DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2313, 5 October 1908, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

i [Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Oct. 4. The local coastal sailing fleet, which has been detained in port for the last three or four days owing to adverse weather conditions, managed to get away to-day, no less than thirty vessels leaving Auckland' for various coastal port®. Colonel Joseph Hammond, of the Salvation Army, who is representing General Booth with the object of furthering the Army’s emigration scheme, arrived here by the s.s. Victoria from Sydney to-day, and intends to make a tour of New Zealand. Mr. Eelix Tanner, of Ark and “fasting” fame, writes that he is willino- to undergo a long fast in Auckland, under strictest medical /super-' vision, to prove that a few ounces of pure water daily is all that is required for a long fast, and that if fresh water is not procurable, such as is often the ease with shipwrecked crews, salt- ' water baths will suffice, the water being filtered through the pores of the skin and admitted as fresh water. WELLINGTON, Oct. 4. Charles John Bartlett, a builder, 1 a"ed 60 years) shot himself dead in. his workshop at Evans Bay yesterday. ! He leaves a widow and seven children. At an inquest to-day the Coroner found that death was the resiilt of self-inflictedi injuries caused while insane. I The inquiry into the circumstances i surrounding the collision between the steamers Gertie and Penguin off Jackson Head on September 3rd was ! continued on Saturday. The seaman who was at the wheel on the Penguin said that while the vessels were running on. parallel courses the Gertie turned in towards the Penguin. Captain Stewart reached the bridge three minutes after the second mate rang his bell. If the Penguin’s helm had not been ported, the Gertie would have struck stem on. Another seaman. who was on the bridge gave corroborative evidence. Several passen,rers also- trave evidence that the Gertie suddenly swung in towards the Penguin. The Court’s decision will be given on Wednesday. CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 4. At a meeting of dairymen held at Kaiapoi yesterday, the following motion was carried unanimously: that this meeting urges the Government to postpone the proposed dairy regulations for twelve months in order to permit of proper regulations to be made; that it considers that the iegulations as proposed will render dairying impossible to the small farmCr The lUl ChrrstdniVeh Canal League membership now stands at 300. A sudden death occurred at the corner of . Colombo and Gloucester Streets this morning, when Mr. Alfred Henry Hart, who was wallcing along the footpath about 9.15, fe down and expired immediately Th late Mr. Hart was an architect, ana resided at 93. Armagh Street, A medical man had been a^™ 1 n £ ceased for some twenfy-five years, and, according to tl.c pohco ieport had been expecting his death irom disease at any moment. In cumstances the Coroner has not deem ed it necessary to hold an anqneM).