NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Tolecraph.—Press Association.) ■ , OTAGO FIORDLAND, A MOTOE SERVICE. • Invercargill, February L • Lakes Te Anau,'Manapouri, and Milford ; Sound, via Te ; Anau,' which have been ;, attracting a greater. number- of ■ tourists> this year than usual,- will in the near , • future be provided with a more up-to-date means of .conveyance.: Crosbie • who have been, mail . contractors from .. Lumsden to Te Anau for the past twenty years,, have decided to introduce an: ug- , to-daty .motor. service, in. connection .with; ■ the coaches. They have ordered, through' Mr. 61 \V. Woods, representing the Dmracq: Company, Paris, three motors; One 30-h.p. car will be in' commission at oiioe, and . the other .two cars that have been . ordered are similar to the'Darracq.: cms , ' used in the Mount Coot .service, but will, have 50-h.p. cylinder engines,\ with larger carrying capacity. Tourists coming from V the north, leaving Dunedin by the soutb-v express at 8.20; will be able to roach Te Anau or Manapouri the same evening,. . and- the-return journey, can,be .made'by , leaving- Te Anau or Manapouri in\ thfl - morning, reaching Dunedin by the es- . press at 7.5 p.m.; flips saying a day, each v way in the'journey. The time occupied in covering the 52 miles between Te Ana* or Manapouri will be four'hours.' , ; ■

THE EDUCATION CONFERENCE. , MORE DISSATISFACTION. .. • Christchurch, February 2. The North Canterbury Education Board .. has ; endorsed-- the -Otaigo 'Board's resolu- : lion regretting that the' Department-Had , ignored the boards in' calling thfl Bdiication Conference.., It,was. decided toreguest .the Minister ,to call an-.educational ~ conference to be held in Wellington, each board : to, send two : delegates and to re. Mit the . subjects- . which it proposed for , discussion to tHe secretary or the North Canterbury -Education' Board. ■ ATHLETIC BODIES DISAGREE ';'•"" Christchurch, February 2. I Mr. D. E.'.Wood (chairman-.of th» Council'of the 'League of New Zealand Wheelmen) states that the remarks mad*' by the president-of • the-Athletic.-Union ; (Mr. G. W. -Woods) are very- misleading. Mr. Di-.E; Wood : says-that-tne ,'agreemeM : : . which- waa- signed-: by-himself r and Mr.: . G.' -W..-Woods- fit -the- conclusion, of . the • conferencecontained -this clause s "It being: understood tliat.-this ''agreement: doej i not come- into force- until Matter -Isiich time'.' as' -Wanganui and Southland'. Caledonians. Societies become affiliated to :the union.":-; TKis'clauso 'was inserted' on.' the dictation of Mr." G. W.-Woods,- and-'fully: agreed upon. . Mr. D. E, Wood takes 'special'- excoption to "the assertion: Arnst had not paid his fine ■ in connection' with the ; Eoyal Enfield Cup race as-the'amount . had ' actually, been . paid' to . the. North i: Canterbury/, centre" of,' the. league, on' Sep-: tember 30, 1909.' Mr. Wood further' states-.: that"no . discussioa; whatever ■ took''- jita», regarding the . meeting-place ibf. iastconferonce. . :

STAKE MONEY IN A FOOT-RACE. Gisborne, February 2.: : , • ■ Judgment was, delivered in the Supreme Court in' the action,; Petersen' v. Webb,', involving - X 412, •' stake moneyiin. a 'foot- 1 . : race for; £i2i': .A dispute ■ arose ' asto the' bona'fides 'of the'race,'"and' .sued for the return of the stake money, which hadbeen paid over. Judge Cooper decided that the defendant' stake; holder ; received the' stakes', asagents for.; r Griffin,,the^Winner.'of the and paid them ■in good .faith. Judgment was' gives '•?. .'for' thedefendant.V .* INJUSTICE To' EDUCATION. BOARDS. ' Auckland, February 2. : At the meeting of the Education Board the, protest, at? the' Otago • Board,. , regretting that :proyisio'n'.'was, not' :madefor , the;-' .representation of education ' boards by their • own members ',' at.' the' : forthcoming general Education. ■ Confer- , enoe to • be, held in. .Wellington, .' was sup-.! .ported.; The' ohkirman said' a: great , in-. , jpsfcoeihad • been ; ,done,,tp'.the. boards ii ' ;(isi'l)6niimon in.not- iSviting. tjiem.'

