NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 59, 3 December 1907, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

[bt TRLEaitirir.—rßEEs association.] ■ _4 :—: "DEAD WOOD DICK" LITERATURE. •* YOUTHFUL HOUSEBREAKERS IN COURT. Gisborne, December 2. At the Juvenile Court this , morning, two hoys—one aged 12, the other 10—were brought before the Magistrate on eight charges of breaking and catering shops in town. In' ono case the boys" admitted taking- £10, most of which thoy had thrown into tho river. The boys had hidden ,52 keys taken from various premises. Detective Maddcrn stated that the boys had been reading "Deadwood Dick" trash, to which he attributed tho crime. Tho boys had respectable parents and good home's, bilt got beyond control. Tho parents ' pleaded that the boys be given another chance. The Magistrate remanded them till he had ascertained the amount appropriated. RHODES SCHOLARSHIP. Dunedin, December 2. T,he Professorial Board of Otago University has nominated Mr. Alexander Moncrieff Finlayson, M'.Sc., with first-class honours in physical science (electricity ami magnetism), also in natural science (geology), as a candidate for the Rhodes' Scholarship of 1908 The chairman of the Board (Professor Gilray) was appointed a member of the committee of selection. CHRISTCHURCH VITAL STATISTICS. Christchurch, December t. From January 1 to November 30, lyo6, tho births in Ohristchurch numbered 1922: deaths 811, marriages 776. In the same period in 1907 the ' numbers wero: —Births 2171, deaths 1126, marriages 886. For tho past month tho births were 192, deaths 73, marriages 69. MAKLISOROUGH LAND BOARD. f Blenheim, December 2. Six candidates, have been, nominated for the/election to fill the seat on the Land Board granted under tho new legislation to' a direct representative of the Crown tenants. Tho nominees are:—John Duncan, J. S. -Armstrong, ,S. M. -Neville, James Boyd, son., G. M. Gunn, and-P. , J. Monk'. There are over a" thousand Crown ' tenants iii'theMarlborough district.

CHARGE OF FORGING AND.UTTERING. ■ Dunedin, December 2.. James Patrick Bushbridge, alias Thomas HondersQn, was brought oetorc the Police Court,-on a charge.of forging the name of Thomas Haining to a Post Office Savings Bank > withdrawal receipt for £22 10s., and ..uttering tho same at Wellington; Accused was remanded to appear at Wellington ,on Decomber 5. . . . ' ' STEALING TO MARRY. ■' •'• • Auckland, December 2. Josoph Henry Jones appeared before Mr. Justice Dcnniston to be sentenced on a charge of having forged a telegraph moneyorder.' Prisoner' said ho stole the money to get married. His Honour said he could not grant probation except in cases of previous .good character. ile deferred sentence for this evidence. DROUGHT IN HAWKE'S BAY. ..-■ ■ Napier, Decomber 2. . November . w,as. one qf. the driest months on,record, the total rainfall being only naif an inch. > There is still no sign of ary , break, arid farmer's are becoming -anxious. " DIVORCE COURT. Auckland, December 2. Mr. Justice Denniston granted decrees nisi in tho cases of Stanley Henry "White v. Carolino White, on tho ground of desertion, and Mary Burns v, Thomas Burns, on the ground of adultery. •••..-; . Charles. Simick .petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with Clara Simich, on the grounds of her misconduct with James Mack, who was cited as co-respondent. Evidence- was given, and a decree nisi granted to be msulo absolute in threo months, with costs against co-respondent ■ on- tho lowest scale. . John Wheeler, an engine-driver, of To Kopuni, petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with Maria Wheeler, on the grounds of Tier misconductwith Jolui Mahori, who was cited as co-respondent. -Petitioner said .he was, married on. April 1, 1895, arid resided with his wife at To Kopuru. There wore five children', the, issue of-the marriage In 1899 he■ accused his wife-of-,adultery. She admitted it, and he x condoned the offence. In November, 1904, his wifeloft tho town, and. he had not seen hpr since. .A witness deposed to serving writs on tho rospoudent and correspondent, who, ho said, wero living together at Houhora. ■ -A decree nisi was granted to be made absolute in threo>montlis, with costs against the co-rospondent.

. . AUCKLAND HOSPITAL., .. ■ • . Auckland, December 2. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board at a meeting this afternoon adopted the ;f6llowing recommendations of. the Hospital' Committee:—"That Dr. Clbss take up./ tho duties - of Senior Resident Medical • Officer, Dr. Shields to continue. as Hqns.e Surgeon, and Dr.' Bertram as House Physician. EXPEDITION. ' ■'. • ; ' Christchureh, December 2. The northern members" of tlio Sub-Ant-arotic Expedition arrived in .Christchureh. tonight, and are unanimously of. opinion that the scientific, results are entirely satisfactory. . They took a largo number of photographs of the islands, dealing' with plant and animal life, also, views of-the islands,- but it is J feared that the adverse • weathor conditions which prevailed will'considerably affect the plsrtes, and they will .turn out' badly; Dr. Cockayne proceeds to Wolliilgton, toroute for Kapiti Tsland,' where he will liberate a- number of birds captured on tho southern islands.