NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telczraijti.—Press AesooI&Uoo.)

/AN'EXCITING TRIP, ; " • ■;.,'".; ;■'/ ■';x coach, OTSET.\;;: s : .' ; ';^v; : .";r: : _ . - : . • -,:' Chr tfetchurehj-November'2.'-V \ from ,the; West Coast yesterday . . did not arrive in town tUl'a quarter to one this eventfuffv 1 d " re ? ot ' ted . a 'rather , They reached Otira atabout 10 o'clock,, when information .was received that the river was S.teet 8 inches, above normal at, Bealey, and it looked as if:.thoy,wouiabo.:held-up for.the ~ day.- Later: on, ihow&vor, word': caroo ■ that the nver was falling, and it was decided to push ; on. ■.■-.', ■■:■■'. " ■•■•■■■ .-, . ■''-..■. "'.■ Tho coaches : left Otira abott 2:3o,.the, , Otira: iJ ITO J ™M .so.high that passengers.crossed by. V; t&e. footbridge, leaving, the vehicle'to ford the :.<■■ stream. v. ; ,i /,■■ '- ; . .- ; ■«-. ■; -'■• .... v>. . The ;Waimakiriri waß.stiUa'triuo' high.' The'" V ariver (Searle) looked, for ford on :'' horseback till he.located -a spot'where across. V ing could be made'with.eafety..The. passettrare wewthenxonveyed across in a stout wagonette' ; at about-e o'clock, V' ... • v ■.■ n> ..... .. ~ Leaving Bealey again at a.quarter to seven ' . Broken River .was reached about 10 p.m.. but >. the last coach came to grief on the bill abote ' tho station. ■The driver (Clarke), .who , was hugging thehill pretty closely in the dark, got-'.: into a deep rut, upsetting tho coach against the : ' S^V 3^ tlirown out on'hie head, but •■ stuck to the reins, while pne'ot'.the passenger* - ; jumped clear and ran to.the'- 'horses' heads. V: There werp six passengers inside, who got a ; fright, but beyond a severe ' shaking' came to " ', no harm. They finished the journey into" 1 * Broken Eiver, a matter of 300 yards, on foot, while the coach' was righted and brought on , ' : with the luggage.- ': ' . '. ■ . , r ....,> ■■■ • The Department .delayed' the ; train, and '. ; Chnstehurch was.reached about 12.45. .i ■■.■'

' ROAD RACE INdUIRY.' 1 K , MOkE'.THiN;.ONB IMPLICATED; : A , :. : v ■ Xhristchurch, November' 2/ : There lSiJm impression that, the inquiry held '» by the League of Novij Zealand Wheelmen- waa' , '' limited, to the case oft, J. Arnst. .This is not so, as the scope-of;.tlie.inquiry;..included:,the . : whole or the fastest-time prize-winners. -''J; ,: Arnst was.not the only winner ■ against whom ■ allegations, were made of .having beeuiillegallj' ' picod. •". ■■" •' ■' ••; .. ■' -~. .-.- ,-:. ii.■...:..," >'

BREAKING AND ENTERING!

... : . '•' V. ':: ; " V '■■ Napier, ;Noveaber.'2. -'■ ■ A man" named \ David llunn,. alias William Williams,; alias David Jackson, \alias I Thomas Williamson, pleaded "guilty at the :MagistratoV Court, this morning. to breaking arid entering a. 'dwelling' with -intent '-to commit ■ a .crime. He 'appealed.; before.- Mr.; Justice, Sim .'inUhe afternoon, and-was sentenced to twelve-months' imprisonment, ■■-.■■'■■ ,;•.■■..■.■■'.. : . : ,,-. :;?■

■ ARBITRATION: COURT.' = '"■:'■■■'.'■"■■ ;•■■■■. ".'•' ■■ .:.< : - : Napier,.November 2'.'. ' The Arbitration, Court concluded/its'NapieJ ■'■- sittings; this mornihg.'.and adjourned'.to meet ■• in .Wellington, on" Thursday.*. Judgment .was re-' ..t 'served in the cose in which Bull 'i against '• the decision of the' magistrate., fining. ■v. them for•■:'alleged, di6mißeal.,'of •.. a'■ man. .from \' their employ on no other ground than that'll* i' w.aS'eeoretary. o£ the Painters' Unioiu ;. : - ;.,:'"

.■;. •. ■.:;- : -' , :. test hotel■oase;^v: ; . fjki y^ •■•■"■' ■..•'■'■:'_, ; : :■ VDiinodjn, 'NpTflinber^. l . '.In.'.a proseontipn.against the; Ophir;hotel' .' . keeper .for'permitting : e.," portion: of his jpre- .' >mise3.'to be n3ed ae'a' danoing 6aloonl : Mr. Bar/'; ; thblomew, , : SIM.', following 'a recent,English/de-l v cision, held /that 'one- isolated not .did'.not' con?. , ,' ■■■/ ■stitiite,.ttsihg.'jand: dismissed the'information.-'■■'■ ■Gremt'interest' is' being -lehbwni'by. hotelkeepere ••;;. in the'.case,,whioh.is:regarded fa'a'-test dne» r j-.;- ;; -'

WμiiiiEß:s'■Delegates.'".iAi-."■^■-.^jiv-T.:,:- :: Hok?tika,.Nqrem%;li ;i ' ; ; The : president . (Mr. ,T. ] Borkii) ind seor:B> tary (Mr. J. D.Bancke)' of the Rimu Association .have; been, appointed by.': the-ass* ; oiation to - proceed to Wellington by the. Arahura to give evidence before \the Earliamentary Committee with reference to the petition from Westland askine* : for. an ainendment' pl the water-power' regulations. , '. -.' •'', ■■ ■","., : ;.■ :