NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1469, 18 June 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Br .>; Teloßratth-Prein; Association,!

ip|Hf;fLAX REFUSE IN RIVERA ' f£ %? 'i;'' ■'.'' Paimerston, June"l 7. v.?"! ¥■■ At/the Supreme Court to-day, before hi«V.v< Ilohotir the". Chief Justice '(Sir Robert.,,;.. :Slout), YV. V; ]), Poara.', farmer, ofVOrouaB?; ;llridge, " proceeded against ■ Edward- I'.ii l.ovieii,'- J nines Tennnnt, and Harold Jar- % : vis lor .KlaO. ibunnges and an injunction'?,?;? •preventing thcln from allowing the (Iroua: ;■■ Hivcr to be polluted by flax refuse. Plain-::;:-;' : tiff' alleged-'that this refuse rendered the ;;.; water unfit far cattle -to drink and caused 1 .; ■ the river to flood his property in. floodift ;lime, thus spoiling his pasture. ■ The Flax-H?i millers' Association have also taken up VX {.defendants' ease: ■, Messrs. P. E. ,nnd;H. R; 1 Cooper appeared for plaintiff;™? 'iitid-Sir J, : Findiay and Mr. Inncs for Poarce, 1 under' cross-exumina-fito ilioii.-.nilmitted, that the refuse was fit for?.W: r.ransuinptioii by; cattle wlicn green, biiCW Jiimt : «nd dangerous when rotten. He was.'"";; .■■still,:under cross-examination when ■' HiaH'S '..Court:rosei-"A ■» 'y'7:-<; : '" ■~. . *,£' „.'?V;:

