NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

18/ Teleerarb.-Prees AMOclation.l

THOSE TRACES OF THE WARATAH,

THE WESTPORT STORY.

■ • : % \ ;V. ]:■' ;. v' .V.Westport; i April. 18,', ■ Mr. .Crowiher,: Collector of- : Customs, has. .obtained evidence regarding tte^utateinents ..made by Mr.- Day,; ciBecond officer of the- 5.6. Tottenham, to i News" ' reporter .that that, etoamer, while oft East, London some ten days'after I&'e',s.s.. Waratah was feported missing, several bodies and pieces of, bodies floating' on the'water. , Mr. Crqwtber," is forwarding. , the evidence to the Marine Department,, which is tending it 'and the evidence 1 previously given by Mr. Day on to the . Board of Trade. ; :

WAIRARAPA LAKE;

: -BANKED, UP BX. HEAyy^SBA , ." .:v ! i ''■.■'.■■"■■'■ v ; 'V- Carterion,' April 18.- '■■ . '■The: , ''Vyairai , apa:;Lake ■ and ;the'. Lower Lake;'are ; at present tremendously .flooded aritf : !li", laj ; ge eartE , "scoops are' at -work eadeavouring-to opeu the outlet to the sea. .Each:: time tremendous seas, the heaviest seen for 40 years, block it again, occasionally ' sweeping . rignt ,' ov.er the sandspit ■ into the. lake., Op till Saturday uightthe lake was closed, but it will probably be opened'now. : Settlers the.: precaution, of placing all stock on high/ground; as■ they ' feared the sud-den-rise in the -river would cause the. highest flood ever: ; experienced, -in the Lower Yalley. ■■':'■■;■--.■ ■■ ■■■■•- -,'■- ■■:

■:' EAST- COAST RAILWAY/; /vS;

;;:':/;.. ! ■;■/ Gisborrie,VApril 18. The; Hon.• E; : M'Kenzie, Minister ; ; fpr Public Works, arrived at.Motu on Saturday.'night and received, a deputation on local requirements. The Minister.'stated; that] the railway would approach "within a mile of Motu township, and would be open'.to Otoko before the : winter. 'Hβ inspected' the railway i works- to-day, and will arrive at Gisborue to-night, proceeding'overland to' Napier. . '■ : ■ "." ,'

r .THE GALE AT GISBORNE.'

■'. \J'. • •,•' ■': ■~•■:'' '.'• .Gisborne, April "IS.,'. A. gale-on. Saturday wrought, havoc at the 'railway camp, blowing many tents to ribbons.and lifting the roof off the Public Works Departmeufe office. At Tokomaru the gale blew down chimneys and carried aw.ty. seyeral roofs. 1 . ....

ESCAPED PRISONER TAKEN,

..' ' ■ : " Wanganui,: April 18. '.Ellis/who escaped from gaol :on Saturday, Vas' captured by a policeman this morning; 'rhe; latter . was, sent in the train north,' in case the prisoner might get-in at one of the stations, and when the -.train ■ was ■ slowly ascending Brunswick Hill Ellis was.seen to board it, and was duly arrested.'. : ..■■■'■■■■'

£100 GOES;ASTRAY.

':.'■ "'" /; "-'t '■ Auckland,: April 18. George Bater;'a well-known provincial 1 .football.representatiye, has.been arrested on a cha'-ge of '■ haying failed to account for v£loo it is alleged, he received on behalf of Sharland and Company, by whom he was employed as assistant accountant... Bater appeared before the Court: this morning, and was remanded.

NEWS. IN BRIEF,

Napier, April 18. The Hawke's Bay County: Council met to-day for.the first time, in their offices in two-story building' which Sbey.' haye erected in reinforced concrete, et tho .corner of Browning and Herscheli Streets.- .'''■■•■■:'"■.■.■■. .. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, Edward Sexton .was charged with streetbetting. Decision -Was reserved.