NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1578, 23 October 1912, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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TIMARU presbytery, Timaru, October 22. The Timaru Presbytery lias endorsed the protest against the- increase of the number of racing days, as, affording increased facilities for gambling. The Presbytery also carried a motion to make overture' to the- Assembly to consider the relationship of Presbyterian chaplains to the annual camps of Territorials, FIRE. Dunedin, October 22. A seven-roomed house, owned by ,Alr. J. ,K. Simpson and occupied by 'SergeantMajor M'ifillan, in-charge of the Law'renoo Territorials, was destroyed by Arc last night. The fire was caused by the fall of a ; kerosene lamp in a bedroom. •Nothing was saved. Sergeant-Major M'Millan was uninsured. ADDINGTON SALES & TRAINS. Timaru, October 22. Ever since the mftil trains have been run between. Christchurch and Invercargill in one day it has been possible for Christchurch business men to visit Timaru, spend a few hours here, and return on the same day, but it has not been possible for TittDl'U pcOplo to visit Christchurch in one day. Arrangements, however'are now being made to provide this convenience one day a week, Wednesday being the day seleoted to suit farmers attending the Addington stock sales. CANON GARLAND'S,MISSION, ' ' Timaru, October 22. .After hearing an address from Canon Garland last night, a committee, comprising members. of the Anglican, Presbyterian, and Methodist Churches, and the Salvation Army, was Selected to deal with the Bible in schools. : ' THE OLD DEAL BOATMAN. Timaru, October 22. At the inquest concerning the death of John Wilds, the old Deal boatman, who ivas brought out to Timaru in the old furling days, the medical evidence showed, that he died from heart shock, not drowning. GISBORNE SHOW. : Dishorns, October 22. There is fine weather for the opening day of the Glsboruc show. The championship for, Lincoln ram or ewe was >woh by A. iCirknatriek, and for Romney ram or ewe by J. C. Field. DROVE OVER AN EMBANKMENT. Christchurch, October 22. An inquest was held to-night touching the death of Douglas Johnston, who fell 30ft. over an embankment near Balmoral on Friday morning, and had died at the hospital yesterday. The evidence went to show that deceased and a friend, diiv- , ing in the dark in a rig, missed the turn and ran over the. embankment, A vor- I diet of accidental death was returned.

SyFFOCATEO IN MUD. Napier, October 22. The police have been informed that a nun named Peter Burden has teen found dead on the road near Waikare. Deceased, who was employed as a flaxmill hand at Tuturu, purchased a. supply of whisky before leaving a Waikare hotel for his camp yesterday. When found he was lying face downwards in the mud, and it is believed that he fell and was suffocated. THE CHURCH & WOMEN.. . • Nnpier, October 22. ' The Anglican Synod adopted a resolution recommending the General Synod to permit women .to voto at parish meetings. IMMIGRANTS PER S.S. SURREY. • Auckland, October 22. - The Federal liner Surrey arrived from Liverpool last night with 155 third-class .immigrants, of whom ;G2 ■-tfill-;land at Auckland and 'tho others 'at fari'ous 1 spiitliS,, era ports.- They include a large number of labourers', seve'raj efrVanls miners, carpenters, ~aW(l''ot'fier rfttuesMeri; :,' CLAIM. ON DROWNED CATTLE. 'Waihi, October 22. In connection with the cattle dealing case, Ernest Richard Worth and Joseph Snell, in which plaintiff sought to recover £M), being: the cost of eleven head of cattle bought on behalf of defendant, and which were drowned in the course of delivery, the magistrate (Mr. F.; V: Fraser) this .morning gavo his reserved decision). i The evidence, the magistrate said, was in favour of tho plaintiff. Judg-ment-for the amount claimed, with costs .£l2, was given! ' EAST COAST RAILWAY. ' Tauranpa, October.22. At a meeting of the Railway League, tho Borough Council, the Chamber of Commerce,, and the, general public, held last evening, the following resolution was passed: "That this meeting expresses its strong disapproval of the manner in which the amount available for the East Coast Main Trunk railway has been allocated, and now emphatically asks the Government to place on the Supplemen-. tary Estimates a sum of not less than '£20,000 to enable reasonable piogress to be made in carrying the line across Tauranga Harbour towards Waihi on the section authorised by last Parliament."