A DUNEDIN TPAGEDY

'■:?' Jiv';;;?' " ; "\; f ':""'''''' ' Dunodin, him 17; W ; ' ~"■ Wiiliam Ginsberg, a Jewish clothier, 50'S-;'-'"-'years of age, was missed from hie place"', v ot-business about II o'clock this raormng.'S 1 .' and a search'resulted in his body being "s----found in the shop cellar at lialf-pa-.t B' ! i>-to-night. His throat "was deeply cut;'ttio'-? ; ' injuries having been-inflicted with a p«n-?y:;:> knife. Deceased, who' had been in iwdtSS health for'sonio time, leaves a \vifc and-'j-' small family. ..'„-., ~:-,-,*;. ?:'.',;.:■. .V-iS^ pi) BATTLESHIP.. NEW' ZEALAND.;^:|||; '.'■? ■■.-■-•'*-■, fimaru, June -'A- Ladies '■ Committee,of the Branch of the Navy League propose mak-*-' ing a general appeal shortly to tho women-*?*; of New Zealand for shilling subscriptions'"-.'--:! to present a silk ensign and Union Jack. ':.'=» to the battleship Now Zealand when s!ba' '">->-' arrives nest year. Itis hoped the fund' ':'<■■ will be truly representative of the wholo : . Dominion. ■-~.. .-■' •■/:'. J ■, .. ..:■;■>.:"* THREATENED.^'"'^^ %■>■";' '■' ■ Auckland, .Tune 17. ;'"S- :i ■''■-Mr. John Fuller, of Fullers' Pictures, Ws ha.s received a letter from his WaiM.M manager, stating that tho unionists had-Crt' .threatened to boycott tho Wnihi pictures I:'y if the pianist, daughter.if a nou-uuioiiist,'f; S were continued in Iter employment. The +Mi lady was consequently informed that herfi ! .¥; eervicos will havo to bo dispensed ■vyilh.?:;':;; '%i£i.: ■ WITHDRAWN. x /■:?s£&£> '". Wamjanui, June i7.*K'-sn ■? ; The chargo against George Smithies. ex»H;.; engineer- and town clerk of of deserting his wife in 19f)S was dismissed;? V'. in Court this morning, the wife having'??:? withdrawn tho information. It is slosd tho defendant repays the cost cf hia.- : extradition from Australia. ..-' ,-".;'.Cv.v.v, ■■'■' WIND FIEND AT PAHIATUA. ■'SSS£ Pahiatua, June !". '£•■■s■ ~i Yesterday's gale was tho scvere-t felt' in??! Pahiatua, for many years. Several largo#3i; plate-glass windows in the main strr-ot4 : >'. : were blown in,'and fences and trees were--i'V' also blow 'dawn. At Mangatainoko the'■.:..-'''.-.: roof of the Dudley Arms Hotel was liftedfej bodily from the building'and was carried Wi across tho road, coming finally iu contacts?-* with (ho telegraph wires about 40 yards IK. distant and breaking eight out of ten of *?:-;■'■■ them. Tho portion of tho roof carried-; 1 :!' away, comprised twenty-two sheets of teu-i ■:-■? foot iron, and a large number, of .rafters;; "'"'■ / : y* GOOD BURGLARS'. HAut£*|fy. ■ :' ; :'-.""■ Westport; ; 'Jui!efl7 : .' ; ' A daring robbery occurred ..at.'-Ulin'''. Charleston Hotel between Friday;* night-. and early-on Saturday mwnint,',°'„£2oo'iriy cash being-removed from a -tnshboxvid' '■' the licensee's room. The polkevirefi-iu-.i' .vestigating. . ' •.:.£■£'> 'J/. |:|^-CRACKSMEN DrSTURBEpS/'-Stt'.;.; ;iM •■■■ Greymouth, Juiie.ii"..'-. » J ''■■ : "A. safe in tho Co-operativo .'blbre'v'-at.''' '-. Hlackball wn.s rcmoreu early on'-' fcuu'na^.?'; ■and dynamited. The sum of Was- stolen, but tho burglars wcroj'scvii*?/ alently interrupted, as .£IOG remainedK'unv l :-?'' ': touched.t'-Tho polici? "are .: ■'; ,:biit ..so:-.far.-yhere..have, been, up.,arreoU,' ' RS. KE EG AN'S.. DE AJ '0;'. ~.:^Y: y .:"> '■ Wanganuii;Juue : 'l7v?">S; .. '.The'body of Mrs.. Patrick?Keegaii;' who's'::.' from her home 'in"'her, nijjht-jj; dre-ss on Sunday week, was-found in. tlieK,s, river this morning. It is supposed to,l-oP:-s; a case of suicide, as certain ors-her clothes were found in a (auk. ■ Her' father-in-law >X>? disappeared in a similar.way,a few vceki' ;! ]fj previously.'., , . '.-...■ , "':'.- ';•;/>.),%-1:' ; .S:- ;" : RAILWAY WORK-THE Christchurch, June 17. V'iV-. ': ■" A meeting of railwaymeu yesterday de- -ft,:;;? cided to urge on the executive of the<? society tho importauco of Parliament re- '-."J, viewing tho position regarding the Minis- ";'■? terial veto on Appeal Board decision;. A <".; motion of sympathy was carried with ,-.:.? Guard Cadmon, whoso caso gave rise to V:':' tho discussion. Messrs. \eiteh and H} Kobe.rt-Siin, M.P.'s, addressed the meeting, ■?:■;■; ndvecating tho alxilition of the.right otx<£ 'vclo.v., - - ' . ,'i . ./?:?'% *Mti STEAM MOTOR ■ Feilding,- .!uno'-17,':''v-??:'. A steam motor wagon nwnt'd by A,V A.''..'> Matthews was destroyed by lire at Mount <•-.. Stewart on Saturday night. lie? had a £?''■ load of firewood aboard, and it is surmised •;& this had caught fire. The Wiigon,. valued b#; at-CIOOO,-was uninsured.- . ■■-- ■■ ■■ $j'■■ f>:-? -THE EFFORT AT ARSON..-':■»■ J|i :;:-.:-. Wcstport, June 17. '■?;?: ' A deliberate attempt to' burn down A '«!?■': dwelling was'made at Wcstnort on Sunday";.-.;?.:. morning. A house occupied by Mrs. Hanna., .?? ■ was discovered to bo on fiw, (ind-when'S-.v the-outbreak was (juelled it was ■ found??-.;".--that a largo quantity of sacking saturated.;:'.--' with keroseno had been pushed uuik , r,.tlio'ii* i .i building'and ignited. . ■, t -.;' .'■;-;-.'i.t:^? "£? IIi'X,;?^',BRIEF 'ZrPi??'"':'- Christchurch, June 17... ? ??~\ :'?Joliu lies. ! aged 73, a fatmer, ivsidijuT:;;::;' "at' Papanui, was gored by a bull on, Frid-'??-■.■-. ;day,' and: died, from ■ his ,ni]i«'i?s ™«?:'y ; , ;mo'rning;?&i:'': ,'?.■'.. ■ '. ' ' ■ -^-^iV"'''■''-i;~:'ffe 'W':.t:;'*i. &.."'■':■■' V;'. 'Gore, anno- li. . :?*:>» 'named Ah Toy,'a of Kokomai, was arrested at (Vow en :urdav ! cH"arnvalof the Duucdin oxpress,,SS and Wight before Justices this morning.;{-;;,: charged with hnving opium in his i.osses-:f;Kfe ■ sion. Ho ,was remanded to InvcrcargiU.i;;;:;: .Tho.opium is valued at A*lo, jig;, ,;:.v. ; \ Gisborne, Juno 17.' ?■% ■■■ William Joseph Owen, aged 50, went to-J-Sf 't(,wn on Saturday evening, and did not rc-Vs;-turn. His wife found him lying uoad on??*:, tho verandah at 3 a.m. Heart disease .believed to be the cause, ■■;:<s£ '■' '-"' Gishorne, June 17. .' ;S: ! > ;Tho Arbitration Court sat in the mora-: V ;?5 iiig, tho chief business being the genera 1 ■ labourers* application for an award, wages at Is. 3d. per hour. After heanngUrv; ■evidence the Court adjourned, ' 0&? ■'.'■.■' Paliticrslon, June ,17.;-"„ ; „^ V' : The complete' entries fnv the show total ISO 7, us asainst 131b last year.;^;|