NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1613, 3 December 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Aesoolatlon.) r~* J SAD END TO OUTING. Auckland, December 2. Lonis Neale, aged 28, whose parents reside in Melbourne, was drowned on Saturday afternoon. He was yaohtinjr with a party on Mr. E. Q. Blomfield'e vacht Ariki. After landing ladies _at Waiheke the yachtsmen were bathinfc from the yacht moored off the shore. Neale and another were in the water after the others returned to the yacht. The companion suddenly . discovered Neale was missing. A diligent search re- . vealed no trace of the missing man, who was a powerful swimmer, but was eubjest to epileptic fits due to malarial fever, contracted during a visit to South Africa. CAUGHT IN A WINCH. Greymouth, December 2. A young man, William Greenhalgh, wae caught in the winch of the steamer Awahou this morning, and received fatal injuries. He was conscious, but only lived a couple of hours. He was 25 years of \ ago and a native of South Australia. MAKING A STRONGER RACE. Dunedin, December 3. The Hon. Jamee Allen stated t»-day that Mr. Eoyd Garlick, recently appointed Director of Physical Education, would recommend for appointment three females and three-males as a staff to start with. The Education Department intended to cure not only malnutrition but faulty breathing also, though some cases would need an operation. ■ • . ; FIRE ON A SCHOONER. Napior, November 30. A fire ooourred on the auxiliary schooner Kiritona last night. It was believed to have been, due to the cargo of lime getting damp and igniting two cases-of. benzine stored on deck. These were remove.! with all speed, and the fixe wat under after, considerable trouble. The oargo suffered from water, but the vessel was not damaged. BRIDEGROOM'S OFFENCE. Auckland, November 30. At the Supreme Court, Edward Bab'< bitta, alias Roberts* was chaTged that he had wilfully made a false declaration in regard to his name under the Marriage Act. The jury returned a verdiot of guilty. His Honour commented on the sericragnesa of the offence, but said the present circumstances of the case would be met by a fine, of .£2O, the alternative being fixed at two monthe' imprisonment / BUSINESS IN REEFTON. Reefton, December 1., There is a general revival of business in Beefton. A small corner section in. Broadway Street was eubmitted to auc« ■tion yesterday, and fetched - record for similar sales* for some yeare. FATAL ACCIDENT. Gisborne, December 2. Miohael M'Cormack, about 40 years of age, a roadman at Motu, shot hiineelf in the thigh on Sunday while pig hunting, and splintered the bone. A special train brought him to Gisborne at An early hour this morning, and he died at the hospital to-night. ; . . BRIEF MENTION. ' New Plymouth, December 2. There was a phenomenal hail and rain storm between 8 and 9 o'clock this moming. It was the heaviest downpour for many years. ■ Wanganul, December 1. A street collection in aid of the funds of the orphanage on Saturday realised £236. Dunedin, December 2.: The Drainage Board workmen this morning found the body of a newly-bora infant in one of the city sewers.