NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 555, 9 July 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By. Tclcß.raph.—Press Association.) '

WATER-POWER REGULATIONS. A "MONSTER PETITION" MENTIONED. Hokltilia, July 8. Tho Rimu Miners' Association is asking tho various local bodies on tho West Coast to co-operate in presenting a monster petition to Parliament, asking for alterations in tho now water-power regulations as applied t» waste water. The majority of the papers in Westland wgo that'tho Ministers should immediately visit the' district in reference to tho imatter, which, it is contended, is of tho utmost lmpoitarce toHhe West Coast. CHRISTCHURCH CANAL. ' Christchureh, July 7. Thn canal question bulked hrgel) on the agenda paper of tho Lvttclto'i Harbour l?oard meeting to-daj Iho l'lnance Committee bubmitteu iheir second interim report, and there was a long and at times aorimon.ous discussion. The committee recommended that the canal should not go tiejond tho lleathooto Hndgo. Tlvp committee unanimouslj agreed to accept tho railwa\ iiguics as reran annexed statement by the Kailwaj Department as a correct return of the rallwaj earnings fot conveving goods on the LvlMtoli-Christ-chureh line Ilio committee deci'Jinl to accept the board's engineer's estimate < f the probable increase ill the trade of the port of. L\t« ■ tcKon in his leport dated Sot ember 25, 1905, as defined in table 1 of that report, on the ba*is of the increase during the 23 jeara pievious to tho date of the said report The committee is further of opinion tl at in view of the fact that there is no piob-ibihty of a unanimous report on the financiil aspect of the proposed work being arrived at oy the committee, tlie members of it bo asked to bring up i minority and a majority report. fho return referred to gave the gross revenue earned from tho goods traffic on the Lyttdton lino for the four weeks ended Fob-, ruary 29, 1908 (summer) and for tho four weeks ended August 15, 1908 (winter) at £13.207, with a total estimate v for tho jear of £85,845, on the basis of the above poriode as an average. The extract mentioned gavo xho assumed quantity of .goods to bo dealt with and tho approximate income derivable from the trade generally for tho next 30 jea-rs. . After a long discussion the report wai adopted BURCLARS AT WORK. Christchurch, Juty 8. It is stated that a number of promises in Christchurch were burglariously entered last night, although the thieves got httlo satisfaction for their enterprise. Two offices bituated, in Gloucester Street were ransacked at a lato hour. The burglars evidently gained admission with skeleton kejs, and proceeding to tho office of Mr. H. L. Friend they packed tho lock of the door and went through tho promises Fortunately tho local , manager banked late in the afternoon, and the only reward the thieves got was a small, amount of loose silver from Mr* Leonard Blake's office opposite , was next ransacked, and tho drawers were forced open, out tho thieves camo away empt), as nothing of value had been left in tho office, It is understood that other premises were also entered. N SEDDON MEMORIAL. Auokland, July 7. The Seddon Memorial at Onehunga was un« . veiled this afternoon by the Hon. G. Fowlds, N Minister for Education. The Onehunga -and' Mount ixoskill.Cadets, under Captain Kcmiv, and the veterans from the Veterans' Home, under Captain Aichoi, formed a guard of honour. The speakers included Messrs. Massej, Lang, and Bollard, M l\'s , Tho memorial has been erected at a cost of £700. It stands at' the meeting of fno roads, and will answer the purpose of a shelter, post bo< and druikiiig, fountain, and will also light upHhUiloCality with fivo lamps, '<• * INVERCARCILL WATER FRONT. 1 InvorcarglH, July 8. • Tho Borough Council 10-nip,ht resolved, at a special moetmg ( to request tho member, for lnvercargill to communicate with the Government on a schemn for reclamation on the foieshoro of the now River Harbour, on\ both sides of tho Estuaiy The object of the scheme, which is being entered into,with the Government, is for tho earning out of the wor-k by prison labour, the Government, in - consideration, to rcceivo out of tho lcclaimed land) an arra for a prison farm. SCHOOL SYLLABUS. 1 Auckland, July 7. The Hon G Fowlds, replying to a deputation fiom tho Education Board, said he hoped at the Dominion Coiifcronco shortly it would bo possible for the mspectoi s to agroo on a goneral mteiprotation of tho school x svllabus Tho syllabus was intended to gi\o freedom to tho teichei , it was never iulended that the lrtspectors should examine m'sublects nit in tho teacher's scheme ofiwprk. The conference- should not, ho thought, bo confined to inspectors Tho whole question of tho sjllabus could there bo thrashed'out, and necessary adjustment, could follow RELICIOUS INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS. Julj 7. The question of religious instruction ia schools was again under discussion at a meet- , ing of the North Canterbury Education Board to-day, when a statement prepared by uunlbteis of various denominations at their recent conferenco w as laid on the table for conbidoratioh. The chairman said tho report bioke no new ground, and ho did not see « hat the board could do in the matter After discussion tho board 'decided to rcceivo the statement. SCHOOL SHOOTINC COMPETITION. Wanganul, July 8. ' Tho Wanganui branch of the Defence l League to-day accepted designs for a champion shield and belt, which are to be com- i peted for by the- pumary schools of the Dominion Ihe conditions will bo posted to | every headmastoi in ihe course of a fow J days. SPEECH' BY MR. HOGG. * . Wanganul, July 8. Mr. A \V Hogg, M P , acldiessed a publio meeting this evening. A fanly, largo audience gavo him a good hearing, and car- ,' noJ a resolution expittbing tho opinion that I in lesigning his position as Minister, Jii deference to Ins 'com ictions, Mr. Hogg acted i, in a manner woithy ot tho conv j diendation. ■•——* i NATIONAL DEFENCE. ■, I Christchurch,'July 8. '] Tho Mayor has consented,- in compliance with a request from the National Defence ( League, to convene a public meeting foi l Wednesday evening next to consider the question of national defence. . i CRICKET ART UNION. ' / Bunsdin, July B.' \ For the Otago Cricket Association s art i union, diawu last niclit, i-liid worth of 1 tickets were sold. 'lhis should onsuio a 1 iirst-class coach beinc lor n?xt sea- ) son. i i THE FOXTON TRACEDY. Palmerston North,, July 8. • riedley Nyc, ai rested lor the mm dor of his > father, Thomas N.ye, at Foxton, on Monday, was charged with the eiimo at tho Police Court this moininsi, and remanded to amiear ' at Foxton next Monda,", Accused uid uot s appear to rcalife' his position, smiling tliroughout the proceedings. • ' ' ' NEWS IN BRIEF.' , ■ Walhl, 1 Julv B.' ■ Three seizures of liquor have already beeii I madq at railway stations in tlie Obinemuri j district—two at Waihi and one at Paciea. i ' Nelson, July 7. At Takak.v to-day. J. Dodson, cliargcxl with sending in a false return slating that ho had dipped sheep, was convicted and fined £10 and costs. Tins, was stated to ho the first prosecution of the kind in the Dominion. |