NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1170, 4 July 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

lliy 'folecraph.—Press Association.) BOTTLE LAKE HOSPITAL CALL FOIt REINFORCEMENT. Christchurch, July 3 Present accommodation at the infee. tious diseases hospital at Bottle Lake is proving inadequate, and, despite the expenditure of several hundred pounds on tho hospital, further expenditure will s !» required for the construction, of an extension of tho buildings that are needed immediately. The epidemic of scarlet fever, now prevalent;' is 1 recognised as being of a most persistent nature (states the chairman of Iho Hospital. Committee), and though, when the extension mj/nllv made was completed, it was reporlp;'. that the hospital 'was capable of ing a maximum'ol' 10 cases, (hat nunii>cr has been exceeded several times this season, the majority of the cases being scarlet fever. There was no use shutting one's eyes to the fact that this disease is widespread throughout the district, protests to the contrary notwithstanding. The' number of cases treated at Bottle Lake, and they by no means represent the total in tho district,. had exfceeded 40 during tho past few, mouths, and there were at present 42 cases. The maximum was reached three or four weeks ago with 15 cases. POLICE'POSSE REQUIRED. SCENES IN AUCKLAND STREETS. - Auckland, July 3. As tho result) of a street row in Queen Street on Saturday night arising , out. of tho arrest of a drunken man, a large body of, police was required to clear the streets. During the night the police made sixteen arrests for drunkenness, resisting police, and assaulting a constable. i'lio offenders wcro dealt with at the Police' Court this morning. • George Rowe was charged with being disorderly while drunk. The police stated" tliet accused caused a serious disturbance; a crowd of 4000 gathered, and for some time there was an awful uproar. Frederick Martin, alleged ring-leader of the attempt to release Rowe, was charged with using obscene lnnguagc. A'ccusei were each sentenced to three months' hard labour. Tho others who figured prominently in tho melee were fined X 2 each. TROUBLE BREWING AMONG . . MINERS. Dunedin, July 3. It is understood that trouble is brewing 1 amongst tho coal miners at Green Island. It is stated that some miners'went ■" to work in one pit on Sunday in contra* vention of the Coal Mines Act, and that' one of the men who ::o offended was discharged. It is rumoured that this is resented by the miners, who allege that the man has been victimised. Tho matter will be discussed at a meeting of UlO Miners' Union to-morrow night. EMPLOYERS' FINED. Gisborne, July 3. ; A local firm of drapers was * fined: 'nominal amounts on sixteen charges of. employing female assistants on Saturday, .luno 3 (King's Birthday), a holiday prescribed by tho Factory Act. Defendants pleaded guilty, stating that the employees preferred to have tho holiday 011 tho following Monday, which was publicly observed here. THE RIDDLE OF THE BUTTER. Dunedin, July 3. The price of. butter advanced Id. per lb._ as from Saturday, The wholesale prices now are: Fresh prints, 14Jd. per lb; bulk, 14kl. The rise is due to the shortage of butter, which is likely to last till well on in August. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR. Christchurch, July 3.' The members of the Sheffield Choir'wero given a public reception by the. Mayor and • citizens this afternoon in His Majcstv's' theatre, which was crowded. 'Speeches : - of Welcdmft wei'6'given by'th°-Mayor and' Mr. O. T. J. Alpers, president of tho local Reception Committee, and responses ' were made by Drs. Harriss and Coward, both of whom in the highest possibic terms of appreciation of tho manner in which.tho choir had been roceived and entertained in New Zealand. IRELAND'S LOYALTY VOUCHED FOR. Dunodln, July 3.' ' At a. civic reception (0 the Irish envoys, Mr. .Hazelton, referring to the ab- ' ssnco of an address to the on hia (accession, said that, when the King went to Ireland a couple of years hence to open the Irish Parliament in persoii, he would find 110 moi-o- toyal people in tho Dominions thau his Irish subjects. Sir James Carroll was among those present. '- HOME RULE—£44O SUBSCRIBED. • Dunedin, July 3. The Homeßule delegates'.(Messrs. Haz- . clton, Redmond, and Donpvau) addressed a meeting in the Garrison Hall to-night, ' There was a largo attendance, and the . speakers received a good hearing. A sum bf .£440 was subscribed towards the Homo Rule funds. ' . . CENTRE FOR SUEZ MAIL. Wanganui, July 3. Tho Chamber of Commerce decided tonight to support the Wellington Chamber in urging that Wellington be. the dis-, tributing centre for tho Suez mail. -