NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

v IB»*rotcUr»B<l,-l , roa« Aisoclatldfl.r - •■<'•"« ~;, NAPIER,BATHS. > ~. ITKOPOSED EXCLUSION OF CHINESE. '„.'-],•. " Nanler, December 1. m. i?? n i. °. r had given, notice to mpvo tnou following motion at the matins of the •Borough Council to-night-.-"That OWntse bo , **clnned from tho municipal swimming bath, but,{may batho iSn a hot plunge bath, tho eamo'to be reserved for their use, provided they puroha'se suffititent tickets to reimburse the council ior «nch privilege." The municipal solicitor advised that in his 1 opinion any bylaw aimed at the'exclusion froju bath 9 of somo particular class of the public, say, Maoris or Chinese, ttecanso of their nationality, would be ultra vires,. 'Councillor Eagleton'e motion was accordingly r ruled out of order.

'' DENTAL REGISTRATION CASE

Chrletchufch, December 2. Mn' Justice Siro, sitting as judgo of tho Supreme, Court to-day, read the judgment of Mr. Justice Denniston in tho appeal of Frank Fryer againU the refusal of the Kcgistrar-Gentral to register appellant as n dentist under tho Act of 1880, Appellant had-commenced hie.ap. p'retlticeship before the coming into force, but afi&r >tho passing, of the 1001 Aot, and had, after serving four years, passed tho examination prescribed' by the Act' Of"1880. It was shown that.appellant had .been informed of tho provisions of tho new Act before ho entered > nia apprenticeship,'and it waeiield that then was .no , legal reason why appellant ehould ba admitted to registration as a. dentist Under the ISO!, Act. i Tho. appeal was therefore tlis- ■ missed. ,-".''. \

' ■ ' -STRANGE COURT/CASE. . " " -.'■ ■'. tthakt/ne, December 2., A ease of alleged horse stealing, profetred ■ -against two men t named Smith and Cooper, ended, rather •unexgjctedly at the S.M. Court here td-day.' ThVmon weie arte'sted ih Wanganni.'.oharged with .stealing seventeen horses, tho property of ono Mnggeridgo, a sawmlllor, of Ohakune, and were remanded to appear at Ohahino this .'morning'. Mr. Patterson,' solicitor, < of. Waoganui, applied for Jeavo te havo thai case withdrawn, but Mr. MacKay,, who appeared for tho accused, objected,- unless an order was ■ made for 'Costs, Sergeant - Boattio stated that tho' horses were In ,thp hands .of the police,' and' thoy had a bill for thoir keep of about nine pounds Eventually, after 'coneiderable argument, Mr. ICerr, S.M., 'consented to "the withdrawal of tho'.case, -conditionally in all costs "and, charges being paid by Mug-' goridge) ".and -tho' hdrses returned to tho accused, i

,THE WEATHER AND THE CROfS. 'j / Chnstchurch, December 2 The. rainfall during November was nearly 2i Inches, the heaviest for some years, <rad tho fall for the year to date ie over 31 inehei, i>oVoh Inches above tiio average. In conscqaoiica'of the frequent tains the feed everywhere is iank and abundant 'Warm weather u new wanted for r the grain crops SEALED MOUTHS. ' Wanrjanul, December 1 Further evidence of the reticence imposed npon Government servants by tho recent circular by Cabinet n found in tho refusal of thp-AVangannl Kegistrar to supply details of the vital statistics to the press. ' 'shops 'and offices bill. Nlapler, December 1 At a'meoting of the Employer ' Asso-uation, Iho SHops and Offices-Act Amondmetit Bill uas thoroughly discussed and a motion carried pi ottsting' strongly , against Ingislatjon being promoted bj, tho Government which will in nny way override or nullify the Arbitration Court nvtard * '

PAINTERS' AWARD. r Auckland, December 1 At the Magistrate's Comt to-day, tho inspector 'of factories imd an arils charged Gcorgo Beer -with haviug accepted «oik by contraot contrarj to tho provisions df Clan** 25 of tho painreis , award, ho Ireing at the time a member of the House Paintois , Union of Workers, and a journeyman painter Ho'uas fined 10s. and costs fS7riC v- *■ el hnr h-vTiror..n*, L METHODIST POLITY. Christchurch, December 1. Tho Canterbury Methodist Synod tonight, bj it >ot6s to 14,' agreed to' a. nietion in favour o an independent conferenco ot separation froir Australia Auckland, Dcccn)bor 2 The AucMand Methodist Synod, aftei a lon debate, took a voto on the qaestion of a independent conference for separation fror Anstralia. Twenty-seven -voted in 1 favour c v he proposal, and 24 against

FATAL , ACCIDENT. '" , 1 Nelson, December 2. A young married man, named Thomai Frost, (fasjkilled on tho Wakapuaka Road this aftcrQoon. He was thrown from a dray, and run Ivor, his, back , being broken ' ' NEWS IN BRIEF. , ] ' Thames, December 2 It' is proposed- to hold a banij contest at Thames nett year. 'InnniriM are being mado iwth.the object of holding a fire brigade de jionstiation Correspondence on -the- subject is 4owt pissing Splendid progress is being made with tho , Irainage of tho Hanraki Plains, formerly tho 'iako Swamp, i The dredger are doing good tork, and a large portion of the Government and'H carrying splendid feed