DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 35, 24 January 1912, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.)

: Auckland, January 23. A sad accident occurred yesterday to a little son of Mr J. Belcher, at the Pukowoka saw'mill, near Taumarunui. The deceased and his brother, aged four years,. w r ere walking on the tramline, when the locomotive, ’ coming down from tho hpsh. with logs, rounded a bend on a down, Tho children were evidently frightened by the engine and ran across' the.tracjv, right in front of it. ; Tho 'driver did all he could to stop, hutAyas'unable. „tp do so in time. - Tho older boj- wasjstruqi: ,by the locpipptivq* |)gt was thrown clear and’ unhurt, but, 'His little brother aged 19 months,’ was run .over..and.-.was. dreadfully .injured, .'His leg and arms being’ severed by ,tlie wheels. He was takou to the local hospital where he,succumbed. It is proposed to; erect a new' Methodist Theological College at Epsqm at an early date.■ , A probable sit© has boen selected, but until the Methodist conference meets on February 29, Mr A. C. Caughcy’s residence at Roaiuera has been leased'/Ifor [two years to be utilised until the • college has been built..! ; Tho probate cost ,of construction will be between £12,000 and £15,000. > ■ ; ,' Blenheim, .January 23. Goorge E. Lewis, a,young Unmarried man, w r as drowned in the Awatere river near Jordan. The police were informed that a man was seen on the road .in a state of delirium tremens.' A constable rode out to investigate on Friday, and after a search found the body in the river. A verdict of “found drowmed” was returned. Timaru, January 23. The need for a new hostelry at Mt. Cook was well proved during the late holiday season, the present accommodation having been overtaxed. More young New Zealanders visited the glacier centre than ever before. Not a few tourists were deterred from going there by reports that the Hermitage was full, but the crush has noweased, partly on that account. A new T and large building more advantageously situated is jn hand, but is scarcely likely to be ready for next season. Important additions have been made to facilities for reaching Mt. Cook from the south or vice versa by the extension of tho motor-car service to Queenstow'n. Invercargill, January 23. In view of the doubt which at one time prevailed as to whether the s.'s. Delphic would come to the Bluff with her record cargo for that port of 3400 tons, tho Bluff Press interviewed Captain English, master of the vessel, w'ho brought her safely in. Captain English said he w r as pleased to find that everything he had heard about the unsafely of the port was more or less exaggerated. He said he found nothing difficult in the approach to the Bluff harbour, aud it w r as in no way difficult of navigation, excepting, perhaps, that at times in these latitudes one might expect boisterous weather. He described the soundings which he had personally made, and suggested detail improvement by which the Bluff harbour, being so handily situated, could be made one of the finest harbours in New Zealand.