NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11505, 11 February 1903, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND.

(WUBS ASBOOXATIOX TELT-GRUtS.) X^P( AUCKLAND, Pebmary 10. ]? % At a meeting conwrning the disponil of' 4-. j& tlie fundis from tho recent floral fete, it yna $ J^f decided that tlio net receipts, £536, be di« *%.iS Tided ns follows:—One-third to ti» Vet*. "^£ xans . Home, and the reonaiacter to th« "'~-| W, Ladiee' lieiw\-olent Society, " , Is WELLINGTON, IVbruary 10. A^ An attempt is being made here by the' Salvation Army to establish a farm "horne * '.""'H ■where the vagrant class and ex-prisoners ena* '*,¥, be found oniployment growing; vegetable*, j>y etc., matil work oif some kind is otit*ln«4 '"Vj by them. Tho Government will probaibly "* be approached for a subsidy to enable the ' Army to purchase the land' necessary near tthe orty. The appeal of the Wellington Firwnen , * Industrial Union against tho decision of; »*7"\ the Registrar in refusing to lvgiater that " "i* body, on tlw ground t'liat- Seaman's Union* ~ already exist here, \rhieh men could join, " l has disallowed by the Arbitration • v, 1 ' Court. * -, WAIPAWA, February 10. " . .H At a joint meeting of the Waipawa and J V Tatarigata Councils, it wae resolred to <,% ]:rot«it against a further increase in Har- ■}? bour Board rates, also to join all the other *, local bodies interested in petitioning Par- ,> '* liament to grant adequate representation \ to the County. It was contended that the basis of representation arranged in 1878 \ \ •was unfair under tl» altered circumstance* »' and increased valuation on country pro- / perties. t NELSON, February 10. ,f The Nelson Haifcour Board election resulted as follows:—City seats, Mesera Tra*K, i anney, and Haaby; countTy seat*, "' Messis Fracklvn, Be.<*. oiid Field. "DUNEDIN, February 10, Mr R. Glendining has been appointed *, Chairman of the Drainage Board, and Dr. ~-' Coughtrey vice-chairman. A disagreement took place at the meeting regarding some ■works, and the meeting was adjourned t»U '-"* Thursday. ' The charge against Angus McNeill, ot *■ wounding Charles Anderson on board the ' -4schooner Isabella, Anderson, was called or at the Police Court thw morning. Ao* cused said, in answer to the chargei—"l was attacked. He -was the first man to '-\ attack me in my bunk." Sub-Inspector -}, Green asked for a further remand, as Ait- *J derson was tit ill in the Hospital, and not ; likely to appear until Monday. The n* ; r^ mand was granted. % ,5-