NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 726, 27 January 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By jTelcEraph.-Press ■ Association.l

■ COPRA CARGOES AND: CORAL.V ;;; v •:B0TH: DANGEROUS^■■; : : ■'-■■> ':': -...";■ ~. Auckland,.January 28. i Two officers and the,.crew .'of the Norv wegian barque 'Amicus".■arrived, by-.the Tofua to-day. : They report' that the , Amicus,; bound for Hamburg, and loaded with copra, struck a reef in Hapaii.HarV bour, and was beached.; A, shore .gang was employed discharging cargo,' when the vessel caught .fire, presumably" from an explosion among the cargo. 'The hull, |was ..completely gutted. The. captain re-: mamed at Hapaii. One of the crew of the wrecked vessel, Peder Halvoiseh, disappeared from the ■ Tofua while in the. is-, lands. He is'; supposed -to": have. been drowned. ' -. . '■'.. '.'-':: ■■ ■'

';:' A' FATAL-WOUND. 1 '■;■: ■' ;;

A ,(By ■-- '.■ : •. •_ ■■_ _.'":;•■'Rotorua, Januarj* , *. ■■- ■&. L.Beggs, who attempted' suicide 1 tne grave of his wife in' Botorna Cemetery -on Christmas, morning, ,died thie atternoon at three o'clock after linsrerine for. thirty-one days.-': .After woujiding himself .he -was removed to > the accident ward at the sanatorinm where he .remained until Us death.'-'No one was permitted to see him and he was looked after day and;night. Up to Monday; there were hopes ;of saving Ma life, but tUat night he; shpwed serious symptemg and this. , morning was in :a"'comatose state,', and remained so until he- died. .There is. a feeling) among some of-.'-his acquaintances that they shotdd.have,been permitted: to■ see him while he waa'coa. eeione."*. , ':",'--""-'.'-'; , : '■■-.■-.'. ;: ■'-v.' , -.-.:•'. -,^~ r

, ::; : WHEN'^JSHOpT^THEMi:/:"

:'■. '■ ■•'-'■•■■•'>'■.■-■■■•;<:S ; .''', Nelson,.January 28., ; 2 The conncij.of: the'Nelsoi:Acclimatis* non-Society-has telegraphe'dia strong pro. .test: to. the-.Mimster:ror -the-r Interioj against' ani alleged proposal to declare a close season' for imported game,: whicV in: this •district'would mean mostiyquMl. ■ .Califomian quail ■is very jlentifnl , Tiere, a close season is declared they wiU' multiply: and become a serious source of loss::to. farmers, especially on^:new-land ; just after grass-seeding. it is understood the various . acclimatisation societies 'are * being urged to make : united- protEet against a close'season :being,declared, on • the ground of the uselessness of such action, -loss'.of revenue from: licenses, and removal. of the check on'poachers. [ ;.- ,