NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

LADY'PLUNKET,' COLONEL. A SHIELD FOR THE MOUNTED VOLUN- ■ TEERS. [DY TELEGRAM.—rRESS, ASSOCIATION.] - . Gliristchurch, October 24. The visit of Her Excellency Lady Plunket, Honorary Colonel of the. 2nd North' Canterbury Mounted Regiment, to'the-regiment"b, headquarters, at Culverclen is'likely to 'result, in much general good to the mounted Volunteers by increasing the interest in 'thom.' That Lady Plunket.is no ornamental; officer is shown by- the keen -interest she takes in. the general work of the forci, which interest is marked by her latest action in presenting a handsome' shield ■ ; fdr competition]/among the mounted Volunteers of the' Dominion. As Her Excellency'is the Hon: Coloncl'qf a Canterbury regiment, she has asked ...that the; first competition for T the-Shield be'h'eld : on'a 'Canterbury..'ground,'th'o locality of further competitions to be settled, later. It'is suggested that the competition cftke place about March or April. Tire conditions of test will be framed by Colonel Davies, In-spector-General of. the Forcfc, and it is safe' to say that, they will.be of'a service natura.

FIRES AT DUNEDIN. DunecU;?, October-24; •, . A six-roomed wooden h'oude and; fufnitiird (the property of Mr. Jas. Peebles) was totally destroyed by. fire.at Nortli'East- Valley to-day. The insurances are: Norwich Union •£3OO, ' New Zealand £140. Tho estimated loss over .insurance.;'is. £260.. Mrs. "Peebles- and ;licr son were the only, occupants, of . . the , house'at' tho time of the fire, .which':is slip'posed to have .originated from" a small ; fire in'tho dinin'groom:h : '' ;, ; v ' -" ; !"'A fire occurred on the premises 'ofMr.' J. Wrens, .'painte'rj in. .Princes Street ' thi| 'afternoon, .doing damage to tho extent of; £50. A boy left a-'-tin of'turpentine and' other,.material standing in the.store at"tba;back -of the premises; and.a w.orkman. com-; iing in and making the material for water put it 1 on a, gas ring'to boil for paste.-The tin ignited and blazed' fiercely, and the man promptly toob it off, pouring the' contents into a'sink near by. Tho overflow, from' the tin set fire to some straw, which blazed; up, setting fire to', the . roof, /and . causingdamage to the ornamental glass, e.tc.: The insurances are; Building (valued- at' £2000 - Royal Exchange £450, Victoria £200, Liverpool, London and Globe £2CO. Stock (valued at £2500): United- £450, .Australasian Alliance ■ £250, Northern £400,' South British £200,-North .Queensland £4o(K '.

NELSON DIOCESAN SYNOD., ' ' ■ Nelson, October 25. The -Anglican, Synod opened'.to-day'. hop Mules annpunced'that he would; attend, tho Lambeth conference: next, year. - A proposal to ..constitute a new parish boyond Spooner V Rango was'referred to the Bishop. and 1 the Standing- Committee. ; '•- UNION {COMPANY'S NEW STEAMERS.'. . ; Dunedin, October 24. , The. Union Company lias been' advised of' tlie"arrival v arid departure from" Colombo'on'; Saturday of the turbine steamer Maori. : The next port of call .will be-'Fromahtle.. Tlio Maori is due at Duriediii early in, November. Tho Marama, the company's: intercolonial liner, ■ is expected - to reach ■ Mclboumo on, Wednesday next. . 'TARANAKI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. , Stratford, October 24.- . ■The annual -meeting; of the- Taranaki . Athletic and ' Caledonian Association last, night .agreed to the dates for all fixtures submitted for tho coming season. " . A letter was received from the New Zealand Athletic "Ujiioii', stating;that'.the Eltham Axemen's Association'.be asked,to organise, as;.a. colonial: bodyj in which .case berecognised by . tho. union.?, Failing ..'definite, action >in' that direction,i-the unioir.wilL .bo: compelled to .'assume control", ofsawing and: ohopping. events'in theunterests of alb hated; societies.- -; -' ' A '' ' ■ The meeting: decided;that delegates-tt> tho. annual meetiiig'i of the. union. be' m'swucted, ' to' oppose any!' interference .with,.the , Eltnam. Association.. •

