NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1816, 31 July 1913, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Pksb Association.) V HUGE METEOR, Wairoa, July 30. At a quarter to 11 o'clock this' morning a huge meteor broke and fell into a gully near the Lake House at AVaiktiremoana. It caused quite an illumination all round, and was accompanied by a terrific noise. Parties are out trying to loeuto the visitant from space. SOLICITOR LODGED IN GAOL. Timaru, July 30. Walter Shaw, bankrupt solicitor, lias been arrested and lodged in gaol on further charges of unlawful application of trust moneys. Two new sums of .£1450 and i:G00 are referred to. He will appear in Court in the morning. TAURANGA-OPOTIKI LINE. Opotiki, July 30. A meeting of delegates of nil tile Bay of Plenty centres, except Tauranga, resolved to urge the desirability of vigorously prosecuting the construction of tlio Kast Coast railway between Tauranga and Opotiki, and also urged that a connection be made with the existing railway system, via Rotorua.

SOLICITOR ARRESTED. Timaru, July 30. ' Walter Shaw, a solicitor, who lately became bankrupt, was arrested to-day fot alleged wrongful conversion of trust moneys. VVANGANUI RIVER MAORIS. Wanganui, July 30. Aftor a vaccination crusade and an inspection of tho Maori_ pas up tho Wnnganui River Dr. M'Kenzie returned to town to-day. During his tour between 700 and 800 Natives were vaccinated, the lymph being vory effective. One old Maori living about forty-three miles up the river, , was isolated as a suspected (smallpox case. TOWN COUNCIL POLL. Invercargill, July 30. Tho election for tlio vacancy on the Town Council was contested to-day by three candidates and resulted in the return of Mr. J. T. Carswell (890) who defeated Mr. Isaac L. Petrio (682), and Mr. A. Glass (Labour), 485. BRIEF mention. Thames, July 30. A proposal to rate on unimproved values was carried to-day in a Thames county poll by a four-to-one majority. ■