NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1416, 17 April 1912, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TcleeraDh—Press Association.! 0 AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS. Dunedin, April 18. riio Government, which has hud uncle* consideration for some time (ho question of installing aiitomalic tiro alarms in a number of public buildings in tho four centres, has decided to instal the May-Oat-V'l'.v alarm in tho Customhouse and Post. 0 hcv, Auckland, Law Courts nml I'o.-t Oihcc, Christ church, and Law Courts and Post O lice, Dunedin. Contracts have Wn entered into, and installation work will U commenced shortly. CUTTER ASHORE. „,, .. .. Auckland, April IC. Hie cutter Mana, •>■> tons, owned by ,T. .1. Craig, is ashore at Waikawa, iiear Coroniande,, n, :l dangerous nosition. A. telegram to (ho owner says'(hat assistance is urgently required. "The tug Aivalimo has been dispatched to the Mauu'f assistance. THE SPORTS BULWARK. i ii u i i Oamaru, April lfr. A well-attended meeting for the estab. lislnnent of a branch of the Snorts Protection Txuguo was held this cvcniii". llw meetuig was addressed-by Mr. Panne, and a committee was formed! It is said there are. 1000 members hero already/ P.UN OVErTBY SLEDGE. oamaru, April 10. A man named Eenry Driscoll wns rua over by a sledge at Totara to-day, and it is supposed that his spine is fractured Ho is in a critical condition. SERIOUSLY INJURED. Auckland, April IC. An elderly woman named Mrs. Wood sustained painful injuries )-est<?rday through falling down the slops leading to her house. She was practically insensible 1 when picked up, and wns conveyed to the [hospital with a broken leg and signs of fracturo in the right ankle. Her positioj is at present considered eerious.' ■ auckla'nd industrialism. Auckland, April .I<3. At the annual general meeting of inem» bers of tho Auckland Provincial Ind? .. trial Association, Mr. S. J. Hnrbutt \ ' elected president. After the formal nip ing, tho ainfual dinner was held. T, retiring president (Mr. B. Buttle), tn 1,. course of his address, said that ludus'tr ■■ Week, as carried through by the assoc. tion, had I>een a great success. He woulo urge manufacturers to display everything that could bo made in the Dominion, and so help to keep down the bill for imports. Tho shortage of labo\ir was not less acute now than it had been last year, and many industries were languishing for lack of workers. The Government, should iako the matter up and start ' system of immigration. STRIKE RELIEF FUND. Dunedin, April IG. Tho "Daily Times" Fund, in aid of the women and children who aro suffering as tho result of the coal' strike in Britain, was closed to-night. The total , sum raised is ,£lsi3 18s. ■ • BRIEF MENTION. Christchurch, April 15. News has been, received that Mr. Lin« don, accompanied by Guides Graham and Thompson, made an ascent of Mount Cook' on Friday last. Waipawa, April 15. W. H. Stent, an old resident of thii district, committed suicide on Saturday Inst. A poll to borrow .£1250 to Tmprbvc Hie Municipal Tkeatro was carried by 6fl votes to 49. Auckland, April 15. Edward Lowe, employed at Seagar Bros.' ironworks, was very severely injured to-day. His clothing caught in a shaft while oiling tho machinery-. The clothing gave way, however, and thereby, averted a fatal result.

Timaru, April-15. Applications' for ■ the> Tininninga Settlement, Pncrora, wore disappointingly smaU, only nineteen being lodged nt Timaru. It is understood that only two or three were lodged fit Christchurclv It is supposed that the rentals were too high, Timaru, April 15. At raivlio to-day, a shearer, who left Omarama Station after a rebuke by the overseer for ill-using sheep, sued for ,C 5 odd as balance due- on work done. Two Justices gave judgment for defendant, on tho ground that the shearer had broken his contract.

Gore, April IC. Dugald Louis Popplewell has boen nominated for the Mayoralty.