NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS
AUCKLAND.
Constable Armstrong, of Nor them Wairoa, had an unpleasant experience while dealing with a lunatic recently at Dargaville. He was entering the cell early in the morning with a lantern in one hand, and just as he opened the door he received a stinging blow on the eye, a nasty abrasion of the skin being made. "He immediately * went in and tackled his man, and a desperate struggle ensued. What made matters more-dif-ficult was the nudity of the subject, but Constable Thomson arrived, and they succeeded in getting the lunatic dressed for the boat. As soon as the party passed through the station gates en route to the steamer the man in custody made a big bolt for ■ liberty, and instead of I keeping to the footpath he led his purj suers through all the mud he could find. A recapture was eventually effected, but 1 by the time Constable Armstrong arrived at the steamer side he looked more like a man who had been through a good fight in the back-blocks than a respectable member of the force. His face was bleeding profusely, and his clothes were in a very muddy condition. At the Police Court on the 13th Thos. Dowd, master of the scow Flora, was charged with manslaughter in connection with the drowning of Frederick Clark by the sinking of the scow in Auckland harbour? Accused was remanded for a week, and- bail in one surety of £100 was allowed. On Friday, 20th inst., a meeting of Opposition supporters will be held ia Auckland for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr W. F. Massey, M.P., on ft" half of bi s supporters throughout the Dominion. Mr James Allen, M.P. for Bruce, will make the presentation, which will take the form of handsome mementoes to the Leader of the Opposition and lib wife, and also the presentation of a cheque running into four figures. A Maori Land Conference, held at Wa-ahi, near Huntly, to partition "tribal landis, ended on the 14th. Fully 300,000 acres were partitioned, in accordance with the wishes of the owners, and ratified by a Native committee. The general object of the conference is to bring into occupation Maori lands, making them subject to taxation, and setting apart nn area for tribal u^e.
Two men broke into the Criterion Hotel in Albert street on Saturday night, evidently intending to force the safe, bait desisted on one or both being severely injured when breaking a gla£6 door protected by an inmer covering of wire netting. One man was seen leaving the premises, and was ohased by 'a constable, but he escaped, though he or his companion left a trail of "blood for over half a mile leading from the hotel.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 41
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461NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS AUCKLAND. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 41
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