NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

•■■.' (By l'oloErapb;-Presa Association.) : ;■', .'•,./;.;, ■' "* : ' ■,' ; '-'-" '--.'.'.. ■..-: »..'. ..' '-' : ; ' i rV'€;'.|','-; ; ;;v ;.i":;.; ■'■■if^Zi '/. *; '• ' ,■,. vWANTON'DAMAGE.:-,-,'.-V:.;;.::v : ;;:'V-; .■ '■'"-' V. Christchurch, .November. 30.;. i' i . The list of thnrchos. burglariously' ..entered:.3.' ■■' during the'past few weeks hM been iacreascd..;,;. V Further inquiries were made to-dayy andj it : V ;? was elicited that the Roman Catholic Church ■■; ■ and schoolroom at Halswell had both been en- ■■ , ; ' tcred. Thieves broke-:-into,, .the church and'-' :; -i forced open the. contribution box, but found :''V. ■■■ nothing. They then took tho church vesttnentj '■■' ''',■■:•'. out oi the vestment press, and.scattered them' about the floor of the church and sacristy.. ;■ . : The schoolroom, which is situated near 'the.'. church,-;was also broken into. Two "of the >'; v* windows-were smashed, and the school clock Was broken. Ink wells were emptied,, the ink: noing scattered oyer the desk and books; ■ t The ~';,■::■ Halswell occurrences are distiiiguishcd".by the; wantonness of the damage done. The Finger- ' print Department attached to tlie Christchurch ,'•''. Mice Station have bad a busy time, , The offenders , tampering with so many toin/.' .■ dows and varnished boxes left plenty of digital: ■■;.' evidence behind them. It has been discovered' '.:.' i.that the Roman Catholic Cathedral was on. . . wved by forcing a window'on the north side.' , r .. The .lower windows , in • the cathedral are -so '■■:■'■ constructed that they,;Cam'be partly opened ; : from the:bottom for ventilation, purposes. . A .- notched peg .which kept thji window in .position ' '■' had hoen tampered with, -jfftd ultimatelysopar. V ■ ated from the window byk.tho removal, of an' : •: iv iron pm. The window could then bo swinig,' - back, so that a large body, eouldbe admitted,-; \ ■■; SHOPS AND OFFICES Wti. ■*:. : : .'.■\ '';':■■■■ ' : A PEOTEST. ■ !.;;■■■■.-;;;'■;■;..'y ;. Christchurch, November SO!'''; , '. ; __The following resolution was passed by ii* Executive Committee of the Canterbury Bm-':'■ '■-'• ■■■'' ploycrs . Association, at a meeting held on'. Monday; night:—"This executive protests, most ' strongly, against the proposals contained in the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill, wherein - : , it ls-intended to override awards given by. the - - tonrt of Arbitration after hearing Ml evidence from each This executivo considers that ' such proposals aro a reflection on the Court, lv as.they'imply that'the Court is not competent - .to.do. work: for which it'was , specially esUb- ; -," ushed. ThU executive further thinks that if V! \ ■, Parliament considers the Court incompetent to'' do its work, the Court ehooH be aboliehed." ;" - ■:.. Dunedin, November SO. .. .At a.meeting of the Otago Employers' Aes* : ciahon'to-day,.\a resolntion to' the following " effect was carried: "That this meeting strongly protests Dgainet the action of. Gow>maent: in continually overriding the decisione of tie . Arbitration Court, and Jooke upon its l .actioai . in connection . with'- the prop/jsed Shops' and: . ■ v : Offices Bill as unwarranted interference with.,"' ; the.Arbitration Court. In this instance the,3 Court has.sat in every part of the Dominion, and hoard evidence, in respect to hours, wages," ■ and conditions of wjrk. in connection with, hotel employees and, in many instances, it haij : . increased wages and'., shortened hours, llie . : ' Government now, without evidence, -proposes to reduce the hours still further, and at the . same rate of, pay as fixed by the Arbitration ■:•-'■. Court thns upsetting the whole basis of the : award. The meeting: pledges itself to stand by ; "v the New Zealand Employers' Federation in any';: ; stand it may see fit to take up in demanding that tEe' decisions of the : Coart sha.ll'be re- < . j V snooted,by .Legislature."