NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

us* Tclcsraph-Press Association!) —. ■; a CLAIM FOR £2800 DAMAGES ESfPIiOYERS G%E|!OUSv ' ' , -. „ w : Wangahui, Jiine. 13. .- V !C ease. of- 4sPSli" iae'WangH■'ff , -Mfiit Pircezinij Gttirijwnv; . claimiiigJ i£2 800 compensation for -after, tihvwv <1 nvis' -Melody was'' ,a. beef butcher in the employ . 1 of the company,- ami in tlfo'vcoiirSp.' i>£ . work jlic. bill!o,ck ti oIU-y lilt, him on '.he. tioail, .nlid .totally ihcnpixci'tiifiiipf- him from ; : :wfES«mi[ 'His falling. JHaintifinallejiod--1 ■ 'hat Clio apparatus 'wr's dr ; !V;-tivo.. -The. :' .jm-y iouhd' tor ilig defondrmt:, company,.'s'i! con-ddeied (:ho accident due to another oinp'oyQe-'s- jjcfl]|p"n'c'6:r ■' liec-OTOisin;; the exlrc me har<!>'np. sn.i'ierinji,- "lid tilp.ss' STiifiiaiiierl'by. .-Melqdy/ ,th<! jur.v';' /tnist.pjl .that, (hp: coiiiiiahy'twoiild'sco'./it's way to i'e.ooiilp.o 1.1 s.6■ 'lii'iir irksome"-adequate'' way, awl provide hiiii with light employinoiit Counsel foiv .defendant i'saiiivjthsti the company would make a Mibstaritial.ro'.. . cbmneiisp; No costs wero as-kc-d i'or. THE HORSE'S BIT BROKE. FATAL fx ' ■ . Hastings; June'll?; • ■ ■ Two borough employees, John .AYaldori f.nd Joiin Couwny, were drivin-?- to'- work • i j -tlii's': mpniiiiß when their horsaifhicd,''ahd i':' '.the- driver pulling, on (hp resns f caused, ilie; 1 .bijt- tpljireak, .Thi'iliorse -boltedi l ami'Con-*' • I way in trying Ui dismount from . tho" :i ;■ trap,, toll under the' wheel,;and .was killed 5 ■■ '.-a'l'iriost j4staivtrinc6nslys?vAValderiPscrams ■;' bl?d- out of the rear of the trap, ami'sus- . ■ 'pit? oh .tlitiknees;-;:'. Conway,:,who ' 1 was aged 41, leave:- a wife, and three children. THL ELL CIRCULAR . Chrisfchttrch, June 1.1. • .. The Chriskhuydi. branch' of .' the Post -and. Tolograpii -A ssociation-. bas.v earned n resolution. c.xpro.ssiii'g indignation at the •. civculnT regarding \ ;Mquestiiigt its ..withdrawal. ' i .:3lessrs,.;.. New- .--. man and Bke 'to represent' ihe North 1 - iiiid;Hokitika= : distric-ts at; the ' -ponfereiiee- to bt> held at Wellington. FIRE-SAVING THE CHILDREN. V- xi' r . Taihapc, Jur.o 13. ' • :*.?$•••••.' e > v a- house'; oii' tlio out-• y destroyed,* ■ which, '? 'Wti very, old, was 'owno'd bv .1. .lea.-en, i occupied by a widow, Mrs. f-trouf, s and seveii ehihlren, !i lianiecl ■: .. art d. : ,: 1 i is; in jo;' a iul:stwo. cliildrcn. ■: Mrs. titroi'.;; and - ' tlio' Handles were on' • their way to. a "«:eial" when the out;i ineak ocom-red, and. only. the children , 'we're at.home. .The eldest, aged IG, who yj.'.wa.s .«ssis{cd>':by-':KJothvi:a;.'neighl}our, rcs.l cued;: tlso chi'.iirt-nv Thc ; "flames. quicklv ft. few. small i||;Mticles ifeein^^saved^S:The?;cause ■is attri- . buted to a-defcative chimney..' The house ; : j-as iiisured; for^SOO/iii;:thei Now Zealand \ ; : 'pffice,.'':.but .'..the'-' contents.'':wero 4 and the occupiers lor-t all.'' ' ..-. .. A PAINTER'S DEATH. ' . .Christchurch, .Tunc 13. - !. : A^-middle-aged'jiian;-; named;- Henry Sy--liiphds,-. i.whqi.: was-' the* .victim' of an as- ■'■. .san!t:'.;;h^ar,',tho:-'.iEoyal'H';.George'-' Hotels on ;■ Juno 3, died in the hospital at 1.15 p.m. to-day. ■. :i widower, had been { employed as a painter... Tlio .inquest was ; ; opened in. the afternoon. Dr. I'liomiison, J ;iifshi's. eyideii.ee, ; •■:'said.':he.: : considered death -. was the direct, result of injury to tlia . ?brain,/-rh«.(injiiiyiJroiiM-!KBTo been cans;edi:by ;:a:-'di)'ect:blowiwitli:.a.-fist or wea-

