NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1546, 16 September 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

— 4 BOY AND GUN. CARRYING IT AT "FULL COCK." Ohristchurch, September 15. Claionco Flumridge, fourteen years of age, itml whose parents reside in Huxley Street, Sydenham, was admitted (o tho Hospital 10-dny-suffering from. a guushut wound in the right side. He lett home, in tlio nioriiiu;? with a ferret to go rabbiting on the hills, ami was joined'by oilier youths. It is not known where he gut Hie gun, but, whilst clambering over some rocks, with the gun at full cock, the trigger en tight in the rock and Plumridge received the content; in the right side. His condition is considered rather serious.

ILL-USED MONKEYS. ; Timaru, September M. IMore ilr. V. U. Day, S.M., Captain Vii'.t, of s.s. Aparima, was charged with cruelty to animals by allowing :!0 monkeys on board to he crowded into three small boxes, and to be under-fed. The charge was laid against a member of the coolio ci-ew who brought them from. India for sale, and the captain was held to be responsible as a freight of 5-j. each had been paid. He was convicted anil ordered to pay costs.

WAS THE STUfF VALUELESS? Timaru, September 11. J. JrC'loud, said-to bo a recent arrival from Home, was committed for trial on a charge of false pretence.-, in belling stocks of valueless "lire r extinguishing powder' , to four business ipeople. Altogetjier he obtained about £ID.

IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE. Whangaroji September H. ■At a meeting oi the County Council last night the Bank of New Zealand demanded a joint and.several guarantee to meet the iIGOO over the limit; also JC3OU was required before the r.atcs were receivable. Councillors were not inclined to sign, and a committee, was set up to interview financial institutions. .LUNG LEE & PARTNER. ■ '■■ , Gisborne, September 14. In"' the case of 'the Inspector oC Factories against Lnnk'Lce, laundryman, the magistrate ruled -that it wus unnecessary to keep'.a wages book-where only a partner was employed. •• ; ■■ . . ■ ' SUICIDE AT VVAI.HI. \Vaihi, September .14. 'At 'Hie inrjueit regarding the sudden death of John Harvey, a. verdict was. returned that deceased met his death by taking lysol, while 6f unsound mind.'The evidence showed he was greatly troubled mentally . and financially through -. the strike. • •• . •■'■ BRIEF MENTION. ' Timaru, .September If. Dr. Cockayne, concluded to-day his winter lectures to teachers on-botany. The series h'as'been very well'attended. Commissioner Kicliards,was warmly welcomed. by4lre Army/peopioi on, his arrival tp-day-.- .sib , is formally -welcomed bx the;ilayqr:n.t:,therfo.rii-ei;s:iii. the, evening.

■*■;"'.■ •' '.' ': Gisborrie, - September'.M:-. •■''Avsliee'p'farinet'::\vas'oh'arged;yesterda'y with poisoning:fourrdb»s"beTongrng. to, a 'neighbour; aud-'was-ceniiiiittefl.'for , .trial. , .

fr-<- '•■, i: ].' Gisborne;- :, .Septc'mber-H.-- ■ Frederick Watson-.'pleaded, guilty • nt TokoinitrU'Bav to stealing a horse which he was-to ride home, but .which it was alleged he sold. Hβ was ..committed for sentence.