NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 978, 19 November 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telecrapli.—l'rcss Association.) $ STREET BETTINC.—HEAVY FINES. Auckland, November 18. Victor M'Duff, a bookmaker, was charged at the Police Court to-day with making a bet in Queen Street and using the street for betting purposes. It was stated that he had done nothing but bookmaking. of late, and was always on the street for the purpose of making bets. He had now left Auckland. He ■ was fined £80 on the first offence and £20 on the second, and -" costs. CONVICTION QUASHED. T - Dunedin, November 18. in the case of Adamson, an appeal • f rom a conviction by Mr. T. Hutchison, ■* > Oamaru, under the licensing law, the case being sent back to the magistrate to give the notes of the eviP ne % =P er argument to-day, Mr. Jus-' tics Williams reversed the magistrate's decision He held that for the con- . yiction to be upheld it would require to be shown that Adamson was, ah agent, or acting for the brewers who • supplied the liquor, whereas it appeared that he was a messenger for the' parties to whom the liquor was supplied. rho conviction was quashed. TO ELUDE HER HUSBAND. Dunedin, November 18. •An unusual'"case was heard in tKa Magistrate s Court this' morning. - Celina rriscula Graham/ married woman pleaded guilty to -having made a falsi V statement whereby the Registrar of tfirtns was caused v to make a -re* gistration. •It appeared the defendant had separated from her •husband, who continued -to visit her. This led her ! to lose good situations, and to elude mm she assumed another name, although the child was his. Defendant was committed for sentence. ANGLICAN MISSION. Dunedin, November 18. , T"© mission now being conducted here under the auspices of the Anglican Church, has attracted a good deal of attention, and that the influence of the ' missioners is increasing. is shown by the fact that the attendances are.. steadily increasing. Services are being held in. practically all the city and suburban churches. . . ' FAST PHOTOGRAPHY. Chrfstchurch, November. 18. The officers, scientific men, and crew- , of the Terra Nova were entertained this evening at a smoke concert by the Canterbury branch of the Navy . League. Several members of the expedition contributed items. A feature of the function w-as .that a flashlight ■ photograph, taken soon after it started, was on view in the room in about an hour and a half'afterwards. . • - DESCRIBED AS "AfIOMJNABU.'I " THE LOT OF STATE COS HIKERS, Christcharch, November 17. The "Haorilnnd Worker," organ of the '• -New Zealand Federation of Labour and Shearers'. Union, in the current number ■ publishes an article on the State coller--IC3, alleging that 200 men were injured--in two years and 85. in 1910. Tlie article also alleges that nothing has been don« to remedy the 6anitaTy conditions in tha mines, which are described as abominable, and urges that the law applying to quartz mines .be made applicable'to coal ' mines. Bathrooms and' changing rooms are also said, to be needed, and the accommodation. for . miners near the . mines and, in the State township is ako'warmly criticised. The State's efforts to provide decent houses at Rmianga. ended with tha erection of seven or eight cottages. Private landlordism is rampant; ;'and the miners, for-the most part, live in miserable huts and. shacks. Tha town has not a drainage, water supply, or lighting' cts-' tem. UNPLEASANTNESS AT WOOC SAfcES, Christchurch, November 17. ' : To-day'-s wool sale—the first of the season—was delayed four hours by .a dispute between the Wool Brokers' Associa-' tion and buyers as to the conditions of. . sale. The association issued a circular last night to buyers that all wool would have to be paid for before it left the stores in Christchurch. Buyers objected" to having this change sprung on. them at such short notice. At 11 a-m. the buyers announced that if the sale proceeded on the. old conditions they would endeavor to meet the brokers'views before the.nest, sale. About one o'clock the parties haft' apparently come to terms, but no official statement? was made. ALPINE CLIMBING. Rangataoa, The-first party'to. undertake an'alpnia climbing expedition in Tongariro . National Park this season, left R-angaiaua.-. at 5 o'clock this morning on. horseback, ! to climb, to the summit of Mount Rua- • pehu. '■ The party, which includes Major Stienetzer, a German military officer,- ex« '• pects to return to-night. They anticipate a strenuous ascent, as the upper 4000 feet is well covered with snow. Guide D. ,0. Snow is in charge, and the weather-is beautiful. s . WORLD'S CHAMPION SPRINT%H. Dunedin, November 17, Httlway, the world's champion' sprin« ter, after making a first Australasian ap- ! pearance at Hobart, leaves for Dunedin. > on December 23. . STERNLY REMINDED'. • Dunedin, 'November 17. -Breaches, of prohibition orders .have been somewhat frequent lately in Dunedin, and apparently an effort is being • made to deal vigorously with persons supplying liquor to prohibited individuals. To-day George Fairlie,'a prohibited man, was fined £7 for procuring liquor for himself and another prohibited man. The latter, Thomas Buddicomb, has been convicted of seven broaches. since 1906, ■ and was fined yesterday for a breach; He is to be tent to Fakatoa, ESCAPED EN DESHABILLE. Dunedin, November 17. A five-roomed dwelling in Cannon-gats Street was burned down at 2 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Colo (whose husband is a marine engineer) and child were the sole occupants, and they escaped in their ■ night-clothes through a window. The ; house aiul furniture were, insured in tlir Standard office' for .£350. TAX THE P.'AND 0. LASCAR. Dunedin, November 17. Mr. W. Belcher, secretary of the Se!t» men's Union,, has. telegraphed to Sir .toseph Ward that while appreciating the Government's beneficent intentions re legislating against T.ascar-manncd vessels, the Seamen's Union is of opinion that immediate remedial measures nro necessary, and a tax should be imposed on the P. and .0. service this session. Ho understood at Wellington that this could be done by a local enactment. MEWS !N BRIEF. Iphburton, November 18. Thomas Henry Alexander was to-day convicted and fined £50 for keeping liquor for salo in a No-License district. Crsymcuth, November 18. A strong deputation of - Brnnner and Groymoutli public men leave here by the Araluira on Monday to domitationise Ministers regarding the Wallsend mine, with a view of tlio State taking it over- for development.