NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1984, 14 February 1914, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

■fr ■■ , INSANITY INCREASING. & IDEA OF VOLUNTARY SURRENDER, (By Telegraph.-l'ms ASsofcint'fon.l Auckland, rebuild U At tho Medical Goi.ijg'ess, Br." W. ]$. •foiH'S, liisp.cotor-G.m.eritl of the -lirsaiw Vietorijij "quoted 'figures' showkig the ftipitl increase- of insafiity in jS'cw land. Tiro proportion v.;is'l in •]?,) in tiiia v< ar 1877; in 19:12 it was 1 in 2fii.i. Anions il.io principal cails.cs three stood out l pro.injuoiiti.y—vij?,, julies itane« (if insanity and its allied neurosis, .syphilis., and alcoholism. Ho ,spo.ko strongly cf tho iniporUiiieo of (killing with tiio <>arly Stages iii s.omo way different from tho present method of committing persons ■ 1:«. i asylums wli"ro c'htoitio ottses arts detained; Ho advocated a special ward ■whe.ro voluntary cases could bo sent Without t'no i>a»iifi;l process of patients ii'i® de-Blared insano by ccriificato'. Tlw congress passed a resolution on these lutes. BAILIFF'S ENTRY. ALTERCATION & FATALITY. Auckland, February 13. . •J,iio adjourned inquest into file dontlv of Catherino lleariie, who died iiooii alter an altercation with ii bailiff", who Was removing fnrnituro from her rest. uejieOj lifts concluded-. The cornier (Mr- Cutton, S.M.) found tliftt deuih was dim to ho.art fai.tuio foilowmg n niiso,u'ria;;i>. lie said tho <n-i- ---■■ denco showed that deceased Wns in vory serious ilUiMltli;, and ili-at she was rnuglilji hajjdted while the furniture was ; being removed, but tho latter Btatcmeiw was contradicted by other witnesses. Thoro was not the slightest doubt thai deceased, was touch Upset Ity wl:at took pliteo, and this, in .her o.v'.roiiioly cloljcstij lioalth, caused, a ntisearriago., wiiieli led to her death, but he was unabio to find that; blame was attachable to anyone. Such .1 finding would amount to a'refto.ninVciidatio'll that criimnr.l proceedings should bo taken He .did not think tho cvidcnce justified such a reromii'.eiidatiaii. , CHRISTCHURPH SESSIONS. , Chrlstchurcii, February 13. _At the Sup'i'Oiim Court criminal scs» s'ions to-day., Charles Edward l Carson Wot found guilty of .carnal '.liiiowjcdgo. and sentenced to sis months' imprisonment. Herbert jarra was charged with sheep stealing, tfud tho hearing was (id- \ jo'.irned, Thomas Gear.v, chavg<:d vfitH ■a.Uogod earffal k-nowh«l!:e, was accjiiii.ted. Tho prisoners Owen, Cr,m)>hell, M'Cormiek. Smith, FranerSj AVood, Hill, and IrtMSth, who pleaded guilty earlier in tho wfeek to oxtensivo frauds oil t|io On?tans Department, will bo brought up 10:• sentence on Monday nioi'iiijig. PRACTISED ROBBER. Dannevirko, February 13, ( A daring theft was perpetrated at Benzie's i'rlvato Hotel yesterday nionting% Tho proprietor (.1. A. Ross) was litakin.'j up tho cash, awl whiio doing «o was called onto? his room by ono of ltis family, Ho closed aiid locked the cashbox, .and 011. returning a- few mimiles ■later found the* box open and ihe casli, '' ■: £54. missing, also cheques to tll.o valiia ; i}f' £12. 1 HOODWINKING A REGISTRAR. Chrlstdliurcli, February 13. Lionel Waiter Doreen, aged J:8 J'e.a.ra, an ox-Burnham boy, was committed for sentence oh a charge of liva.kihg n frtiso declaration i«.tito Registrar of Marriages at Oust, stating-his ago Was 26, and ltis namo John, Joseph lie!!. Tho oiTeneo., was. comiv.itt ed -oil Aiujuet 2ft, and tho marriago was pevformod tho fallowing'day. Roiqen was jl.is<;harged, from Biirniiani alter tho mnrriag<>.