DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 17 April 1912, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

'(Per Press Association.) Blenheim, April 16 An elderly woman named Mrs Wood fell down the steps leading to her house. When picked up she was practically insensible. She sustained a broken leg and a fracture of her right ankle. Her condition is serious. . Eltham, April 17. Councillor T. B. Crump, deputyMayor, was elected Mayor of Eltham unopposed. „ New Plymouth, April 1 i ■ Mr. H. J. Brown has received the following cablegram from London today :—“Shares in the Taranaki (N.Z..) Oil Wells, Ltd., are being purchased, at 2s 6d premium on the London Stock Exchange. It is expected prices will go much higher.” Levin, April 17. Messrs. B. R. Gardener and Charles Blcnkhorn have been nominated for the Mayoralty. Mr. Gardener is the present Mayor. Dannevirke/ April Iv. Mr. E. A. Ransom has been re-elect-ed Mayor for the third term unopposed. . _ Wellington, April 17. The Minister for Internal Affairs has decided that the approaching season 'Shall be a close one for native pigeons. The number of. Paradise ducks that may be shot by one license holder is limited to twelve. Dunedin, April 17. Councillor John Wilson (City), Mr. Solomon, K.C. (Mornington), Mr. Inglis■ (Mosgiel), and Mr. Moeller (West Harbour) have been elected Mayors unopposed. Welliwston, i April 17. , Before the Chief Justice in the Supremo Court, John Lewis, for theft, was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment, and declared an habitual criminal for the second time. John Mclntyre, breaking and entering and theft at Otaki. twelve months, .uiree young men—Albert Ayling, Sidney Baker and Harry Williams—for breaking and entering at Stratford, were admitted to eighteen months’ probation, and ordered to pay costs. Walter Charles Wilson, widower, aged 73, injured last week in a collision between his trap and a tramcar, near the General Post Office, died in the hospital this morning. Walter Harris, single, aged 48, removed from the Terrace Gaol on 18th March to the hospital, suffering from internal trouble, also died in the latter institution to-day.