NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 852, 25 June 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TeleeraDk—Press. Association*) ——« : HASTINCS POULTRY SHOW. Hastings, Juno 24. . Tlio Hastings Poultry Show, opening on Juno 30, has record entries (1203) from all parts of tlie Dominion. A COSTLY ASSAULT. Napier, Juno 24. Maurico Breon, a young mail, waj! found guilty in the Supremo Court of assault at Hastings, and was fined £25, and bound over to keep the peace for twelve months. FIRE. Ashburton, June 24.. A house of six rooms, occupied by Mr. F. B. Robilliard, in Wills Street with its .contents, was gutted by fire shortly after three o'clock this afternoon. The insurances are: £190 on the house in the South British, and £100 on tho furniture in the Yorkshire, THE' KNYVETT CASE. Christchurch, June 24. Mr. J. S. Dickson, chairman of tfep Knyvett Defence Committee, was in Christchurch to-day making arrange monts for a public meeting on Thurso . day next to ventilate tho case of Captain Knyvett. The Mayor'has con-; sented to preside. SUPREME COURT SESSIONS. Napier, June 24. At the Supreme Court a man named Arthur George Coleman was found guilty of' false pretences and remandedfor sentence. Joseph Robinson, alias. Joseph Smyth, was found gtiilty of theft and sentenced to' two years' im, prisonment. In the case of John William Goldfinch, charged with criminal assault, the jury failed to agree. A new trial was ordered. ~ l ' ' , '■ SUDDEN DEATH AT KONINI. Pahlatua, June 24. Walter Elley, aged twenty, a single man, employed on Warren Brothers' farm at Konini, died suddenly yesterday. He had dinner at the homestead the previous night, and appeared to be in his usual state. Yesterday morning Warren went to his whare and found him lying on the floor breathing heavily. Elley was placed on the bed and died a quarter of an hour later. He had complained the day before of feeling unwell.