NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1618, 9 December 1912, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

~.'; " '(By;Telegraph^—Press ;Assooiation.). '■ . :'.r>- "T" 1- *" """"*■ • |; LEFT THE GUN LOADED. FATAL ACCIDENT ;T0 YOUNG MAN.':, '.'[■ : ::.'■'■ !'•:■.!• Cambridge, December 8. .-.' A- party; of- four-', young men ■ went out ...from. Cambridge: driving this morning in .the direction, of JMatamata,-taking;.'with -them>: trifle'-; to shoot rabbits. Whilst-. stopping .-by.: :.the v ..roadside for ' lunch, one. of the part}','named William ,Bo6th, aged 26, a native of Dundee,'; Scotland, and employed at Cambridge. s& a journeyman tailor, went to the:conveyance -to .get the'gun,', which suddenly went .off, and the bullet passed .through Booth's throat, severing the jugular vein. He died in a few, minutes.. Booth. had : re : cently been.,using the gun, .'and, presnniablv/hadieftit in':the. vehicle loaded and cocked. The body ; .was brought to.Cambridge, and an inquest will be held to-; -morrow; > ■■\,;-- : jS'V'- J ': : '' ■. : '---..-

~ HOSTILE TO BIBLE-INtSCHOOLS. •*' 1 ''"' "X-. '' . Timaru, December..7; '..■ The Teacher's' District Institute, in discussing the .remits for thoi annual confer-, •ence resolved,: with one dissentient, to support the remit expressing antagonism -towards introducing the Bible into the &£dlit>olS7-U..'-.0 '. .fyvia'.•;.;-.'.;";-: '

- WANGANUI BAR &. RIVER. ■~,': . .Wanganui, December 7. A report presented : to the Harbour ...Board -last, evening showed that ; the bar to'maintain the.increased mini- ' muni •' depth :of ■ 22ft. , ; 6iri., and the' board adopted'' the engineer's; (Mr.:~ Howorth) recommendation : to ./-'dredge the river '' channel ..to. give, an additional 2ft'. so as to admit larger vessels, to town wharves. The ;board-also' granted (in. recognition , of'his valuable services) the engineer six -months'--holiday on full payi to enable ham to visit the principal harbours of theOld World. : :'••;-'■'•■•■'••. •■■ "

-BRIQUETTE WORKS DISMANTLED,

Westport, December; 7. The State' briquette works at Westport is being dismantled. ..The boilers go to the Runanga State ,mine,' the briquettirig .plant will, bo -stored at. Westport, and the buildings sold: for removal, the lease of the site: having expired/and the site being required for railway purposes.

OFFICIAL WANTED BY POLICE. .'. Dunedin, December 8. . 'A young man.employed .in one of the local Government offices, and well known "in-'hockey circles, has ;been missing since ■Tuesday. An examination of the books under his charge discloses discrepancies, but the amount of money involved is not large. >A'warrant has been.issued for his ' arrest. ...

THE PRICE OF HIDES. Christchurch, Decembsr 8. A conference of those interested in the boot and leather industries is to be held in Wellington on' January 14 to consider the position created by the; high : prices ruling for hides.and the. probable ■ increase in the price of leather. It is understood American jhuyers have been outbidding the local -tanners for hides, with the result that noiv the market shows a shortage. Prices here are a penny higher than in London. It is possible that; local industries will ask; for the imposition of an' export duty. ,;,- -

BODY RECOVERED. Auckland, December 8. The body of Louis Neale,. who was drowned whilst bathing off Waihoke Island on, Sunday last, was recovered yesterday.: .'.'.' .. .. ■■ CHARGE OF PILLAGE, ' "'.'' Auckland, December 8. In .consequence of reported pillaging from the Mokoia, when the vessel was in port on November. 23, the police have arTested a seaman named Frederick Ryder on a .charge of having stolen a book from a passenger's portmanteau. A wharf labourer; named Henry Ferguson Clarke was also arrested in connection'with'the same offence. The allegation is that Clarke rippsd open the passenger's trunk, took out o'.medical book, valued at 3s. 6d., and handed it ''to-Ryder.' Yesterday the two were charged with the offence, and also with having! stolen five dozen pairs of eocks, valued at over £3; the property of Archibald Clark, Ltd. The police stated that probably «veral more charges would be preferred,' and. accused were remanded.