. t>on. A. man 20 years of age, named l 'l»rt ;.Clements;: is M-;presont/on remand ! ' oil a - charge of.s assaulting "decw.scd ouS Wr' :■ Jur.o .1; and Sic wiil Jh> called- upon' to - : -give- evidence at tlK>.iuqui>st .when it resumed 011 Saturda^Vof^ P4LMERSTON SHOW ENTRIES Pallliorston, JlulC !3. - ; . for,> thi^winter^"'V C • filoN V' . 'J'ho.-e showed a' considerable in- ".■■' ' ~crr-nse on the previous .vonr'ij-.lotrsls. T'io ' field roots.and seeds tuiaUed ' / hoilio iwlusrries, 223: poultry,;' 080 : competitors for' {he. Collinsan mid. Cun-.- !'■ JVM'Ehainp ' Cup v for i hunters, 31; (-a „ himf ':rs, ;il. .: ;. • . ..-sVh'i-.t -a ."'W' ;.' SPECIAL FAST STOCK TRAINS, ~ _ Palmcriton, .Tunc 1J ' '.- -Jv;!;- r V' s pci'el^)ry■ of., the jlanawatu \' > a f' Association, is receiving niflny' - -iosponses f and -expressions l of. appreciation'"')V ■ the;-promise■■of thoYf. : Jhrnstof for. K?;l w nys'-to pufou a s-pccinl, '. - .u,t .-took tiain- for-,bringing,, down tho. '... ; Auckland and:;AVaikato stud stock- for.. ;;'he:- Palmers tonspringsshow,* and a" ; jar. train, for-.the ..Auckland show-' from ■'' .'this;:end o:v ! £; ;. v..-.;*; ■ ;e. ' Brooders; arc thai'' tiicv 5 .•bo glad to. avail. themselves'''of the ; tics, offered,' and. there'is every todicaliottV-''" : that tho. concession will be}: of great value ..to.tho. two shows named, and- to breeders! ■ as; ivcll, as rto .tho■; railway,,' revenue..:;' ,i" DIVORCE CASE Palmorston, .Tune 13 '■ . ;.Tudge Chapman to-day granted a docros. ■ 'nifi'-iu-.tho ease. of. Henry Russell'.GaisjiV-; • ford from his wife Ethel loui.<i>'. Gnii~ •• ; ford; on the ground of misconduct. Thorn -. • '• ;was .: a;, counter-chariio by Mrs. Gaisford .-i^r ■ against., her husband, also of misconduct;:'- ; Tho Court was crowded, Mr. Dolan (for :; - ;: ; Mrsv;;.Gaisford),: however,; withdrew her-^ 1 ; petition, and did. ■ not defend. 1 Witnesses ; ..having : proved misconduct,''".the decree .was'granted, ■■ Tho partic-a ■ were inawiod V ; .;on';Juljvl3;--1906, and-', were well known, .-/r.I*'1 *' They have teen separated since ■ Easier, 1910.- ~' V I HIKURANGI TROUBLE. Whangarci, Juno 13. ! Colonel Holgate, managing director ot'i : P •Ktho'-Northern Coal Company, states that ;|; the. directors'will confer irith tho moa toH'morrow respecting the dispute ,at (h« vS;® ;j;Hikurangi mine. Ho could not 1 under--j.stand tho men striking on the 1 :, flimsy pretext in regard to weighing. . SOUND HERDS. 'I'V^■ ■ Feilriing, .Tunc '■'For the annual meeting of the Hereford"';':'" Breeders'' Association, tho president (Mr. Ernest Short) lias given notice to inovo...v>i;i^;'i. ■ that, after March 31, 1913, steps bo taken' to have tho registered herds of all bors examined by a qualified Government veterinarian, to enable the issue of a certi ilea to that the herds '■. are,, free fromliercditaiy unsoundness. ' BRIEF MENTION. ;Aucklard, Juno 13. Georgo Wadman, aged seventy, an old. resident" of Onehttnga, while leading a ; ;.v ~ calf in the street, dropped dead. . ; : .r : . £ ■ 1 Waipawa, June IS. ; v ■■ A. strong : branch of the Sports Proteo- ■-? tion League waa formed here last night.