NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 955, 24 October 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

a ■ AUCKLAND POLICE RAID. A FINE OF £20. Auckland, October 22, At the Police Court this morningY Henry Malcolm. Nicol, one of the mea arrested in the police raid on the pre<V mises. occupied by Ryan and j>e Groen, was charged with having betted on a horso race and assisted in the manage-; ment of a common gaming-house. Defendant admitted the first charge, and was fined £20, and-costs; tho second • charge' being then withdrawn. " BOARDINCHOUSE BURNED. INMATES ESCAPE IN NIGHT :. : .;. 7; attire. 7 ■,;■..-..-' Auckland, October 22. 7 ii TT o, airoa Boardinghouse,. formerly the Clovedon Hotel, was destroyed by fire with its contents last night.. The occupants—Mr. Merrick, his,.wife, and. child, and boarders—were aroused by a servant, who discovered the outbreak > in the billiard room; All escaped in ■ ; night attire. The house was owned by ''• olSm ■ nco , ct Com Pany, and insured for . ; fcooo in the Commercial Union. . CHRISTCHURCH RAILWAY YARDS. Chrlstohurcll, October 22. Regarding the sanitary 'arrangements'? 1 at tkir railway yards," telegrams have been received from Messrs. i",U and Davey stating that they had waited on the Minister for. Railways, and asked that be should give instructions to hart . the matter attended.- to at. once. .' A , subsequent telegram, from Mr. Millai stated that the work would be proceeded with and completed at.an early date. \MAORI LArJDS. , 7 , ■•':"''• .Whangarel,' October- 22. ; Tbe Tokera'u. Maori Land' Board, at its sitting, just concluded; under tha •'- presidency of Mr. Dinnie, dealt wrtb : i sales, leases, etc.,, to Europeans' of an aggregate area of 13,505 acres of land.' ■ as follows :-Sales confirmed, 3652.-acres2' leases confirmed, 256.. ■-'.- .'■,,..- ' TRAFALQAR DAY.' FeUding,October 22. ' .Tho members of, the tfeilding of the Jsavy League held a dinner last ' mghfcito-' celebrate Trafalgar Day. Pa-"'. triotic speeches, were delivered by Mr. ■■' H, M'lntyre'(president, of the FeMng Chamber of. Commerce), Captain Bar!-' trop (of'the lpcal rifle corps), and}' , others. . A telegram expressing deep'"'.' .' loyalty.to; the King, and Empire wa* - ' dispatched to his ■'.. Exoellency, Lordi Islington. ..'<:"' A WIDOW MISSINC. ' - : ;.'Creymoath, October 22. ; , A widow, aged 58,' resident in : Taylor '.: : ville, ,has been missing since yesterday".'. morning. Her umbrella and top-coas- '; were found on Cobden'Bridge, between ■ ■ 11' o'clock and midnight.' It; is sua. i pected to be' a case of. suicide; : FATAL FALL FROM A 7-. Chrlstchuroh, October 23; ; A railway ganger, whilst, proceeding , along-the Christchurch-Lyttelton line- ■ ,' this morning about nine : o'clock, found the dead body of a spot about' 7 one mile on the .townVsideof viieathcote ;.'. , Station., The body has been identified' ': as that of Frank Melson;,,about 45 ; > years of age, a resident, of Woolston,, ! Who leaves'a wife and. : four, children- .»' : Nothing definite has been yet ascer-.;, ' . tained as to what happened to,decease ". Ed, but, it is surmised that lie ,was,a> ' , .passenger .by.the,.lo.s.orp'.m.'train',frohi.".' .Lyttelton on that he fell off,, i the; train, and .that, ho rolled, to the' V ■ . ,fopt of thelembankmcnt where the bbdy. : was ■found.. :; ".''-..-, ,'.Z'---, '*-/,. :-.'/'," KICKEDBY A HORSE. 7 v 7 'V Felltling, October' 22. Eric.Fowler,' aged eighteen, yearfl, ' V son of.Mr. H. Fowler, of Kimholton,- '," -. met, with a' fearful-, accident yesterday.'; He left home with a horse' in'the.mora- ; ing, 'and returned later, witb;his face ■' frightfully'' battered^'haying, evidently..;!,', been kicked by the, horse, though" he ' could remember nothing'of the accident;,', ■ It is marvellous that ho" was able'; to'V • reach borne. He was' taken to the Hos- ; ' :. pital, and operated on; It will he a; 7 i week before, he. is'out of. danger., .