NEW ZEALAND NEWS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.

A BOY'S ESCAPADE. ; DETECTIVES RUN HIM DOWN. Dunedin, March 27. . A lad named' Henry Joseph Hand, aged 15£ years, broke into shops at Milton, it is alleged, and stole some \ goods. In addition, it is further stated,on' Saturday at Fairfax he overtook a young woman on,the road and tried tc snatch her. handbag, containing £7. Ha was wearing a mask at the time, and the woman noticed that he was pointing a revolver at her, and screamed for help. The youth at. once ran. off. Detective Mitchell and Constable M'Rae' (Milton) traced him, and in the after' noon gave chase between Fairfax and the beach, and caught him. When arrested he was found to be armed with 1 seven-chambered revolver" and a sheath, knife and mask. He will be also ' charged with ■ stealing a horse, saddle; andDridle.' THE POLICE AND POWELKA. MAN..STILL AT. LARGE. Paimerston, March 27. The police are.still out in search.of Powelka, but the feeling in this district isthat he is still in Wellington, From Linton, it was reported that ha had slept in a woolshed, and was seen going early in the morning to town. Tiis ■".'■ report; after causing much trouble to ■ the police, proved to be only a case', of a,dairy factory employee, who had gone out early to post a letter. Ai similar story from Longburn led to V wild-goose chase to-day: ' .->■ ALtEGEO,TRACES OF WARATAHr • 'A STATEMENT ON OATH..; '1 ■ Wsstport, March ,27,..'. : Mr.Growther, Collector of■: Cnstoim* at Westport; examined on oath to-daj ' the second officer of the sj; Tottenham relative to an account which he re-. cently gave to a "Westport-News" r*. Sirter about his steamer; which left . urban ten.days after the s.a..Waratah, having passed off East London bodies • of human beings floating in the , sea. The story, was substantially the Bama' as that recently' published. The.'. evi- • dence has been-forwarded to the Mar- *. ine Department.' ..''.'■-,; SCOW'S CAPTAIN RUNS ; AMOK. .':';■'.•• Auckland, March 26. It is, stated that on Wednesday nigh* the master of the scow Winnie, lyingv at Tryphena, Great Barrier, developed' a violent form'of mania, and that with* out provocation he ferociously attacked! the mate, who, . in self-defence,- was' ' forced, to- handle his. assailant very '-' roughly with bis fists. The.master of: the scow was placed: on the steamer Waitangi bound for Auckland. Off Cape -."■'• Colville-he jumped overboard. A boat-, was lowered smartly, and as the man swam .strongly -in -the - wake ; of.',, the- ■- steamer he ■'• was picked up and _gdt •'.-■' aboard quickly'.: On arrival-of the Wai- '''•'■ iangi in town he was brought before. • the. court and remanded tea mental hospital for, observation till Wednes-' day.

A BLAZE IN THE BUSH. Dunedin, March 26. . A message received in town states that a disastrous bush fire is raging at Kaka.-Point, Port Molyneus.. •: Several houses have been destroyed. . . . 4 OTAGO; DOCK TRUST.'-.; ' Dunedin, March 25. ' 'At-aimeeting-of the-Dbck Trust last; night "the • long-standing dispute with Scott Bros, over the construction.of the dock'. was '.settled,- the Trust''agreeing ; to pay Scott Bros. £559 14s. This will, clear the way for- merging 'the .', Dock "'' Trust into the Harbour Board.■:'-. FIRE AT OREEN ISLAND. ' Dunedin, March 27.A house owned by David Adam', and occupied by Joseph Golightly, was burnt down at ■ Green Island Bush on Satnrday. The occupant ; and his wife left at; noon for Dunedin, and on their • return found the house burnt down. Golightly .was uninsured, but Adam's insurance is unknown.