NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 541, 23 June 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

; ' t (By Telegraph —Press Association) —, CHARGE AGAINST A SEAMAN., ' • Duncdln, Juno 21. At tllQ Citv Polico Court to-day, heforc Wr. .Widdowhdn, S M., Jninoi Nioholls, A.Bj, of "the barqtiu LaKemba, pleaded • guilty tc stealing nine bottlrs of stout from Hie forehold of while ,it the wharf The captain said accused had gone there with an unprotected light, which was dangerous, ", ap<} no doubt the practice caused many firoa ,at 'Sea. Accused was committed for sentence." On a second charge, of stealing 30 bottles of beer, and 78ln, of oandlcs, during , the. voyage frq m Wellington to Dunedm, accused pkadod guilty, and olected to b<> dealt with summarily. He w,as ronianded to be dealt with by tho Supreme Cpwt, '„. -APPROVING MR. HOCG. './"If" u i '" invbroarelil, Juno 22. At. a'meeting of tho Trades and Labour Council a,l; Imercargdl «■ motion was passed commending tho,notion pf Mr. Hogg m preferring to stick r to principles rather tnam place ,wd power, and assuring him of a , hearty welcome if ho addressed a meeting in Invereargill. - r ; , a t * -AGAINST PROROGATION, r Invercarglll, Jnno 22. The Trades and Labour Council passed a ■ motion strongly protesting against proroga- , tion of Parliament during SiYJosepb. Ward's absence. V/ESTLAND SCENERY. « a » •,, . Hokltika, Judo 22* JUr. a, H. Moroton, a well-known Canterbury »rtisv writing to tho Tourist AssociaJh>b suggesting art competitions In paint, rug tt» landscape scenery of tho district, stivtod that it was well known to all but tho mart, prejudiced that "the" scenory of New Zealand is to bo found in Wostland. ' >, ' SUPREME COURT, m+e r, HPPjer, June 22. . i lie bupromo Court sosblohs opened with a comparatively light calendar, there being i.KT°t Pr ,s *> n ora. The most serious <*so ': h tf rsl c& ?i m lfcr »enMt John Clino •""' Alice Maud Shepherd, at Wr-otlvlllo Mr JUrtico Chapman congratulated the district on the marked oVidenco of decrease in crime, lruo bills wore returned in the minder Dctt 50 ' Xm] ww fis<,(l far TuoS( i»y .*i\ Sn° Su P r ?' no f»«rt to-day! Owen Kolly, ■ged 30, wan found guilty of uttering gilded mponoea as half-soYcroluns, »,!»,£ ffir«i f b Wl>ty, «»<! sentence win 7,f' Arnold, a man of mlddlo Bf f i of ." G° w ™ tci «t Stings, was sentenced, to four month?' imprisonment! MOTION BY A UW 800IETY. nf t u «».... Dunodln, June S3, Mr, Justice Williams was enraged all day ' &?f ft p r!? tiqn "f* llo c <"""''l of tho Law i ™ll °' °' n t;\al"l Southland, that a re I I Z andW tho Court, V-nlling upon l ii'i«™«™. K Mo t o, .°' 6 "ll«itflr8, to answer, c"us e o at whv ,n ?" ?? WB ' it t0 shflw offX roll * mQB ■ houM not ho at,uok

AUEGGD OSPALOATIONS, ' v*«a« t l. xr 'i ,9 hr l , "ohuroh, Juno 22, Frederick JH(ir«liall, nto mnnn<"nr of tho ni • * i. n , Jl ? 11)O u™' o» n warrant from THE UTB MRsTdONNGLUY. occompnnfc.d by other mombors of « rt! , J h ?n n r i Honi J - 0 ami tho Hon, J, D, Ortnond w«ro of a apcolnllv lntorostlne jhiwuotw. Mr. G. P. Donnol v on bobnlf of tho relatives, Attinsy Soil ledgcd the eondolnnccsoffcred by tho ffia! A PARLIAMENTARY FAMILY. , r ~ . . ... Auckland, June 22 Mr Robert Allen, who is n son of Mr. W, Shepherd Allon, for many years a nor b i of tho British IlniiM of Commors, intends i<, niitMb one of tl-o .V»ckloi.d S at tho noxt olc(,ti-r<.. Mr. Allen, who h» 'jvrmmionth iPttlrl in Aiicklnnd, comes from fZ'T 1 '!/"") I ' , "?' "\addition to his \ f f™ r > .J 113 , b'olli" lias ako been a inembor \ of the Bntish Parliament.