NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

lai TSLEGIIArIl —rBESS ASSOCIATION.) » "NAPIER MAY NOT LIKE IT." THE GISBORNE-WAIROA LINE. 1 . - Clsborna, May 14. ;i - .. -Replying to a deputation which urged tho '.... ■ • construction .- of a railway' to ; Wairoa; the . Hon. li. M'Kcnzio,- Minister for Pubha . Works, said ho very much objected to isola- ; tedsections]-;of ;. : railways, ; but - they already had n railway in existence m Gisborno. Ho looked on tho Gisborno to Wairoa as a most I ™Pprtjant: section; andv a piece that: .would ; i . pay best to carry out first. Ho supposed: his ;.-:V:. ; tnpnds at .Napief''.w;ould 'not ; liko-.him ; saying . , - : that. The picce of railway out from Napior would also undoubtedly pay, but the GisbornerWairoa : section would be; the most pro-' 'v. : . fitablo. •'• The deputptionists remarked that iv : the Napier-Wairoa line was a : link in tho grand East Coast chain. Mr. M'Kenzio: "And I am awaro it-will take a few millions of money to make." ■ FORGING AND UTTERING. Carterton, May 14. • , A young man named Gcorco Allen was . ;.. 'charged at:tho'S.Mi; Court to-day with fore-. , - - ing and uttering a cheque for £8 15s. -Ho pleaded guilty, and was remanded to the Supreme Court for sontonco. HAWKE'S BAY LAND BOARD. ■ ' ' Napior, May 14 i --At' the? monthly . meeting "of -the Hawke'3 ' Bay Land Board to-day, Mr.' T. Brodrick; -. who succeeds Mr. H. Trent as commissioner, : was iprosent, Mr. Brodrick stated that Mr. / Trent was still commissioner and,.until his j leave of absence expired in August next, he: (Mr.vßrodrick) had no seat on the board. . , He . could attend their meetings as secretary, ; but could take no part in the-proceedings. ATHLETIC DISQUALIFICATIONS. Stratford, May 14. »i The Taranaki Centre of tho New Zealandr ; i. ' Athletic -Union-last,night disqualified' for life 1 ." James Sexton, alias Jamo3 Searle, for run- . Hing under an assumed name. •< Griffin, of ' ; Dannovirkc, was also disqualified for five ~. years for supplying »\n. incorrect 7 list of pevformances." HONOURING DEAN RECNAULT. A WORD ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | ■- 1 * W alma to, May 14. | Dean-'Reguault was entertamod by a ; large assembly at Waimato last evening, and pre- .... .j Bented with - an; address,-- album, and cheque Tho ■ Mayor presided, and speeches wero made;acknowledging the Deana useful work extending over 20 vears hero. Mr. Manohestor, tho late Mayor, .challenged the • statement ;of Sir Robert Stout .that thodenominational schools in New Zealand pro-' duoed more criminals than tho public schools.'.!- At denominational schools,'chddren wore taught jtist tho samo as • m public ;-. 6chools, : but .witli religion added.': Ho thollght ■ that/' Sir. - -Robert's' statement" could 'not -bo proved. CONSTABULARY DUTIES. Whangarel, -May }4. .','.r..--;-.Constßble>-Donglaß,",of'.Hikanuigi I '~had'-tO' ,= perform;• a- very. ■ gruesome :.task, fyesterday. The ;body-.0f..a .Maori man; who .'had' been- , dead some, time; was.found-.in a .wharo in the | , heart iof tho 1 Puhipuhi ,bush, • As' tho 'other i Maoris.refused-to.Jiave-anything^ '.to do with < the body,,tho constablohad' to carry it on his i .saddle;. -four'miles.'. A verdict was I returned r at tho,inquest.that deceased had 1 died from want of nourishment. Tho :•"> Charitable Aid jßoard undertook the sfuneral. 1 ' EAST COAST RAILWAY. . Gisborno, May l's. ' 1 . _ ITie Hon. R. M'Kenzie, Minister, for Pub- | lie-Works,, arrived;mi:town:Jast.night, after I a rough journey overland from Opotiki: Tho Minister, spoko. favourably. ..regarding the .-, character-of tho country passed through. Ho / ; thought a railway would pay; even after.-tho 'v v timber, had been cleared- away;- Ho was propared to sj>end monoj; on its .extension as fast as possible it Parliament would voto the '> money. . Since'- his to office, tho ex- ,. . pendituro had' been:,doubled. : The .Minist-or A -' ; : gave' 'an .emphatic; assurance that that ' line p would; not be« deviated from Motu; no Buch ■. ...suggestion had ever been mado to him.Mr. 'M'Kenzie . attends a .Mayoral dinner to-morrow, and- on Saturday -will- be present - at the-formal opening of the Gisborne Oil Company's bore. i