- : . ;>• '-•;!■.,■.' ;;ALLEGED MALIGN IWFLQeJNCE, , ;; \:' {■■''•■ :<-';'-,"■','.'. , '■■'•Nejibn, November 3oJ- i'a . ; A'local case that ha 3 created a great etn i as showing the malign influence which it may , ■• be possible to exercise' over,'neurotic' girls -ia . proceeding here. In the evidence it was stated ■ that a man named Kingston, endeavoured to,,' : under his power; and treatment,a sister-.'/'"' 1 ,of his alleged,b'nginal victim,, writing:to her v ,". '.: that his wife woulddio.in January, and tW'- , girl: must marry him, as. his visions had.fore-',...'; told.that the giri'B father, , mother, and brother"; .' ;would-:.meet with violent deaths shortly.'. The.;;. family of the girl are very respectable people,;, and.she was quite free.from bodily,ailments,'' ; as was' proved by , . medical examination.!'. ' . Prisoner, it was Btatod, attempted to treat the ' secondvgirl for coming blindness,:diagnosing ■ the case of.both by holding,thoir hands. J..,'.-; ■••■ ;:' ;: ; '' '■■ fTO PROTECT TROUT; ; V ■'.: ';'■, "■.■..■(, i; ,/ ,' , l.nyercargill, November 80. ... 0 At a.'meeqng'.of. the Acclinißtißation'Society vs. to-night, a eomprpmisewae oomo to with' re-. Ward' to- netting in..tho.-,Nou\ Eiver, Kstnary. ;.\ It 1 was ]to .send ,n telegrani to the, Mar-j c: : ;inp Department strongly increaso./of ■ ■.; : the minimum penalty, for ulegattr'oufruijrting'"" ; to JES, aapoaching is very rife, , and 'detection :>,' extremely difficult, and the' present minimum of £2, in oertain breaches is insufficient; as a . deterrent. The society, also askqcl, that, , in the... event/of: tho conviction of anv, license-holdei : . under the . Fisheries Act and ltegulations,. all ... liceiises:held by such a person be. pancellcil; and ; his;boat forfeited., The present: poriticn of a . , £Z minimnin penalty, (Without forfeit, 'is- for ,"• : a breach'inside the estuary, and the £S minitnum, \yith forfeitnre (under,' another sot o), regulations) ■ outside; ■to held ; to bo absurd.v';', '' COMPENSATION.; V '.'■'.v',;' ''■ . S '..' . . ■''Dunedin,, November SO." ■. A qnestion. (of some importance in connection : , with co-oporative contracts was disposed of by V a judgment of the Arbitration , Court Way. ' V The parents of Patrick , Lawless sued the Pub-, i. lie Works Department for compensation for, hie I- : death.: A co-operative gang had been assigned: ' a' piece of .work on the 'Catlins Eailway. con-: ; struction, and, they arranged with, one Scholes -V". to provide a norseto draw the. trucks.-' He in ■ !■ turn employed deceased .to drive tie horse, and -". paid:him 6s. On May 5 Lawless wai'' killed^whileiat work. ~The question for the :•' Court to determine was whether the co-opera- ': '■ tive gang, we're contractors .or:■■ pieceworkers.: The Court, held-that they were contractors/ ■' which brought the case under Section. 13 of. .the, Workers' /Compensation.. Act, .1808. Tho ■ •• Court;awarded compensation.',.' , .''.' .' '■'.'. :.

