NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Telegraph.-I'rcss A rtnclatloaJ - ' . —--"V: WEIGHT Of SACKS OF CfIMN. Cbrlstchurohj Juno-"3ok. Mr. T.'H. Davey, M..P., has received the;' following letter from the Hon;. J,, A. M 3-.-lar:—"With reference to representations -.-■■■ made by a deputation of members of. Par- ", liament, that waited upon me recently } in , regard to the by-law for regulating the weight , of grain to be convoyed by rail in any ono . sack, I have tho honour to inform you that when the by-law was originally framed, it was restricted only to wheat, barley, and ' oats, so as to enable merchants aad others interested to use up their' stocks of larger sacks, and it has all along been intended to apply to all classes of cereals and produco, and_ the by-law . will be amortded before tho • beginning of next grain season." THE MEAT TRADE. , , Christchurch, Juno 30. Inquiries made jn Christchurch show that ' nothing is known in this city in regard to the, report- from' 'Invercargill' that tinned meats of inferior, quality have been sent from New Zealand to Australia.' As far as . the Canterbury companiosiiare concerned, tho v greatest care is taken iili seeing that the 1 ■ sjoods sent ,out for consumption , are of tho best, quality. > It is thought that the rumour ■ is probably without' foundation', "or that's j mistake has • been made in rcspoct to the country^from which tho "meat came.' REX V. M'KINHON. 1" S Christchurch, Juno 30. At the Supreme Qourt to-day; Mr. CJassidyapplied to. Mr. Justice Denniston, sitting in' banco, for an adjournment of tho case, Rex? v. M'Kinnon, manager of Mr. Norton's ''Truth." Mr. Cassidy said that the caso ' was a motion under the Crimes Act, for contempt of Court, in connection with the publication ' of < a report of a., esse last . January. He'applied for an adjournment ' until next' banco sittings. Mr. Stringer, K.C., raised no objection to the application,and it was", granted. /. A NEW CRAVINC DOCK. .. Dunodin, Juno 30. v The new, graving dock ot Port Chalmers ■ ; was officially opened by the Hon. J. A. Millar :.. . to-day in of a largo nwnber of people.' After'the Maheho haid been floated' into the'dock it was formally declared ( bpen,' - . and': nani<xl. the' Otago : Dock.: About 80 guests, were afterwards entertained at' ■ \ , luncheon on tlie Maheno, and a: number of . speeches delivered. LICENSES IN THE KINC COUNTRY. . Invercargill,. Juno 30. > . At a maSs meeting ; to-night to: celebrata the third anniversary of the carrying of No. .License in Invercargill, the following resolu. tion waa carried uhanimously :—"That \ this- ' • meeting expresses its satisfaction iat-the pro-; miee.made t>y ; tfco Government to itake action , in the Supremo Court with the view of quash- ,1 ling the licenses, recently granted in the King Country". •.• • ■ ■'-y.',.;r LOAN PROPOSAL APPROVED. V Napier, June 30. . ' The Napier Borough ratepayers, at that; poll, approved' of a consolidated loan '- proposal for the "borrowing Vof £134,260, by ~ ; 521 votes to 26. : The items'inblnded: in this total were previously: appfovwl,, but it .was. . • doemcd '..-.advisable to have a consolidated.. loan authorised,-.' m. order to obtain-' better. - ..., terms on tho money market ' WIFE DESERTION. , Christchurch, Juno 80. At a meeting of tho Charitable Aid Board .. to-day, the chairman pointefl, out tho great, and increasing expense incurred- by-the board in- providing. for the wives; and of men who'i'have'.'left- the, .colony. It wasdecided :to bring . the: matter under ■ tho'.. ■ notice 'of.''tbe'''Attorn6y-Generali asking that - - more' drastic legislation be brought down in'regard to ! tho punishmont.of wife-desertfcra, ;. ' 1 , STORMY WEATHER. ' l / Christchurch,'Juno 30. i ■ The steamers - arriving from .Wcllmgtcm ■this morning, reported encouutei ing a Btrong .. southerly gale, and ' heavy head sea. Tho • 5. Monowai took seventeen, hours on the pas*;:, shgd, ' and this; l'ateena v> us. sixteen hoar*., arriving : at T nooai, about three, hours lata?.., than usual. DROWNED—BUT HOW? ' ■ , Tauranga,. Juno SO. ■ A' mob of SIS shoop,. landod- here by .' ;, steamer- from 'Gisborne,' and consigned to r the New Zealand- Loan s* and Morcantilo' - Agoncy Company, Ltd.; were loft,Jtp graze . ■on unoccupiod land, for a fow. hoars., , Lato,.. in the afternoon, live, lrandred-of ; them, were :• found, drowned in tho harbour. How. |hcy got there is unknown.' . , , • DUTY ON BEER'. , ' Invercargill, Jnne 30.. Tho Excise duty on beer manufactured in Invercargill'during the. Juno quarter of, tho _ present year amounted to £435.65.,'. as compared with- £368 Bs.> 3d. collected for the; same period last yepr, This'.means that > oonsnmption' of locally-made beer shows , M increase of 5351, gallons for the quarter JMt , ended. 'The - Customs dues gonerally. for-the, •. : quarter .show a'decreaso of £1700. , ... ■/, WOODVrLLE COURT. - ■•• Woodvlllo, Juno 30. At tho Magistrate's Court to-day a , i. v man'named James Puller got three monU» , , imprisonment, for being, drunk and using ob- 5 ..,. scene language..-Another man named JMraus. who was a porter at the Club Hotel, received \ ( seven days ■ imprisonment for stealing' two brushes belonging to a traveller. THE MANAWATU CORCE SENSATION. . . Palmorston, 30. , ■ Tho engino.which collided with a,rock_ui, ; , the Manawatu Gorgo'on, ; Monday night L stiu. lies 011 tho siding in the gorge, hav? - to bo takon to pietes for removal, as tho, wheels are damaged. . ■..., .;■■■/ RAINFALL IN MASTERTON. • Mastcrton, Juno 30. ' . ' Tho rainfall ill Mastcrton for Juno, jeaa, ~ only a iraction over an inch and a quarterj. . During the past nino years tho avorago ot. _ ■the' Juno rainfall has been about fivo mchca.. The lowest previously recorded in Juno - 2.21 in 1900. , .