NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1463, 11 June 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBs Tcleprapb-P-reii: Association.) —* ■ ■ ■■ SHIP THIEVES CAUGHT. Auckland, JjinS 10. At lire Supreme- Court, liobert Pomeroy njui Norma-ii Rigg wci:'p. riiarceti .wilii theft frpm tiro .Stcaine.r Aofa»gi of) .pwH-; . ]!<•!•!y belon/nig to a fclejv.a.nl, The i'or'j.. ' mer' wits si'iitoncrd -io reformatory treatiiio.nt: .f'c.f tl'iteo years, and l'igg la .Shreo i years' probation, on, condition ilint,he ro-' sided itilli !;is n'a'fent's and 'refunded tho. X.'li .stolen 'within a .liioiith, SEVERE ASSAULT—A CHAFIG?.. . I Cliristchurcb, Juno 111. Albert. William Clement*, twenty years i i-f appeared. at I Iks Magistrate's ! Court this i.uo'n.mig <si;iwith ass.aultJug air <il'(ic'r!.v -mim ■'rtrt.iitt'l'Jltniy Siiir-" ' jtoun; m «lo King's HMh.d,ny, .. Simmpifi has lie on i.v.nco.iiscjp.iis- ill .ibe; hosjiilaLfoiv ■ a wei'k, ami. iU is feared, will not recovct; Ck-menis was j-ci|!'andl'd. NO FEDERATION THIS TIME. Auckland, Juno 10. The Northern CortJ ty.tifp'atfy .lip been ' . officially informed that. the Rdoration.nf . l.aiHHii declines '.to accept '^iiy : \fesj»n.sniiji--iiv or to fakh any pari in tin' coal minors' .-irikc at Hikurangi. ■i' ■. - ■ • ■ :■ I LONC TIMT AT THE KEYBOARD I . Dannevlrke, Juno 10 ; , ; AKrec'i Steele, the champion piano <-nplayer, broke his iJi;6v'i%i^-i®)rlil : s». record of li'.H hours by a i|Ui.i:ior ol aninjur |n_si w.r.ek, IJt*'s-#AT-<.«*il:jfcnfc; . (in and finished, at midnight oil. ( Saturday, being by no in.rons exhausted'., l.aler. Regafiliiig- the alleged vo.porrl! tlio manager states'that Uu; tocordran not' ftand As the playing was not-coii-tinsious (iui:i«g the 108j -'hours. ' . - DEATH FROM EXHAUSTION. | A'lhburion, .lime 10; ... The ii'oily of -ahold 'app : :pcii^iqnc^Vinara^^d , . John (iiibblns wa'a fouii-l in :i shed sic or \Ve>ierfi"M ye.--feil!ay. Deceased li'ad. been' '•' u (j.olc! digger. c'il bis life,, and.at an in-. 1 •[Mi'est !o-iiay ffe evidence ;jvcnt;:J.t^ ; -slipw that lie was on in- way back to the OtagP Lgo.Vdiields. last month. The medical. cyi- ' dciice gave ..the caii-e in di rah a- exhaus.t'inii,.,,ahd..:st'at:ed t.iia't jit :,cceiirrj;d, fu11y...a,-. ■ : fprtriihght a'ao. Tlih C'orori'i s verdict was according tp the evide'ice.' STAUNCH. FOR,DEFENCE. . ■ . Palmcrston, ..tiino'.lO. ;■ ~ The PalnVsrstpn nianilx-r •iii' (.'oni'mVrce 'has rtrei.vcd replies from Iwal "pveVn-. .lug bodie.-. Knrbp'.iir. boards,, and < iiai:ii.>ers of c6niriiciT.PV.to eir.tiilafrlciidovSiiip tlwi actipii of tlio Il.oii. A; J[. .jiy.ersf:!is..MiH-' fpr .Dei'w.ct;, and r-u'pporiin{r..'iii<» f.v---U-iii. Of 'lie >o, ll!7 endr.i>e iiio reHnliition, .'liin.cteoa' look no ncticir, anil iiPKo werp i'.;arerstii PALMERSTON POLICE DISTRICT i Palrrtcrsiqn, Jimp .10. : The, Ghaniber of- Coiiunorop tb-night? dc- .' cided to approaeh tlio - fpr. J us-; | lice to hayu/tUis district; niadffjaipoiice, 'i. ■iiispovtiprafe iiisioad- of ' Ki.sub-inspecforato.. ■ ■ :a's ; .'at .])Mseiit.:- 'i'lio ppsition ha; been va|'cant:.: .sinco \tli.9 :promo( Dsp?cI tor .• Norwood io G reviium th. VJlpn' be,r? i -Paid that tlip Wa'.ißahni. district,., to which i j this is attached, wa< ■.altogether'; tooliii'irei : i " SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY I ■' .-h. . Duncdln, June io, I I . A deputation • waited : on.' the Hon.. C! ( ; iiiiireiison' ■ to-jiipht- for tlw purppse .of. ■ 'that .the 'aroa^oveiv? ,' poli on th« '.[ueition ofihe Sahuday; . bolirtay lw {sil.Vii >hc,nld bo-.extended! to; ■ I .2o':*ioi: ',25;..!\iileS ■■ I'JL' lVo''._-31 i iii d'iUo!' thouirhv. 'tlio proposal, wonld . ;\ovidd- a t-pooti? way .oiifi- : of.: the; difficult^-:and; cyer T ': '] t oiiie tlio -pbjecticnsiihitliorton .(■ S!].6jiliep*por,s. :in. the''ceiitircsl ■vTIo 'Vroiiiised. ' (o do 'what lie could to iur'Uer tlie nb- | js'C-ts of il;o (lepuistiriii. ■■ '''" ''' : : V: ; I BRIEF MENTION | ... ; . . Auckland,.Juno 10. I A dtcreo nisi was granted Thoiiins \Vil-. ; . lia'.iii' Lindsay v. Amy J.iiidsay and G'eov.sa.; l llanson, co-ruspondent. ■■■■ s