NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Illy Tolciiraph.--I , (oßa'Ai!aoclatlon.) • '—■ *~— ■— : ■'■■," ~ DEFYING'A CITY COUNCIL THE,'AUCKLAND. FEtJIT : HATVEEES,'. ,;' -.- .--■■■■■'•.' Auckland, 'September 21: ■ The; fruit-hawkers'of, Auckland • have : , deter-' mined to adopt' a deliaht attitude in connection with 'a resolution - 'by tho City Council on Thursday night, not to" issue- licenses, to -persons., -hawking .in, or, adjacent -to', tho jnain .streets, or for' street, stands, ■ except for stands,,in tbo four -approaches'to-'tho;. city market,,..'Tordny, several men -, with -barrows, containing "mandarins at 2-t for, a"Is;," and, other-fruit,, wore to bo'seen'parading QueenStreet.' lied-lettcrcd 'notices: figured on '-the stalls' to'tho. following to.'the, council, having .taken steps to rcm'pvo'< us, wo have decided, to sell in Queen' Street.". One of tho hawkers informed n reportor, that they had, taken, legal, advice as to their rights,- ana were satisfied^.that, the,.council, had no power to\prevent them,.plying their _ trade, so long as they did.not,take up a stationary position. "Two.of us?', .ho said, "applied for, ordinary pedlars'' licenses': this, morning, but wo were refused ...them; ..so., we ' aro soiling without licenses. Tho. council can >ummon us .if they like, but ,wo. are determined to fight it out if they, do.,'.- In;.tbe,'meantime we are going. t» defy .them."-; ...,:.,., ~;'.!'■■.

.; j CRICKET COACH. ,»; ■ ; NOT/COMING TO CANTESBtTEY. ; Chrislchurch,: September 2L: • The. Canterbury Cricket Association, *■ dt a mectinc to-night, .reccivod ; tho following cablegram from Buckcnhnm, of tho, Essex Club, ■who had been, selected as coaoh for tie soasont —"You-have not; arranged passage .according ;to agreement;, have accepted Africa;';, and can substitute Hayes." ": During discussion, it was 'oxplainod that air arrangements' possible had ■been made,hero, but a>hitch had occurred with, the, steamship agentsV either in-: Sydney or London.^ : Aftjer iconsidcrable,.disonfisjon,. it : was.decided' not to got a coach from England this season, but to.'prochre'ono from Australia

; NAPIER HARBOUR PROPOSALS. . ':•: Napier, : September • 23. Mr. : George Nelson, who" submitted-a pro? posal to' the Napier Harbour .Board for an inner harbour for-largo vessels,' has .addressed a letter'to the;chairman of the;.board in' reply to the'report'of'tho engineers, whoso finding wasY against 'his scheme, and;.in' favour, of tho' 'completion of "the;.breakwater' harbour. ' Ho' alleges that. the -engineer's report does not adhero' to the order of reference. and criticises it in'detail. In conclusion ho urges

:that tho question' has not been disposed of, ,'ond says that personally ho m.suffering Ander* a sense of injustice which; ho feels.k>-keenly that he is prepared; under certain .conditions,' to bear the whalo oxpouso of a furtlici toport up to tho amount of '.five hundred gaincasi Ho'proposes ;thero. shall baa'single en.gin'ecr, and. oho of tho' condition3. l ,is;.that ia the event ofi this- engineer's report favour: ing extension-of':the. inner harbour, tho.wholo expense of. obtaining'the report shall'ie'bornr by the ,board..'• • .-.■■-'..'■',•'. '■''•''-" v '-'v'.'': ,-■'•-'•■■; ''' ~; ,' l ' ;'.'; -THE WOMAN; PAYS.; iV ; J ! ::: ; :■•'',. ... . Christchurch,' ''.September.'-;!!*.,.. Eugenie l!bng, alias Dransfield, was, committed for' 6entenco ; . to-day: on .a - charg6 : ':, of perjury,'"having"'6*orn "in' court in ,a.'case-, in which Thomas' Long'was- charged with- being illcgallyjm premises;; that sho. was'not Long's wife. "Witnesses gave evidence, and the-mar-riage : 'certificate was■■'■-produced; ; pleaded guilty.." Her' counsel said' : that. Long had forced the vromoii into had' persecuted- her eror-since;'.-.'Connisel I ''al. leged that ho was- a; low ruffian and ft.desincablo blackguard,' whom ho •; hoped,-jthopolici. would look ' after;' ■■'.-' .■'•;.-:.-; :\-\,: r, ' : .,y\ "-"j-.?';-''.