RETAILERS' REDUCTION DEFERRED. • ' Auckland, October 24. " In connection ;witli;ithe application Of the new tariff to sugar, the Auckland Grocers Union' has decided that ~ owing , to the im-, possibility" of obtaining fresli. supplies be-, fore ' November '7,' grocers' shall not , make any alteration in the . retail price until- that date. '. .. . ■ •" '■, '••, : ~ . [The- duty, .'on- sugar of' id; . per | ID. -U wholly, on .'November: I.]y/' '•( • BREAKING INTO railway station. . ' : "■ 'v-'' v ■' Timaru, October 24...'-.

At: the; Magistrate's Court' this' afternoon Leonard Burke, a youth aged nmcteoiv ycars, a. native :of' GhHstchurch, ■ pleaded,'gmlty;,to charges >of (1) Breaking into and stealing, from Washdyke Railway Statioiv £2. odd' in, money, a number'of' tickets, and; a .hjcyclo; (2) 'placing..'obstructions,, on the railway-r-a rail across the.itrack ;it ono spot, anu.a.bjg. stono at another.. . Burke was-committed to tHe, Supreme Court for sentence.':-The bicycle lie left in Timaru. 'Some■ of 1 the .tickets he put into-the date stamp (dating' only, one end, however), and on one.of them he travelled to Dunedin; and back. ,116 ..kept, au T other in his'boot', and threw the rest away.., He .'was, caught by the guard'of ,tho; express through using the stolen Though no pleaded .guilty,,lie intimated-.that, he' had nothing to do with tho obstructions on-tiio line. ■ ■ ... ■■; ,

SEPARATE ENDOWMENT SCHOOLS BILL. ■ - . Auckland, Octobcr 24: \t the meeting of tho. Anglican Synod this evening: tho following resolution,-.moved-, by Canon Al'Murray, was carried:— That, this Svnod . protests, against any, tampering with the -religious.'character .of,, any. trusts, held by-trustees iinder tho General Synod of tho Church of tho Province of New Zealand, and' in particular. I against ..the proposed m- x terfe'renco through the . eparate MM , Schools Bill,' with the rights of this Churdi,. arid as : tending. to'-defcat'iho objects for. which tho triists wero established, and calls upon all who desire to maintain tho inviolability of - trusts to- uso every I means in their power to prevent ,the passago ot tlit 8i11.";.'.'

!'■ NEWS IN CHIEF. . ■ ■■ • Invoroargill, Octobor 24;.; Tho manager of the New Zealand Insurance Pmnmiiv to-day received £100 cbnscienco nioncv through tho Catholic. Church. Soma months ago a similar paymeilt'<was' made.: . Dunedin, October,S4. • Onions havo.advanced ;from • £6 ■ 10s.. to. £11 per ton since Monday, with an upward tendency. Inverbargill, October 24. At tho Otautau Magistrate's Court ten d'ay,' Thos. Bcck, for having exposed for-sale lieo-'infectcd sheep, was" fined ±,3 and costs. Thomas Steele and James Gordon, butdirs, were each fined £2 and costs for having allowed swino to be fed . with unboiled offal. Gordon was further' charged with (1) allowing offal and filth to ; remain in his slaughterhouse for more than twenty-four hours, (2V with failing to; wash - the floors, ctc. ; , of tho. slaughtering placo. immediately" after killing, and (3) failing-to keep tlior-■ oughly clean all knives and other instruments of. slaughter. Ho was coilvicted and' di»charged.'' " : , v r ' ' Dunotfin,'Octobcr 53.,;. r : At a meeting -yestoiiJa? tho City . Council'; decided'to obtain a further loan of'£so,ooo.' for reticulation for electric light and power wires, but tho amount to., be spent on , this, in tho meantime will only 'be £30,000, .while £9000 is,required for'overdraft. It is-es-timated that the, supply to .the. 1 boroughs : will yield a good rcraiuo. ; Authority was ; also granted to raiso a loan of £14,000! foi • the purchase of,the Cavershani gasworks.