DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 73, 3 April 1913, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

POLICE AND FIREARMS. [Per Press Association.] Christchurch, April 2. “The police are supplied witli revolvers,” Superintendent Kiely said, “but they never carry them about with them. You will usually find the weapons in drawers at the police station. Only in case of the town being attacked by a gang of desperadoes would the members of the force arm themselves with revolvers, but there is no necessity to use revolvers against crowds that assemble at the Clock Tower.” One phase of the matter the superintendent considered ought to be emphasised. He did not know what the object was in making the allegation, but it was possible that it was made for the purpose ofgiving antimilitarists some colorable excuse for arming themselves against the police. Ho desired that jit should he widely known that the police did not carry arms, and that consequently the allegation that they did would ho no excuse for anyone carrying revolvers. MOTOR CYCLE MISHAP.

Gisborne, April 2. A man named Alf. Kewley, while riding a motor cycle in town to-day, came into violent collision with a tiap, one of the shafts of which pierced hi? throat. He was taken to tna hotpital, and is in a serious condition. He is a native of the Isle of Man, and has no relatives in New Zealand.

At Patea yesterday a. porter rained Frederick A. Trice, employed in the Masonic Hotel, was found dead in bed. RECENT ARRIVAL SUICIDES. Wellington, April 3. A married woman named Jessie Drury, a recent arrival from Masterton, was found dead in the Salvation Army’s People’s Palace last night, with a partly-empty lysol bottle alongside. Deceased was deserted by her husband three years ago, and had been in poor health. FATAL BURNS. Dunedin, April 3. Thomas Mee, who was severely burned on Tuesday at Catlius liver railway construction works, died in the Dunedin hospital at midnight. A CALLOUS FATHER. Invercvargill, April 2. At the Police Court, before Mr Cruickshanks, S.M., John Boyes, a laborer, at Lady Barkly, was charged with neglecting his two children. Sergeant Simpson said that the defendant could 1 not leave drink alone, and had frequently been limited out of Winton owing to his habits. His wife was unable to live with him, and was residing with Boyes’ father, who, in a letter to Mr T. Pryde (secretary of the Charitable Aid Board), had described his son as a “drunken waster.’ -

When Constable Anderson went to the defendant’s place he found the children running wild in the bush and feeding on raw rabbits’ flesh, which they had found. Mr T. Pryde and Mr A. McLean (city missionary) gave evidence as to the defendant’s ways of living. The children had been absolutely neglected, not having been washed for a considerable time. The defendant said that his wife had been the cause of it all. His Worshop said Boyes was unfit to look after the/welfare of such bright children, and he would have to place them in Lome Farm Home. Defendant. was ordered to pay 5s per week each towards their upkeep.