NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1328, 4 January 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph-Press Association.) ■ ■' ''"" ♦ ' ' . RAINY TIMARU. n ;. ..' Timaru, January-2. : Owing, to. .steady, vain this ;moruing rendering the ground, unusable, the Calodohian Society abandoned the second.dav of the .sports. Many intending' competitors from u distance could not stnv over a postponement. 'The rainfall at; Tnnam during December was ;5J< inches, (he heaviest for airy month since 1902. The heaviest fall caused a flood last' I'riduv, when 1.3 inch fell. DEATH AT SEA, . Auckland, January. 2. " "bile nn.a. voyage from. .Auckland to Fiji, .a trimmer named Charles Moore, aboard the Tallinn, became ill, and died on December 21. He Was buried the salne evening. "S.S. WARATAH." , Auckland,. January 3. ■ A Customs official insnected the ' buov recently -washed ashore at Waiuku. He states the inscription, "s.s. 'NV'aratah,*' can bo plainly seen, with a dim, but indistinguishable, outline of the port of registration. On the reverse, side ,ii« two fairly large flags, but the- lettering is not decipherable. YOUNG BURGLARS. T .. - „ .Christchurch, January 3. Victor Smith and.Edgar Mooriv.voiiths about 18 years of .age, nlcaded guilt v at the Magistrate's Court .this.morning'to it long hbnes of minor burglaries in the cjtv and wore'committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. CROWDED FERRY STEAMER. Christchurch, ..Tanuarv 3. A large.number of intending passengerwere shut out of. the Maori last night, .including many who tuul.booked berths by. the steamer. Peoolc crowded the' gangways, and in the absence of special precautions notning could be done to distinguish those who had booked berths from those who had not. THE CHRISTMAS TRADE. tn , . Auckland, January 3. trade in citv shops since Christmas has been brisk ' all round, and, shopkeepers generally are well satisfied.. The managers of sevcralbig establishments said that the results wore'better'than in the' previous year, and fully warrantcdj the preparations made to cope with-a big volume of business.

MISHAP TO A STEAMER. ._, ~ , Auckland, January 3.' " ihe Aorthern ..Steamship Company's ■steamer T'aeroa broke her tail shaft off Mangonni on Sunday. The, Paeroa, 'was towed to Mangonui by a. launch, where'a. spare shaft.and propeller were fitted. The vessel returned to Auckland late last even-' ing. "UNDESIRABLE," Auckland, January a. When the Tallinn arrived from the Inlands yesterday a. young Hindu named John Thomas wa.s aboard. Ho was unable'to pass the education test and was not allowed to land. He took Trench leave, however, the. result being his appearance iu court to-day, charged with being an undesirable immigrant. Ho was ordered to be returned to Suva by (he Navua. HUMAN REMAINS FOUND. Palmerston North, January 3. The polico yesterday'discovered some human remains wrapped up in a blanket on the Foxton Road. A medical'examination revealed that the bones, which included a skull and leg bones, wore very old, and werethoso of a Maori. It ..is surmised that thoy wero loft by Maoris when being conveyed from one cemetery to another.