NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 10 August 1915, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

A FRACAS AT LEVIN. HEAVY FINES INFLICTED. t f POLICE ROUGHLY HANDLED. LEVIN*, Monday. At the| Levin Magistrate’s Court this morning, T. Cameron, a member of the expeditionary forces, R. Cameron and H. MacDonald, appeared before Messrs H. C. Remington and P. Goldsmith, Justices, charged with assaulting the police, resisting the; police and damaging police uniforms. T. Cameron was being arrested for being djrunk on Saturday night with R. Cameyon, when MacDonald attempted ot rescue them. Constable Bagrie was tripped up, struck and kicked,and Constable Treggan was struck on the, fa.ee and cut, nihessitaking Sfevjr-ral stitches. T. Cameron, for resisting, was ccnvicte.d and discharged; for assaulting the police he was fined £1 and ordered to pay medical costs amounting to £1 10/ R. Cameron, for assaultnig the police wa s fined £2O and ordered to pay 10/ damage to a police overcoat. He was convicted and discharged for resisting the police H. MacDonald was fined £lO for assaulting the| police, and ordered to pay 9/6. damage to a police helmet. » He was convicted and discharged for obstructing the police. The Justices said such disturbances must b e put down. FIREMEN REFUSE DUTY. MARAROA’S TRIP CANCELLED. AUCKLAND, Monday. The Mararoa’s firemen have refused the* Union Company’s offer of a month’s pay for a fortnight’s work. The company has, therefore, cancelled the Mararoa’s trip to Sydney, and will convey hey passengers free to connect with the Moerak at Wellington.

A LUSITANIA ROMANOS. A lifeboat from tlie Lusitania is th” most prized possession of Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh, who have just been married in Manchester. Were it not for the lifebelt and a splendid feat of swimming performed by the bridegroom there could have been no marriage, for Mrs. Welsh must almost inevitably have been numbered among those who went down with the vessel. ,The ceremony at All Saints’ Registry Office was the last chapter of a charming romance. The young engineer, coming home with a I‘ittle fortune of £2.000, and Miss Gerta Neilson, a milliner, were both passengers in the ill-fated liner. Until the great Cunardor set out from New York Harbour they were unknown to one another. During the voyage, however, they became friends, and friendship developed into devotion which culminated: in a betrothal. They decided to get married as soon as the ship reached their homeland. Then, while they were chatting together after lunch one day there came the terrible crash. In a moment Mr. Welsh had seized two lifebelts. He placed one around her shoulders, and pushed Iter into a boat. Suddenly the boat, overturned, hurling its occupants into the water. The lover saw what had happened from the deck, and dived to the rescue. He caught Miss Neilson, and, after supporting her for nearly 30 minutes, they were picked up by a lifeboat. Today they are almost penniless, for all their savings have been lost in the great Cunarder.