NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 528, 8 June 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

ttr TiLßcuiru— hiess assccutiom.i TIMBER TRADES AWARD. TWO COMPANIES FINED. Rotorua, Juno 7. At tho Stipendiary Magistrate's Court tcy day, the Mountain Rimu Timber Company wore prosecuted by. the Inspector of Awards for a breach of the Timber Trades award in, paying a carpenter loss than the award wage. TJio wages paid were eight sliillingß and axpouco, while the awai-d wago was nine siiilluigs. Defendants urged that tho man wa» employed as a genera] useful hand, and not as a carpenter. Tho company.were fined £2 and twolvo shillings costs. The Bartholomew fimbor and Land Company, was also prosecuted by tho same inspector on tho ■same charge. Defendants urged that ono shilling, per week had been kept back for tiio rent of a cottago in wliich a man lived. ■ Tina, wore fined £7, and costs thirty shillings.

SOLAR STORMS. DISCERNED BY MR. WRAGGE. i, n , Chrlstcliureh, June 7.41t. Clement L. Wraggo writes to » Umstcburch paper that a great storm has suddenly broken out near the centre of tho son s ,dree, and as it. measures about 23,000 mike m diameter, it.may be regarded as abnormal. "In connection therewith," ,he t &.. may expect to hear by cablegram or rurtner seismic disturbance, and auroral displays. Probably, also, ships' compasses will, be affected by otheric vibrations, and aoceloration of electrons caused by this unusual energy. prolongation of solar storms may bo duo to the influenbe of a dark sun, acting from without, on our. solar ey*tern." ' 'OPENING LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS. . A MAN FINED.. " : ' . . .;■„..' Auckland, Jono 7. In the Supreme Court to-day, Bees NichoJ. *»> a resident of Whitianga, was charged with havmg unlawfully reoeived and detained a telegram and two letters addressed to Mane Gcprge. It appeared that defendant received letters addressed to Miss George caro of Mr.. Nicholson. Hβ opened.them left them lying about, and mado no attempt to .redirect them or to return them to the post office, though ho know they wero mis. delivered, there T>oiug another Nicholson ro« sident in the locality, with whom Miss George was staying. Mr. Justice Edwards imposed a fine of £50 on defendant! , BLADE ACAINST BLADE.: . ARNST AND HIS OPPONENT. ■•■,.-.'■■■. Wanganui, Juno 7. Interest ,ie beginning to increase in scull, ing matters., Arnst,. who' was not too well on Friday, when ho rowed in very lifeless .stylo, had a, epoll on Saturday, but was afloat twice yesterday, taking things easily.' This morning he reported himself feeling all right again. His weight this morning was •13st. 41b. ~ Webb and Whelch woro ont yestorday morning, and camo, down the. nvci at a solid paoo, both . rowing- well. Thia morning tho; ex-chahipion did anotW 6eik, viceable rowVwith 'Whelch. ' '. : , ■the plunder of forty thefts. Auckland, Juno 7. A' ,man named Richard White pleaded guilty at the Police Court to forty charges of theft; : When ho was • arrested two cartloads of miscellaneous articles, 'valued at £200, wero found in his rooms. The articles ..wore mostly tools stolen from buildings in course of erection. Hβ was committed for sentence. , . ■ ■'■■ - •:■■' ■*■■■ ■■ -'.1 ,, ! , . • .■ DOMINION CRICKET COACHES. ;';'..,,..''. Chrlstchurch, Juno 7. At tho last meeting of. the Canterbury Cricket Association it was decided to offer the position of coach to A; J. Hopldns, of tho Australian, team, E. Humphreys, last seasonls coach,-being unablo to return to tho ■ Dominion. . ■

FROM CHINA TO TAHITI. '' Auckland, Juno' 7. With reference to the statement from Wellington- that a party of nine Chinese" bound from China for , Tahiti wore not allowed to land at Auckland'until a sum of £1800 hodbeen deposited in cash with fcho Customs, but had instead been-transferred from their '

steamer to a hulk in.tho harbour, t!bo Cus-' toms officers informed a "Herald . representative, to-day that the Minister, had allowed tho party to land, but only ono had taken advantage of the privilege. The otihors had been informed by the local Chinese ttiat if they 3rcnt ashore ■they would have to buy European clotihas, and rather than incur tihis ojepense they had preferred to stay on tho hnlfc, whore they havo been very comfortable. They leave by tho Hauroto for Tahiti to-morrow. ■ , , ■ ■ . ■■ ■. ■ ACCIDENT TO A TRAWLER. . Naptor, June 7. Tho steam trawler Doto wont on a sand< hank near Pota-no this morning, and her not fouled the propeller. Other vessels stood by. The propeller was cleared, and lato in tho afternoon tlho Doto got'off undamaged. THE BITE OF WINTER; Coro, Juno 7. The first snow of the year fell yesterday, accompanied by a strong gale and rain. Tho weather has been very cold to-day and.yo torday. Cold ehoirors are falling to-day, FIRE BRICADE ASSOCIATION. __ '■„.• ■ Napier, Juno 7. The Firo Bngado Association has decided to hold tho 1910 conference at Hastings.