ERUPTION AT, WHITE ISLAND. ; /Auckland, May 13. : The "Star's'' / Whitianga... correspondent wires :-r''Wbite : Island has evidently broken . ont in ,a, fresh, place. . All this morning a 1 . thiot- oolumn, of; black smoko has been as;[',cehding from the centre; ofthe island: ..;Were -several Blight 'earth tremors during'the week." *

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„ , . ;' 'Invercarglll, May 13 James .Roberts, chief: steward- of the Opawa, ior- smuggling' twenty pairs of boots t .aahore at;.the ißluffvandPortChahtiera.: pleaded guilty, and was fined £30.' 1 ' '

. ' SAVINC DAYLICHT. Chrlstchuroh, Mav 13. - ; Among;other- remits tp'.tho Now .Zealand, ...' Aspctiltural . Conference,./.tho Canterbury*. A. ' Association, will:send tho following:— ;v:;'?.v.fVW^bea'recdmm'eiltdatioii to. the? Gov-' ' ■ erninent that between tho' third' Sunday -in . .October and the third Sunday-in March, the : wcai time should -. be one 'hour in\ advance .- ; ot.tfew; Zealand mean : time; the object being ' to secure earlier attondanco at work in the vsummer:-months,'and-onlargement of the . period of leisure in' the afternoon' and evenAuckland'technical college, rp, tj j , Auckland, May 13. /;■ iJ 6 " o , a ™, -. o ', .Education , haa accepted tho 1 tender, of '.Stanley. Jeffroysji at - £20.889, for lege ® reolilon of tilo Auckland Technical' Col SLAUCHTERMEN'S STRIKE. nr rv r,'. Chrlstchuroh, May 13. -• ; Magistrate, - to-day , made-absolute the ordors for the -attachmentn!w ?H W tt ge3 , 0f :t ,'! o slau'jhtermen- who took i part iu .the. slaughtermen's' strike;ana failed ;t Keiirbitration Wu r t, in one.case.£o.and.m tho other £2 10s. being due, NO INQUIRY. m „ Cliristchurch, Mav 13. The Hon. J. A. M,illar, Mimstor for Rail- -: - FYv' there,'was no intention of : nolamg a publio inquiry into the allegations , whioh:.had' been mado regarding tho trans- '■- P? r |; of volunteers at Easter.; ,H 0 remarked .. P ,a ®. "'0 ./Department had .received letters . :,Irom .one or, two other district's'.'congratulat- : / :.WS; ■V.onjthe. arrangements; made for tho conveyance of' volunteers to tho camps. ... COOKS' Ana WAITERS' AWARD. • • i cisborno, May 13. : A statement:, was .published - recently that the employers in Dnnedin who .woro parties Moks. ond waitora' award there 'had Arbitration:- Conrt' for . ■'''.'.;-^?? , ™.? Bs "A^' :; -vW ro aiiu pressed unfairly on them. Mr. W. Prvor fl^fe'New^Zealand^m in :. Chnstehurch and Dunedin aro tho result of agreements arrived at by the unions and - employers concerned. I ;and that:the.Court can no way. bo blamed for conditions that now ' . appear, to be unsatisfactory! , , HEAVY,BATCH OF DIVORCE CASES. ' Auoldand, May 13. iwenty-fivo divorco cases, aro set down for hearing at the civil sittings of the Supremo Ocurt, which commenco on Monday/