DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 77, 27 March 1912, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association ) Waipawa, March 26. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here at 8;28 last'night. Taihape, March 26. A short biifc sharp earthquake shock was felt here at -8.30 last night. Medical evidence at the inquest on 'Buchanan showed that death resulted from cerebral apoplexy. Wanganui, March 25. Mr E. Gould’s six-romed residence at Wanganui East was, destroyed by fire this afternoon. Westport, March 26. Wfri. May, fisherman, attempted to ..qomm.it .suicide by, ...cutting ..throat. He is now in the hospital. His mind is deranged. The body was found in tJie river of Rifehard Glanville, missing from tlie steamer Petone for about a fortnight. Wellington, March 26. The steam trawler Energy, concerning the safety of which there has been some anxiety, returned to Wellington this morning with a large cargo of fish. The captain reports that the vessel was never in trouble. Bad weather compelled him to run into Queen Charlotte Sound on Saturday morning, but ho' returned to Cook Strait the same afternoon and remained there until last night. , Wellington, March 26. To date, according to a list supplied by the Defence Department, training camps have been held at the following places (with approximate numbers attending):—Oringi ‘IOO, Wairongoa (near Dunedin) 420, Annondale (Piako) 400, Whangarei 470, • Mandeville (near Gore) 200, Wellington. 400, Kakariki (Greatford) 600, Lyttelton 220, Hamilton 400, MiVrakeke (near Takapau) 1000, Papatoetoe (near Auckland) 850, . Hamilton (Waikato Regiment) 600, Total 5060. The following are now being hekl: Auckland 300, Orari 350, Coalgate 150, Nelson 100, Westport 150, Morton (Otago) 100, Gore 500, total 1650.' Twenty-live more. camps have yet to be held during.. April and May. Invercargill, March 26. A schoolgirl named Clarice Geddy, 1?4 fell ; off the, tfain'to Lumsden last night and sustained injuries' to her back from which,, she died this morning.