NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

' CBy TtlcsraDh—Prow Association.! .— 4 — EAST COAST TRADE. • Auckland, April MS. Tho development of trade on the EasS Coast between Auckland and, Gisbornff has induced the Union Company to provide a much improved service to the' coastal bays. Intercolonial and coastal steamers will call regularly at Tokomaru Bay, and a first-class light draught passenger Bteamer will nm between Gisborno and Napier. He now steamship company being floated, witk, headquarters in Auckland, will run in the East Coast trade between this port . and Napier about September. GOVERNOR TO VISIT PALMER* STON. , ' . Palmarston, April IS. Intimation hps been received from Ibe Governor that ha will pay a final visit to Palmarston on May. 13, arriving by the 12.48 pjn. train utt leaving again at 3.37 pjn. Steps will be taken by the citizens to signjiligA tiio - event. . .. TYPHOID AT CHRISTCHURCH.; Y/HAT CAUSED ET? Chnstchureh, April It Correspondents, ■ writing to the newapapers, having suggested .that t&a oases of typhoid o<xurring in the city at present have caused in. some way' by the new high pressure water supply, th» • Mayor ■ has haa a return prepared showing particulars of each of the nirm cases of .typhoid which ..have been reported since January. L Of the nine, there ia only one in which the patients resi. denoe was connected with ■ the Central Ward high pressure supply, while, in two casos, the Sydenham supply, which haa been in use about four years, was used. The number-of cases in the city is not unnsual for tho autumn season, and, as the cases oome from all parts of' tho city and suburbs, it is evident that no--: one particular defect in the sanitary ar< rangeraenta can be the cause. The premises on which the oises have occurred i have been thoroughly ■ PANEL CUT OUT OF A DOOR. UNWOOD BURGLABY Christchiirch, April 14. Some time last night, or in the' early , hours of this morning, a store, situated' on the Armagh Street extension, Linwood, was burglariously entered. Entry was gained by boring with an augur several holes in a panel of the front door, and prising out a piece of wood about six inches in. diameter. By this means, the key, which had been left in the lock on the inside, could be, reached and turned, and access made ..easy. Money was evidently the object of the thieves, as the ■ till was tampered with, but the result must have been disappointing, as it had ! been cleared before the store closed.' / With the exception of a number of packets of cigarettes, which were taken away, the general stock did not appear to have ■ been interfered with. - LICENED VICTUALLERS. Auckland; April 14. The executive of the New Zealand Licensed - Victuallers' Association havo just concluded a two days' conference. No information is available as to what';,' transpired, but it is understood that only' : matters with regard to' the Trade and: industry were Tho visiting delegates have been entertained by the ' local association: during their stay ia Auckland. / A BANK TAKES FIRE. . " invercargill, April 14. Firo ivas discovered in the Bank of New Zealand at a quarter to three this ' morriinj^by/'twoemployees sleeping ll oh"' 1 ' the premises,''Ttho were awakened by- the. --"® smoke. The. flames were promptly ex- ) tinguished'and the damage amounted .to only .£SO. ;.An examination proved that ■ under the fireplace there,, is only a.;thin vlayer of'concrete,'resting onwood, !and v 'the heat penetrating', ignited.' the,, wood- • work, which muit have smouldered for hours before it broke through the flooi, EMPLOYER AND APPRENTICE. : Auckland, April 14. ' At the Magistrate's Court to-day, H. Adams, engineer, Albert Street, Auckland, was proceeded against on a charge of having discharged an apprentice named G. "Powell owing to slackness of work, and failed to procure him another employer as required by tho award. was fined &S, with coeta. ' A SAD STORY.

Napier, April 14. ■ A jonng woman named Daisy UTlelra appeared before the Court th™ morning charged with attempted suicide. Inspector Dwyer, in.'asking for a remand, said accused was in service at Hastings, and last evening came into town by the ex- ■■ press train. Between 7.30 and' 7.45 pjn, she was seen on the beach going into the sea. Two young men went in after her, ■ and took her to the police station. Hβ had communicated with her father at v Mataura, and' he. would come up and look after her. Accused had been, under treatment by a doctor. A remand was ' granted. , '■