NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telcgraph-Prosa AssociationO —«- >.:•.' % STRUCK & KILLED. ■■.''■. EVENT ON THE EACECOUESE. Thames, January 6. Frederick Arns, an old resident of th» Thames, who received injuries through ' being struck on the racecourse. at the local mooting,' died in tho hospital, hav-! ing never regained consciousness. His skull was fractured, thero was ooncussion of the brain, and a' broken clavicle, lie recently retired from a position of fore- • man telegraph linesman on'superanmiO' ' tion. -. : j ECHO OFWAIHI RIOTS. Auckland, January 6. ' • •• 'Thomas Henry Johnson,' who was shotiu the leg at Waihi during the riot, when.,: Constable Wade was shot, escaped from . '. ■ . the Avondalo Asylum on Saturday,, and •, has not yet boon recaptured. "• Ho had , been in tho institution three weeks. . Johnson was much depressed after • visit from his wife a fortnight ago. : , '; CAMPS LEVELLED, ,' ' ' , Thames, January 6.' ;' A heavy gale, accompanied by rain; is raging hero. Many holiday: cpmpa , . ' have been levelled. . '.■'■■•; .>, "..:■'' MORTALLY INJURED. Auckland, January ,6. Thomas Niccol, aged.l2B, wuue at wwlc on machinery conveying coke from the , Auckland gasworks to ttto outside yards, . was, entangled in tho machinery and killed. Others working near hoard his "cries, and stopped the machinery,, but '> ■ . . not till Niccol had been mortally in. , , jured.••' He died half, an hour later.,: Ho . was a single man. and a former'resident ' of Sydney. '.■', '■. ;. v ' ■'' FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE.* .V Stratford, January 6.. Herbert Parkes, a farmer, aged about , 28, committed suicide to-day, cutting his' , throat with,a'razor. Hohiid recently : -- :■ ■ sold his share in a farm, and was rtsid- ■ ing with a neighb6ur prior to; obtaining ■'';■• other employment. ■■,' ; \ SHOT HIMSELF. .'.'"■■ Thames, January 6. |. Frederick Jackson; an elderly ican, and j a resident of Puru for many years, ceni- .'i. mitted suicide yesterday. He i hot mmself) in the head with a revolver.. Soma \ .- camper's heard the shot, and found 1 de- , ceased in bed alive. Ho expired before . medical aid. Was available. •', He had ; a paralytic stroke somo timc~;back, and hadv been despondent Binco. •,,' : . • GIFT SHIPS. : r ''..':' ' i.Timaru; January ,6. \ Communication has' boon 1 by ' Mr. Craigie, M.P., ' from' the • Premier, ' stating that a cable, from the High.Com- - miasioner states that captains of warships prefer that tho'Now Zealand presents [articles of plate] to tho older battleship New Zealand should remain with her, and not be transferred, to the now on©. ,\ Mr. Craigio. has replied to the Premier y that the Presentation Committee, is > of . opinion that it should bo transferred whea . i the Zealandia's present oommi6sion : expires. •' ','.'.','..■'■■; '> '.'.'."' ";.:''■> •'''■'' REEFTON STABLE FIRE. ... ;> . . Reefton, January 6. ; • ; \ The inquiry into the firo by which tho '..-'■ racehorses were burnt to death was con-tinued'to-day. Tho evidence of the les- • see and trainer of Cpuledian, ■in .whoso •'■'■ etall the firo was supposed to have orig- . ,; inated,, disclosed littlel, . The ' Jrainer s stated ho and a jockey" nanled ; Murfitt visited the stall at, about. 8 p.m.], Nei- v.;. thor was smoking. Ho' also gavo an l j unknown person named Keilly consider-, able information about Comedian. The ; ■ other evidence was chiefly fornial,, The y inquiry will. be continued to-morrow;, .■ ■ ■. MARINE ENGTNEERS' CONFER- V- ; ,-_ ;■■;. rM.^... ? ., ENCE; : :>-j ~v.Ji.v, ; Dunedin, January 6. ;, , ':'< •'•The representatives of the Institute.6f.,'..'. ■ 'Marino.Engineers of Now Zealand m0t..in..1 : : : : : " conference' to-day with representatives of' the Union Steam Ship Company, to.con- .'■. 6ider the question of wages and geneml ,' conditions. ; The conference, which is : ' being held-in private, will last several ,: 'days. : . ,:,'■. ■.;'■ •.•,-:■■'.';• /■;' ■ ... .' ; ; '. , ■ ' v/MINISTERS IN ' • , W . ; ■ Thames, January 6. \ The 1 Hon. W. H. Hemes (Minister for ";■ Hallways) and theHoh.' W.. Fraser^Min-; ; .lstor' for Public Works) arrived at '■ Thames this evening.' Mr.. Fraser m-' spected tho Government, pumping plant, , ' , which is draining tho-low-level .cross-cut, subsidised by the Government, and also < attended to.■other blatters'connected with '■.:, the' mining'-industry.''.' ■;■•",■. ,','■! •• The Ministers were-entertained at a ■ •;■. : formal dinner, after ' which thoy met , ' various'deputatibns, reoomemnding'-'' a(-; ■■.. ■ ■ riiilway' across the Hauraki Plains,, and . i l also the,roading' and opening-up of a . large area of unoccupied mining ! for pastoral, purposes, etc, :.- ''.-.'' :" ': ;.,-. .'■ The' Ministers leave Thames to-morrow < • J for Woihi,' Katikati, and Taurnnga., ■ '• ' ' \ '■ ' ' SUMNER;TRAGEDIES. ,:i :: V ) Christchurch. January ■ (;.. > .Tho efforts to find the body.: of ,lh« ! young man Hatohard, ,who wasdrowncd ..-.. 1 at Sumner early yesterday, morning, hay*.v' 1 so far failed/and, there are at the pre- \ ' sent time unrecovered, tho bodies of tho ■ 5 victims of throo drowning: tragedies a^ : > Sumner during tho past week, i / * : 3 . -.■■■;... c:. .■'■ — ■ .''. " ' .•:-. : V'.' 1 ; . ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE., : : J .''. : Nelson, January 0. '' ■ This. Magistrate's Court was occupied ' 3 all day in the preliminary hearing or a . [ charge against Robert Alfred Schwoss, of , j attempting to murder his \ ■■■ . mond on December 19.', T,ho s r for tho prosecution, was unfinished whon : r i the. Court' adjourned.: .';,.; ,:■■■.%■'■'■■:'■ YOUTH DROWNED IN THE WAli ■:.-. • - ■;■■■ kato.. ',■;-;■ \. _'■■':'■ 3 Auckland, January 6. ' .Advice was received totday .by tho / , police from Meroor that ft lad named ■■ J- Frederick Clephanb v was' droii-ned in the >» Waikato Kiver on Sunday.. Tho' dc- ; ceased and a companion were on the ■ *': ' river in a canoe, and owing to the oraft ; ■' J capsizing they were precipitated into tho ;v water. Clephano's companion' succeeded » ' in swimming ashore, but the deceased -, was only just learning to 6wim, and sank / , after swimming about ten ' yards. Tho body was recovered about ( '■' an hour afterwards. Clephano was ■ 18 years old, and his parents. aW vory " well-known rosidehts of Churchill, ■'-