NEWSY PARS

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10380, 7 December 1912, Page 4

NEWSY PARS

LOCAL AND GENERAL .■ —+—

A Gisborne message fromi Tokomaru Bay states that Frank Warbrick, of Port A,wan,ui, while loading wool to-day fell from the wharf and was killed.

Tenders are" invited for building the Methodist Ohurcli at Puriri, returnable up till noon on December 16th, with ltev. T. Trestrail. Plans paid specifioaitious may be seen at; Cllaixton's shop, in Pollen street.

Mr Talbot (s£creitarj r of the JNei-v Zealand Amateur.-"Athletiu Association at "Wfellingtoii) has .received a cablegram from Mr .tTnmack, who was arranging for an-athletic team from Atmerica to visit Australia and 'NewZealand, that, owing to the^ withdrawal of a promiinent member of tiie team, it has been found necessary to abandon the tour this season.

Foi' some time past the secretaries of the various oversea branches of thy Navy' League have been considerably perturbed at the Home Office igiK.v-an-gi (tjheaif correspondjence'. Pi'ot pst * have- !bieen sent >but have remained, unanswered. Finally, says the otu:'3 Dhily Times, the reason *or the slenoa is explained.'A letter has bum received, in Dune-din from the H.) ■->•<. OfEce alleging the destruction, of let • ters, eta, and tihe matter isnov ir the 'hands of Scotland Yar J afc'd ihi Post Office Detective Departnwru w far without success.

Athletes throughout) the Dominion will regret to learn that Ronald Opie, the 100 yds, ■aZOycTs* and +40 yds aiiiateur champion of New Zea-land-will figure no more at oha-iu-' pionship meetingsl. Opie, who is at. present located "at German B-'-y, Banks Peninsula, was drawing a dg ..<up an incline,/ -wjheri his foot .dipped, the shaft of the gig passing up his body and over his heart. He was confinied fo his bed for . five weeks, andi his medical adviser reports a bad heart sprain, .with no possible chance of his ever' again taking an active part* in athletics.

| .A Cambridge youth namled Harry I Armer met with a • somewhat serious i aceiderft the other day in a' very siuv I pie manner. He wins taking a; bath |in the Karpiro creek and in wading |up the stream he tripped and! fell i upon a. ti-tree staike which pieirced his thigh completely through, breaking off and strickinig 1 in the wouiv.!. A comradje tried jto pull tlhe stick on* with his hands, but being unable to do so as there was not much; to take hold of he substituted his teeth, and then succeeded in extracting the foreign matter from the young man's thigh. A doctor attended to Hie. ! wound, carefully treating; it with niir tiseiptics ,to ' prevent blood-poisoning 1, which so far has not) supervened but it will necessitate the youth! laviug up for a few days, . ■ •

At the inquest on tha death of the young man Robert M.oGregor or McCrindle, who died as the result of s wound mysteriously received by a shot fired at him when answeringl a bell rinjg. at his house, during the. progress of a party, it was stated that the dead man knew, but refused to reveal, the namie of his assailaut. As usual there was' a woman in thxcase, a, girl witli whom deceased, why was living apart from his wife, livid. It seems jealousy was the causa of the deed, as. the young womaji iiad expressed her -preference for McC'rindle before another suitor. The coroner returned an open verdict, remarking that the party was. an orgy, and frhe worst case in his ten yeaiV experience|. PWuiry had evidently 'be sn committed in more than one instarLce.

Aln uiiteiresting scenic, discovery was made a few days ago hy Mr Lar fcin, surveyor, and his party (writes our Tauiruarunui correspondent). ITiev were surveying in the Waitaanga valley, about ten miles in ai direct live from) Manguroa, Ohura, and, hearing falling water, made their way through the bush until they reached a waterfall meaißuring 30ft wide and with a clean, straight drop of 300 ft. Rumors that suchl a fall existed had been eurremjb, hut previously ho whit© man had located-■it. Thef rear of the water as it poured over .the fall is desori'bad as deafening, and the sight of a most awe-inspiring character. As the Public Works Department 'is making roads in the district it ought not to be difficult to arrange for a road d;reict'to the falls, and. with an "accommodation house erected, another popular tourist resort would be available. I

In connection with the shocking tragedy at Toko, whereby a young fellow named Arthur Lawrence was shot by his comrade, George Henry Corbell, a: verdict of accidental death was returned'at .the inquest. The Acting Coroner said that it was perfectly (clear that death',was" the'result of a pure accident, and fche almost criminal neglect of leaving a gun, loaded. He understood it was the duty of Territorial offioers to impress uponj the men above everything else the absolute danger of pointing a gun in this manner. It was such a simple thing to leave a cartridge in ai gun, but also a very simple thing to brenk the weapon, open and examine 'he chambers. It migiht just, as 1 easily have been Corbell, and not Lawrence. who was killed. Lawrence was as fine a specimen of manhood as he bad seen. Corbell had 1 received a punishment that would last to the end of his days, but it could not be impresseel too fully upon' parents and boys the great danger* of pointing guns.