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Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222053, 20 February 1900, Page 2

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(From our own Correspondent.) BANK BOBBERY. Invercargill,, Saturday. The Bank of New Zealand at Fortrose was entered and robbed of £SOO in notes last night. The room of 'he bank agrnt in the hotel was entered and the keys of the s'rong room and safe were taken from his pocket whi'e asleep. The police expect to effect an early arrest, MOUNTED INFANTRY Wellington, Feb. 19. To encourage mounted inbin’rv, th ■ strength of companies is to bo raised from 63 to 80, with extra lieutenants, and the capitation is to be increased from £2 10s to £3 10s. Capitatiou will be paid f r members in the Transvaal, but not for the men who replace them. A FATAL ROW GuEYMoimi, Saturday. A man named Patrick Car w wm picked up in the street with his head knocked about. He had since died. A man named Martin has been arrested, charged with being implicated. It is supposed the affair was the result of a row in the early hours of the morning. Greymoittii, Yesterday. With ref -rence to the dea'h of Carew, it appears that both he and Martin were in liquor and fought Shortly after Carew left the hotel, and was found later on unconscious, with a scalp wound. He died at nine on Saturday morning, and at the inqu- st a verdict that death was caused by a fracture of the skull was returned But it is improbable that it was due to a blow. It is likely the fracture was caused by deceased fabing on the pavement. Martin was arrested, and charged wi ll murder, but was remanded till Tuesday.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Welujcgtox, Yesterday. Mr C. Duncan, foreman of the Meat Expmt Company, was thr wn from a horse at Petone last night. His skidl was fractured and c-Barbune broken. His condition is serious. WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE Extensive preparations are being made for fitting up the Wellington. New Plymouth, Napier and Auckland railway sectionswith the Westingh -use brake. CYCLING TOUR. Mr Erskine, private secretary to the Gove*nor General of Canada, wh-* has competed a t nr of th l - Rou h T u, and. proceeds to Auckland via Wanganui Rive’' and Pipirikl, evelirtg c-e land to Rotorua and thence to Auckland, leaving for Canada in Mareh. Tie spea' s of (he beauties of the South Island scenery and resources. POST OFETCE BURNED. WoonVTmvrc. Yes Prdsy. The Post Office and at Mahardhara were burned down I ,p t night. The building was injured in the South British Company for £l5O. child DROWNED. Sth \tfort, Yesterday. An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon re the death of a child three rears old, son of Mr Smith, of Hastings ’H e child was found head downwards in a milk can half fufi of water, outside i l s father’s residence. A verdict of accidental death, no one to blame, was returned.