DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2430, 19 February 1909, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

[Press Association.] COURT CASE WITHDRAWN. DUNEDIN, Feb. IS. The action of Jane Patterson versus William Rait, 1 ;th of Hi ! End, near Lalclutha, a claim lor £] 300 damages for breach of pr- mice and alleged seduction. was settled out oi Court at the last moment for 0400 and costs. EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND. The total amount contributed locally towards the Italian e .rthquake relief fund is £333 14«. line fund is now closed. DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ARTS. At a meeting of the Education Hoard to-day. Dir. R. Haweridge. artist, who has been employed by Messrs J. Wilkie and Co. for many years, was appointed director of the Dunedin School of Art. A DIVORCE GRANTED. WELLINGTON, Feb. IS. In the Divorce Court, C. D. Henry obtained a decree for a dissolution of marriage witli Alice Henry. Petitioner was granted custody of the children: A defence had been filed by defendant, but was 'withdrawn. The case was heard in camera. THE ESCAPED CRIMINAL.

Archibald McNeil, the habitual criminal, who escaped from gaol and was recaptured, was to-day sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and ordered to be kept in close confinement for 14 days and to lose six months’ marks. DEATH BY DROWNING. WANGANUI, Feb. 18. Thomas Cooper, aged 19 years, whose parents reside at Havelock was drowned in the river this morning while bathing. While swimming to the groin he got into the current, which was strong, and he was hoard to cry'out “I'm done! I’m done!” and then sank. Other bathers dived, but were unsuccessful in finding tlie body. Deceased was cmloyed in tlie Lands Department, and had just received word that lie had passed the Senior Civil Service examination. A SUDDEN DEATH. • GORE, Feb. 18.

'There was a sudden death at Rukerau yesterday, when Charles O’Hagan expired, presumably from heart disease, while transacting business in a carpenter’s shop. He was an old identity of the district, a settler for 39 yeans. No inquest is necessary. NEW ZEALAND DAIRY COMPANY. * AUCKLAND, Fob IS. The New Zealand Dairy Company pays £24,021 for butter .fat supplied in the month of January. This exceeds by £2980 the payment in January of tho previous year. } A ROLL DECLARED VOID. 1 OAMARU. Feb. 18. The Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Hutchinson) gave judgment to-day, voiding the late poll proposal to borrow £,50,000 for a new harbor dredge, on the ground that the poll was taken upon an invalid roll, winch excluded more than half the electors from the right to vote. Costs, five guineas, were allowed against respondents. A MINER’S DEATH. WAll IT. Feb. 13. A miner named Joseph Hearne succumbed this morning to fatal injuries received yesterday bv a fall of 70ft down. a. pass in the Waihi nunc. His wife and family are now on their , •from Australia, intending to ]om turn j here. j