NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) -♦ BELLICOSE MAORI. TO STAND HIS TRIAL. Oanifevlrke, February 3. A Nativo known as Sam David, resid* ing at' Tahoraite, appeared before Justices of tho Peace' this; morning charged with threatening to discharge: a loaded firearm at his wife with intent to maim or disfigure her. The occurrence took placo at Tahoraito on Saturday nt 0 p.m. Accused quarrelled with his wifo and threatened-to shoot her, and she ran to her neighbour's, Accused followed, with gun at, tho trail, some distance away. .On reaching tho house wherp his wife had taken refuge, the owner- of the house came out and tried to take the gun from accused, but only succeeded in extracting tho cartridges. Accused then went back with tho gun to his wharo, where ho was subser qucntly arrested. •'■ • ■■•-'■ His wifo declined to giro evidence against him, but an cloven-year-cld daughter told the'abovo story.

Accused pleaded not guilty, iihd was committed for trial at Palmorstou North.; Bail was Allowed, accused in the sum of .£2OO, and two sureties of J2IOO caoh. . .

-• FUNDS FOR LIFE-SAVING. Dunedln; February 2. On Saturday much, interest was displayed in the efforts of tho members'ot. the, , "Get'-Rich-Quick Wallingford" Company 1 . to raise funds for.- tho. dual purpose of • ' ,; helping the widow of Mr. C. Turvoy, a ■': '■ victim «in the recent surf-bathing fatalities, and equipping tho St. Clair Life-Sav- : ing Club with an up-to-date plant. By 11 , o'clock tho movement was in full swing, tho members of the theatrical :■ company, headed by Mr., Fred Niblo, giving a. novel entertainment from'lorries, -■ while -lady collectors mado raids on. tho- public ' generosity. As a result of a canvass for ; less than three, hours J!193 was collected. ' DUNEDIN'S FIRE STATISTICS. '. >■ Dunedln; February l.';'.:. Superintendent Napier reports.that for tho six. months ended Dccomber»3l thcro : " were thirty-six fires in buildings, and' tbq " insurances on the property affected total-'.'.',;-. I<4 £143,800. ..The loss, however, to the ■' ■ insurance companies'was only £9380.;, The :■ value of tho uninsured property'was- '. .£23,545, While the loss only totalled JEI76. Tho heaviest individual loss was that-of Findlay and Co., ;.£5200. To, date there ■;■, have been, eighty-nine:, calls, of, which ■';■ forty-tiro- were! to serious fires. ...... . ■■' ~

FIRE AT HUNTLY. ; : \ ' "Auckland, February'l.'. A fire at Huntly destroyed.a.buildinj: owned by Miss Ralph,'containing a shop and dwelling occupied by Miss O'Connor ■■ and an office occupied by,J.:Elliott, land"' agent;. ■ •-.'•'.-■', '.-,- ."■; • ;

' ONSET ON A CON3TABLE. ' - ■ ■ Palmerston. N., February 3. : Constable Doyle, of Shannon, was badly . knocked about on Saturday night, and is > now in, the. hospital. He stated that ho; went to put a. man out of tho stables of, the Albion Hotel, when, the man turned on him and fiercely assaulted.him; Tho/ ctnstabl'e had a lcg^fractured eye badly injured. His assailant bolted, and has not yet been arrested, v..- ,

" NELSON'S* ANNIVERSARY. V■' , -" Nelion," February 3. ; The flerenty-flrst; anniversary .of Nelson. occurred 1 on Saturday, hit the holiday is being celebrated to-day'inb&utiful weather.' There, is a tennis tournament, .and the. picturesque. picnic resorts are' largely, patronised. •' ' , ',■'.- •"> ''■ :■'-.■:■■•. '.':;.•

' THE WARLIKE "PEACE^PARTV:. V : — Greyinbuth, February 3.1' The Magistrate's Court.'was occupied all the afternoon in hearing a ca6o against three passive c resistors—John M'.Taggart, Ri J, Wcarne, and Jas.' Nuttall-for ob*. stmctiug ■ Mawhera Quay by an addresa on .anti-militaVism on' January 25. They' had blocked tho 'traffio for : an hour. -A. point raised by the' defence was whether ' the obstruction had been caused by tho; defendants'or the'crowd. 'Tho-magistrater rescfVed-aeoision."^■ r :'-' 1 , ~""" '' ■'^l

SHIPWRECK RELIEf'.SOCIETY.'^ -. ■ .• ■■•;.■ ■■,-;Dunedin,' February),!!.- ' Advice' has boeii rcoeivod by' tho Ship wreck Relief Society from Captain Flcm» ing that the crew of.the scow Reliance, which came to erief onVMnuakau. bar, lost all their .'effects. ■ The society:.has agreed to tho suggestion, by Captain Fleming that i £3. 1» allowed to each man in the ore\yvV;C\; ■■,';"«,v-'-'-. ■.■'•■. ■ .-V,-,.

'■■'■. ■•'" manager}, arrested; ; ■;.• • '.•■'. v Chrlstchurch, February S. f Frederick Wm; Bra'dshaw; manager' of, the .Canterbury Seed Company's Rangiora ■' branch, was arrested to-day on ttvphar« ,, of embezzling money belonging (to tuo/ company. It is understood that .a con-, sidorablo sum is involved, and that : t\\e > ' defalcations extend oyer, n lengthy period.. NOT ATTENDING PARADES. v 1 , i '..■■ Greymouth, February 8; Thirty-eight ■ Territorials .were brought up at the Magistrate's Court to-day for r.ot attending parades, Among the crowd ', were several passive resistors who refused., to attend.future parades. The magiW trato convicted, all, but reserved the quca» tion as toithe.amount of the fines. ,;: SUBSTANTIAL FINE. ■ r- : '\ '■ Glsborne, February 3.'. ' . At Port A'wanui to-day John Morrissei, •. was fined.: .£3O for supplying a. ;Nativ«;/' with liquor.. '-■':. ,'' '}■'■ . GISBORNE UNIONISTS. '",,/. Glsborno, February S. ' A full meeting of slaughtermen to-night, discussed, tho dispute in relation to tho' . new aspect of free labour' at the:KaiH _, works, and decided to send a deputation' to waitm tho,Freezers'. Union, probably with the'idea of, asking tho freezers to • , /nine'out in sympathy. ,-.. .., ~-.,.. ■ :', . AUCKLAND EXHIBITION. ' Ashburton, February 8. t ' Tho Borough Council lias decided to ■ confer \sith the County Council,'with.'»', vieirto Ashburton being represented', atr . the Auckland Exhibition.',.;; ; .. •