NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

INSPECTION OF MACHINERY ACT '. REMARKS' BY THE MAGISTRATE, * [BY TELEOKAFH.-—FREES I , ■ ..; . Auckland,. !Novom|s*l!4; ! At the l'oljco Court to-day, P. SraijH,,; In-' spcctor of Machinery, a'g'afrisi' B, ■ V. Miller, ihanagor of .the * Colonial, , ', Re-' fining Company's works at Chelsea;,,')'|)r;a{lfl\v«! ing" two night v/atclunoiir Robert Alfrcil Mar* j ris and .Michael "G'lrtiss, to take charge of' . Urn qngiiib'without being qualified to do so,! Tho. Informations were laid under the "In-: spoction of Machinery Act, 1902,",,!} unction; of which icqiiiros thhtanyorio taking charge* of a boiler or:erigino 'must' bo' cfcVtififc'Wtou,! Defendant pleaded guilty; explainin'gtlrat , tiKla,! men simply ; looked- after • the ■ boilei'.'iduring ; tho night to koop tho eiectrio> light planf i going., iilt-v JSettJe commented on the hnrd 1 ami ,fastj nature of ( sprae of en;}c..tments, ; aiid remarked that it waVapitV mljomo cases ; that'a certain ariiouiit , ' ['discretion' could not' bo exorcised by'tho offers inspecting. A fi)W '. of Is. and costs vrns inflicted;- t-lin simie pen- ' ■alty..being- invnrded* as rogasxiii each of the' two watcimon,for their \ lnont of. thg Act. ■ '■■■■'■)

■■■'-.' GAItDENiNG'ON SUNDAYS,' .■■ ) _' ". CHANGE, iGAINST' CHINAMEN. j ...Auckland) Novomber 4. \ Fourteen ■Chinese were 'charged' -'at the ; Police Court to-day with gardeiiiiig-ipn-Sun- ! day. , Mr. -.Napier,: for , the , ddfencejiriCoilten- '■ ded that , the , man"'were engagt!d ,v in'' , tv<ftlt qf ; necessity.' Tlisy. wore not^digging/ne^ground' j or engaged iii the. various ways .ofi.tne market; gardener, but' wcro taking "up vegetables. ! They \vcro engaged .by.. Ah Cnee, ~,Mf.hp had . something'lilic''so contracts , to , fill'', , early ; every Monday, yni;ioa4' steamers ; and clubs, and"it' : 'was ; -impossil)li' to carrj j out thowork excVpt'iby'i'aismg'tlie'vekclablei j on Sunday.. He'considered it would bo Sab' I batarianism. ,nm mad,.-much; .a≤ . .ha re-1 SRocted the, Sabbath, to.nia.ko.iticriminnlHo ; perform so necessary,a.,work, jjlie decision': was 1 reserved, | . | ~,,.,. 41 , -•,■■ :