WANGANUI IMPROVEMENTS. -: . -Wanganul,-. February ; SLvjl The Gonville Town Board; decided'' to-'V iiight" to'.'ask the ratepayers, to sanction a .loan ofJIO.OOO■ for drainage, water,."'; swimming baths, public hall, and otbej improvements. Y : r THE LIQUOR LAW. Invcrcargitl,. February 8. ; Boss Poff,,'a former ]icens» of the' Car- , riors' Arms Hotel, : '6om<a time ''' agp was ordered 1 to". quit. the'' district, ; waa charged to-day : with having brought two , bottles' of whisky fromQmstchurch infaj ,;j the / 1 Invercargill. Nc-Lioenso district, j without 'notilying'- v' the' vendor of . the destination. .The. 1 purchase"; 61 ; the ". whiiky ■"■ was. .admitted, But tho' defence '- raised * was ' that - the., ill ten to in of actually' bringing the whisky as far as Invercargill,was not proved, . and.-it was; 'contended that the intention of the. Act tos to. prevent the bringing in ,of- liqaoi for sly grog purposes,' than : to-in- :. Ast upon purchasers,advertising the fact I,that they came, from'a dry: district Ths . Magistrate, reserved, his decision. •;:< CONTROL OF COURSING.

Oamaru, February 1." ■; Ai the • annual-: meeting. of' the' -'NeW- , Zealand Coursing' Association. the following, clubs were represented:—Dunedin..ln-", vercargill, Gore, Oamaru, Timaru,; Christchurch, :Greymduth, Keetton, and Palmer;. , ston .North. The retiring officers wer«,. ■re-elected-except Messrs. \V. Connelly and . ; T. Eichards, • whose places' as vice-presi-dents were tilled by Messrs. John Fuller, jun., and J. White' (Palmerston North). The balance-sheet, showed the; financial -1 position to be-good. : 'It was decided that - the next Waterloo, meeting 'be ' held ai " Palmerston ■ North, the stake being- sup-' '■ ■ plemented by .a. 40-guinea cup. ■. Only.: on« / material alteration was."madein •' the "' rules, that which,provided that, explana-, tions of; decisions must be'asked .before" the third .'succeeding- course being altered •. to read "before the succeeding course." r FIGHTING THE RABBIT. • . Napier,- February 1. At a meeting of ; the -'Hawke's. Baj,. Babbit Board to-day,, a report by the 'stock inspector ' (Mr. Ross) , . was;/ read, which' stated that had been. IK general increase of rabbits in-: the dis-i, trict. The fight on the low oountry had practically been' fought, and that part of the district, might fairly be'assumed to be-clean'.'- Generally on the'inlands country, Mr.; Ross says .he has noticed _ an improvement. In ccncluf£on, hG -' makes Certain recommendation? with; a : view to increasing,' the,- .effectiveness.: of the: poisoning operations,-and says 'he thinks ;he may with safety give the assurance that . the - enthusiasm: manifested. by-the administration will, lead .to aifuiv ther 'reduction in the number of rabbitf / in the district'' . •: : " \' SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS. ■; - Dunedin, February L- ' The Dunedin Postal Savings Bank during 1909 received -£1,813,411, againsJ' ,£1,727,001,. in .1908.; The' withdrawal! - dmounted to . • and .£1,128,180, respectively. 'V BUSINESS BOOKS, . v; . : Invercargill, February 1 Henry. Alfred " Raines,'. mercer, :tb-day ■ pleaded guilty to a charge of - failing- to keep, proper books of: account. The Crown - Prosecutor -admitted that accused had' noH intention to defraud his creditors, ■ but said the law required cases" of the kind to be brought before the "court. ' Raines-was sentenced: to ; a-fortnights . imprisonment,'and ordered to be treaty as a first-class misdemeanant.- •;