NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 251, 14 July 1915, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

INSANE REVOLVER USE- * A MAN ARRESTED. AUCKLAND, This Day. A man who gav e his name as Charles Norman was arrested last night on charges of drunkenness and firing a revolver on Stanley Bay wharf. It is stated that about 7.45 p.m., accused was standing on the end of the wharf firing a revolver in all directions. Two young men saw a flash and a bullet went within a foot of their heads. The man who fired the shots was dressed' in a Salvation Army uniform. A new five-chambered, revolver and a number of cartridges were found in his possession.

CAIRO CONVALESCENT HOME. THOUSAND POUNDS VOTED. GISBORNE, This Day. The Defence Committee has voted £IOOO to Lady Godley’s Fund, for the Cairo Convalescent Home. frightful fatality. WOODVILLE, July 13. A frgihtful accident happened tonight after 6 o’clock on the Masterton, Road, a couple of miles from Woodville. A horse belonging to Mr Williams (manager of tbe Riverside cheese factory ( bolted and ran into a motor car whichwas coming into town and the shaft of the. trap went through Mrs Hoslciiig, who was in the car, killing (her outright. Deceased lived in Pitt Street, Palmerston, and was 35 years of age. /

1 COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE. executive committee appointed. WELLINGTON, This Day. At a meeting of the Council of Agriculture, to-day, the following Executive Committee waa elected; North Island: A. Conway, G. Hunter, H. Morrison, H. J. Booth, E. Campbell, J. G. Rutherfok-d. South Island: H. V. Fulton, J. - Carmichael, W. B. Parkinson, J D. Hall, H. A. Knight, D. G. Wright.