NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

—<• " , ' - ' • COUNTY COUNCIL'S MONEY-. ; TWO DISTANT ARRESTS WAnH, Auckland, September 28. ; A young, man named Gilbert Scott who" . . arrested yesterday,: on' a charge' oi steal. '■ -•' ing £~ 55., the property of' the Bruce ' County Council, Otago, while employed aa ' a clerk by the council. Dunedin, September 26. Besides- the young man Scott,' who Has : : been arrested at Auckland, Arthur Spcsn cer Brown,--his successor •as ■ treasurer-'to : tns-Biuc©- County., Council, lias been• rested. at Timaru. .It .is' alleged .thai, ia •>'?.- each case the defalcations amount to»6oms .£500:0r.£600. :• . 'FRISCO MAILS. i Gls borne, September 25, : The-Chamber-pf Commerce declined' to give support, to tho .Auckland. Chamber's .regarding]the San I'nnv-',, •• Cisco service, members , favouring • tho , •• Union- Companyfs service on national grounds. ■> CANCELLED MINING SHARES. .■■■■■•.■'v■ Auckland, September 26. -. :- ..Mr. Justice Cooper granted an applica*' ' tion , by Edward. Anderson; shaxebrokeai • .for..the- removal'of'his. aama from ; tha'i register of'tho'Shortland Plat Gold Min-: : ' • ing Co., and made an order for' repay*: ment of i£2so .paid -by him upon applicjv '■ hon for shares." Plaintiff- had. with-;,:-.-drawn his ; application forshares *"- before notice of allotment had ' been, 'dispatched,; and "claimed that ho: *' was entitled to do so as the provisions'of ■ " the Act in' reference t<j- allotment-had iiot : been- complied " with, -viz.; until the full ■ .ii '. capital - of the. company -had -been - -6ulkscribed, j ' ;_j v ./.v...' S.S. CORNWALL" IN. A HURRICANE.:' " Auckland, September 26l The steamer Cornwall,'~ which arrived from Liverpool .via Cape Town last ; met .' with .vcry^rough-weather between .. .Cape Town and Wilson's Promontory. l?or several days tho wind blew,with hurricano force, ana huge seas; broke; oi! board, dot ' : ing considerable damage. • One- r tremav -* dous sea smashed gratings, ■. flooded • '.; tha. ' butcher's: shop, .and.bakehouse,' andstorao'; in two planks in one.of the.lifeboats, i ' steerage., passenger.-. was -strufck by; a,' big sea.and had- a'shoulder dislocated throngfi - being 'driven' agamst (the railing,".' f ; The Cornwall has'over 100, immigrants foa '•'. 'various'Parts'of'fhft TVimininTi:'; : ■ TOWN HALL FOR CHRISTCHURCH, .-i Christchurch, September 26/ ! Tho City.: Council to-night resolved to call for designs for a Town Hall to cost :; u0.0p0,; and. to. seat 3000. . The premiums, ; - off ered; are. - and JJiOO, and .the^design - ■ -. must be in by January 10, 1911. LOAN PROPOSALS. Gore, September 2S. ' :.A poll, was taken .yesterday at Matanra ' ' on the'proposal to raise" JB7ooo;under'tha■"<-■ ■Local Bodies Loans Act, 1003, for supply v ing the ;boroughVof;l£ata;rira. and providing a drainago : scheme.! Tho • .'- proposals werq' earned by a- majority of ' : v. seven votes..; ..