed by Nelson Dyson) will be sang for the first time -in New Plymouth by Mr. E. E. Clarke at the Navy League entertainment on Monday, night. The songhas recently proved a great success in Wellington and. having a good swinging chorus, should take on well with a NewPlymouth audience.

It is very evident that Vogeltown is becoming a favourite residential suburb, for there ape four dwellings now in course of erection, • and we understand that another large bouse will soon be started. Section* in this locality! are fast increasing in price owing to the limited area of land available. Part of this land is advertised to-day by Messrs. Gilmour and Clarke. It comprises good sections close to Mr. R Cock's property and may be had on easy terms.* The annual meeting of the local branch of the W.C.T.U. will be held in the Baptist Church, Gill Street, at 3' p.m. on Wednesday next, for the election of officers and general business. In the evening at 7.30, a social gathering will be held in the Whiteley H.IL the Her. J. G. Chapman to preside. The annual report will be delivered by the president and a musical- programme will be given. Refreshments will be handed round during the evening. Trips to the delightful Milford and other leading West Coast Sounds will this year be much shorter and cheaper than formerly. The Union Company announces that the Waikare (the wellknown intercolonial passenger steamer) will leave Dunedin towards the end of December, making two trips, and will on each occasion be away for six days. Full particulars as to cost, etc., can be had from any of the Union Steam Ship Company's offices. The Dresden Piano Company is proud of the confidence, placed in it by the public— a trust built up by years of honest dealing. Frankn<»s» is "The Dresden's" motto in air »*s relations with a purchaser. The more the latter knows about the piano he is baying, the more likely be is to be satisfied. What the Dresden Piano Company has to offer its patrons i» quality — never anything else. Had not '4ood value been a characteristic feature with the Dresden, theirs wou'd not be the business it is to-day, lhat Company 'has many advantages. It possesses extensive capital and an tuormous output. Thus, it commands stock on a bedrock basis from the world's foremost manufacturers. Then it possesses officers of great experience, of unrivalled judgment, and of unquestioned integrity, in whom not only has "The Dresden" the utmost confidence, but on whom the public, too, can rely — to the last word. Local representative*, E, Griffiths nnd Co.