NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TelesrapS.—Preia Association.)

HON. G. FOWLDS AT LEVIN. ■ Levin, September 16. i The Minister for Education (Hon. G. Foiylds): iiad tho Auckland . express train specially'; st-opped -..at Levin tliia afternoon - to ;enable him' to inspect/the" - boys at the Wereroa Training Faiw He was received by Major Burlinson ac the head of tbo boys, and musical lion- • orns were accorded-by the band; Ad- . ' drosses of welcome.given by the Mayor -v ■ of Levin and by .thehead of tlie insti-'. tution, after' which tho* Minister ex-- ' j pressed pleasure at the' heartiness S the reception and appreciation of tho • .Y congratulations:, tendered ihim v ' -V being selected as Now Zealand's repre- • % sentative at the • functions connected ' '-'-T.-

with the ; opening' of ; the' South "African" Federation iParlianient. It : '. was;;: :.'ha - said,' an' astonishing . event,; and : a testis - monial- to.; the efficacy ' of British methods that so soon after.' the AngloBoer War both races united and a federation with tlie former coloiiies: waa ' effected.. ; ; : i-

;' . JURIES. DISAGREE. : ' HokltlKa, September 16.- i. Tho half-yearly sittings -of .the •. Supreme .Court were. continued here .to- . day. :;lii:,twp' of the cases, one of per- . jury'against a Chinaman another y of,' assault . and robbery, the juries were?; unable to agree. The perjury case will oomo up for. at the. next half-, sittings, and;the. other case will; '. ' be; tried : .by ; . a fresh jury-this morning./ . A-young man who was charged with as-'?; ; sault was found not guilty. . . DEATH OF A PIONEER." Palmersten N., September 16. .' Another of the -sturdy band, of.; pionwr coloiustV'passed awaytliis ?'; ■ ing in tlie person of Mr. Robert Lyons. • Deceased arrived in tho Dominion m 1862, t j and : subsequently, resided. in Wellington, iNelson, . and Aslihurst, ana. ' latterly .in .. Pataerston North. ' /He. fs' survived 'by three sons and a daughter, ' namely/ Rev. T. H. Lyons . (Auckland),; Mr. J. H. Lyons (Matiere), Mr. W.; A. Lyona (Palmerston), and Mrs. J. A. M'Lcavev, " of Stoiiey Creek.. ;.;rIRONMASTERS' RESOLUTION. Christohurch, September 16. ■ ; The ..Christohurch * branch ■ of; - the Netf! ' Zealand Ironmasters' Association carried the follbwing resolution last night>■; ''That this branch thanks the Wellington branch for -approaching the v Minister for Labour in- reference to .tho .t( conditionof. the engineering industry, and endorses all that was brought for- ; ward by the. deputatiotfas being equally •; applicable to I the condition of tho ; ; in. Christohurch.". '.- ' ••• ''•• ■ .v°.

NAUTICAL INQUIRY. Nelson, September 16. A nautical inquiry into. the strand* ing. of the scow Orakei at Tahuna oa' ,August 26 r last'. was „ ; :held before Mr. J. S. . Evans, 1 S.M., and Captains Post,' and M'Nab, assessors, to;day. : Tho Court found,that tho stranding was duo to the negligence ■' of' the master, .Etheridge.faue 'to intoxicationj .aaid. sus-; ponded his certificates. foi\ twelve months, uand; ordered; hiia -/tot pay ;the. ; costs of ■ the inquiry;'" amounting to £12 ■ 4s. Bd. V-£ ; ; ; -:

FORCINC A CHEQUE 1 ! Cisbornc, September 16. .. Annie Love, a young marnedwomau at Muriwai,. pleaded guilty to/forging a cheque for thirty shillings.: Sho'-.\vaa committed, for sentence. ;: