NEW-ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1092, 3 April 1911, Page 6

NEW-ZEALAND NEWS.

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4 "RINGING THE CHANGES." , r Gisborne, April 2. i»-o men nnmed Jfobort Jlunler and .iward Harmon, each with SGTCI . a [ . ias.js, wore convicted on Saturday worn, ngof attempt,,,,, lo defraud the barmaids SUICIDE, u,, . Auckland, April 1 r"o wieU " Tl ' ln ll0 "!'- each ni B ]lt tor showed (W n, Jlle mcd, ™l testimony verdict !(f: . lh ,°.,J ur y returned a S"i" Dealh , ° wll,le . te ™l»rarily invertebrae! S Causcd by d »slocatcd CUSTOMS REVENUE partment bsin" J 7" 3 tho C, ! st ° m s »oWANGANUI COSMOPOLITAN CLUB 'hnnMinn clul ' has "aw a mcmlj»ra iSrge librarf 1 ' " ffOrlh s '°° 0 ' and . CRIME. Christchurch, Marcli 31. In Ibn Supreme Court this moniing. Henry Cox ivns charged witli theft from the person, and was sentenced to six Jnoiulis imprisonment an-l thrcb years' roiormatory treatment. William 'HamUton Gibson, for criminal assault, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Itobert blovenson, on three charges of forgery and uttering, was sentenced to two years imprisonment and declared an habitual criminal. George Gordon, lor cattle stealing, was admitted to probation for a year. TIMARU HARBOUR. .. .. , Timaru, March 31. At tho annual meeting of the Harbour Board the report showed that tho revenue was £37,998, the largest received in any ono year. The value of tho imports and exports also showed a satisfactory advance, but there was i shrinkage in tonnage, though . twenty, eight more vessels than in 1909 were handled.' The chairman said tho year, on tho whole, had been highly satisfactory. CUSTOMS DUTIES. Ti ,•> . Christchurch, April I. ilia Customs duties collected at Lyttelton during March were ,M2,44S an increase of JJSGOB over the same month last year. Iho returns for the quarter show an increase of ..£,12,612 over the same quarter last year, while those for tho y o e t o r r- c n nd^ d March 31 slloW an increase of ■158,6.12 Customs duties, and £467 in excise duties. BOY DROWNED. . , . _ Wcstport, April 1. A boy named Drury, aged three 3l .irs, ivas drowned in a hole containing a foot of water at the rear of his parents' residence at Coalbrookdale. ' LAND SALE. .c,j. . . . Hawcra, April I, Subdivision into, four section of a farm of 248 acres at Kapiini, ..Waimatp Plains, .resulted, in- the land bein R "old by auction yesterday at an average of M 3 6s. per acre, to local buyers. SEVERELY BURNED, Ai vi i i Blenheim, April !. Pnnl- I Faxbourn p, yesterday, Thomas Cook, labourer, threw down a match, Jiliich fell anions some dynamite. Cook is now in the B enlieim Hospital suffering from severe burns on tho arms and