NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 970, 10 November 1910, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Merraph.— Press Association.)

..;■ . DEAD WHALE IN THE KELP. ■-■■-. A TORY CHANNEL EPISODE. " -.-'. '.' '~ Blenheim, Novomber 9. .'An. interesting'case, the first of its kind ; Iβ 'New Zealand, was heard at ■terday ■ and : to-day. In September the To Awaiti whalers killed a whale in Tory ■ : rfhannel/and left it floating .in the kelp . . . ■ While they went in pursuit of another whale. On returning they found'.- that the first whale had disappeared, apparently, having, sunk. .A few days after- .-■ . wards, a party of ..Port. Underwood set- ;.' tiers.found a whale, of which th«v took possession., This whalo the Te "Avaiti yarty claimed, and an action was brou"ht to recover .£2OO, being part valno of the . pa™™ l "- After, plaintiffs' evidence had ■•• teen heard, counsel for the defence applied ■ foi.. a nonsuit, on the ground . that .the,whale, even if killed by, the Te Awaiti men, was captured by the Port . Underwood party outside the three-mile "■""•: and it was therefore a derelict . and the property of the Crown.: Legal argument is to be heard in Blenheim. : THE RAILWAY SECEDERS. "■"■ . - .■ ■ Oamaru, November 9. ' ' The Oamaru branch of the Amalgamated Society of-Railway Servants last night, unanimously'adopted, the following resolution:—"This ' branch of tho imalgamated Society .of Railway Ser/ants emphatically; protests against the . proposed recognition of the Drivers' and I'lreniens Association upon the grounds, as stated by the chairman of the Rail- ■ way-Parliamentary Committee, that it ivould be detrimental to the best interests of. the employees as a. whole, and also to the Department, as it would ,inrolve a further loss.in tinio and money in multiplying conferences, etc.; and last, J but not,least, that there is not theslightest necessity for a separate society for .. : the Locomotive. Department, as it had a preponderating.'representation upon , all the conferences and- executive' councils : ein'ce the first formation of: the present -. ;' society." ■..-.-, ' ;.; . , ,• ■ . WANGANUI SHOW ENTRIES.

■:" .'•■ '■ ■• Wanganui;'November 9. The entries of live stock for the Wanganui A. and P. show total 1823. Tho show .will be held on Wednesday, and Thursday, November 16 and 17, and promises V> be. most successful.... •-... *-.. ~;.;