NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 32, 8 February 1916, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

—«- GORED BY A BULL. A FARMER'S SHOCKING DEATH, fy PAHIAT UAj^TJiis Da y. John Ambrose BracHßy, aged 45. married, and with a family, dairyfarmer, of Konini. -was fatally gored by a bull, which lie was leading, receiving shocking injuries. - FOUND DROWNED. IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR. VISITOR' FROM NELSON. AUCKLAND, This Day. The body found in the harbour has been identified as Boy don S. Connier, a widower, a visiter from Nelson. In Auckland on holiday.

YOUNG WOMAN DROWNED.

DUNEDIN, Feb. 7. Harriet Parsons, aged 22 years, residing at Henley, was drowned in the Taieri River on Saturday morning. At 11.15 she left her house to take cows to a paddock, the path lying about half a chain from t-be river. A little later a sister heard a scream, and saw the deceased swept past, face downlM!: wards. The sister rushed waist- N deepW into the water, but failed to reach the deceased. The body has not been recovered. GISBORNE FREEZING WORKS. PUBLICLY OPENED YESTERDAY. AN ASTUTE CHAIRMAN.

GISBORNE, this day

The Poverty Bay Farmers' Freezing Wcrks were opened at Kaiteratui yesiterday, a thousand townspeople journeying to the function.; The foundation stone wa s laid on August 26th, and it is claimed that the erection of the works within six months is a, Dominion record. Mr. Lysnar, chairman of Directors ( mentioned that this stood to the credit of the Imperial Authorities at Home. One of the first actions of the company was to in-form-the Imperial Authorities of the establishment of the works, and their importance in relation to maintain•ing food supplies,, and the authorities readily consented to place their ma'terial and plant in the same category ias war material. Thus the company had obtained despatch whilst for other works, started twelve 1 months before,* had reached the docks at Home, and had been commandeered. The works have a present capacity of 1500 sheep daily, the ultimate full capacity is 4000. I UrfREST IN FIJI. A NATIVE RISING FEARED. THE INSINUATING GERMAN. AUCKLAND, this day. A Fiji correspondent says that Na'tive unrest is beginning to exercise (the European mind there in a greater degree, though there are well meaning people who ridicule the idea of a' Native rising. One of the most prominent businessmen in Fiji, who is yon friendly terms with many chiefs, after a two months'.trip in the Sizeatoke district, issued a challenge to the Government to disprove any one of five statements, one of which is, (that several attempts have been made to wreck the Colonial Sugar Coy's train. Strong comment is made of. the freedom allowed to German traders, and, in fact, not one of the scores of Germans have been interned. Tlje correspondent adds: To what extent ■German machinations are behind the Native unrest is difficult to estimate, but few people in Fiji are now inclined to doubt that Teutons are the inspirators of Native prayers for German victories; of the Native belief in many districts that Germans are bound to win, and for the disrespect on part of Natives for the government of Fiji.