NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1482, 3 July 1912, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Dj Telegraph.—Prea» Amoc 1a tl i njfr.''/•'

FORGER OWNS UP,

Duncdin, .Ttily 3. f At Iho Police Court tliis morning Tho-" ijwi-3 Docks-v was charged 'with, at Port Chalmeis, forging cheques ou tho llank of Xt'Mv Zealand at .Auckland aiuL issuing Hit-in lu the wife of tho lirensre of an hotel where In: was staying. Accused, pleaded guilty, nml was L'onmiiitod to the Supreme Court for wutenee. The polloo asked that arcn.:.ed .should bo committed to Lyttoltfm Gaol, where ho was waiting sentence for .similar offences committed at Tiinaru and Christolruroh. Ho was committed to Lyttelton accordingly, DRAINAGE REPORT. Timaru, July 2. The Borough Council lias received a report on tlio drainage from Mr. Slinger, of Umiedin. It recommends discarding tlie septic tank, and providing a new outfall further from tho town at Smithfield at a oust of from .£.">000 lo X'GOOO, KILLED BY A BULL. Timaru, July 2. Mr. Edward Newman, ngc<l 08, entered a paddock near C'larcmont, in which a bull was grazing, though warned not to do 60. Tho bull charged him, and knocked liim down, crushing his ribs. Ho died soon after being reseucd. SHIPWRECK RELIEF SOCIETY, Dunsdin;. July 2. At the quarterly meeting of-lho Shipwreck ]?elief Society to-day it was reported that .£42 had been forwarded to the Mayor of Greyinoutli in aid of tho. crew of tho Kolukn, and JES each to two widows of men who wcro lost in tho dredgo Manchester. THE RAILWAY SERVICE. Palmerston N., July 2. The New Zealand Kailway Officer's' Institute (local branch) to-night passed a resolution of regret at the attitude of tho Minister for Railways in ignoring the recommendations of the Railway Committee in Parliament,, and alarm at his exorcising of tho Ministerial vo(.o, practically nullifying tho usefulness of tlio Appeal Board. Tho branch also expressed entiro confulenca in tho actions of tho executive council. RACING PERMITS. Auckland, July 2.' The Auckland Ministers' Association has passed a resolution protesting against any increase in tho number of permits issued to racing clubs, urging that any action to be taken in respect of the laws controlling gambling should be in tho direction of a further reduction in. the number of licenses issued.

HOLSTEINS FROM MANITOBA. Auckland, July 2. Tho Union CVmpany's steamer Makura, which arrivcil' from Vancouver antl way ports early this morning, had eighteen liead of Holstein pedigree cattle oil board. Tho animals wero shipped at Vancouver, and consigned to Mr. C. Bnckland, of Auckland. They were bred in tho State of Manitoba, and are comparatively young. HOUSE BROKEN INTO. Wanganui, July 2. On Saturday night, tho house of Mr. George Willis, St. John's Hill, was broken into, and, a portmanteau containing a, considerable amount of clothing was stolen. To-day George Harris was arrested. Most of tho, stolen property has been recovered. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Dun:din, July 2. Hcneri Tiha, threo years of age, was burned to death at, Mooraki last night through her clothes catching fire. . Slia was tho daughter of John 'l'llia, a halfcaste. GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By TelesrapU—PreEa Association—Copyrisht « 1- ' WARSHIP IN 7 DANGER, Madrid, July 2. Tho neiv battleship Espana narrowly escaped foundering at Fcrrol, owing to tho opening of somo valves. Two sailors have been arrested. [Tho Espana is a new vessel of 15,100 tons displacement, and is armed with eight 12-inch guns.'] KILLED ON THE Ii A IT, WAY. . v Berlin. July 2. Tho members of a Breslau. card club, with their wives and families, numbering 150, -woro returning from an excursion wheii a midnight train dashed into a brake containing thirty persons at a levelcrossing, killing eight and terribly injuring thirteen. AN AMAZONIAN WARRIOR. Paris, July 2. The Italians captured a wounded European woman in tho Turkish lines at Horns. Sho carried a rillo and a hundred cartridges. BRITISH INDIA S.N. COMPANY. London, July 2. Tho British India Steam Navigation Company is issuing ,£1,000,000 worth of 4J per cent, debentures at par. The issue is underwritten.

FIJI'S NEW GOVERNOR. ■' Perth, July 2. Kir Ernest Swoet-Eseott, GovornorDesignate of Fiji, is a passenger by the Maloja, which has arrived from Sura. In discussing compulsory training, Sir Ernest said the system would very shortly be introduced in Groat Erituin. CANTEEN SHOT. Melbourne, July 2. Tho New Zealand hur>n t'onteoii, who was doing stud duly ni King Island, broke his stiilo and was shot. A VOTING MACHINE." Molbourne, July 2. A voting mac.hino invented by Mr. Doll, of Diinedin, has boon displayed boforo members of tho House of Representatives, who yoro favourably impressed. police andlsteiicebs. London, July 1. Mr. M'Konna, Homo Secretary, replying to a question in tho Houso of Commons, said that during the striko disturbance sovonty-four policemen worn injured, of whom thirty-two had had to bo withdrawn from duty. . AVIATOR KILLED. Berlin, July J. Herr Koenig, winner of the 1911 aviation long-distanco circuit in Germany, was killed b.v tho capsizing of his aeroplane at Altona, Prussia. A PROFESSOR'S BEQUEST.' Melbourne, July 1. Dr. Schnchner, Professor of Political Economy at tho University of Jena, who died at Jena in March last, has bequeathed 20,000 marks, about .£IOOO, tho interest from which is to bo devoted to Australian sociological research wortf. A student from Jena will visit Australia every sixtli year, and publish his report.. FORGED CHEQUE FOR MOO. Sydney, July 2. A forged cheque for .£SOO, purporting to be drawn by u leading luictionoering linn, was cashed at a bauk last wok. It was presented bv a lady. Recently the poliee were anonymously warned that « gang of expert American forgers would visit Australia.

THIinVAY FATALITIES. Sydney, July fi. A man was killed yesterday, making the twenty-third fatality on the city and saburbun trams since the beginning of the ye.U'. QUEENSLAND FLNAXCE. Brisbane, July 2. The revenuo for the year amounted to an increase ot .£237,312 over the estimate. Thero is a surplus of vC23,GSi. HOY SCOUT CHIEF. Fremantle, July 2. Lieutenant-Genwnl Sir Robert Bnd«nPowell has arrived here. He expresses himiwH well utisfiod with the growth the Bo; Scout movement Ja AuttrftUa^