NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

. (By TclcErai'h.—Press Association.) , . LAND BALLOT. .Auckland, October 31. - ■ Thirty-sections which'j wereundisposed of at tho previous ballot ill conncction with the Korokonui and Kajigi:i'oto settlements .were fin■ally balloted, for■.on Saturday,' kden- interestbeing -manifested.' The only form'of' tennr« which found favour was occupation with-rieht of purcliaso, not a single section being taken up on the leasehold, v ■ ....

A RARE AND PAINFUL MALADY. . Thames, October 30. . A rare case, wherein the patieilt,-who suo«. . eumbijd, had been suffering from leucocythemia, ; i was.recently treated at tho local,hospital. The sufferer was a male. Ho experienced .great pain, and tho disease prosented many-striiuigo. symptoms., Towards tbe end tho man lost, in. » turn, tho. power of hearing, and speech* ■ Tho disease is very rare,. it being stated-that the case is the sixth known to medical science. Though the disease has: been known for many . years, apparently no means have been discovered of permanently arresting; its: progreea . > . , FIRE A STEAMER. Auckland, October SO. ■A first broke;out in! the lamp-room of'.tho ■ steamer Wairoa shortly after jib j'clock i- V night, but not much ; damage waß/apne.- Afireman named. James Shepherd waFiliynred. while the fire was in progrcs.!, and had to bo taken to the hospital. The vessel is owned by Mack low, Bros., of Auckland. . \

V. ALLEGED* ABDUCTION. v ; Masterton, October 23., At the Stipendiary Hagifitralq's Court thia • morning, Alfred. Charles Warren was committed for, trial at next,' tatting of tho Supreme , Court. at Wellingon on a charge of '• abduction of a ten-year-old. boy. Tho father of tho boy stated in evidence tnat, his wife, had loft with the accused, - taking he.r, three children.: witi .-. her.- .Complainant- hail . obtained a divorca' and an order for the custody of tho. children.' He took: the-'children tb a boardinghonse. at Matiere, on tho Main ■ Trunk railway, whore accused, and. the mother of, the children appeared ono morning, forced open a window, and dragged. th« boy out and drove away with him. Bail was allowed—accused in. a bond of jem ... , -

RAILWAYMEN'SPROTEST, / •' ■ Darineyirkei Ootobcr 29. At a meeting of railwuymon lield at Dannevirke tomay, the following motion was car. .ricd:—"That' this meeting, representing all grades of tho railway- Borvico, strongly, tirotests against any alteration of the' clause. in the Arbitration and Conciliation; Act referring to the Society; of ltailwcy Servants, believing th*. same detrimental to its progress and railwaymeri in general."' : ' _Now Plymouth, October 29. • .TheT Eailway Engine Drivers and Firemen'i Association is maKng ah attempt to alter -tho clause, in the: Arbitration and. Conciliation. Act which refers to the Amalgamated/Society o{ Railway Servants, in order to permit of-the recognition; of their body, and has. -presented several petitions, to Parliament with this end in- tow.•-••••At ft- meeting of the Amalgamated Sooiety. held in New, Plymouth,, the following niotidn was, carried!—" Tha- any alteration' in the Act would be detrimental to our society, and-is contrary to the best'interest: of, the railway men as. a ,wholo," On - the otter hand, the local- brau'eh 'of the Driven: and Firemen's Association' : reuolved:—"That this branch _ strongly supportsthe : - efforts at pre6ent being put forward by its grand council, and .trusts that the olause, in the Act will be deleted,' thereby giving- justice»to the petitioners.",' , It' i«i.under6tottd that - the . matter' comes before-the Petition/. Committee of th« Hbuse next week. ■ -

A COAL RECORD. . , "jJ-';. .V Weatport, October' 29. "> On' 1 . Tuesday and Wednesday last tho Westport Stockton Coal Cornpany,6hippod 8143 toils lOcwt.' of coal m twenty-four hours, wilich. is their record, and an excellent one for'so :yoitng a company.' ■ 1

CHARGE OF ASSAULT. \ ; : Thames, Octobor 29. Mark fEichards*alid".'William< l 'Diinoan ;were , : . comnutted'for ftrial' qA ft'. , ebarß9 , t»f9ißsanit>Mid' : "" ; '"; doing grievous bodily harm. The alleged as-' sault took place at Nevesville, near Thames,; ■where':: an old man .'-and Chin wife - -received-in-'' ■ ■ juries whioh, necessitated their detection at,the ■>« ' hospital;"."

THE LIQUOR LAW.' • ' . . Auckland, October , 29. • • Thomas ,W. Dcason, licensee, of tlio Kumeu Hotel,:', was ..'.to-day. convicted, of permitting drunkenness on his premises, and fined JES. The . license was. not endorsed, the Magistrate (Mr. Cullen) )tating that the licensee had a' most difficult task in maintaining order among a'troublesome,.class of clients.,. , . ' .: >

PHILANTHROPIC. \ '"■" . ' Christchurchj'October- 81. -> Collections taken. up in' tho 6treets yesterday ,in aid. of the funds;,of. the Society for the Protection of Women and Children resulted in ,£6l .'being obtJinod. ' ,/

7r •; , . VACCINATION. ~ ■ 7 Duncdin, October 80. . The. Health ; Office . reports 372' vaccinations for the' September - Quarter,; against 102- for' \ the; cdrresponding - period ,of; 1908. Exemptions? Vtotalled 70, as against 25 for. the correspond-' 1 ing quarter of last year. •: ' >. : .">■■, / CHARGE OF SHEEP-STEALING. 4---r ,• Dunedln, October SO. ■ William Johnston Rao was committed- for# trial at Balclutha on a charge of sheep stealing. •