NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1245, 29 September 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBy Telegraph-Press Associations ■ <♦ A CATTLE EMBARGO. New Plymouth, September 28.Although tlieTO has been no outbreak ol blackleg in Tnranakd for some years, tho ' district is still proclaimed under tho Act as an infeoted area, aiuT permission, to remove stock to another district is neccs-. eary. This morning a farmer named ' Forbes was fined .£3 and costs for removing ninety cattle over the boundary into . Auckland provinco without a permit'. SPRING SYMPTOMS, Levin, September 28. As a result of tho recent rains the Horowbenua county is verdant throughout, aud tho mill: yields at. present greatly exceed all previous records for September. Lamb-, iug throughout tile country has been good, and tho weather mild, Pastoralists and dairymen are all in good heart. AUCKLAND DRAINAGE LOAN, Auckland, September 28. Tho Auckland Drainage Board has accepted the offer of the. Bank of Kew Zealand of a loan of ,£IOO,OOO, to be floated on the London market, debentures bearing interest at four per cent., repayable in 21 years; 2J per cent, to bo allowed for expenses and flotations, so as to secure the Drainage Board not less than 97a per cent. KILLED IN THE' BUSH. : I nvsrcargill, September 28. . Joseph Armstrong, a married man. was struck by the falling limb of a tree wliilo working in the bush at Orepuki this morning. Death was almost instantaneous. 110 leaves a widow and two children* ARBITRATION COURT. Auckland, September 2S. At tho Arbitration Court to-day Mr. J. Fawcus askcxl to have tho Waihi Company,' the Grand Junction Companl, and tho Crown mines bound by tho engineers' award in respect of the. engineers employed by them. Mr. Charles Grosvouor contended that the Junction aud tho Croivn were at present (bofiid bv npothcr award. Ho also obiected on behalf of the •Waihi Company. Tho Court held that a shop award could not be held lo apply to a mining company, and threw out tho applications. . .. ~ Hardley and Hardley. tin workers (represented by Mr. Fred Earl), appeared m answer'to a complaint by tlio Inspector of Awards in regard to a workman named I'ratt, who, it was alleged, only received J®. ss. per week instead of. the award rate of i£2 lis. l'ratt was employed on a spout • making machine, and the point in dispute was whether ho was _ employed "solely in eliargo" at. this job. Mr. Gohns appeared for the Labour - Department. The evidence of several workmen was heard, and tho Court intimated that it would givo its decision later. DAMAGE BY FIRE, Palmerston North, September 28. - A fire occurred at 7.30 this Morning in a five-roomed house o«;ned by Gilbert Jones, fully furnished, but not occupied .at tho time of tlio outbreak. Tho building. was gutted and the furniture practieallv destroyed. The insurances vera ,£IOO on the building in,tho London and Lancashire, and £100 on . tho futmturo J* the Standard. TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS. Rotorua, Scptcmßer 28. _ A meeting of delegates, representing • Tauraiiga and all the other Bay of Plenty centres, Putaruru, Mamaku, and Botorua, was held hero to-night. It was resolved to request tho Minister for, Railways to run a night train from Botorua to Frankton, and return, in order to obviate the present necessity for passengers to and from Wellington having to wait at Frankton Junction. OPOSSUMS. Duncdin, September 28. At Owaka yesterday, the police charged four settlers with taking aud killing opossums. Mr. i). Stewart appeared lor tho Acclimatisation Society, and Mr. \\. • G. Hay (Duncdin) for the ■ defendants, It was stated that tho maximum penalty was t r . .£25, and tbo minimum X 5. The finding > of skins was nroved, but for the dcfenco it was contended that the opossums wero native game, aud the animals were caught on defendant's own property. Another point was that opossums were found oil over America, Australia, and even :Vfnca, and the Act only mentioned Australian and Tasmanian 'opossums. The magistrate (Mr. Bartholomew) said there »as no specific evidence as to what class of opossums they wero. Tho first case was dismissed, and another clurge ukmsscd-. on , the same ground. The prosecution' did ■ not proceed further in tlio other (barges.

DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS. Dunedin, September 28. As far as iho competitive items are concerned, the JJunedin Competitions Society's festival was concluded to-night, thc*r<!uiaining two nights being devoted to demonstrations. There was a fairly good attendance to-night, considering tho fact that tho weather was very wintry. Tho following aro tho results:— Violin solo, 10 years and over—Miss V. livers, 1; A. V. WcsHand, 2. I'ropaivd reading—Hiss B. Ilowio Stu- * 1 art, 1; Austin and N. l'itcher, equal, a. Reading at sight—Julio Jacobs, 1; ,IC. ' "■ Kiltcl, 2; Hay Main, :S. . Sacred solo, baritone—A. T. Russell, t| ' K. Uilespie, Daiinevirke, 2. Vocal solo and accompaniment—H, Richards, lnvercargill, 1; A. T. Russell, 2; Miss L. .lames, 3. Vocal duet, ladies—Misses .lames and Pitcher, 1; Hisses Harrison and Dawson, 2; Misses l'rcdham and Inglis, .1. Quartette, males—Messrs. G. .T. 111.-w l,iv\ J. Leech, A. W. llomoril, and A. Pacoy.l. Shakespearean recitation—Miss |j. Howie Stuart, 1; Miss lvuli Cran, 2; Mrs. Brinsloy, 3. Choir contest—Green Island Prcsbytorian Church, 2!iß points, 1; King Strict Congregational Church, 25:) points, 2. Comedietta—Miss L. King and Mr. .V. 1). Young, 1; Misses HrenUm and Stuart ' and Mr. Umbers, 2; Misses Pitcher,' It, Henderson, and I. Henderson, and Mr. F. Taylor, 3. Sacred solo, contralto—Miss Fi, Jamo» and Mrs. W. L. Harrison, equal, 2. I NELSON INSTITUTE. Nelson, September 27, Tho foundation slono of ..the new build, ing for tho Nelson .Institiito.waa laid'by tho Mayor to-day in tho preaonco of a targe gathering.