DRAINAGE OF HASTINGS. ~' ' .' ""■ " ' November 4. During the ...vfintpr , the Hastings sewora ; were found to bo in a bad cuiditieii, causing ; the backing-up of drains. Tlie Uorough Coun- ; .oil, therefore,, instructed Mr... Jojm,,llflgprs f ,' 0.E., to cqnfov ,;yith: Mr. t'arnes jßjOchfort, ; 0.K., and report in conjuration with'him | upon the whole system of tho Hastings ecw- , age and proposed sewer oxtension. , The en-.' giueers soon found they could not agree,'.aiid,decided to submit, independent reports. Those woro handed to Councillors oj. Thursday, and a special meeting js to be. i>aid to ..can/sklpi;., them. Mr. Roehfort favours repairs to the j existing sewer outlet and assistance by pump- j itigi.: Mr. Ilo&otiJin'i'his rovwrt, practically; condemns .thVold-sower, and strongly recom- J' mends a thorough system on modern lines,at ari.,oxtimated cost of £53,122, providing ) for further oxtension at a later date, which ■ ivpu]4 .bring the. totatcost to $85,000, { r ""'iii, 7AN •■•. ■■. ;. ■..■■'.. i v. ALLEQATIOS3 ; -qUYCHILD SLAVERY j Hltliani, November 4. j Further interviews havo been published | •..here.. ..regardiiig-.. r tho v , aJUogatjous jfhild ! 'slavery? '-."'".'■ ■'"'•;-•■•■■••■•■■ .. ; A farmer at Rawhitir n says: Children may ; 'milt ■ nine or-.'teii'liows .'af.'tlie'ivdryjjoutside. ; ■ i A,school.- teacher, refutes thq,cha.rges, and ' says'-'children' may" got up" at fiv'o o'clock, ] hnd- instancbs how .inspectors.-.we'sojnotimcs ; led to wrong conchiMon?. -(;■".■, •-- ; Mr. ■.W.'- V H; V.' Biiidoii.'whb irispßctcd the ! Tnranaki schflola.:for,H..'» l .W ll priQf | "Ton or flftocii yoars ago there were abuses, j pmlchildron foil aeloep'at; examinations., Hβ > did not know tho general, conditions for the '. past sovon years. Speaking for his own die- j triot (RaTrhltiroa),'he ssys:tho chargejts. not j. justified,-but the childr'ou got drowsy during • tho dayj'and lio'k'iiows' when tho , milking 6ea-, eon is on. Furthor, it is impossiblo to get | homo lessons dpno." .;,.,,.. ~'...,., ! SHIPOWNERS' NEEDS. ' '; ■. . .. ~• ■'•• Auckland, November- 4. j !'.The'::Newr.-Zcii;l.nn(l;-Shipqwne.rs',-.Federation ; ; resolved tg urge-the Goyerament^to give; ■Blii'pownors-i|ic'rc«socl.'represehtiitidhToiiC'Har-. hour Boardsjriilso: to give'registered owners ! of vessels' votes apart from payers of dues. ; <\t~ was also "decided to 'ask-thoG.QVen)ment ; to-appoint a special officer to conduct ex-' ivminations, aiid 'give'tlie' Superintendent ! more time to attend to '.

HARBOURS BILL. , ';• Timarii, November 4. j The Harbour Board to-day considered tlu: Harbours Bill, «ni|.rpsp].vetl.^o;raalse;;a;.*trong; protest against its being'parsed tins session.. , Discussion on tho details snowed that the Dill J ■ would injuriously-affcct the Board in several' ways, and one proposal would be (letnineu(iaL~. to the interest of the debenture holders. , ; 1 ■""■'.;' /■'■' obituary- L ' ,; '*' ■v. ;■..;?'':' :. Novcmb'c^^l'-^— Anbtlidr' of .'Nnpior's old \ iiloirtijifs,,,]^,!,^' T. R. -Goopiiiy a'.woll-lmpwn architectr.pasKd-,;';; away- on Saturday 'evening as .the .result; twij^'. a paralytic ".seizure. .* Deceased.,'nFMo vysM-'-V agod 82, • came, to i.tho ■ Dominion-in; %Qn vl> i ! fii:£ eudy days, and participated in.several!;gv)W L i'^ rusl'ies! before -settling.;dowri" to: ,1-ho; ;.iHraotjcß i, |: of his profession. .'.:; li :, :■■'. ,;.,;. ,*t , .■':;.^:'/^;/jf!"'pc^^lani!, ; ■■■Noyem^^^';■J l , Ex-S«r,geant : .'R'ich;iß(^ day, agud- sixty-e.ight., ■;,,, ;;.;;;::"t";';.'ilii', ir"o:iil' r U;''<■ :.A>;MANSE ROBBED. ■ ' v; :V ':,'.'■ '-.CiirlstoJiiirQh, Niiyoifibtei ,^'^ }{ On Sunday liicjht 'burglars' cn'tefetl'f'SU '"*■' Andrew's •Aliuise,~,while, itlio, mwißter, (tjie ~.,, Rev. J.' in the church,- and abstracted yjoods to tho rahio of £80. To-night a man named J. M'liityre was arrested on- a chargu of being implicated in the alfair. ■""'"""'."":''

PHOSPHORUS POISONING. Duneclin, November 4, . A middle-aged Chinaman was admitted to the i hospital to-uight sulforiiig from phosphorus' poisoning. Ho is said to linvu eaten fmir boxes of matches. Ho is expected tg recover.

AN APPOINTMENT. ■ ■, .i- ,■ : ; -Timaru,- November 4. ■ Sir. J.'H. Baylies, who has been resident : engineer of the Harbpjir .Board for the last i'three-years, has loon;, appointed engineer in charge of tuc Harbour and ltiyor xi'oiks a* Uockhampton, and tendered his resignation to the Hoard to-day.