NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1341, 19 January 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Dy Telegraph—Press Association.) . + HAILSTORM, Christchurch, January 16. A very heavy hailstorm was experienced hero early (his afternoon. Largo hailstones fell, and tho storm lasted tor about half an hour, and was followed by light rain, but the weather was line liter it tho nfteruoii. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Dunedin, January 18. A man named Peter Campbell was tin'' victim of an accident at Oivaka which resulted in ono of his hands being torn off. lie. was brought, to the hospital to-night, but at present details of the accident are not available, A 70-FT. FALL. Gisborne, January 18. Harry Field, a single inau ■45 yeari of age, a enrter employed by rue i ; ui>no Works Department, met with a serious accident at B-xkiuroa, near Gisborne, today. Field was driving an empty dray ailing a narrow road when the horse, shied and precipitated tho vehicle over the cliff and all fell 70 feet to the bottom. The man was thrown clear of the dray, but received serious injury to his back and v.as_badly bruised. He was convoyed to town this evening by train, and admitted to the hospital. His condition is not ciilical. WELCOME RAIN, Gisborne, January 18. Light rain fell this afternoon and give* promise of more. Tho country districts aiv badly in need of moisture and the water supply is being seriously interfered with. Townspeople nave been requested to discontinue tho use of water for gardening purposes WATERSIDE WORKERS. Gisborne, January 18. A meeting, of the Waterside Workers' Union to-night decided by 58 votes to 55 not to cancel registration "under the Arbitration Act iu favour of the Federation of Labour, but it Was decided to take another ballot at a date to be decided upon, TENNIS DISPLAY PUT OFF. Auckland, January 18. 1 Owing to the stjitc of the weather tho I proposed exhibition matches between tho Davis Cup players had to be postponed. f TIMARU PROPERTY VALUES. Timaru, January 18, IVonty-ono out of 30 sections' of 33 perches each (subdivision of a property on the south side of tho borough) were'sold f bv auction to-day at .£ll3 to J1155 each. , The rest passed to bidders'at XBS to ,£143, TIMARU ITEMS. Timaru, January 18. . The week's camp for junior cadet offi« coi'i in the showgrounds, opens to-morrow. Mr. C. Vickermau, Government engineer, j took evidence to-day as umpire in a dispute between two parlies of settlers who , want a new bridge over the Tcngawai ' between Pleasant Point and Cave, and differ as to the site. Possibly a site halfway between will be also considered. Settlers on the Lower Orari complain that tho riverbed is silting up, this silting being aided by a wild growth of willows and > farms are liable to be Hooded,. Some of 1 them were flooded last mouth. The Coun- " ty Council is appealed to for protection. PETROL FIRE MOTOR. /■ Palmerston North, January 18. The Fire Board has decided to purchaso ) a, Simons's petrol'motor tire engine, with j turbine pump and fire escape, attached. It t will bo one of the latest appliances in < the Dominion, and will mark a consider--2 able advance in local (ire prevention' aj>pliances. LEGAL CATCHWORD. Dunedin, January 18. . Patrick Collins, landlord of the old North-Western Hotel, Palmerston South, j which is in a No-License district, was f fined .£2B and costs for selling liquor without, a license. The 'magistrate declined to accept counsel's contention that "this was an isolated case." THE CHEOUE AT THE DAIRY. ' Eltharh, January" 18. I Tor the four months ending Deccmbev 31 the Elthum Dairy Company paid to suppliers .£3B,uST>, as against £35,453 for the corresponding period of tho, previous'year, though the output of butter was 35,!)2(i1b. less. As ii result of the improved, season, the quantity now being manufactured.if s slightly more than this time last year. BEER DEPOT NEAR GORE, Gore, January 18. , ' With . tire alteration of the electoral boundaries in the No-License district'of Mataura, tho Gore Brewery Proprietary is able to establish a n«w depot eight miles from Gore. Thirteen tons of boor left this morning by/traction engine for. (lie new depot. t MOTORMAN COMMITTED. Auckland, January 18.' A case in which a tramway uiotoritKin named Alfred Chorley is charged with. 3 tho manslaughter of n six-year-old girl 1 named Flora May McDonald was: before , air.. Cutten, S.M., to-day. _Accused was 3 committed for trial, bail being allowed. , OPARAU STORE BURNT.. j Auckland, January 18. Moffat's general store at Oparau was burned down this morning, nothing being saved. The'owner is a heavy loser. It is believed that both stock and storo have small insurances in the.Stale Oflice. The building was unoccupied' ut the Hni« of the outbreak. FLYING~RACE, Palmerston N., January 18. The Federation' Flying Kace from Para, ngaranga. which is competed for by mem--1 hers of tho Wellington, Wairurapa, and Manawatu Flying Clubs wa.s won by .the. nomination of Mr. J. Dixon (of 'Jlast"rton). The velocity was 1305 yards per minute. Mr. Edwards (Palmerston) wop ' second and third prises.