NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1345, 24 January 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Bγ Tcloeranli-PrcE6 Association.) ' » LOCOMOTIVE AND CHILDREN. Auckland, Jimunry 23. A sad accident occurred yesterday to a litlle son of Mr. .1. Belcher at Hie I'ukn. ivi:ka Fuwinill, near Taumanimii. ])e----i:i-,wA and his brother (aged l' ( ,ur years) wen: walking on thu tramline uliin the Iwiiiniilivv, coming down from liie Uisli will) logs, rounded a bend . on a down Kriidi , . The children, who were evidently li'JKli(nni-il by the engine, ran across tha li-iink right in front of it. The driver ilid nil that hi! could to stop, but was i.nable In do KO in time. The. elder boy was pi ruck by the locomotive, but was thrown 'tar, unhurt, but his littlo brother, aged I!) months, was run over and wii's dreadfully injured, lie was taken lo the local liui-jiilitl, wheru In, , succumbed.

NEW METHODIST COLLEGE. Auckland, January 23. It U pronosod lo erect a now Methodist Tlii-oliig-k'/j.l College at Kp.som at an early iliilu. A probublii site has been selected, but , until the Methodist Coni'ercnco meets on February 2!l nothing definite can bo doii':. Mr. A. (!. Caughey's residence at ItrfiiiiueriiL hiis been leaded for two years to be ultilised until'the college has'beea built. Tim probable cost of construction will Ixj between .£12,01)0 and .£15,000. BLUFF HARBOUR. Invercarglll, January 23, In view of Ujo doubt which at onetime prevailed as to whether-thiv steamer DelJiliic would come to the Bluff with her record cargo for I hat port of 34f10 ton?, Iho "Bluff Press" interviewed Captain. Iviijnsh, master of the vessel, who brought her aafoly in. Captain English said he was pleased to liml that everything ho lia<l heard'about tho unsafeness of the port was morn or less exaggerated. Hβ snid he found nothing difficult in the approach to the lilulT Harbour ond it was m no way difficult of navigation, excepting, perhaps, that at times in these Latitudes one may expect boisterous weather, DUNEDIN NEWS. Dunedin, January 2?. A fiix-roomod house on the Alain Itoad, North-liast Volley, was burned down. The house was the property of J. Lougworth, cud vhls occupied by J. Sinclair, \vho lost all his effects, including a library. The house was insured in the'Alliance'office for .£2OO and the furniture and effects for ,£IOO in the Standard office, and JE6S in the United offics. The iiro originated it tho kitchen.

DROWNED IN|,AWATERE, Blenheim, January 23. George E. Lewis, a young unmarried man, was.drowned in the Awatere River near Jordan. On Friday, after a search, a constable found tlio body iu tho river. A verdict of found drowned was' returned at the, inquest. FALL OFF A TRAIN, Hawera, January 23, On arrival of the express train front New Plymouth to-day, it was reported than an adult newspaper runner had fallen off the train a few chains from the station. Tho man was found in a semi-con-scious condition with his left thigh broken, and a nasty contusion on hij bead. He is unknown hero, but from the railway pass found iu his pocket his nam« appears to be Alfred E. Mills. U.S.S. CO.'S NEW STEAMERS, . Dunedin, January 20. The Union Company have four stea* niers in the hands of the Home .builders, viz.: An intercolonial liner, a. twin vessel to the Maori for the Lyttelton-Wollingtoa ferry service, and two cargo ateamors. 01' the latter, one is a sister ship to tho Kowhai, specially constructed for service at. shallow .harbours, and to be christened tho Karanui. Its registered tonnage is SflO.. Tho other is a. larger vessel of 3750 tons, and will.be equipped with the latest appliances for the rapid removal of cargo. AUCKLAND'S .TOWN* CLOCK. Auckland, January 22. ■ The four-dial clock in the tower of th# Town Hall, which has been presented bj Mr. Arthur M. Myors, M.1 , , fan es> Mayor), was set jn operation'at neon today by tho Mayor (Mr. ■ C.-- J. Parr) in the presence of several, citizens. The Mayor subsequently unveiled n handsome tablet, erected for the purpose of commemorating the gift of Mr. Myers, Tho clock is described as being of admirable • workmanship and finish. The makers, Messrs. Ciillett and Johnston, __ have just installed one of similar, type ~~ at-Toronto. "Tho works," added Mr. Bartlett (to whom was entrusted 'the installing of the new clock), "aro really tirst-class, and calculated to last for generations, owing to high quality of the materials used, and tho excellence of tho' manufacture." "BULLET WHIZZED CLOSE." Wanganui, January 22. As'a large number of trippers were di* embarking fro mthc harbour launch yes-! terdaya pea rifle, owned by Mr. Eriggs, a local solicitor, accidentally discharged. The bullet whizzed close past the heed o( ono excursionist, and then pierced th« forearm of-Briggs's mother. ■- - OLD BOYS' REUNION.. Wanganui, January 22. At a.. well-attended reunion of • Nelson College Old Boys to-night it was decided txi form a branch of the Old Boys' Association. POINT CHEVALIER ASYLUM. ~ Auckland, January, 22.' At a special meeting of-tho Grey LynaBorough Council to-night resolutions were carried strongly protesting against, the' Government's proposal to erect a; new auxiliary mental hospital at Point Chevalier, adjoining the Grey Lynn, boundary, and urging that it should be placed on the asylum property of 10,000 acres-in the King Country, near Te Awamutii. ■ " ■ SHEARING SHED BURNED, : Dunedin, January 22. The Little Valley shearing shed, nfc Gallovav Station, the property of R.' Campbell and Co., which contained SOIV sheep and 120 bales of wool, has ■ beea. . burned down. The insurance is .£IO3O in tho North British office, TIMARU FIRE INQUEST, Timaru, January 22. A magisterial inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances of the fire in John Edmonds's store on the evening of New Year's Day,'which destroyed or damaged j;C000 to X'7ooo worth of ironmonger s stock. An open verdict was returned. The only evidence that had a direct bearing on the question of the Origin of the fire was that of IT. G. Keith, a traveller for the firm, and Hayes, a shop assistant, who were in about half an hour before the fire was discovered. They both noticed on entering a slight smell as of smouldering fire. They made nn mspoclion of the premises, but could detect.. nothing. i