NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 874, 21 July 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association./ ' —■ 4 WESTPORT HARBOUR MATTERS. PROPOSED STEAMER PURCHASE. Westportj' July 20. At a representative meeting of tie West* ' ' port Chamber of Commerce this after- ' noon it was decided to'urge the Government to appoint Mr. F. F. Munro to the Westport Harbour Board, on which there are at present three vacancies. ' One member urged that the Government be merely, asked to. appoint someone-without mentioning a name, or the chairman of the chamber (Mr. G. H. Gothard) as representative of the chamber, but the meeting,, with one, dissentient, voted 1 for Mr..Mnnro. The chamber.also discussed a letter received from Mr. Furness, of Auckland, on behalf of Furness and Co., ship-builders, England, regarding the formation -of a company to purchase a local steamer, or steamers, and decided to ascertain from the .State 'Mines Be- , partment and the Stockton Company whether they would, in the event of a steamer being purchased or chartered, supply coal .cargoes. : 'EDUCATION PROPOSALS, "A RETROGRADE STEP." Greymouth, July.2o/ The Government's proposals in regard to the control of education are strongly .• opposed here. Mr. T. W. Adams, chair' man of the Education Board, says they are dee:;iedly a retrograde step.:. Refer. ' ring to the increase in the cost of th< system, lie said' in' 1887 in North Canterbury there were 20,000 children on the ■ roll, and in 1907 there were only 19,0fK), ' yet the cost had increased enormously— "mainly ■' on account of Mr.' Hogben's * fads, and in a measure because control i has been taken from th« Education . Boards." I "THE LIBERTY OF THE PEOPLE." IN SPORTING MATTERS. Auckland, July 20. •' The following resolution was.passed at a meeting of the Auckland Citizens* League ' to-night"That the secretary of, - the league be- instructed to put 'himself into communication with the secretaries of, all sporting organisations, and to ask ,• those bodies to co-operate with, the league to combat tho growing tendency to inter- ' fere with the liberty of' the people in,. their legitimate sports and; pastimes." THE HARBOURS ACT. • ' Greymouth, July 20. At a large meeting of residents at tha State collieries last night, a, resolution was adopted strongly urging upon the Government tho netossity for amending the Harbours Act 'in the direction of ' ; providing for the Greymouth Board being elective. The. Greymouth Borough Council at last' week's meeting pased a similar to - solution regarding the Harbonl Board being elective. , | AN EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR. , Dunedin, July 20. ' At to-day's., meeting 'of the Education. i Board Mr..Scott gave notice to move for ■ the appointment of a Director of' Edu- , cation for Otogo, at' a salary of .£7OO ; per annum. MILITARY PENSIONS. Napier, July 20. A meeting of veterans to-night passed tho following resolution'"That this meeting'of veterans/on behalf oi , those ■ of the -several forces of' the Dominion: who .took part in the war in thte early days of the Colony, desires to .urge for the serious consideration of "the Government that,a military pension b9 granted to all veterans who are in possession of • the New Zealand war m«!a!, m consideration of their services to the courttry." . . . - '■ ■ • TARANAKI PETROLEUM. . New Plymouth, July 19. The Tarahati" Petroleum Company's number two bore still flows steadily. The directors', deputation goes to Wellington to-morrow ,to interview the Prime Minister aud Minister for Mines in regard to granting assistance to the industry, taking a quantity of burning oil,. refined from Taranala petroleum, with which to .give a demonstration in {.he lobby of the quality of the products; also taking sample of. crude oil and lubricating ous, benzine, and other by-products. '. THE DERRETT CASE. Christchurch, July 20. At the Supreme Court this morning, Amelia Derrett applied far alimony from Robert Derrett. The application follows on. the case in which a judicial separation was lately granted. . For-plaintiff, it waa, contended, that defendant's. gross income was ~£514 per annum, and that the ap- -. parent net income was. .£4il. She applied for an order for -I'lo!) per year. Defendant replied that his gross income was reducible by rates, taxes, insurances,' and interest on mortgage to .£379. The ' Conrt'made an order, for .£l2s.'per anrinm permanent alimony. • • . FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND. Christchurch, July 20. William Skinner applied in the Christchurch Supreme Court for- the .annulment of a notice served (under the Bankruptcy Act) on plaintiff, "a judgment debtor,- in connection with an order of , the lower Court for .£Bl. The ground of thp application was that the notice was irregular'and void, in that the words "or. you must secure or compound for it to the satisfaction of the creditor or the 1 Court," were omitted. Respondent' submitted, that the printed notices used iu Christchurch for years past had omitted, the words mentioned, and that the ac- ' tion was .the first of the kind. Ho con- ' ■ tended, that the Court had ample power to amend the notice. ..Judgment was reserved. . ' . " I.