NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 683, 7 December 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(B* Teleftrapb.—Pnn AssoclillonJ , . LINKS WITH A BYGONE RACE; AN INTERESTING FIND. Whanflareir DccembwS,:. !' Mr. Eraser, county "engineer, found at Sandy Bay, on the East Coast, a quantity of moa hones and a human skeleton of a high type of . : tnan, not a Maori; In a lowcr.strntum ho found ; the skull of a low .type of a.full-grown man. The skull was much lower in an anthropologj. cal scale than tho famous Hcanderthal ekulL--the crown of tho skull being almost level withV the eyes and the bono .very thick. Mr. Fraser intends to send tho specimen to Australia®, scientists for examination;.. The low typo of skull had apparently been buried four thonsand years. ■ "AN UNCALLED-FOR INTERFERENCE." . THE MINING ACT. Dunedin, December 6. The Otago and Southland Mining Industrial ■ Union . of. Employees protests emphatically against Clause 7of the Mining Act as a direct - unwarrantable, and un-callod-for interfermco with, employees'' liberty of action, and against Clause 8 as-a hindrance to the working, of mines and a piece of class legislation, om to tho exclusion of non-unionists. The union approves the cancellation of Clause 254, but to. tally opposes Section 10, and' asks that it b* struck out.

WELL-KNOWN PROPERTY SOLD. PRICE, OVER £20,000. Auckland, December 6. A well-known property at tho Bay of Islands, the Kerikeri Estate, belonging- to Mr. T. C. Williams, has just been sold, to Mr. ■ Harold Bull, who not long ago disposed of his run at Waingaro. The sale includes, the stock >■■■ now on the estate—7oo sheep, 250 head of cat- , tie, and 50 horses. : The price was between £20,000 and £25,000. "ARROGANCE." Dunedin, December 6. ; ~ The council of the Acclimatisation Society, at a . meeting to-day, considered' a proposal ' Fo* ; the Government by Messrs.- E. Hardcastle and R. Hay,, and tho lie v. W. C. OUver' to ■place - the North'Otago deer herd under the management of a board, on which 1 the Government V should be represented. As ah alternative- it was suggested that present dual control (by the Otago and Waitaki Societies), should bo ■ terminated.* The council passed a resolution strongly protesting, against" the course ,sug. > gested, and expressed surprise at the arrogance of courtesy of tho movers 'in • tho'matter in thus approaching the Govern, ment while they were members of the Advisory Committee without consulting their colleagues, . who had no knowledge of their 1 intentions. The resolution further detailed the steps taken by . tho- Otago Society to 'Conserve the herd, and concluded as follows:—"The society further: ob-' . iects to the control of . its, deer herd being handed over to a board comprising, persons, from another province who have shown little aptitude in the control and management of their own . herd." ■ ■ - ATHLETIC ANNUAL CONFERENCES. " Dunedin. December 6., At the last meeting of the Executive of the New Zealand Athletic Union, it was docided to adhere to the i£solution that the annual conference be held at the same time as; - the' championships, viz., March 16 and 17, at Greymoutn, but to recommend to the nest conference , that future conferences be hold in a more central place and' earlier in. tie . year, so as to enable any new rules. v which may be adopted. to come into operation during the current season., The agreement with' 1 the League'of Wheelmen was adopted'with a. Blight amendments and the .executive recommended that-'- it- should .••.•■corns, into, force, at» once, and continue until next conference. ■ ,i PLUNDER FROM LETTER PILLARS. v Hamilton, December 6. Before' Mr. Loughnan, S.M.y a'youth, aged fifteen years, employed as a telegraph mcssen-': gor, and who also, as part of his duties, cleared ' letter-pillar receivers, pleaded guilty to stealing two 1 bne-pound notes from a postal packet-, also : . : to ! "ipefang A a-' postal I packet,' contrary : ;to v the legulations, and stealing .'.two. small -sums of mdne^''hßiidedMitf ; fo'i jjarisinission-'off granisl 'Accused was committed to the Worerba • Industrial' Farm. until'ho is'twenty-one.'years • of age. • ' ■• '■ ■'

OPIUM: £33 FINE. ' ■ Napter, December 6. .; ; A Chinaman named Lee Fun, alias Lee En,.\ was to-day fined .£3O and costs, in default three months'. impiisonmont, for having in his possession opium in a form suitable for., smoking. ' ' : BANDS CONTEST. • Dunedin, December 6. : This Mayor has agreed to call a public meet> ing on Monday.next thcproject ofa , •band contest in Dunedin. BETTING WITH AN INFANT. ' " Oamaru, December 6. . Riley Curraiv n local bookmaker, was fined jG2S, with costs, for betting with an infant at r the lato trotting meeting. ■ AMBULANCE SATURDAY. ••x Christch'urch, Decomb'or 6. - Ambulance Saturday realised JI2OO 16s. lOd. Other returns have: yet to ; come in, and th» total will: not bo known, for a few days. ~ Dunedin, December 6.. The ; collections made on 'Saturday in aid., of the St. John Ambulance Association totalled .£2OO 165., but all roturns, are not in vet. The complete , total is oxpcctcd to exceed c last year's amount,' which was J8236.'-,