NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

—~.,,. ■ CAMBRIDGE GAMP. GOVERNOR'S APPRECIATION. (Bγ feiegras-h.'-Sroas A-ssoaiatiafl.) caraljrlriße. May 6. The camp is practically deserted this morning, tiio tioops being out rehearsing I'riuay's field operations. TIiC.Y arc experiencing glorious weather. iVhiior-Oeueral Godl.ey, Commandant of the New Zealand' X'oreeSj has telegraphed: "1 i'layc much pleasure i» iorwftrding t3ie following message fro-ift Ms iOxoellency, wlrioh should , be conveyed to tho troops and pnbKshoci: .Tho 0ov« eritoi , was very pleased witli the app'eav(inco and steadiness'of all ranks at the parade for the presentation of colours on Sunday, .more especially in vkny of tho iiieleiiient- weather «f' the previous day. Mis Excellency wishes particularly to. congratulate tho officer cwniiwmling tho Auckland district aad the staff on tho .admirable) arrangements th-at had been made, which ensured the -siiceeES J achieved. , ". AT SEA WITH CREEKS. •SAiLOii -'A bundle; of nerves." Auckland, May <3. HaroH Nelson, ari-estcd ou a charge of having deserted from the eteatner Hflllington, was steward ins the vessel. Ho asserts that the Urcek crew had told him that he coukl have Iris choice, when again •on the high seas s bctwecii knifing and being thro-iyn overboard. Ho was, he states, physioatty fit when ha Jeft Niwpert <>u Now Year's' l)ay, Imfc to-day ije was just a Jjflmlie of nerves. It. , had been « coininon thing to see the foreigners among the crew using tlieir knives arid fighting with their teeth On arrival at Auekhuid lie Wt.to nmko tip tho niiniifest. Ho know tlie Greeks hn<l quantities of to-bac-co, and its was his duty to inform the Ctistams officers; tljat-tlioy were required to account for it. -■ tlie ero'w therefore s\voro that that would Ire the ci)d d.\ him. They rusired-Ws cattti, and whea ho bosted tho door they smashed tho poftliok', nisd. he svas laeky to escape, witli his life. ' . In Court rt-day the police stated that the charge of desertwu would not be proceeded with, nor would Ne-fson be| required t-o join tho sliip, preykled tliat lie paid costs'(£2 10s.). This lie agreed ' to and was ; discharged. ; CASE STHUSK OUT. Christcliureii, Jiay 6, . It) the S,M. Court, Xiugli Granger, boohmnker, wa-5 charged vfitk the fraudulent conversion of £iUSO> tJio )>j-e])ei'ty of E. F* Noflte. Mf. Wilfprd «p))aared for tkfl defendant. Mr.-. Hanlon,, for Npaie, said- tho» Was So cvidonco . to offer, I'ho -cusb was struck out. NOVEL SITUATION. New Plymouth, Hay 6. ' Tho Borougli Councillors attended the publie liespit'al. this morning to witness tiio declariitioK of the new Mayor, Mr. J. E. 'Wilsoii, ivlio is an inmate with typhoid fnver in ;i- tniki fochi- Councillor CJaHvo -vril! act as Deputy Mayor during Mr. iVVilsodi'e illiiefe. BROG IN ©AMP. Cambridge, May .6. Before Justices of tho Peace tijs irro-ming, a Territorial was fined 305., with costs 14s, for bringing Intoxicants into fte Cambridge camp. Ho was cautioned that a beaviei' penalty vrotud he inflicted; next time. 0-DDFEUOWS. Wanganui, Mny 0. i The O-Micslq'«'s ! Conference was oilj gaged all da}' to-day itt . coiiskkring rules.