SENTENCE OF SEVEN YEARS; Invercargill, November SO. The Supreme Court sittmge opened Mr. Justice Williams, m addressing the grand jury, said he %ai glad they would have very little to do, as there was only ono case for consideration. Victor Bmanuel von Tunzolman, aged eighteen years, on three charges—stealing £29 10s from the Fnondly Societies' Dispensary, setting firo to the building, and attempting to cause the dispenser to be affected by chloroform,'was sentenced to seven years' hare labour.

PIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. ' Christc'nurch, November 30. During Novembei there -were 18T births in thl Chnstehnrch registration district, 5C deaths, and 7fl maniagcs lor November, 1908, the figures were 159 bulbs, OS deaths, and 6? marriages. SUPREME COURT. , ; Invercai'oill, November 30. At (.ho Supreme Court to-day, Michael Flana. t gan, on old age pensioner, 73 years of age, was acquitted on a serious charge. In divorce, Mary Ajiuo Lattimoro was granted a dpcroa nisi against Rolf R. 1 , . Lattimoro, of Mabeno. "LOCKED UP BY THE GOVERNMENT." . ' • Hokittka, November 30. The Mayor of Hokitika has received a largely signed requisition urging him to com ono a public moetiiij,' to further protest against the, ■ iiaste water oi the district being locked-up by * the Government under the water-power regulation, such boing to the detriment of the mining industry.

The Herts /Education Committee ;is- asked/ : by a prinicr's error in tlie.agcndaj to recom-' ' lnendone'-bf its officials for amadvance of sal-"-: ary "in * consideration of: his Jongl.and merit.;'f orious yica."' :■ . ■ ■', \ n ■..•■■,«-':-:' ,1 . ■■•■.",...'"■'.■■ On account of the officers' quarterly' cxamin*"''" lion Doing held this evening, the lecture on'-- , ' "Staff,Eido," by Liout.-Oolonel Chaytor, will bo:.given at the. Garrison Officere' Club. rooms to-N"'. .morrow,night. . .•• • >•-;. ;.''... ■ ;';.• Complete arrangements, for supplying every; " description, of. firotrclasa Confectionery for tlio approaching festive season have boeu lnado at 7 Godber'B,,Oub& Street, and .218 Lajnbton Quay. ■- Tho united Service of tatcrccesion for foreign'? missions will bo hold at St. Mark's Church af ; " '■ 8 o'clock to-night, when: tho , Eov. W..Q. Ivone. 1 ' : of Molanesip., ■will preach. .. ..;, : : .. 'a ,; ,' -.The ealp, in, the ' aesiffned . estate of oiitforf/V'. Snuth mil close on Saturday. next, - at' the Union-* Clothing Company's Stores, Cuba- and Manners'*'' ','■ Streets. V■■ ■ '■•■:. •. ,-■■■,■ ,-.■'• :■.■;.■' ■,„-, ;: : -'^. Meßßrs.'W.'ll.'TurnbuU and Co.'insert : in'our,': : !'' auction; columns particulars' of a sale to. bo held ; j' by the in. to-daj , : at 2.30.' p.ni; comprising 1- acre *' 33 perches, together ;\yith an eight-roomed dwell-* ; ' ins-ttousa.' and ' outbuildings thereon,■■ ■ ,I'he auc-'i 1 r tioueers assert .that, this property,' situated as. it V:' •;' ie.oir.tho Main.Hutt Road; tower Hutt, must ; '' ill' the: nelr.-'future considerablyvinortase in'." value'as. tho borough's businoss -area extends. •'■.' ■The:snlo is by' oyder of tho Registrar of theV'- : Supreme Ooiirt ■ »t'tho instance of the.-mort-' ,, . "■ Baseo.v Tho :flrm; also insert; iu thiß issue their /-ici change list. of., city, and Biiburbun- propcrtiea, : r : ; and the ; attention :of. bnyere is partloulaTly:■"*'/: .drawn; to.;a;:;property BouthVKffcllineU)ttv ;:: ' -which they havo for sale.', -.■■: , 1. -: ■,■■:■ ■-. ■ ■--*:■■<;: