NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 849, 22 June 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TclecraDh-Press Association.) ■ -♦ COODWILL OF CROWN LANDS. NORTH OTAGO PROTEST. Oamaru, June 21. A meeting of Crown settlers at Waikakahi yesterday passed the following resolution:—"That this meeting looks upon the remarks and attitude of the Commissioner of Crown Lands re the goodwill of Crown lands with the greatest alarm, in that it strongly resents and .objects to any interference ■ to the right of. a Crown tenant to dis« pose to the best advantage of the goodwill of lands he holds." The meeting . was called to consider what steps should be taken to combat legislation, which might deprive Crown tenants of any privileges they now enjoy. . THE OVERDUE INOfIADiVL NOW AT AUCKLAND. . Auckland, June 2L • The Indradevi, several days overdue; from Liverpool, arrived this morning. She met with bad weather after passing the Cape of Good Hope. Several minor breakdowns in the engine-room also delayed her. After passing Tas-i mania she encountered a cyclone lasting; four days, and was nove-tc for ten. hours. These delays account-lor ihee' late arrival. AFTEfrTHt WAftH NATIVE*CODNCIL KESOESED--ON.. Auckland, Jmie 21. The committee appointed on the dos-t ing day of the Waani Native Conference* . has drafted a letter to be sent to thai Native Minister, embodying the view' of the conference. In this letter it isi stated that the conference has agreed! ' to the establishment of a general conu-j . oil, with hcadauarters between Taapirg and Ngarnawalria, to deal with, laniij matters, and for the general welfare ofi the Maoris, such council to consist afi 59 members, incrading_ a Premier, a 1 Speaker, and four Ministers. Matrntal is to be empowered to appoint 31,jnemv bers and tnevpeople to elect'j2s. TAKEN ILL AND COLLAPSED. Chrlstchurch, Jnne 2L-. Just as. he' was returning from hmoh' to-day Mr. Frank Fox, traffic clerk in the office of the Tramway Board, was. suddenly taken' ill, and collapsed. Ha was carried into the board's offices, and! medical assistance summoned, bat be-; fore the doctor could, arrive death hadj taken place. Deceased was a single! man, about 30 years of age, and hia parents reside in England.. The causaof death is .supposed to be-ieart faffluresi A« APOLOGV. i ; \ Napier, Jnns-2L > The ■action T..H. Lowry.v. the "Neai Zealand Times" Company, fn which' £2000 damages was claimed for alleged libel, has been settled by the publka-, tion in the newspaper in question of anj apology and the payment of LowiyAß costs. - GENERAL CABLE NEWSJ ByTekeraDh—Press Association—CuiultleW _ $. 'ALLEGED SCANDAX& AT -BEP> ' MQNDSEY. (Rec.-Jnne-21, 9:45 pan.^ London, June '22. . .Mr. John. Burns, President' of tha ' Local Government Board, has ordered; a prelhninary investigation into the al( leged scandals iii connection with tbi> administration-of the Board of Guar/ dians at Bermondsey. AMERICAN EECUNIART CLATMS-i London, June 21. Mr. T. MTHnnon Wood, Under-Sec-; retary for Foreign Affairs, states that Mr. ' Bryce, British . Ambassador at Washington, has been authorised tot sign pecuniary claims in agreemenS with the Government of the United States. ' > . THE KAISER. ' Berlin, June 2L' The Kaiser, who has been ■ from an inflamed knee, is convalescent* and will attend the Kiel Regatta on! -June 23. THE-NEW STATES. . ' New York, June 21. . The President, Mr. Taft, has signed the Arizona and New Mexico Statehood Bills recently passed by Congress. CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL. London, June 20. A thousand pounds has been sufW scribed to the fund opened ■ ioi the erection of a memorial in London to Captain Cook. KING PATRON OF BOY SCOUTS. London, June 20. King George has consented to become patron of the Boy Scouts. ■ MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENT. London, June 20. -■ Mr. T. M. Kettle, M.P. for Tyron* East, a son of "Andy" Kettle, the IrishNationab'st leader, has been senouslj injured in a motor-car accident. Later. It is now stated that it was a resk dent of Dublin named Purcell who was. injured in the motor-car accident, ami not Mr. .Kettle. AUSTRALIAN BISLEY TEAM. London, June 20. Sir Arthur Bigge, Secretary to tha King, has informed Major Paine, commanding the Australian Bisley team, that King George approves of the arrangement that, the final competition for = the Prince of Wales trophy shall take place in Melbourne. A ROOSEVELT WEDDING! New York, June 20. •Mr. and . Mrs. .Roosevelt attended their eldest son's wedding to Miss . Eleanor B. Alexander, of New York. : The couple, who will reside in Sal Francisco, will spend the honeymoon in the South. SYDNEY BANKRUPTCY CASE. Sydney, June 21. In the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Gurr, tho OfPcial Assignee in the estate of Mr. Groenaway, formerly of Dannevirke, now of the United States, plied to have a block of land near Sydney vested in him. Greenaway bad held .the block as trustee for the assignee. The application was granted. The Progress Mercery Supply Co. have purchased an assigned estate, and will, on Saturday next, at 1 a.m:, commence a 28-days''sale. . Tho London and Lancashire Firo Insms anco Co. draw attention by advertisc-i ment in another column to their special features—liberal 'settlements,' prompt payments, and lowest rates. To Canada belongs the credit of send* ins, the first steamer across tho Atlantic! Tho Royal William crosscd-in? 1833 after 22 days' passage.