;'-' ; -'v;' .piping and ) l .;'"..:.- ': ■■'■ jDunedin^'September'SJ,':.-; A meeting of the Ofago branch-of the.Pipers' and Dancers' Association of New Zealald.was held to' consider tho'action tho association' should take respecting tho' disagreement with ■ the Athletic Union as to; th,c. control of piping and, dancing... .After a good deal Of djscussioh,.. all' present .resolved not, to.tokd part;in: any -of the com.petitions' l held by' societies; rcgißterod with'' the-- Athletia^Unionjiand'itr; was' .decided that circulars ..embodying tho decision bo'issued to other • branches of,tho, association: throughout. the' Dominion . ;';;:.!'.■;.-;,.' :v'.'"'; ,v, .•-.■-.•''.■: -' ' '■ ■'~ •'''':' iTTE^PTE'b/'iNftENDIAtIISM.'' .\*'''' ■'■ '' Gisborne, ; September 2*.' . Five attempts at incendiarism occurred tonight. The-first- took place at 8.15 p;m. in* shed behind Mr. Good's jeweller's -shop;; tho second-about ten minutes later,'at the back, of the.MasonibHotel;, the third shortly before 9. at St. Mary's Raman Catholic School.- Tho fourth incendiary attempt-was discovered at 11 p.ni;, when a lighted candle was-found'sur-' rounded with paper and scrim'-against'the.in-terior wall'of an old cottage behind '-,tho rail-' .way stables in Peel Street.,, At 11.25-p.m; tho' .fifth attempt- 'was : detected at.- the iGisborno Rowing Club's 6hod,, whero 6traw 'saturated' vtith korosono was put'under' the building. A' lad, 16 or 17- years old; was caught near, the shad by Mr. S. T. Seymour, iowellor: who detained him, and he was arrested by tho; polio*, on suspicion, but protested--his. innocence. \

RIVERDALE-SWITZERS RAILWAY. . ■':Gore',; September 24.' The Hon. D.'Buddo to-day opened this River. , dale-Switzere. railway-line,:, which, was-''.first' authorised in:lß7B,.and tho first contract'let in 1883. Tho rails were laid for two niiles in 1900,. but one" Sunday 'a gang 'of,, plate-layers was sent to .tho'locality and toro up the rails and sloepers.i* The .railway is. fourteen ..miles in length/ and opens up good agricultural land* and. mining aroas. The .approximate cost is «£sß|oool .: ',;, ;:■■ ''~'.;:',,: _.:.,- ,Y ■■'. {';•-,; ;.;:,:.' ' ' :!;:.,. ; ; serious charges. ;,;: :' ...'.';.'■/ , /' ■• ; "-.-'. ' : Feiiding, September 24:' , ■■' Atthe Magistrate's'.Court yesterday, beforo Mr. .A. D. Thomson, S.M., Jessie Cox pleaded guilty.' to using' an' instrument. foi improper purposes, and was remauded to'tho Wanganui Supreme Court for. sentence. Thomas Powell and Edward Lower, pleaded-not guilty to. supplying the.instruments.-They were' committw ..- lor _trial.' ' '.'.'.;.■'..',':,','■' .;■:";•'-. -v :':'■.>.■■.'■'; I';').'/- ,-:'-Y.'.-■ ' PUBLICATION OF BETTING ODDS. •' ' ' Chrlstchurch, September 24.'. . Mr. Justice Sim ' delivered judgment ' thit . morning in' the case, in ' which SL - Barnett,proprietor of' "Daylight," appeared against thi .- decision of,.Mr.' Jlasoldcii,; S.ll., 1 : fining; him ' ,£2O for- publication of-'betting odds on tho' New Zealand Cup'. The; .'appeal ■.' was, upheld, . with costs. • The grounds of the appeal wore~-(l) ■That the. information -came from special< correspondents and uotfrom third,partiesi ; (2) Thatthe information 1 published'..was-'-nbt. .betting news. '■.'. "'..■ V,'.;';'_'.!'..'v ;: '':.';':■-. ':'■'.;":.'' ■■/ ,";■'CRICKET..REINFORCEMENT.s;':'V , :,,;.,'. ."'.Dunedtn,, September 24.-'. :'' i;The .Otago intends to. omploy. acpach from Australia for thncoming season." Moreover, word has' been received that an - international playor; fine of the best all- 1 'round cricketers'. of - to-day, ..intends:'. to settlo in Dunodin.i Ho should reach tho 'Dominion during, December. ■ "V- , .:! - i : ;■ -~.';. ./A''WE;DDiNGyfjoyyßY/r,'};'- : ';;-: Gisbowe, September 24.. At,-the Supreme; Court.to-day the caw. m which Mr: arid Mrs. Wilson (nee Miss Herding) sued the .trustees of the Into Mr. 1 J.' A. Harding for specific performance; Was decided in favour-of plnmtiiis. VIV facts ;ivbre that, deceased had promised his daughter a" house and land, as a wedding dowry, but-had ncgleotod. to transfer, the property which; under his well,'. fell to tho trustees. Plaintiffs had resided in the house, and his' Honour, Judge Cooper,',lcceptod the view; that decoii&cdV intention wns : •that they should.o\vn;it. Ho.therefore directed' ; ALLEGED BREAKING AND : ENTERIrJG.% •'■'■."'■.Masterton,- September 24,' ' \ \ Alfred Langloy and Roland Ranger were committed for trial to-day on a' charge of .'breaking and cntoriug the shop o&'Alenttulor White, • tobacconist, and stealing .'therefrom pipes'and tobacco ponchos valued at £s.'' ' ' ... • •; THE: HON;' D;|BUDDfL/^l' : '];-, ;'.-..'... ■ Garo, - So'pteiiibV' '24. : . :The-Hon. D. Buddo'will leave for tho .north' to-morrow. , ••. . '■..-.";■