NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

.-..(8y Teleeraph^'Pnlßs'AMoclitionir''■'■\■'■' WATER-POWER REGULATIONS. '.;U V : •";.■" :'.,■■'■ ■:':;'H6Rltlfc^-':Septdmber,,2t'" : .-.' %■ petitioti has been 'circulated:' and- largol},: signed, throughout the .West-.Cowl' for'< pre*.' setitation' to PariiamentiVpraying- that 'the pre. • rent wator : power r regulations iihould be. with. drawn'.'' An amended .copir of.th'e" petition, witb.' I a letter containing, the "History' ofT'ihe' Rimu-,' Toaroha Electro' Mining propositjop, has ,been forwarded < to.".every ; member 'of' th». House.', The petitioners contend' that' tho lock- ' ing up of-the > water-power on the gbldßeldu Has serious y-hamperdtf the development of the mining -industry. .-"-•:'..- : - , ■■•'-> "•. ,»....-. ■■- .. : INVERCARGILL LIaUOR^CASE,: •v vn «.-■ '. Invercarniil,;September 21. • _T. M <3rath, manager; of the 'Mary Street i Brewery,,was fined 'J3O to-day'for, wiling and - delivering beer inside,a No-Lioehsearta. Tht; Fw"? VI 6 ' : l ,f ° r f he ; bD /«'' to sign a declaration,,'' tnat the becris to bevconsum'ed: outside th« I ?*!*■' , bn t tho Court held that 'the beer must I be,actuajly,;delivered -oyer- the j border;; ■' ™v ■ '.■'.; CADET PARADES ONI. SUNDAY; • ,'l ~ : '...■;•: Napier, September 21. _.At a meeting of the Napier branch of th«Educational Institute," the , following . motion ' was passed: -"That'in the'opinion of this branch of the educational institute,,it is un•desirable that school cadets, should be called put on bundays to attend churth; parados." BLOCK IN THE GORGE. ; ; : n '. Woodville,'September 21.'' ' 'PPH to h large slip: on the.Ashhurst side of the first tunnel, train,from Pal. merstqn has hot yet ■.arrived. -It is. thought , the. line will be cleared by midday.' ■»■' ■''•/• '■■'mi. i- ', ' " : '■'■ Later, it i ° Wfl s cleared at oleven o'clock, and the Falnierston train reaohod Woodville at; IUO. Immediately after, the train' for Pal-' merstqn left, and got-through all right. . '~.'■.' INCAPACITATED SEAMENi. ,■ ■ ' ' Auckland, September 21, , Mr. Kettle, S.M., ,tn-dhy Rave* his' reserved judgment, holding.that a seaman who was injured pn a vessel was not required to bs treated at a public.'Hospital,,and did not loss his right to be paid wages until, a week after recovery by signing off the articles. ■ •: •■■"■" HOUSE BURNT AT GISBORNE. ■ '■': . ' Glsborno, .September 21,' A six-roomed houso at Te Hap'ara, ownedby Mr. A. B. Newman; was'destroyed by. firo this morning. The insurances' total X2OS. ■'.