NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

: »-[BT TELEOBAPn.—PEESS ABBOOUTION.]-• •v.. ■ ;•■■■'_ ■■■-■■>,/;: --;•■, •;;._;■ ■■; ; ' . NIGHTCAPS DISASTER.,' : '■ ;-\-.-.;." . '.; ' ' CHAEGE OF .MANSLAUGHTER. ; '•■.'■ InvercargM, November;2B. John Lloyd, manager of the Nightcaps ' ,lriirie, was charged\t"o<lay that "on Juno 21, 1907, he committed manslaughter by culpably causing-: the-'death of (William-Duncan,-'Wii-' liam Short'.Carson, and Patrick Welsh, , b'omg an'indictable, offence;' , 'The' Crown Proseoutor,in opening -.'the caso, reviewed the ,■ evidence already covered in previous prooeedingsjand called witnesses, , .whose depositions wero substantially, the same .as those gUcadygiven. The case is unfinished. ! ".. ;.'■■ -FLAX MERCHANT. BANKRUPT.; .' l . ' ' Auckland; November 28. ' < Henry Johnston, flax merchant, has filed 'is'petition in' bankruptcy. His'debts;nmoiin't ; 'to £4124 19s. 3d., the 'creditors-all being unsecured. • The assets'are' estimated at 15s. 4d. : ■ •'.:.■■ -■■ ■/ "'■'■■■ : . ■•■7;;;;\;;Fn^ ; '-AT;;puNjp;iN:' ,, ;^\K; , ;: i .';'; - .': Dunedin, November 28. - l Black's .bakery, stable, and cart-shed at Maori Hill were, biirned this morning. Two horses /were; destroyed. . The .premises and etock were insured for'£2sß-in.the Standard Offife; ' - " '..j ' ... -•-...■ .-'•' - -.' - .. WELCOME /RAIN; AT NELSON. .; ' •-...■ -; -!'■--■"■. , Nelson* November 28. . " After a somewhat long spell of dry weather .-following a very, wet".spring, welconje rain, fell : steadily for : several hours ' to-day,' find' is continuing. It will do immense good to ; crops, as it has come just in time to'avert tho effects of an 'early'' drought. ; ■ ■■'"'■ " ; HASTINGS DRAINAGE' TROUBLES. ' I ■•'■■ V'. ■■■ ; - Hastings, November >23. The Borough Council, having had separate end■■■ contradictory .sewerage'-, reports submitted by Mr. J. Rogers, C.E;, late ofPalmerstoriNorth, and, Mr. James -Rochfqrd ; of; Napier arid Hastings, invited Mr. W' Ferguson, engineer to the Wellington'Har- . bour.,'.jßoard, to advise and recommend >tho best scheme., Mr.: Ferguson replied that his engagement with' tho Harbour Board precludes him taking outside; work. '.' .' ' '-: .. A WOMAN'.S'BRAVERY..'■';'••■- ; 1... I:-'- , - ChristclHircli,'November..^.\".,. ; The"Royal Humane Society to-day' awarded' fe .gold, medalfo Miss Jean .Donaldson, i iriatrou of the Waltham Orphanage,- for: rescuing a of children when a: fire * broke out in the establishment on October 6, ,1906. •,,.:■". ■:. ■■-~.. •■: ....'■ RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUE. ' '■:".!'■',:. J.'-. . , 9"P,edln, November, 28. ~ ;: xA poll was. taken in St. 'Kiida Borough to-day in regard,to the introduction of the • Bystem.-bf rating on, unimproved values. Tho '.ratepayers, a little,over, one-third of whom s .exercised their, vote,, rejected tho proposal, the voting being, 162 for and 223 against. ■ : ■::':;:':, ;the;PßlCe-of bread.;, , :■;"'.' m *' : .-:-r.<> • '/^bunedin,"November 28;'"' 7 _ At a meeting ■ of, the Bakers'. Association ■ it was decided to reduce the price of bread \ l from Bd. to 7Jd. per 41b. loaf from , Monday «ext. ■ ■ ■ . . • ..' ■' ■' OTAGO HARBOUR DEBENTURES. V ■ -,-'.. ~,,-...';Duriedi •; An. issue of sixty-six ■ debentures 0f,,,£J00. each by the Otagp Harbour Board'has been . taken-up in.one parcel at £109 175.!6d. each.' '■; ;r' : ', A,COMPENSATION CLAIM- ; , : '.' ■''-'''"•' "' ■•■■•.' Dunedin, Novembor 28. iV A special meeting of the City Council' was held "last , night' to consider Noyes Bros.'claim for commission for'work done'in corithe Waipori electrical' scheihs. Noycs Bros, originally £10.953, and the Council offered £7500. The former afterwards offeredUo.accept £10,041.