NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 143, 19 February 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

LADY LIVERPOOL rUeiD. \ MORE WOOLLENS WANTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Wellington; This Day. Lady Liverpool continues to receive gilts for soldiers. Her Lxoellc'iicy states that no m:>ro knitted bolts are required at >jr:zs« it, ou' balaclavas, socks, and -nit';;.* is v*s ahva/s acceptable.

OBITUARY. • MR J. F. M. FRASER. DUNEDIN, This Day. The death occurred this mscirning of Mr J. F. M. Fraser, K.C., Crown Proseouter for the Dunedin district. The leeeased was aged 63. GISBORNE SUIC T» r .. j GRUESOME DETAILS. J INCENDIARY ADM! i'S CRIME., GISBOiINii:, This Day. At the inquest on Thomas Wallace, 'ahcurer, who committei suicide at Xaiti by cutting his throat with a jutcher's knife, the evidence shewed gruesome details. The ma;l having out his throat first with a pocket knife and wandered through the house, spurting the bleed everywhere right and left. On a bed occupied by two small children were his money, waich md vest. The parents of th» children tearing a gurgling noise and banging mi a wall, had vacated the premises, •nd went for assistance to neihbours. The inquest w.as adourned. Thomas Alfred Vcwles, hairdresser, :harged with arson, at Tolago Bay, vdmitted having burned the premises 'ie was occupying with the object of jetting the insurance on his run-.iture. Ie was committed, for sentence.

DROWNING ACCIDENT. WELLINGTON. Feb. 18. The police have received information that .Tames McGregor, an attendant at Forirua Mental Hospital, was drowned it Titahi Bay this afternoon while 'lathing. Deceased, who was unable to ?wim, entered shallow water some distance away from his companions, who 3id not notice his predicament. He had been employed as an attendant at Porirua for a considerable period. The body has been recoverd. A POST OFFICE MUDDLE. "STAMPING MACHINES DISCARDED AUCKLAND, This Day. At a meeting- of business men it vas resolved that the .users of automatic stamping machines at present Sind themselves to stci? the use cf nachines sooner than pay the deposit, demanded by the. Government.', arid will in future purchase all stamps required from licensed agents and not iirect from the Post Office. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION BOARD. WELLINGTON, This Day. A'Gazette notifies the election, unopposed, of the following members of he Teachers' Superannuation Board!. ?or the North Island: H. G. Cousins \nd A. Erskine. For the South Ifcland: W. Davidson and E. W. Jir.it. NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. « WELLINGTON, This Day. The value of the principal exports •f New Zealand produce during the week ended Tuesday last was as unler: Butter, £121,790; cheese, £76,775; frozen meats, £151.298; gold, °.9,988; r.aiii and pulse, £3,552; 'tides and skins, £33,695; plKrmi-uu, 62,651; tallow, £17,697; wool, £473,170.