NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1410, 10 April 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

[By TeleEraDh—Press Association.) r* DIVED AND SANK. Hamilton, April 9. Ernest Richard Dennison, a railway porter at Cambridge, 27 years of age, a married man with a wife nud one- young child, was a visitor to tho Baptists' Camp at tho lake yesterday. In company with a man named Broad, Dennison went out in a punt. He dived overboard and swnm about, returning safely to tho punt. Later lie again dived, and splashed, and Broad thought ho was swimming, but Dennison had sunk under. The body was recovered an hour and a half later, when life was extinct. FOR STARVING CHILDREN. , Hastings, April 8. Contributions by residents of Hastings towards the relief of starving British children consequent on the strike now totals .£lB5 10s. This includes Mr. G. P. Donnelly's gift of .£IOO and church collections. ' WASHED OFF A CUTTER. Invercargill, April 9. While proceeding in a cutter from Bluff to Stewart Island on Monday evening, Emil Anderson was washed overboard and drowned. His companions, two brothers named Silvester, had the vessel hove-to, and a search was made for the missing man, but without avail. Deceased had rosided .on the cutter, and it is believed he was single. It is not known whether he had any relatives in the Dominion. MINISTERS IN TARANAKI. New Plymouth, April 9. The Prime Minister and the Hon. G. TV. Russell arrived by the train from Stratford this morning, and received a depuon local matters. They will visit tho oil works this afternoon, and leave again by train for Eltham and Manaia. THUNDER AND HAIL. Christchurch, April 9. A heavy thunder and hail storm broke over the city thie afternoon, and continued violently for an hour. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. Auckland, April 9. At the Harbour Board meeting to-day it was resolved that a system of compulsory pilotage for tho port of Auckland bo adopted, to come into force on and after October 1, 1912. BONFJRE AND FIREWORKS. Auckland, April 9. A bonfire and fireworks display was held at Albany on Saturday in honour of tho Prime Minister and the Hon. A. M. Myers. The novel function was largely attended, and proved a great success. ALLEGED STABBING. Auckland, April 9. On Sunday last three labourers who are engaged on road works at Epsom had a quarrel, and one of them, Paul HalWγ, an Austrian, it is alleged, drew a knife and attempted to stab one of the others named Arthur Thomas. Luckily tho knife was very blunt, and did not do a great deal of execution, a small wound on the arm being the amount of the damage done. At the Police. Court Haller pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted Thomas by stabbing him with a knife. On the application of the police he was remanded until April 15. FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT. N Dunedin, April 9. At the inquest on the body of William Nesbit, who was killed last night as the result of being run over by a tram, the evidence showed that tho injuries were very severe. Death must have been instantaneous. Deceased had gone to Eoslyn by another car, and was then very drunk. Tho coroner returned a verdict that death was due to deceased being run over by a tram while under tho influence of liquor, no blame being attachable to anyone. ODDFELLOWS' CONFERENCE. Christchurch, April 9. At the Oddfellows' Conference to-day tho following officers were elected:— AV.G.M. Bro. John Clark (Auckland), Grand Master;. P.P.G.M. Bro. John Smith (Wellington), Deputs'-Grand Master; Bro. J. Kershaw, corresponding secretary and Parliamentary agent; P.P.G.M. Bro. G. E. Godber, treasurer; P.G. Bro. Guise, auditor. The following were .elected directors:—P.P.G.M.'s, Bros. W. Thomas (Auckland), F. TV. Watt (Ashburton), J. Salek (Wanganui), W. P. Loasby (Wellington), F. A. Moore (New Plymouth), J. A. Clarke (Christchurch). THE MINISTER FOR MINES, Greymouth, April 9. The Hon. J. Colvin, Minister for Mines, paid his fiTst official visit to the State Collieries yesterday. He was met at Runanga by Mr. James Bishop (manager of the State Mines). At Dunollie a carriage was attached to the public works engine, and the journey for the first time made to the extension in a passenger train. The Minister inspected the extension works, and then returned to Dunollie, where he received a deputation. The Minister will ba banquetted by the citizens of Greymouth on Thursday night. BRIEF MENTION. Auckland, April 9. William H. Trail, aged eighty-four, a resident of Waihi, fell on the deck of a ferry steamer travelling to Devonport. When picked up he had expired. Invercargill, April 9. Thomas Dougherty, a labourer, aged

fifty, with a companion, was walking across the railway yard nt Wyndham on Monday evening when Dougherty was struck by a shunting engine and killed.