NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 218, 2 June 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

MENTAL ASYLUM PATIENT.

COMMITS suicirii®^

WELLINGTON, This Day. A young man named George Mitch- • ell, a mental patient at the Porirua Asylum, committed suicide by banging himself. Ar Die inquest evidence, was given that Mitchell was a quiet patient with no -suicidal tendencies. He was left for a xfew minutes and lie went into a lavatory, where he was found suspended by., a strap. N.Z. HOSPITAL SHIP. N.Z. PHARMACY BOARD S GENEROUS OFFER. . DISPENSARY AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENT., i AUCKLAND, Jime 1: An offer made by the New-- Zealand' Pharmaby Board to .providethe. whole, equipment for the dispensary and surgical department aboard the- Hospital Ship has been aceptcd. It is estimated that £I7OO will bo required;' Subscriptions taken up among Auckland chemists have already provded £32s'of"that sum. DONATIONS OF BUGS., CHRISTCHURCH, June.l Mr. W. Clarke has given 100 Kaiapoi rugs for the Hospital- Ship and: the Kaiapoi Woollen Goy. have given 50 rugs.

NEW PLYMOUTH, June 1. p 9 hos, * Ng ZJTUa neneeb- i].,H ba Donation lists for tbe Hospital Ship show that Taranaki has contributed well over £3,000; oT which- New Plymouth has provided: about £1,300,

ALLEGED THEFT OF MAILS.

CONTAINING SUM OF MONEY.

STRATFORD, This Day.

This morning, Detective Siddells (Wanganui) and Senior Sergeant McKee*/ (Hawera) arrested Alex. Edward William Lythborg, on a charge of stealing a mailbag containing £l4O, at Halcombe, on May 14th of last yearThe accused appeared before the-.-Court this morning and was remanded! to Wanganui on June 11th. Bail afc£3o) was granted. i

TO, RAISE MORE MEN.

EDUCATION BOARD PROPOSAL. !

AUCKLAND, This Day. ; . Tho Board of Education has ered a proposal made by the Advisor ..y_ Board of the Training C<illege, tfljP .

each of the four universities shot' provide a quota of 250 men, mak? ng a battalion of 1000 for service vr the reinforcements. The chain naTl (Mr Garland) expressed the opt that, the, time was ripe for some special effort as suggested. The I Joard unanimously adopted th e recon miendatloa. j PERILS OF THE SE& THE PRAM’S CREW, BROUGHT TO AUCKL/ MAN JUMPS OVERBC _)ARD. AUCKLAND, This Day. Captain Stub and crew o p pj ie N onve . gian barque Pram, wreck* , d at Walden Island on February 24tl 1; arr i V ed b y the Talune to-day. Aft e ’ r the Fram » s moorings were carried ? iway only half .' aa hour elapsed before- the vessel went to pieces. The captain and crew seized life belts and junr , ped overboard ■ leaving everything, * ven the ship’s papers, so perilous wt s the position as the barque was clrr - en t 0 cer tain destruction. They wf , re buffeteciin' the surf a good deal, b ut none were hurt During the pa? sage p f th e Talune' Raratonga, a passenger, named J. WD. Noble, created a sensation by suddenly jun? , ping overboard in mid-, ocean, without * giving any warning. The engines were f topped and a boat lew-’ ered, and No blc was picked up and brought aboa rdi Not i iav i ng suffered serious resu ( t 3 i Je was p ] aced under restraint til* L arrival in Auckland, then handed to t h e police ;SR BEEF fEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION. / WELLINGTON, June .2. 1& fifth anuaul conference of the x ation al Beekeepers’ Association was to-day by the Hon Mr; Rhodes. Hie 1 1 render, ho sard, was unable to bo i piesKJnt, but had asked him to express hia good wishes. for the industry, and say that he recognised the importance of the i»dust,Ty- and careful consideration to any the Conference might pass. ’* The/ Minister said it was interesting to note, that 11200 people were engaged in t n Zealand represent 72,340 hives. The export oil honey year showed that the export trade tvas now oa a sound footing. Invest!- ’ gatloa showed there was no adumbration of honey in this Dominion. * .The balancer-sheet adopted showed a deficit of £22 as ftetweea assets acil feilitios. ■ • 1 . 1,4 - un,*.--*!-?.- I