NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1332, 9 January 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Teleeraph—Press Association.) ♦- SOYA AND ASO SAIL. Auckland, January 8. The Japanese warships, Soya and Aso, sailed for Sydney early this morning. In a message forwarded to tho City Council, Roar-Admiral Kato stated that ho desired to express his appreciation, and also to accord his thanks lor tho kind reception accorded by the citizens of Auckland to the officers and men of tho squadron. THE TRAGIC THAMES EVENT. Thames, January 8. At the inquest on the victims of tho railway fatality no fresh evidence was adduced, except that a parcel was found on the bridge above where tho man's body w«Ts discovered. From there- a bloiid-stained track led to where _ the woman's body was found on the railway line, ehowini that the man was struck down and killed instantaneously, and tho body carried by the train some distance. DEPARTMENT CRITICISED. Greymouth, January 8. Mr. Felix Campbell, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, sitting as a Justice of the Peace this morning, strongly reflected on the Justice Department in not providing a Resident Magistrate at Greymouth, where tho work accumulated. The' Justices of tho Peace and the public were inconvenienced by adjournments. The matter needed the prompt attention of the Justice Department. Mr. Campbell wished his remarks not to be construed as a reflection on Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., at Hokitika, who was being overworked. REVOLVER-AND AFTER. Thames, January 8. The boy Rowlands, who was shot on the steamer AVakatere, still lies in an unconscious state at the Thames Hospital. One side is paralysed. Arthur AA 7 alding, who shot him with a revolver and was arrested, is in a state of mental anguish. It was feared he might commit some rash act. GISBORNE FATALITY. Gisborne, January 8. A young man, named John AVilliam Wood, single and a native of England, was found dead this evening in an outbuilding at the rear of the house where ho was.staying in Roebuck Hoad. AVood was, until lately, accountant for F. Hall and Sons, but since leaving them, has been out of employment and giving way to intemperate habits. He was in town this morning and returned home during the afternoon, and/was not seen thereafter until ho was found sitting dead in the jouthouse. THE'OIL DIRECTORS, New Plymouth, January 8. A cable message received from London states that the London Board of Directors of the Taranaki Oil AVeUs, Ltd., haa been fixed, and comprises Lord Ranfurly (chairman), Mr. Joseph Brailsi'ord (chairman of Ebbwvale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company), Sir John Harrington (chairman of the Oil Trust, Ltd.), Mr. A. L. Horner, K.C, M.P. for Tyrone (director of South Africa Territories, Ltd.), and Major Alexander (formerly private secretary to Lord Ranfurly). Probably Mr. H. J. Brown, now in New Zealand, will join the board later on. "JUMPED IN FRONT." Oamaru, January 8. William Smith, aged 55 years, who was run over by a motor-car on tho North Road on Saturday last, died this morning. The deceased, a butcher at the Evlino works, was returning from work with two companions, when the toot of a motorhorn was heard. The other two jumped clear, but deceased, who was blind of ono eye, jumped in front of the motor-car, which was on tho right side of the road and going at a normal pace. CAR GOES OVER BANK. Dannevirke, January 8. A sensational motor-car accident occurred in the Ngapaerui'u district about fourteen miles from Dannevirke yesterday. The car was driven by a settler named Mr. Livingstone and the passengers comprised Mr. and Mrs. Mason and two children, and Mrs. "Wiltshire (Danuevirke). At tho foot of a grade the gear was changed, when tho engine stopped, and the car ran back over an embankment! Mr. Mason had a hip bone broken, and > his wife sustained a fractured wrist. Mr. Livingstone sustained injury to both ankles. The rest miraculously escaped uninjured. Tho car fell many feet down, tho bank and was badly broken up. WAS IT ARSON? Auckland, January 8. In connection with a firo in Greeulane on October 25, when a house and stablo owned by Robert Porter Tvere found afire in several places, the coroner's jury returned a verdict that a wilful attempt to set iiro to both was made by Porter. LEVIN INSTITUTIONS. Levin, January 8. The swimming baths erected out of the Coronation subsidy and municipal money, at a total cost of =£500, are. practically complete. The official opening is being arranged. The Carnegie library at Levin is now open, and is meeting with public patronage both from tho local townspeople .and farmers of the district.