NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1342, 20 January 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

■ !By TolccraDli—Pree« Ajuoclation.l — » NAPIER-GISBORNE RAILWAY. Napier, January J9. It has been definitely decided that th« first sod of tho Napier-Gisborno railway will be officially turned at tho Napier cud towards the close of this month, probably the 29th. Tho ccremony will Ire attended by Sir Joseph Ward and th» Hon. 11. M'Kenzio. THE MAILS. Auckland, January IS. The Marama, Which reached Auckland from Sydney this morning, brought 38G bags of European and Australian mail, 150 bags of which were for Auckland. The Mantua which arrived from Sydney, brought an English parcel mail of 99 boxes and bags. The southern portion goes south to-night. THOSE GORE CASES. Gore, January. 19. At' tho Magistrate's Court Kenneth' Maekay was charged with procuring twelve bottles of whisky to bo delivered in a No-License district, knowing tluo liquor was intended for salo. Defendant did not appear. Tho magistrate (Mr. Toung) said that ho saw little diffemioa between a person who brought liquor into a No-I/icense district knowing that it was intended for salo and a person who actually sold it. Maekay was fiwsd =£50, with costs 7s. FOUND SHOT. Auckland, January 19. A young man named Evans wafl found at Piopio, sixteen miles from To Kuiti, yesterday, with a revolver shot in lufl head and a revolver in his Ho died shortly after being found. Evans oamo from England about two years ago. TAMPING A BLAST. Duncdin, January 19. Thomas Boilly, employed iu oonstrue- > tion works at Big Hill, on the LawrenooRoxburgh railway, met with an MM" dent last eroning, which terminated fatally. Ho was tamping a blasting charge, which exploded prematurely, and tlw rammer was driven into his forehead. RUN DOWN BY MOTOR. ' Chrirtchurch,'January 19. ( At a quarter to five this afternoon a motoT-car wcidont occurred in front .of Warner's Hotel. When a car, driven br TCecinald Blnndon. of Bonnetta, turned from Colombo Street towards notel, an elderly man named Thomas Ryan hesitated, and tho oar ran into him, ' knocking him over. Ho sustained sever# injuries to tho spine, and his left leg was broken. Ho was taken to the Hospital, where ho died at 8.30. f COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Auckland, January MAt the Polico Court to-day Susan ah. : Hamblyn, charged witli performing an illegal operation on September t, was committed for trial. Bail was allowed in 1 two sureties of .£l5O, and "accused soWS bond of J3300. THAT TERRIBLE SQUARE. Palmerston N., January 19. A narrow escape from another railway accident occurred in the Square at ten o'clock this' morning. As a train wort approaching tho Post Offioe crossing a carriers express made as if to paaa m- ; front of it. Apparently the carrier did not notice the proximity of the train till i ho was within a few feet of tho hn<\ i Ho pulled his horse sharply round juet as the train rushed past. Had th» [ horse gone straight on a oouple of yards, disaster would have occurred. I TIMPANY'S MILL. Invercargill, January 19. Timpany Bros.' mill in Seaward BusK was destroyed by .a bush fire. . The mill was insured for XTOO on the average clauses. The engine, which was valued at .£SOO, was seriously damagod, and a considerable length of tramway destroyed.'. WIRELESS. • Auckland, January 19. • Tho wireless operator of the Mantua, which' arrived from London this morning, •. was successful iti' iiiaiht&'inittg fairly, con6tant communication with shore stations, a,-,-a ■' ,»ru .» ;;w was socured. Interesting connection was inauo on Acw lears Eve, wnen ilie operator at Cocos .Island was spoken and greetings exchanged. Although tho station on tho Island is a very small-powered (me, tho distance oyer which messages travelled was 1002 miles. On January 18 the operator got into touch with Suva Station, a distance of 1030 miles. TIMBER MILL BURNED. Gisborne, January 19. Taylor and M'lntosh's timber mill il Mangaono Valley, Nuhaka, was destroyed by firo. Some bush near by was being burned, and tho firo got out of hand, and swept everything connected with th« mill clean away. SPORTS-THE NEW IDEA. Hawera, January 19. At a well-attended meeting last night it was decided to form a branch of th« Now Zealand Sports Protection League, and a local executive was elected, comprising representatives of practically every branch of sport in existence in the district. - LOST AND FOUND. Gisborne, January 19. \ Mrs. Mary Janet Grant loft her homi on Wednesday evening to purchase a newspaper, and did not return. Her disappearance is causing her friends much anxiety. No trace can be found of her. Sho had been in ill-health, and was mentally depressed. Later. Mrs. Grant, reported as missing, wai found in tho town this'-, morning. FARMERS' UNION. Hawera, January 19." Tho Taranald Provincial Executive ot tho Farmers' Union yesterday decided to ask the Dominion Executive to consider the advisableness of appointing an organiser for , tho North Island. The resignation of tho president (Mr. J. W. Jones), who is leaving for the Bay of Islands, wa* accepted with regret. MR. H. B. IRVING IN " HAMLET.*} 4 To-night, at His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, Mr. H. B. Irving will closo a, most successful season. On Monday the' famous English actor will commence a provincial tour at New Plymouth in. "Hamlet." He will present Shakospearo's great tragedy at Eltham ion Tuesday night, Wanganui on Wednesday, and Palmerston North on Thursday next. Ho will rest ou Friday evening, and on Saturday night next will commencc a brief season at the Opera House, Wellington, l when lie will bo presented in his remarkably successful interpretation of tho Priuco of Denmark. Mr. H. B. Irving in the son of Sir Henry Irving, a man of the: . highest genius. Ho was a great actor and a great organiser. Ho possessed that mysterious something Eomotimes called' personal megnetisin, iby which a man attracts and fascinates his fellows. As a great critic once said of'him, "the finest tiling on any stage character of Irving, was Irving himself." Merely to be th# son of such a man is a distinction, but Mr. 11. D. Irving has not only inherited his father's name, ho has inherited his father's genius. He is a great actor, but lie is also a scholar of considerable attainments, and an author of somo distinction. It can 1m truthfully saiil of the distinguished man who visits us. on Saturday next, as it co'ild be snid of his great father, that he dignifies and elevates the stage because he carries to it, not' merely thp gifts of tho born mimic, but also tho higher gifts of the thinker and artist. The production of "Hamlet" -will bo staged on the same magnificent scale, and presented by the same cast, ju when it was produced in London last year. Unfortunately for playgoers, Mr. Irving's season is to be a brief one, but during bis stay he will stage, in addition to "Hamlet," "The Lyons.Mail," "The Bells," and "Louis XI." Tho plans for the first six nights of the season will be opened at the Dresden on Wednesday morning next.