NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 20 April 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

18/ Toleiraoh-Preti Auoclatlon.) -» A BURGLARY. v * «. v A , ucklana . April 19. Yet anotflior burglary is roportod la Auckland. Tho house of Mrs. Schofidd an elderly widow at Devonport. was broken into on Wednesday evening while tho occupants wore awav at tho piotures. Tho burglars were evidently after big booty iu tho shape of a collection of kauri gum and coins of considerable value, limy failed, however, to locate tho collection, and secured only about £3 is cash, TRADE COMMISSIONER. ir ™ « ™, Oamaru, April 19. Mr. W. H. Wiokham, the British Trad« Commissioner, met some promjnent business men hero to-day, and discussed trade matters, with a view to obtaining information as to the source of tho importation of motor-cars, agricultural maohinery, timber, and ironmongery. Speakingof motor-cars, Mr. Wickham said that the trade had great possibilities,' and tho information ho had received was going to proyo that English and American flnnr controlled the bulk of it. Tho commif 6ioncr has gone on to Timaru. FARM HANDS COMPLAIN. Christchurch, April 19. A deputation from tho Farm Labourcis Union waited on the Hon. Mr. Ell this morning, and alleged that the provisions of the law as regards accommodation for farm labourers in Canterbury aro being ignored by the majority of tho'' fanners. It was stated that only a few employers we're' providing adequate housing, and that in mony cases the accommodation was disgraceful. Mr. Eli promised to lay tho matter before tho Mia. ister for Labour. DRAGGED BY STIRRUP, m.x ™, Felldlno, April 19. Walter "lies, aged eleven years, was riding to the school at Waiata this morning on a broken-down racehorse which he had not ridden before, when tho horse bolted, 6tumblcd, and throw the bov, whose foot was held by the stirrup. H« was dragged a distance of 400 yards, and when picked up was found to bo fatallj injured. Ho immediately afterward* His sister witnessed Che occurrence. SUICIDE. Hawera, April 19. Alloe Norton, a singlo woman, aged twenty years, committed 6uicido at her mother's residence yesterday, by hanging. Deceased left a note stating that sho would be found in the grapcfiouse, where her body wbb discovered in tho evening, suspended from a beam. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. Norton, Assistant-Inspec-tor of Post Offices.,- ..... . .... A SAD EVENT. Wanganul, April 19. A man named R. H. Ashford, aged 27, a recent arrival from tho Old Countrv, strangled himself in his bedroom this afternoon. Decoased had received newj of the death of his wife, and had beer melanoholy. CHARGE AGAINST RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. Duncdln, April 19. At Blacks to-day Stanley Charlet Hilgendorf was charged with stealing J!4fl, and Michael Begley with receiving £W, tho property of tho Postal Department. Both accused were employed on the railway at Oamakau. Hilgendorf pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence, but Begley pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. Both were admitted to' bail in their own' recognisances of JC7S eaoh, and two sureties of a similar amount.