DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 77, 5 August 1913, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

A TESTATOR'S BENEFACTION

' • [Phe Press Association.] . ; Inyercargill, August 5. ' Under.. the I |#sj '■ of*John Feldwick: late proprietor of.the Southland Daily 'News, the Corpom^n^' WefifcTO ill extent of. £20,000, which! ihe SifcStStoi stipulates shall be. invested and tht income devoted to the development of Victoria 'creation ground. The park lies within the Borough, and comprises 201 acres. COMPENSATION FOB "ACCIDENT. Wellington, August 5. * In the Artoralaoit..Caurt i.tb T day. Edith Birss, o t f. Chris.tchurch,, claimed compensation f on accoiiht of, of her husband through an ac.cident at Otira tunnel.- Counsel, on behal! of the Crown,,consented..to, judgment for £SOO and medical and funeral expenses. Judgment was entered ac cordingly. A PUBLICAN FINED. > t'fi..!,'j Rotqrua, August 5. Owen Cowen, licensee of the Lak'. Hotel, Taupo, was fined £2o.and tht license was endorsed for supplying a Maori with liquor for consumption off the premises. RISE IN WAGES. Christchurch, August 4. The City Council tonight decided to- raise the wage* of its employees for the future to £2 14s for a 4? hours week. ' MISSING. WAXGANUI MAN DISAPPEARS. 7- Wauganui, Augus;; 4. Mr Frank Neylor is missing. H<returned on Saturday, after a fortnight's visit, to. Wellington, where it is stated that he was drinking somewhat heavily. He retired to bed very early, and at 7.30 in the evening lie arose and dressed only in his pyjamas, and went outside. His family soon became anxious at. his prolonged absence, but up to tho present no trace of him has, been found. At tho time of his disappearance he va* nervous, and though there was noth ing to indicate that he intended to commit suicide, it is feared that he has got into the river. Neylor was very well-known, being one of the proprietors of the totalisator on this coast.