SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 38, 14 February 1905, Page 5

SOUTHERN NEWS.

A CHILD KILLED. (By Telepraph.—Press Association.) A«raURT(»N. Monday. This morning tho daughter of Mr Charles Bennet, aged owe year and eight months, while playing in her firrfrf-r's yard. w=ls run over by the .wheel of a threshing comhinv. drawn by the. moving traction engrine. She wtbs killed in-st-an-taiieotifdy, tihp wheel over her bead. At thr inquest a wrclivt of "Accidental dea.th" was re-turnrd. T JN-U'RKD. WEIjLtrNGTD-N. Monday. Dirki Barry, aged .'Jo, a cook on the eoa.s-tmg steaauer Ma.ua raa. and Wiltiajn Matthews. A_B.. a«-etl 25. had. a«i altercation to-night on tJ» wharf. Barry attacked Matthews with a. eifta.ver. inftietiog a wound on folir head, and injuring several ribs, iiatthews was removed to the and Barry was ta-ken into custody. WUHJJCSKi-TaS this day. The «ise against David Baxrf charged with lea-ving , connnifcted a violent ;tssaxil.t, on ">liffitttw» , veis sbipnEe*it«r on ttae Manaroa was adjnutmed till -Monday. Matthews i« prognissing satisfactorily, but will be unable to leave tli« 'hivspitai for a few days. Bail was allowed. FOUND DEAD. DUUEDOf, this day. Wm. Stevenson, a farmer, aged sixty years, was found dead in his dwelling at LovelFs Fbrt. Emarmiel Turner, S9 years of "age, who lived akme in Bathgate-street, SoutA Dmiedin, was found dead seated in a chair. TENURE COMMISSION. WELLINGTON, this day. It is definitely decided that Mr. James McKerrow. ex-Snn-eyor-Geiierai, vrill be chairman of the Land Temxre Coto.mission, vice Mr. W. S. Reid, resigned. CHRISTCHISKCH, tbis day. In the Supreme Court, Herbert Joseph charged with forging and uttering, was sentenced to 12 manths' probation, and ordered to pay-OtNxwts.