ITEMS FROM NELSON

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 14 March 1907, Page 2

ITEMS FROM NELSON

karthqttakk and other INC/DENTS. •Per Pi'osa Association. 1 Xulsou, March 13. okli'ii Bay i- irrespondents sti.te that two earthqu.ues veto experienced llnToon Tuesday ni B hf, llio first difturning people greatly, Tlte earth, iju ike in the morning was felt severely : towards Collingirooil, and at Pura- ' malni ekimneys were thrown down and crockery _ smashed wholesale. Tl e weather is very bad in Golden Day, and owing to continuous rain Hoods are feared. lloppicking has been greatly retarded. The death is announced of Mrs W, L Ifandcock, one of the carlitst settlers in the Goldcu Bay. _ A curious case occvred at 011 c of the city hotels. A man who shared a room with another, was heard talking loudly after the house was closed, and was requested by the landlady to extinguish his light, when he said he had lost £350 m notes. A search was mad'', and the roll of notes found on the stair. The landlady then offered to lock them up in the safe, but as he declined, he was requested to leave the house, winch he did, the police being informed of the circumstances. Next morning he asked permission to he down till noon, and locked himself in a room. At lunch tune he was called, when he said he had been robbed of ■650. The landlady locked the room, and sent for the police. Meanwhile the man left. The police found the £SO between the sheets of the bed and the money is now in their hands.