NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1804, 17 July 1913, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Prcsa Association.) v BEATEN ALMOST SENSELESS. THEN ROBBED OP £100. Auckland, July 15. Something of a sensation was_ caused At tho corner of Pitt Street and Karangahajpo Road at about 11 o'clock this morn- . in-g, when a cry for help came from a man as 'he rushed out of a boardinghouse. TKe man wis in a state of great gxciteJnont, and this face was smothered in •blood. Ho deolared tliat bo had been robbed of £100 by two men, and indioated the direction in which tho mem had decamped. The police were immediately communicated with, and, speaking to Detective Hollis, the man subsequently told his story. Hi 9 name, ho oaid, was John King, and he had recently come from Wellington. At the boardinghouso he had made tho acquaintance of two imen, and,- yestorday, when a remittance of £100 reached him from Wellington, these men wero aware of tho fact. During the day tlrey obtainod a small loan from him, and, this morning, they again approached him for a further advance, wMch ho declined. They then assaulted him. He was violently attacked by tho two mCn, who almost beat him to insensibility; and then rolled him of his King was attended by Dr. Coldioutt, who, after dressing several wounds about his face, ordered his removal to the hospital. Tho police have tho matter in hand.' ' U.S.S, CO. SERVANTS IN TROUBLE. WAGES SHEET SIGNATURES. Auckland, July 16. At the Police Court this morning before 111*. F. ,V. Fraser, S.M., Wm. Morrow Saunders, Wm. iHenry Owens, Richard Tyrell, and Henry Lloyd Davies were charged that at Onehunga they forced . certain names to documents purporting to ba receipts for wages, with intent that tho Union Steam Ship-Company should act on them as genuine. Accused' were remanded, till next Wednesday, each being bailed in one surety of £200. Tho four men are servants of thte Union Steam Ship Company, employed at Onehunga, Saunders being the local manager at the port, and the others engaged in minor positions. The allegation is that tho four men conspired together to obtain money • from the company by signing on the wages ( sheets fictitious names and the iiames of men who were not,- during,the period covered by the respective wages sheets, .working for the company. It is probable that altogether there will be eight or nine charges covering the amount of about . £300 and going back for a period of eighteen months. MERCHANTS' CIRCULAR. . INFRINGES MONOPOLIES ACT. . Gisborne, July IG. Giving judgment for £140 in- the case Stephen Liddell v. Corry and Co., Blenheim, a, claim for £101 refund on a ship-' luent of chaff alleged to bo not according to sample, Mr. Florance, S.M., held that a. trado circular issued by produce merchants and exporters of Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, upon which- the plaintiff relied, was not confirmed ill practice among merchants at this port, and did not bind the plaintiff. It was in direct breach of the statute against monopolies, and ivas therefore unlawful if the effect was to govern prices of commodities such as chaff. Tho circular sot out that produce was to • be taken .delivery of at the port of shipment.' "FIRST POLICE HAD HEARD." ChHstchurch, July. 16. There was an extraordinary development in what r ilooked like a simple maintenance case in the Magistrate's Court this morning. John Edward MKee was charged with failing to maintain an illegitimate child. Complainant said 'Sh» vent through a form of marriage two years agd. Counsel for complainant alleged that M'Kea had had a wife then living. M'Kep declared that his first wife had married -again.' The senior sergeant, ■who condxicted the case, said this was 'tfie first the police had heiard of-' the "affair. The allegations are now being investigated. ... • ' FATAL HARIHARI FIGHT . . Hokitika, July 15. As the outcome of the fight between two young men," which occurred at Harihari, South Westlaud, on July 6, during the progress of .which, one of the parties (Ronald Adamson) collapsed into unconsciousness and subsequently died, Samuel John Godfrey was' charged to-day, More Mr. Hewitt, S.M., with having unlawfully killed deceased, under circumstances amounting f manslaughter. Lengthy evidence, was taken, and accus!d was committed for trial at the next Supreme Court sittings at Hokitika. Accused (for whom Mr. Wells'appeared), reserved his defence. : He was admitted to bail in his own recognisance of £100, and two sujreties of £100 each. . MAORIS &.-.THEIR LAND. Wairoa, July 16. It is -reported on good authority that the Natives have practically agTeed to sell tho Awaroa-Totara Block to the Government. The land has an area of 17,000 acres, and is situated near Waikari. Tho Toute of the East Coast railway iun9 through-it. There-is a fairly ''strong inclination among the Natives to sell their surplus lands, and the local authorities oonsider it the best way to settle the Native question, and havo tho lands occupied by Europeans paying rates for road and bridge construction. HOME ORDER FOR CHEESE. Dunedin, July 15.' Mr. J. R. Scott, secretary of the South Island Dairying Association, intimates that lie has'reccived orders from a AVcst of England firm to buy 200 tons of cheese of the October to April output, inclusive, ttt.Gd. per lb. f.0.b., and that three other firms are already offering the same prico '•<; several factories. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SltE. Auckland, July 15. Tho University College Council decided to-day to request tho Government, failing the granting of tho metropolitan grounds, to favourably consider acquiring for the University College site the Methodist Church .trustees' property in Grafton Road. Tho site selected comprises about eight acres, centrally situated. WAIROA'S SHIP'RECORD, Wairoa, July 16. As showing tho splendid effects of tho half-finished harbour, Wairoa has put up a record; foi\a week's shipping, 'ast week nineteen bouts arriving and deputing all 1 fully loaded. BRIEF MENTION. Thames, July IG. The valuation of Thames County shows half a. million incroaso in five years.