NEW ZEALAND.
the native trouble
(Per Press Association.) j WHANGAREI, last night. It is stated that the chief Kvao and his followers have been arrestedanil a lanq case is proceeding at Kaikohc
'A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. THAMES, last night. Winiata Kerei, aged 14 years, employed in a timber mill at Turua, was caught in a revolving shaft and whirled round. His leg was smashed to pulp, banging front the thigh; both shoulders were dislocated, his head was bruised, and the elbow dislocated. He was brought to a Thames hospital, where his leg was amputated. He is in a critical condition.
NAPIER ITEMS, NAPIER, last night. In the Supreme Court this morning the Crown Prosecutor entered a nolle prosequi in the case against James Koorey, charged with indecent assault, in whioh the jury failed to agree on two occasions. Sergeant-Major Finn, drill instructor for Hawke’s Bay, who retires in accordance with the age regulations, was last night presented with a purse of sovereigns subscribed by the whole of the volunteer corps in the district. The Chief Justice this morning delivered j udgment in the divorce case, Honnor v. Honnor, a decree nisi being granted in favor of the husband’s petition, with costs.
stolen jewelleryFEEDING, last night. Constable Whitehouse visited Kimbolton yesterday, and secured a quantity of valuable jewellery and silver, the property of 11 persons whose residences were entered by two men, now in custody at Wellington.
A BAND’S TROUBLES. WELLINGTON, last night. Twenty -three members of the New Zealand Band returned from England by the Gothic to-day. The bandsmen have received no pay since June 11, prior to which they received £3 a week. They came back third-class. The men who remained in England were Herd (conductor), Wilton (treasurer), Tombs and Nicoll.
r# SUICIDE. DUNEDIN, last night.. At chc inquest on Hay a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane Was returned. A SERIOUS CHARGE. HOKITIKA, last night. Louisa Harding, charged with concealment of birth, was committed to trial. t
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 997, 16 September 1903, Page 1
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