-,' After conBidqrable discussion,in committee the Council (decided to adhere to its bfFer'of;;£7Soo:', ; consumption;sanatorium. ...r ';. v' ■"•■ Christchurch,.November 28. . At_i;hovmeeting of the.'North Canterbury Hospital Board ■ yesterday, a letter was t£ .eeiyed'from ithe Otago Hospital Board, suggesting that tho join V together,; to urge the Government to provi'd6 end equip a 'suitable building' in' ■ a '■ central' position m the South Island, for the purposo \ of a consumption sanatorium -for-New Zeal- ' fS. ' *ft resolved to reply/ that, as Uinstchurch had already' started a san'ator--lU™>. whlcn it was hoped'would meet tho requirements of .the locality, the; Board could not see its way to support the proposal" toerect om sanatorium foiv the, Dominion.' SHOOTING,'FATALITY.' , ', .".'! ■ ■■%. > • Waipawa, Novembpr 28. Dems Stey.en,■ aged Seventeen .years;-:was ./pund shot, in a pnddork. at: Kaiko'ra. Ther6 is no .oyidence to , show /how .the- accident " teocurred.. : .;'■'.■., .i. ; !: iJ--,■.,-■,. ;-■..•.,:::. ;-*: : . '■••PRISONER^RELMSEp;''^- '"'[ff r ir\'..,.".:'. „.:.' .^: : : : - : , 28^.;■ •-■ Allan Garth M'Grcgor, wha was; found; not: guilty, on the ground of insanity, on a charge of shooting-Mr.!>W; E. -Sargood,.' and,was: ordered to be imprisoned lin' gaol during tlid Colonial s pleasure;.was v released this morning; M'Grogor was . employed.', .it Sargood s; boot factory at the'time, of,, tho shooting—two vcars ago. . ■ .:■ ,-x\-y ~'■;.' ; : '• COMPENSATION CASE: . ';. ' Chrlstohurch, Novemljer 28. ' At the Supremo Coiirt to-day tho jury awarded;:£SpO Idamages to the .plaintiff in the case Alice Young. v., Christehurch ,'City ConnciL The plaintiff claimed £2000: as com'-ponsation-for the'death of.', her husband; an engine-driver,' which occurred 1 in ■ tho railway yard, on. June 11; 'and 'which,',it.,was alleged, was' caused by the wilful' negligence of; the ; ; City Council employees in placing some■ ijightsoil' trucks -foul: of tho running road at the-yard, and : sd causing'tho' fatal accident. ; Judgmentavas entered:accordingly Bubject to certain law points reserved. •, '. ',''., v..':;' Loan; proposals..■'••• •■< ■ •<•• „••;•■■'■' . ' , , Auckland, November 28.'.'■ "(A' poll of .therafcopayers .of tlie Citylwas taken to-day on the proposals by th« City Council to raiso two special loans of £50,000 each, one'to provide preliminary expenses in iCoiinection..-lyith the. .city drainage scheme; and-.the other to tho cost of extension of ithe new electric powersch'ome. Very'littlrjnterest was taken in tho poll, and out of a : total, of 6000.names on the roll 0n1y.590 ro- : corded; their votes. ' Both' proposals' were ca'rried:by Substantial majorities.. . ■■■-■■■ PEACE DAY.. '■.■■.'". ■ .'• Auckland, November 28. : ■At a meeting of the" Auckland Education Board to-day a request was considered from the International Arbitration and' Peace As- • sociation' tjiat special lessons ' on ::: " Peace 'Day" be givon in the schools on Fobruary . 22. : Mr. C. J. Parr said overyono desired peace , , but they should train children in the art of keeping the peace by giving them a . knowledge of the use of arms. The request was declined. ■ . '■ RECORD BUTTER OUTPUT. Auckland, Novembor 28. ' The total butter delivered into store at for the two weeks ended Novcm'hor 27 was 15,291 boxes' being tho record output for the province of Auckland. .Of this quantity, 13,474 boxes are for Lon'don, lllG boxes per Morayshiro, for tho West of England ports,' 450 boxes for South Africa/and 251 boxes for the South Sea Islands.