NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

I | (DT: MLEGBAra—PBESS ASSOCIATION.) : I I -, - ; ' ' ENGLISH MAILS. v ,' 'AUCKLANDCOMPLAINTS..' ' Auckland, January The haphazard arrival of English mails via Suoz lias' lately 1 been causing no, end of inconvenience to, Auckland' business people.. Since the cancellation of tho 'Frisco service the Sues mail has been largely requisitioned', but the inconsistency of the arrivals in Anck T land-has been the Civusc of genoral complaint; A weekly soraco exists between London and Sydney, but the transhipment, of New and-mails has heon-more or, less irregular, ' and.-.in :mercantilo circles the iheonvenienco has-been considerable. The Zealandia last night again failed '■ ig an English mail. THE COMPANIES' ACT. <t- ■ ■ •' V . if. ■■ AN AUCKLAND CASE. . v Auckland, Js.niiary 27. ' A . prosecution that should be--'a; warning ' to thoso controlling the affairs of a company■was'heard at l 'the Police' Court this -after* . noon; 1 The Ohar. hill Co-operative Dairy , Company-was with having fiiilcd to . forward -to the 'Registrar of Companies ...the- • annnal list- ef shareholders and' 1 a summary of the capital, »s required by Section 101 of, the Companies Act 1903. There were two in--1 fonaations. . The offehco was not, denied. The - fine of, 6,1,; per 'day from the' dato of - the broach -on each chargo. On one ehargef'tho fine totalled-£l3-os. 6d., and'oosts 'SI Bs., and-on, the other £3 135., with £1' 19s: J fcosts. -. OLD AGE! PENSIONS. , : AN UNFORTUNATE SLIP. ■ - ; Aucliland, January 27. At. a meeting of the Hospital and -Charit- • able ; Aid Board'this Mr. Coyle, ' referriifg-to old age pensions, cited tha .case, ofi an'bid army veteran, eightyrtwo years: of , age,--an-inmste,'of; tho Costley Homo, who, , ' because'-.he had' partaken of one glass of beer and: off in .a ? public had been dojjrivedvfo'r five years, of his pension,, which ' practically meant a fine:'of £135 for this one , «lip. v 'He'Vwas'-V a'• tflan-:of tmblemisbod character, and, only on this ono occasion had - he,,lapsed. .Thore- were other inmates of-.the Home' who we fully entitled to: the money, but for-some reason could not get it. After discussion, ]tho question of pensions was re- • forred to a. committee. , - <\\ . - MISSION FUNDS. ' ' , '; « Masterton, January -27: ■; The :Kovi-\Mr. Buttle, Foreign Mission Secretary of tho -New 1 Zealand . Methodist , Church, -has compiled, returns ;df. income- for the" mission: fund for the year ended' Decem- : bor 31. ■: The .results are most' satisfactory, .' and show a, steady increaso in contributions; The district totals'-are :-rAuckland, £400;' :Wangahuj, £251 V.-Wellington, £337; Nelson, £133; Canterbury;-:£sl4'; Otago,:£4o7. Tho total from"'all sources amounts to £1569, ah advance of nearly H6OO over the total: of'the ■ . ■ previous year. ■■ .'i 'NAPIER CARNIVAL.—SWIMMING. • • • Napier, . January 27.' - At the'request Zealand ' teur Swimming Association tho Hawke's Bay Centre have included :a milo championship / event in the' programme- of carnival events ; ' for March next. v , . RAIN, IN AUCKLAND ' /.v.:Auckland, January 27. 'The , mild dronght which 'Auckland has Bsperiericed ; - during- the ■ month-'i was.-. jbroken parly this mornirig by several heavy-showers.-The fall'is very.welcome in country-districts;, v , whore tho pastures have been much ( dried , ' up- f > . c , TROUT PLENTIFUL. . • . " . f AVcUla'nd, January 27. -, : Trout are plontifiil.,antl" in'fjgood condition this season from Rotoriia.. to: .-'Wangftnui.' Auckland anglers have found, excellent sport, Big cafches are reported, from; Rotorna, while , • an' Auckland party "which visited :Vaimihia, ' near '.Taumarunuij/claim to' havo had rare ■ . «port.-;,....- ... . 'SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM. Cora, January 27. Three oat stacks belonging to M.'-Burke, of Otairaio', Vwere burnt yesterday. They were insureds for £200 in the -New siealand office. Therei is a' suspicion that-the firo was not tccidental. - ; -> ■ ( • 1 NAPIER MAGISTRACY.: - • Napier, January 27. Saturday's "Telegraph " says,';, that,. the «egal practitioners of Napier pbjcct to Mr. Cntten, being ];6placed as Stipenoiary.'Magistrate;,for Hawke's Bay byrMr. M'Carthy,, and are making 'strong representations to tho Government to that oSect-. * | . REMANDED., . ' - ■ Hastings, January 27. Edward Arthur Jonesl'alias-Edward Johns, , was'-brought' before' the Court" here' to-day, and was. remanded 'to appear fit 1 Falmorston • North-on February 3, on a chargo. of indeoent assault oh a _gicl undor 16 years. Ho was also fined £5 for using obscene languago at Porangah'iiui A WOMAN'S GRIEVANCES. ' Palmerston North, January 27. The "Manawatu Times'! publishes an interview with. Mrs. Honderson, sentenced to ' seven -years', .imprisonment. for manslaughter at Wellington, in. 1900, in which she announces her determination to petitiii" Parliament for a reopening of her case, on various grounds, and complains of the manner of her treatment in gaol, which sho left an invalid. ..CHRISTIAN CONVENTION. ' VVanganuij vlanuary 27. "Hie Christian Convention) on tho lines of the famous Keswick Convention, tho first held in New Zealand,. mj opened to-day, an'd will,be continued ouring the week. The ' Rev. Charles Inwood, a delegate from the Keswick Conference, is,present. -There were largo congregations to-day, and there is x BTery prospect of a very successful gathering. DRAINAGE. SCHEME. Auckland, January 27. At a conference of local bodies to-night, Mr; Midgley Taylor's drajnage scheme .for Auckland and suburbs was explained to upwards of sisty delegates by that gentleman. Resolntions were carried recommending the" adoption of th« schcmo ,by the local bodies, and a further .conference, with tho object of having it carricd out, was fixed for February . 26.