DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1920, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

INFLUENZA at christchurcil. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurcil, Last Night. "Taking it on the whole the position seems to be easing," was the comment of the district health officer to a reporter when questioned this morning regarding the influenza epidemic. For two days, that is, the period from Saturday at noon until to-day at noon, notifications liave been practically the same as for one day previously. ; A POLICEMAN'S TUSSLE. Auckland, April 26. At midnight, Constable Holt saw a man enter the premises of P. H. Ferguson and Co., _stationers, Albert Street. He pursued, him upstairs and- found the man behind a package. The man threatened to knock his pursuer down, but the constable switched off his electric torch and closed with the man just as a heavy steel chisel grazed his cheek. The man was arrested aiid removed to the police station in possession of articles for which he will be required to account. The arrested man during the encounter sustained a fractured collarbone and an injury to his jaw. [£lso FINE FOR BETTING. i Dunedin, Last Night. Arthur Lord was fined £IOO for street betting. The magistrate, Mr. Bartholomew, in inflicting the maximum monetary penalty, said the bookmaking profession deemed so lucrative that it was questionable if even a substantial penalty was much of a deterrent.'