NEW' ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1588, 4 November 1912, Page 5

NEW' ZEALAND NEWS.

(3y^Toleerap,h.-^-E l i!eEs. Association.! ; »— • . PECULIAR/FATALITY, BUSOI AT ROAROA. ( ... Dartri.cvirke, November . Vfictorian named Neil M'Kay, 24 yiars of age, mot with 'an accident. while, bushfailing at Ruaroa on Friday, and died- at tho Dattnevirko Hospital, ves- '.. torday. It appoars tliat when a sapiing, •' on Which he whs worfiing, fell, it'dislodged an old limb of a tree which had .been hung up'in tho branches. This struck tho and bounded towards Jl'lCay, -' ; - who ptit oirt the toe-head to :protect hiin^ self. The tree. Jrowevier, drovo '.lie axeliundlo into - M'Kay's stomach, .inflicting l ■'■ injuries in. the abdomen from whicli ho . died, no operation, being,performed' owing to his condition. The-.jury at the ' ■iri i , :.;. quest found a verdict of accidental death. Beceased's -parents live in Victoriai ■ ■ . FOUNiD OWDER THE CLIFF. Napier, November 2. Vero Bogle, aged '53, .'a..' .widpwor,vw'as. found.at the bottom oi' a clilf 33ft. bißh' on Milton Road, this niDrning, with his neck broken. :It is'.believed .deceased. fcll ; . over his way home-iast'-night'at .9 o'clock.; Ho was :a' painW -.liy : :trade, - . . but had been unemployed for a fortnight, ARRESTS AT CUP MEETING. t Christchurclj, November 2. ■ 1 Warni-flgs given by local newspapers to - " visitors 'to 'Ch'ris'tchurch -.dul ; in'g, : -'carnival' ' week to bo on their guard against a gang '■' of Australian pickpockets appears to have:' ■' ; been vrell-founded, for, on the course at Riccarton .on; Saturday,' four- men;; alleged ! to betong'. to tho light-fingered gentry, and to b.e 'wioll'-know.n , eriminals,.-wei'eVarres'ted ■ by the idetictiyes, on. a. chargO-.- pf -having . . , relieved'a.'man of JE7O .in'money; " Ac- - : cused wero in possession of fairly largo •sums ;df money, but .they did not in tho aggregate amount 'to tho sum 'alleged <0 - MVe been stolen, TWO GORE SHOPS GUTTED. •s . Gore,- November 3. .A fire broke o.'pt nt--S;3O this'-morning, . by ;twj) ''shd'ps ; 'in tho Main Street, > . occupied by Joseph Ballintine,. .tailor,, ami ' . -Jon Lee, a laundrj-man, were gutted. The .'.Ohinama.n sated''nearly-. everything;Hjut' i.Mr. BaUintihe's-.stpcki.was destroyed."-Tho.:- ■ buildings wero owned by. Messrs, Willis ' -. . .and' Wallell'.. • The insurance- of. BAllin- . ■'tine's stock, wa5 , .i!10,.-'in. the' New Zealand '■ - ■ ofiico, and on the building there was a - .- . risk of dfilSO, also in tho New Zealand - , " .office. ■ . . . ■ .■ :. . ■- \ ■SIR WILLIAM STEWARD'S FUNERAL. . Waimato, -November-^.■ ■ -..■ ■ Tho remains of the.lnto-.--'Sir .'William ; Steward. will bo iiitemxl at Waimato cn ' ilfondav imrnediately after tho, arrival of the first express from -thei north;'. A military .fiineral is being accorded him, and l.lajor Barclay's arrangements are such as. ... - t»o permit those who wish to attend arriv- . iug by either tho .Nortli or South express' : v and returning to Christchiirch- or Bun-. - edin tho jrnmo evening. A -largo and re- . -. : pnasenitotive-...gathering, is cxpeeted to pay • a last tribute to'tlio veteran statesman. ■■ ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED. " ... .- -To. Kuitij. November 2. . : ■ Tjf. KiMinani.d^ivcF^,■6 , f , ■'d ,^Wl(^sts.llain..,,^', ;.•'! wlifich left To luiiti for the south at 6.20 Jdlfed -at'.the; ...th a -Mokau River, Puketutu. ■. ticntlars aro not yet obtainable, but it 'iv' . : .- : sutmised that deceased was looking out ; of. tho cab his htad struck tho bridge, death being in- . :; . siantaaeous. Deceased was.;rcoently from. 'flio south, and was makiiig his ;fiist run hero. t ' DR'OWNED AT FOXTON HEADS, v Palmerston, November 2. . There wis'a . ton j-estcrday afternoon, when .Calloway vi Robinson, the. tivelve-yearrflld-'soil ■of "Mr. ■ Rpbiiason, thie. fiakfbill,manager, .was bath- . ing at Poxton 'Heads, along with other" lads;, aiid got bejTpnd -'hisidepth., Tho body has rnot yet teen recovered.'..