NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 643, 21 October 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

: r ■.(|Jy I'elegraphr-Prfcss Association.! « - BILLIARDS 'AND THE LAW. ' PRIZES IN TOIIBNiOIENTS r Chrittchurch, October 20 A -dMiaondf'sortie: the - licensing. Act: iwnsi givell this, morning bj ' Mt. Bailey, James vbavago, licensee, oi ■■■'.■ ; '■<. permitting giinbliug;in hiS:hotel. :It appeared ' / a . biUiaTtl bcoti; heldin the -;hotolj:and prizes glvon :by.:outsiders. No .en- : petitors. Mr. flossulyr for 'the liconsee, con'stended '.that "to' cbnsHtute.igambling, there;, must - be both' winning and:■ Ipsingi > Hero there' was -t; s:' nb'fqiio'stion' of loss •; for anypne-only..' poisibli ••.-;,r.-galn- for ;, 6Uccissful players..- . The magistrate • r information MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS. j Christchiirch, October 20 The-District Health Officer wrote to the " : North Canterbury,, Education .Board this.morn:S^ing;MtiiigstHatihe7had:beenVresuested:by,:tW ■ ; Chief' Healths-Officer,- if the .opportunity;- ocourfw; to examine l thei.nealt'niiofi.mch.ool- chil:r:v ,' i :dr^iS"inl'6he i 'of'''inore :j ichoolsYin--the' district, .The examination; would ■be r undertaken more fox. the sako of: tho.information of the Ilealth !'f;i' ''rDorar.teeht'ithilnJ fgr .purpose of c::.:: dealing ,with< the health of ohildren: in any p.v ! ncceS--,s: ~vsarily. interfere'with: : the School: routine,to some .-extettt:'if,.carried,out hours,- and - he therefore'tasked;:for.-:the-fcaiictiPh : and assistaHottsjv -'gra'ritisd • TRAFALGAR DAY. Invercargill, October 20 -, "v :; 1 i:v nri<<Jtion with- thij' Trafalgar Day cele- : ■ ,'brktiohs, ■soinfe,' .'.iHD.it cadetsond. -\bandsmen ,;!v::;rup4iaaefl.\thiS''Wreriii^ri-.ibef6raY<i';-:l(ifge'..attend- -. .' ancra'of the public. Marching past competitions were held for; the', defenoa and public - school cadet V;! , .-',>"^ted^bfe,th^:<pi!eiaSe&t: 1 V;pfj',',thf. :, ~S6nthlanU ■ branch of. fh iKtviry;.' I>eagu6' r.to the -.variouß v-f.irwiun^^^ . ' annually arrflngedbythe l€a?Tio: to celebrate the "anniversary: of Trafalgar VDay. 'vr v v.■. SOWING FIXTURES. Clirlstchurch, October 20 • At a'.meeting of. the; 'Cihtorbury' Rowing As-:-V I 'Booiatiori to-nightL:strohg.'eiception; i: iriiß: taken to :the dato fixed-by the Marlborough -Ap.?,cc:n- ---• ' resatta at Pioton.'-dt was.stated;that;if the ;>:: ; sdajp.'nra«:;ndhered,.tp- the.rpcal would .be ii; ;i.-V.unable to compete, on'accoUntof the "date '-n'oleifhitts; . held on '•'::vs:;'-u.^#i-.yeai^-;D4y;?r^!tfa*::tf^li«W ,: W -profess : '.to.:'th^:;Marlborotij;h" to tho council 'of the New' '•Zealand Association. RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD. * Christc'nurch, October 20 - ; '• The .EailivaV, ::Bpiitdi ! for-.'tho 'South Islftlid met to-day to-hoar itho„appoal of J. W. • Ifpthurch against, hitf . dismissal, lroni Adding- - vton.:workshops,*'where'rhej was.':employed as a ~ boi(ermaker. /:vThe j reason; given :».lbr - his disv :;ii;i^!WM:.^t'-lie^ru''iiieiinad-to be idle and . dilatory. l ::-'.. Evidence was pven : for,.'appellant and also on behalf of tho Department. ~ The Ward-will report to. the Minister. ■■■■.' NOT APPRECIATED. „ Auckland, October 20. - . ,The: Education' Board• has: bfoti'sted agalust .'• •/ ' / tW;action.-6f:.thev:pepartuieht'vin.'\7ithdi'awing thf free.railway.paMe3;irom',teachprs,ahd : fagfsjste thit. any' abiises could he '.met by the board avmg control and. the: right to isSuo cortiii-cate.-i. 'A.suggestion from the Uargavlllo School "■ Committee"' for'] tlib "ostablishmpnt-of: 'a. .petiny a .. f ufid, throughout > New' ;Z6diaTid' for - providing a ://^;.^quick-firinr^gun^or ; :tae; "first-Dreadnowglit ■ bliilt iin. JJott- Zealand"" M r as' ridiculed . V;-. bodra :aa p3tndUsm;*ran. mad, ; and pro-'•S'-'^^pOsterous.'■ ; LYTTELTON TUNNEL, „ T ChWstchurch, October 20 v/ , ' 'J. . Minister;.for - Rail- -. u fticotted .with the • secretary of • the' Lytwlton :;Harbdur.'B6Ard ): stating that the V;, ;pphra si motion,in regard to thoiinok-e nuisance ''' xl • i - l ?» attention;, attd /\\:;;:;that.;it:-is ; 'hbp'6d-'.t6. devi&:&onty effective avails . -: ;'of coping with; the nufs&nce. , NATIVE LEASES, '* i. it Gr-eymouth, October 20. A . meeting, of .the Native Leases. Oommittec v":- '••J'?®: held . last : evening . when' Mr;! Guinhesi)'6 . Bill , was. presented; : , : Aftor.;-h. .lengthy discuS- • Mr, : -.GuiiinesS be aded to withhold his Bill until tho Grey Nativd leases petition vwas dealt- withSdHOONER ACROUND , Auckland, October 20 ■,' v ,v : ' The.schooner Waratah'i 1 bound for -Gisborrie, ..'fhe'n:beating;ArifMKaipftrai-uiwed stats and grounded >nthS 'pfte .of Tory 'shoal. -She was ;;subsequently: \}.e,d,.:off'.: without :'.damage of ..;■. any consequence.". * .-. . . . : , • .., ',A STOLEN, BICYCLE. . » ~ • ', ' : Blenheim, October, 19. In the, Magistrate's - Court to-day Frederick EOie, charged with stealine in Nelson : a bicrcle belonging to . Ernest-Wood, was sou. : i '■ -tenced, toi threo-months' imprisonment.; 1 Ac- . etised is already 'Sarring, a similar .sentence on two charges of, theft at Blenheim. •• more~of"them. Auckland. October 19. .. . The Drayton Grange arrived irom Liverpool this morning with U pa.ssen.ms for New Zenland, iiiCludiug 48 stoerafje.'' The .great major-ity-are farmers with capital; tager tP take Up land. .'Thirty are for Auckland/ tho balance for Wellington. ' . THE CHJIISTCHURCH TRAGEDY. ' Chrlstthurth, octpb<>r'2o. ': V, ■ '.Rob'ertj,' aconsed of the nmvder .of the girl • Alice .Edith . Newmani ,was .before - the S.Mi ' '~: C ourt' to-day, and reniandcd '.till .Qctober 22. :