NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 54, 27 November 1907, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

[DT TELEOEArH.—FEEBS ABSOOIATION.]

DEATH OF A VETERAN.

Auckland, November 26.

Mr. Alexander Whisker, one of the few surviving soldiers present at the coronation of Queen Viptoria, died, yesterday, aged 89 years. Ho was a member of the 58th Regimout, and took part in the Maori wars.

CHILD'S DEATH.

Auckland, November i 26. Edward Ormosby, two years of' age, whose parents, reside at Morrinsvillp, fell into a water trough and from there was Washed out into the river. Tho body was recovered some days later in a shallow pool.

DUNEDIN'CRIMINAL' SITTINGS.

Dunedin, November 26,

In the Supreme Court this morning, Alexander Ramsay, charged on seven counts with theft of moneys belonging to Wilson;-Fraser, and Co., at Milton, was'found guilty.cm the second count—stealing £7 on February 2. Sontenco was deferred. Tho jury disagreed on the remaining counts. James Nicholson, Albert Churnside, and Gcorgo Wilson wore charged with., injuring an hotel at Evan's Flat with intent to annoy tho licensee. At tho conclusion of the casb for the Crown, His Honour pointed out thait thoro was very little, if anything, to connect! Churnsido and Wilson witli the offence, and tho jury agreeing with this view these accused wore discharged. In, Nicholson's case an alibi was set up, but tho jury found him guilty on the first count: Sentence was deferred. Frederick- Thomas Daft pleaded guilty to obtaining t.iv.o_suits of. clothes by false pretences, and was admitted to probation for twelve months, on condition that he paid the cost of the two suits and ,the costs of the legal proceedings, £19 in all, and also abstained from intoxicating liquors during the term of his probation." Edward Ernest Masscy was charged with setting firs to a sofa, and chair in a shop at Kaikorai, knowing that the building was likely to take fire, his intention being to defraud. ■' The case was unfinished when the Court rose. , : ' j A DUNEDIN CASE. ■,■'. Dunedin, November. 26. : At tho Police Court to-day, John-Henry Ayers, aged 21, pleaded guilty to a.ctiarge of using obscene language and assaulting a boy. I lie evidence showed that accused wasundor the lnfmcnco of liquor,, and that-the language complained of was usid in tho presence of.young girls. Accused was fined £10 with costs (125.) for using obscene language, and £1 with costs for assault, the alternatives Doing four months' and one month's.imp.isonmont respectively.

CANTERBURY FARMING PROSPECTS. Christchurch, November 26. and pasioxaLreports-froni midLOanterbury ale cheoryig. Lambing .in the upper districts, on the Rabia River, , ;show apercentage of 100 to 1.05.' Crops aro thriving, and the root crops coming up.' Cereals i are backward, but arc making good progress, if JL ls Plentiful, -and stock--is--looking well. The lambing percentage is slightly over the average. The dry. weather is not suiting farmers in the Lincoln district so well, everything being backward. Lambs will not be ready fnr'ninrket so early as in/years past. North .Canterbury prospects are s'atisfac- \ tory, but ram is wanted. ; • ( DKATH OF A MAORI CHIEF. ' IV.. ~ Aueßlana, NoyenibeT" 26. ' Winhana Te Kapa Tβ Ao Tβ'Eangi, the principal Maori chief of To Akau, died at Kawa on Saturday, aged 73 rears. He was well-known to the Maoris throughout the I Dominion as one of their most noted chiefs. / ari'dit was mainly by bis advice that Mahuta agreed to take a seat in the Legislative Council. During the Waikato war, To Ao Te Rangi throw ■in his lot with flie'pakeha, and on different dccasionsjlielped the Queen's soldiers. ,He was a genial old veteran, and in his later years was a member of the Waikato Maori Land Council. A large tangi is being held at Kawa. ■■•.-.■• -■■ ■ I ' t , ; , ' "■:' : A BOY DROWNED. Napier, November 26. A drowning accident occurred about five o'clock this eveniii"; in the old river near the Recreation Ground. Two boys, named WilHam Rickards and Roy Oliver, were in a small.punt, when it capsized and both boys pankj but Rickards never cr-.mo ,to'the sur- \ face. ; After some time-tha body was recovered,, but life was extinct. The. deceased lad was 11 years of ago, and was the son of.Mr. J. H. Rickards',,'bootmaker.■■.'•■• METHODIST SYNOD. Napier, November 26. The sessions of the Wellington District Synod of the Methodist Church wcro commenced licre to-day, the Res'. P. W. Fairclough presiding. The Rev. S. Garlick's application to he made a supernumerary foi one year was granted, testimony being borne to the devoted and eminent services 'rondered by Mr. (Jarlick to the Church for 32 years. The Row W. H. Speer was recommended to be accepted by the Conference as a minister on trial, and the Revs. Paris, Blair, Maslin, and ■ Richards were recommended 'to pass in their year, subject to their written examinations proving satisfactory. The Synod resolved to observe the usual form of reply to questions of a ministerial character until the matter had been discussed by the- New Zealand Conference. • ' ' NELSON A. AND P. SHOW. ;._ Nelson, November 28. ■. Tho fifteenth A. and' 1\ Show commenced to-day in splendid weather. Thero is.a slight falling in tho number of entries, but thequality on tho wholo is superior to last -year.-- Most of the awards-m all sections aro taken by local exhibitors. Tho.Wilkie Estate Cup, for the most points in Ayrshire?; was won by Mr. Albert Gibbs, who; has now won it two years in succession and three times at intervals. The, show will bo con. tinned to-morrow. TO BE LIBERATED. Auckland, NovetnW ?6. : Tho "New Zealand Hern Id " understands that Thomas Hall, who in ISSC was convicted at Timaru on a charge of attempting to murder his wife, and was sentenced to penal servitude for life, will ;bo liberated from Mount Eden gaol in the "courso of a few clays. , . LOAN PROPOSALS. -. -■■ Auckland, November;'2S Polls will bo taken to-morrow on proposals by the City Council to borrow £50,(10.) in connection' with tho drainago scheme, ar.d a further £50,000 to provide for the intension. , of and addition to the electric power plant ' for the city. • ■ ; . A DREDGE MASTER. DROWNED. ~ Dunedin, November 2G. ' Captain M'Lay, master of tho Hartley and Rilcy dredge, and ono of the oldest dredger masters in Otago., was drowned at Cromwell this afternoon. He was going ashore when the ropo holding tho traveller broke, and the boat capsized or was swamped. Hβ swam for somo distance, but could not get ashore. Deceased was sixty-eight years of age,,imd followed the sea till 1861, when he ' settled in Central Otago. ACCIDENT TO A CYCLIST. Woodville, November 26. A man named Herbert Bell, who is emSloyed by Messrs. Kirkcaldie aud Stains ct apior, rtiot with an alarming' accident at the Papatawa Railway station on Friday afternoon. He was going at a good pace on a motor bicycle, when the machine failed to sharp turn just past the railway crossing, and ran into a fence. Bell was thrown against a post, and received a deep cut over tho left car and, a bad wound on the thigh. Ho was insensible when picked up and taken to a neighbouring house. It was some hours before he recovered consciousness. The doctor considers, it will bo some woekj before his recovery is complete.