NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1720, 10 April 1913, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Telegraph.-l'roßS Association.) 1—; STRIPLING & MURDER CHARGE. Whanflarei, April 9. George t'j'fe, aged , twelve, tho victim of the pea-rifle shooting case on Sunday, died at tho hospital last nijjlit, lidward Sheshan, aged fifteen, was bo* foro tho Polico ' Court , this morning, charged with wilful murder. lie was re« niauued ia custody until Friday. MAORI ROBBED OF £200. Auckland, April 9. Yesterday aji elderly Maori drew front 1 a bank in Auckland JC2BO. 110 stayed tho night at Onohunga with a- nephew named Clark and other Maoris. l)uring' tho night he was disturbed by soineonq • crawling on his hands and knoes out of the door. He roused the other Natives, but tho visitor got clear away. Tho Maori discovered tho whole of his money to bo missing. . GENERAL AVERAGE ON CARGO Of S.S. WHAKARUA, Auckland, April 9. The steamer Whakarua, which arrived from London, via Sydney, this moniing, had an outbreak of fire between London and Capo Town. Tlio fire was among, tho general carzo, and burned for about fivo hours. About (!00 tons of Auckland cargo and a smaller quantity of southern cargo suffered/' damage. A general average of 1 per cent, has been declared,. ' AFTER THE ORATORY. Christchurch, April 9. Two anti-militarists who deiied th« police by speaking from tho clock tower on Saturday night wero fined respectively' JC3 and ,£5 to-day for obstructing traffic. NEWS IN BRIEF. . Levin, April 9. Barnes, charged.with.theft of a motor, cycle from H. ,T. Tasker, of Wellington,, pleaded guilty at the Levin Court to-day, ' and was remanded for sentence to tho Supremo Court. . ~. s Dannevirke, April 9. The Dannevirke Holiday Association last evening plumped in favour of the Wednesday weekly half-holiday, as against Saturday. j \ Christchurch, April 9. ; Following on tho recent southerly iveather, there was a sharp frost' ! last night. Tho minimum thermonioter reading was 22.6. . Gisborne, April 9. Typhoid fever is prevalent amongst'tho Maoris in Waiapa county, and. hospital camps have been established. Nearly every caso can bo traced to tho Maivu-i tuko hui. COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. : Auckland, April. 9. At tho Arbitration Court Carl Olsen, having sustained a broken leg while in the employ of Jagger and Harvey, th« ■; defendant company consented to an crder > for a lump sum of XTS and 10s, 6d. weekly. In tho case of William . Grace against the Auckland Gas Company, in which compensation was claimed for the' loss of one eye, Mr. Mays contended that to all intents Anpi purposes the fight of tlio eyo had been destroyed. Mr. Richmond, for tho defence, said that; for all eye to bo useless it must be sightless, whereas the plaintiff could partly' see. The fadts of tho caso had been agreed upon, and this was the only point, f ol ' the Court to decide. Judgment was reserved. RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES. Napier, April 9. A' poll was taken to-day on a proposal to adopt tho system of rating on unimproved values in tho Borough, of Napier. It resulted as follows;— For the proposal 397; against, 260.' • INVERCARGILL'S LOAN. Invercargili, April. 9, The Mayor (Mr. W. B. Scandrett) lias received cable communication to the effect that tlio council's terms in connection with the ,£90,000 loan had lieen a;?roed to. Tho non-borrowing period is reduced, to twelve montlis; and the whole of the, money will 'bo available in London on June 1. .