NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1486, 8 July 1912, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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FOUND DROWNED. Duncdin, July C. An inquest on Urn body of Win. G. Watson, found on the. beach yesterday afternoon, was hold to-day. A letter addressed to a male, and written in pencil, was found in his bedroom this morning. It read: "I am downhearted, and have led n painful life, all through the habit of which you know. You can have my biko and all that belongs to inc. It. breaks >my heart lo do it. You can't, know how I feel?" The evidence- showed that deceased had been despondent lately, and had been unablo to npplv himself to his work. A.verdict of suieido while temporarily insauo was returned. COTTAGE DESTROYED. Hastings, July 6. A five-roome<l cottage, owned and occupied by W. 11. Poole, was destroyed by fire in tho early hours of this morning. Nothing was saved. Insurances: House .£230; furniture, .£150; both in the Alliance office. FATALITY AT SEA. _ , _ Auckland, July G. Frank Turrel, a member of tho crew of tho steamer Glcnelg, fell down tho forecastle companion-way during heavy weather on tho trip from Auckland to hangarei, and fractured his skull. The man died in a fow minutes. The steamer returned to Auckland. Deceased leaves a wife and • seven children. RAILWAY APPEAL, m , t, ~ Whangarci, July 5. The .Railway Appeal Board, Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., presiding, was occupied tho m t $? ? cstcr(lil .V hearing the caso of I. J. Rlordan, formerly a clerk at the \\ hangarei railway station, who appealed against his dismissal for unsatisfactory service. Tho judgment giveiPthis morning directed the reinstatement of Riordan for sis months on probation under another stationmastcr, and without salary. Numerous witnesses from different parts of tho Dominion gave evidence. GUARD REINSTATED, Christchurch, July 5. the railway guard named Cadman, whose case attracted attention by reason of the exercise of the Ministerial veto on the decision of the Appeal Board, has been reinstated. Cadman was charged with neglecting the brake couplings. Ho urged thati if he had left the brakes in position the train would havo been unable to move. On June 2. r >, he was instructed to 50 to Wellington, whore a practical test was made, with the result that his contention was upheld. UNITED LABOUR PARTY. Feilding, July 5. A meeting hero last night formed a branch of the United Labour party. Professor Mills was present, and was considerably heckled by Socialists. One Socialist organiser from Wellington made a statement that,the New Zealand Socialist party now repudiated, its connection with tho Federation of Labour, and also with the "iraorilnnrt Worker." MISSING, Thames, July 7. John Phillip?, a single man, aged 'J5, is missing. Ho was last .seen in the vicinity of the Kaueranga River. It is believed that, in' attempting to cross tho railway bridge he fell over and was drowned. Ilis bag and library book were found in the harbour. FATALLY BURNED,

Dunedin, July 7. A mnrricd woman named Isabella Tangey, aged 51 years, whose husband is night-watchman on (lie railway ot Port Chiilmors, died .in the hospital this morning as the result of burns received somo little tinio ago. Sho was an inmate of tho cottage hospital nt the port for a time, but was removed to Dunedin Hospital on 'Wednesday. POSITION AT REEFTON. Reefton, July 7. A general meeting of the Miners' Union took place to-day. Nothing of. general import is stated to have been done. The, meeting exonerated two shift bosses from a charge of working for tho company, cleared away local misunderstandings, ana dealt with local matters. Matters are very <juiet, though the Keep it Dark and Now Big River are pushing on work; Several men are out prospecting. Country work is nearly finished, tho end being delayed by rain.