NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 6 October 1911, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Preto Association.)

THE RECURRENT GORE CASE. Goro, October 5. IVm. Byron, jail., was charged on thros informations at tlm Magistrate's Court 10-duy willi keeping liquor for Bale, for failing to notify tho vendor that (ha liquor was lo lie taken into a No-Liocnso district, and for delivering a bottle of whisky (o his mother. There was reasonable ground lo suspect that the Rquor was for sale. Accused pleaded guilty on the first charges, and was fined JCSO." Ho was convicted and ordered to conio up for sentence when called urion, on tho second charge, and tho third chargo waa withdrawn. RELIGION AND THE SCHOOLS. Timaru, October i, Tho Timaru Presbytery, ' its meeting to-day, passed a resolution n favour of religious instruction in State schools on the New South Wales system; this instruction to bo given by tho teachers, plus the right of representatives of tho churches to givo special teaching for a limited period in school hours, with a conscienco clause. SEARCH FOR CAPTAIN APSTEIN. Duncdin, October 5. An active search was prosecuted today for Captain Apstoiu, who has been missing since Monday. V lint was found on the beach near Tahuna Park, and this has been identified as belonging to tho missing man. So far as is known, ho was last seen near where tho hat was found, and was then walking iu the direction ut Lawyer's Head. WOOLLEN TRADE OPERATIVES. Dunodln. October 5. A sitting of tho Conciliation Council was held to-day before Mr. Triggs in connection with tho dispute between tho Dunedin and Mosgiel Woollen Mills' employees and Messrs. Koss and Glcndining and tho Mosgiel Woollen Co. After a sitting lasting; all day, tho caso was adjourned pending the hearing of tho Canterbury Woollen Mills employees' dispute at Christchurch next Thursday. Keprescntalives will then bo present from all parts of New Zealand, and it is anticipated that on agreement will he drawn up as a basis of a Dominion Award. JANUARY BAND CONTEST, Christchurch, October 5. Tho band contest, which is to be held in Christchurch next January, promises to lie of moro than local interest, for, in addition to several bands from outsido districts, tho Kurri Kurri district band (New South Wales) have notified their intention to compete BAPTIST CONFERENCE.

Napier, October 5. ■ Tho twenty-ninth annual conference of tlio Baptist Union was opened yesterday afternoon, tho business being formal. Delegates numbering ninety were welcomed at a public meeting in tho evening.