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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 6

lii England- it is quite the. usual 1 thing to find flower shows held in tents and marquees, and-the .Hutt Valley' Horticultural Society, in .following, the ; Old-Country's example, expects tp .'score a distinct success with their sixth annual summer, show, j It -has -been decided to hold the exhibition m.the garden'of the'prcr sident, - Mr. G. A. Chapman '(whose - grounds are particularly well adapted for such a purpose), ..on- Wednesday and ; Thursday next. The largest "marquees available are to ho erected on the lawns, for the large number of sections in the;, different, classes ' of. fruit,-. flowers, - pot plants, and'.vegetables, and: the added attraction;,of Mr.. Chapman's . hothouses will be a ;special;. feature. A' , band will be in attendance,* and afternoon'. tea tinder the. trdeß will be provided.. '... ;

grasp. His_hors.e was standing ready, saddled and_ bridled. .M'Neil, however, underestimated both the" fleetness and strength of his opponent, and the: constible overtook -him .again before ho could reach. his horse, » ,struggle tho capture was oltected, and the handcuffs fixed. Half-an-hour later Constable Thomson and his charge wero on. . the river steamer en route for Wanganui. AVhon arrested M'Neil was in- possession of a razor and a pocket knife, and during Hie struggle two or three times endeavoured to mako.uso of tho razor, which ivas in his trousers pockct. The constable, however, prevented his getting his hands on such a tormidable weapon. M'Neil's main regret is that lie was unable to obtain possession of a revolver, as had lie. had one he Maintains that ho would never have been •captured alive. He also asserted that lie had had a real, good time' since leaving--Wellington;" _ After arrest M'Neil appeared, before tho Court : at-Waiigainii, and was remanded-to appear at Wellington on'Fobruary 18. ; 1 He was brought .down hero in charge of Constable Thomson. . -