DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) Auckland, April 23. A dozen Norwegian residents met Captain Amundsen this morning, and presented him with a goid watch in recognition of * his conquest of the South Pole. The question of the duplication of the Main Trunk express service between Auckland and Wellington was mentioned to Mr Myers (Minister u Railways) by a Herald reporter to day. Mr Myers said he had considered the matter, and the conclusion he had arrived at was that circumstances would justify the duplication. for next summer season arrangemmits would be made for an extra expre-s to commence on November 1 and continue to April 30. Afterwards the question of the permanent retention or the duplication of the service would be decided. Instructions had already been given for the building of 25 addition:.' cars of the Main Trunk stand,uu type, which would be completed m t later than the middle of October next. In view, however, of the increasing traffic, especially in the Auckland district, Mr Myers said that, it had been decided to invite tenders for building 20 more carriages. Ashburton, April 23. A married man named Charles F;l----win Jeffers, a butcher, committed su'cidc late this afternoon. His body was found in an outhouse at his residence in Ashburton by his brother-in-law at 5.40 p.m., his throat being cut. Jeffers, who was a well-known resident and a fairly young man, had just disposed of his interest in a butchery business. He was last seen’ alive at'3.3o p.m. The act was evidently committed with a razor, and though the deceased left a farewell note the contents have not transpired, and the reason for the suicide is as yet unknown, the news coming as a shock. Dunedin, April 23. Win. Peak, a labourer, 2(5 years of age, died in- the Clyde Hospital last night as the result of falling off a haystack on April 20. His spine was fractured. Invercargill, April 23. At the invitation of the Invercargill Town Council the Rev. H. Mason, the water diviner, is at present paying a visit to the town. The object of Mr Mason’s stay is to see if he can discover sufficient water underground to warrant the extension of the pros* t deep well system of water supply. Yesterday and to-day Mr Mason has made remarkable discoveries of gre n underground supplies of water in many parts of the town, and his work will probably lead to the introduction cf a most complete supply. The use 1 1 his uncanny powers is causing mu ’ interest. Waitara, April 21. The Hon. G. Laurenson and Te Rangihiroa represented the Ministry at a social in honour of Mr W. T. Jennings in Waitara on Monday night, when a purse of sovereigns was presented to the ox-member and a souvenir to Mrs Jennings. Both Min’? tors highly eulogised Mr Jennings services to the electorate. Yesterday morning the party left for the north and addresses were given at school.* en route. At Urenui, where Te Rangihiroa spent his youth, his visit had a particular interest to the school. At Mokau the Minister of Marine went into matters connected with the wharf and river trust and this morning ilie went up the river. The party return to Waitara to-night and leave for Wellington in the morning.