NEW ZEALAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 203, 21 May 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

ACCOMMODATION FOE, FARM » 'LABOURERS. Chrlstchurch, May 20.' ' A representative, of " Truth " inquired at the local office of. the Labour Department this morning regarding the. statement made at the Conciliation Board'yesterday by Mr. J. Horn to the cffect that, no attempt, had .boen made by tho Government,to administer; the Agricultural Labourers'' Accommodafciori. • Act! of last session.. Mr.'Hagger said'that ho understood - that temporary arrangements had boen made -by' the Labour Department ' with the Department of Agriculture for the inspectors of the last-mentioned Department Nx> make frequent visits to farms and to report' i>n the accommodation- for farm labourers. To what extent the inspectors'of' the Department, of Agriculture, have carried ■ out their duties .and with what results he had no information: as- the inspectors would) report to. the head. of. their'departments, who, ' in turn,' would oommunicate the , information to the head' of the Labour Department. : It' was, however, inaccurate to. state: thati tho 'Act was -not being-administered. .' VACCINATION.. Christchurch,! May. 20. Proceedings were taken - to-day: against a number of persons for failing to vaccinate their children. s Fines wero ' inflictedj and orders given .'to vaccinate-,within a month. . AN EXEMPLARY; SENTENCE, ,• ■ ■ Auckland, May 20..", At the Supreme Court, Alexander Campbell, 63 years of age, pleaded guilty to' in.- • decent assault on' four: little girls.' 'Mr. Justice vEdwards- said prisoner, in addition .to other ofiences,' had served sentences, of four years and seil-cn years for indecent, assaults. < His ' Honour's intention- was that accused • should never again be.'at large'to: jwison- tho ' community with'-his filthy practices. Ha would not order the lash, on account of pri- , sorier's.ago,'.but sentenced to hard labour for seven years on each charge, .the sentences to. bo cumulative., This is practibally a life sentence. . ' V :'••• • ' PRISON CAMP • TO BE REMOVED. > May 20. ' When the Prime .- Minister last night - visited Dunedin, a deputation from! the Society for the Protection of Women* and. Children ■ protested against' the retention of the ; ,'pri-" ; soil camp at Otago Heads,' on the-ground that it was detrimental, to ■ children, about "■ the neighbourhood, and also to lads frequenting' the batteries during Easter. Sir Joseph has now advised that the prisoners will be withdrawn'.before the' end-of the present month.'-' : ;- V\ THE'PAHIATUA SEAT. ' Woodville, ;Mav 20. Mr. David Crewe,'of Pahiatua!, will be a candidate for the Pahiatua . seat at the general election. He announces himself as an Independent Liberal. ■'jv- ._ ■. ff. ' , BOWLS. • 7 :> j.v-' : ■ Dunodin, :"May 20. v ,At a meeting of the Bowling . Association -. to-night,' the president' stated' that a team of Australian bowlers Would visit 'New Zed- ' land in 1 January.- A committee, .was. appointed to.draw up-an itinerary of the/tour, and supply the .visitors with :. other particulars.' ' . ; ' - THREE MEN'' ARRESTED; 20. Three ..men broke into v tho. Masonic Hall on Monday night and. stole a. quantity of liquor. On Tuesday night'they.repeated the .... offence. The suspicions of the police were aroused, and three men were arrested at a deserted hut four miles , out of town. They will bo brought-before the Court to-morrow morning. . ' v / ' ' ' ■ ; ARBITRATION COURT. "'' /Auckland, i.Miy '20. In the'hairdressers' dispute . the-Arbitra-tion Court has granted the men's demand for a 52-hours' week, 'and fixed the wages for competent journeymen', at £2 Bs. per week, the same as the Wellington agreement. Tho; men have been; receiving £2 ss. for a week of 57: hours.,!. !. ..' ~' In the farriers' dispute, tho meh's demands for 10s." per day for r farrier's arid general >.' - smiths and Bs. 4d. for floormen have been conceded. Employers offered 9s. 4d. and Bs. respectively. .- ' ' PRICE OF BREAD. ; ■ ■ : Auckland,-May 20. ' , The price of bread will be traised on Monday from 7d. to Sd. per! 41b. loaf. . ODDFELLOWS' JUBILEE.

Nanior, May 20.; 'The jubilee of the; Loyal Napier. Lodge, Independent Order of Oddfellows,., Manchester Unity,. established ~in '1858) was brated by a retuiion to-night. . ' It is ;interesting to' note that'-'tho Lodgels,-dispensation, which is dated- May 12, 1856,- was .signed, among others, by Brother ..T/W. M'Kcnzie,the well-known veteran journalist,' of, Wellington,, who was then provincial. corresponding sea-, rotary .'of the Wellington' District. . The-, reunion was. numerously • iitteiidedj' and j the speakers included the,- Mayor (Brother.' J. Vigor ■■Brown)' and Bros. JY Smith and Madeley, of Wellington.-; - ; v.?

1 HOSPITALS BILL. ' . . v: , . Dunoain, May 20. ~ At a meoting ot tho Hospital Trustees to-day, Messrs.- Solomon.- K.C. (chairman), . ■: Mackenzie, M.P., Loudon, and Dr.. Batchclor . were appointed ..to - attend the, conference in Arlington on the ne,w . Hospitals .and e Charitaule;"lnstitution...Bill. The chairman " exprbssed the opinion that nothing; satisfactory could result from the conference on the . Bill, with which nobody agreed, but,, the conference might be.the-means of inducing.the Government to bring down a more satisfactory measure. ■"/; ADMITTED TO PROBATION. V- ' : .'. Napier, .May 20. -. . '' At the Magistrate's, Court tp-day, Charles Freer was admitted to ''twelve' months'/probation, baring pleaded guilty , to a pair of boots, tho-property ofMi. Grey, . Makaraka.. , The goods were .statedv to have been stolen ,from one of the' Union Company's vessels.- Mr. 5.M.,-stated that broaching'of was becoming painfully prevalent in the-'Dominion/ ~Ho ad- .' , mittcd - defendant to probation because • lie • had a provious good character, but he'-de-sired to intimate' that.-in .future cases'ho' would consider, the advisableness.- of sending persons similarly accused to gaol. , , NEWS IN (BR\EF: ■ ; Napier, May 20. The steamer Den- of Ogil, bound from Callao to" Wpstport, called in this morning to secure a chart, of, the AVest Coast. '-;■ Nanier, May 20. At . a sitting of 1 the Assessment 1 Court to' consider Government Valuations' ih the Tara-; dale district-, only; two ; objections/ were brought, forward; arid. thte valuations \vere sustained in both instances.:. Gisboriw, May 20. . The Borough Council has decided to retain, tho services- of , Mr. Jickell, engineer, l'almcrstori North, to.supply an; additional report on. the question of 'drainage,; for Gisboriio. . ' _ '" ■ i ' . :

Concerning the dew-shooting season which has just closod, the ''Tapnnui Courier" sa.vs: —"Tlio number of good heads obtained, must have been tlio smallest •0n.... record, and liconse-holders generally. report ■ very, poor sport. The Stags only 'roared' for a coupla of days, and <tl>o general impression is that t.hoy arc both scarce and shy from constant hunting. Thorp are indications that feed ib liovv very scarce in the . mountain forests, and starvation is having'ils effects.: .Many portions of tho bush that were hitherto well stocked with deer are now elitirely deserted. Hinds are still numerous, but in tho forest area especially they arc in very poor condition. A great many parties campod on' the mountains this season, and every portion of ,tho dear country was porsistciitly huitod."