NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1407, 6 April 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

; Uljr Teloeraph-Preu lijoclatlon.) ■ « . SIR JOSEPH WARD. T1,,, f „ . Auckland, April 4. Jβ,, 0 ?'" ,5 , 1^ 1 "! , ' 0 " P assocl b > - the rrinh on- ra V cl ! of • tho Post and Td * Ctli C ? Association lias been forA el,l \"^ XV Jc **l' h Ward •.-"That th» «'u I m- briu , ,cl, <"■ U'o I'ost and Teledei , i Qr ,l Association learns with ] ' o , c ' lon .w>th the Post and Telegraph, the IdJi? CXprc ? s , lts appreciation of LIDERAL-LABOUR RALLY. of tie new cThi,?f 83 manr memhen BOYS' SEA TRAINING. n, Timarit, Amil t o annual conference of tho Cantor Tho scheme was considered too big for the league to'undertake. Mitt 101 '?? ffas ,passed, that a eub-com. mitlco gather information on the.subject training f 1 "" X' h ° TTK Systa " ot ™ llamiuß for Ivew Zealand Ivys, with a view to urginp tho Government to enlarge briiw f ( , raisic ' u M - 1 ;- is to be. asked to bring the matter before the House. STRIKE VICTIMS' FUND. ,£ &s*}»"&"%*&s*'•*

DEFENCE OATH CASES. • , Timaru. Acvil 4 not keep the oath if l le took ■ it, and ■therefore swearing it would H «„!«",? , f°« T°l l / d t ", ot nUcml drill, A third tS itr ti; e outh: vould soonor lMve u ih,m l,o r L°,u a ?i sh^ te ( M ,V D »S-> told him that ic had better leave the country, it would to better without him, if ho did not care All tho cases were, adjourned for a week thefr'minds. 1 hSaChanCOtOchaUge FATAL COLLISION. i, l , ~ , Auckland, April 5. A fatal accident occurred Inst evening at Epsom, resulting in the death of William Jones, a carter of Ponsonbv. Jones lided with it from tho rear, throwing Jones out. _ He was picked up unconscions, having sustained bCV er a l severe S« » "'« Anil. He died in the hospital to-day. Deceased was u married man, aged 41 years. """um STRIKE PENALTY SUED FOR, , r . , , Auckland, April i, MemorißS of the strike which last spring started among a number of men engage,! on the Auckland city drainage contracts, and spread to the immic'ipal worts: pretty geiicrn.ll}-, were revived at. the ilapis. tratc's Court, before Mr. C. Kettle, this morning, when IV. V. Glions (Inspector of iaclories and Awards) sought to recover from the General Labourers' Union , a sum of .£2OO, as penalty for breach of the Arbitration Act. The alleged breach was that tho union did incite' and abet an unlawful strike by members of the union who were then bound by the award affecting tho drainage industry. The caso was adjourned for a week. BUTCHERS' STRIKE. Glsborne, April (. The butchers' strike is practically wttied, four masters having accepted the ngreement' with a slight modification of tho preference clause. Their men will return to work on Saturday. BIG BLOCK DIVIDED. Gisborne, April 4. The Native Land Court at Tcararoa hai finished the partition of the AVharcknhika block,, dividing it in!o eighteen portions among the 700 owner.?, in nrras ranging from 250 to GOOO acres. The lotaj area of tho block was 41,000 acres.

TROUBLE IN A SCHOOL. Hamilton, April 4. Some time ago the. Hoard of Governors of the Hamilton High School vetoed :t proposal of the headmaster to open, the school with the Lord's Prayer anil a passage from the Bible. ' At yesterday's meeting a motion to rescind (ho resolution caused a wordy war, but tho motion was carried on the casting vote of the chairman. A motion to authorise opening with ft prayer and a Bible rending was hotly contested, but was carried on the chairman's casting vole. Numerous motions and amendments left the main resolution unimpaired, and .ft final resolution instructing the headmaster to exempt th« children of parend; with conscientious objections was carried unanimously.

ARCTIC HERO'S DEATH, Auckland, April I. Mr Adam A vies, carclafcer of (he JJock}Nook Bowling" Club, dropped dead this morning while at work on (ho green. Deceased was one of tho heroes of (he Arctic expedition under Xarcs and Stcphenson in the early seventies. The term "hero is u<od advisedly, for, when tho ships crew was down with scurvy, it was Adam Ayles who travelled over 100 miles across ice to take them relief. MOTOn-CAD ACCIDENT. Danncvirkc, April 3. •\ motor-car accident occurred tit Wimbledon last evening. A car_ containing J. Franklin and Dr. and Mrs. I.M|wr, in tryin;; to avoid a horse, capsized over a bank. Frnklin escaped unhurt, Dr. Leeper suffered' a dMocak-d jaw and a badly cut race, and Mr-. Lccper sustained on injury 1,, her "hoiildsr, and is aHo suffering from 'hock i)r. recently arrived from Home to practise in the Uerbertville district. . ____ BREACH OF BANKRUPTCY ACT. Hamilton, April 3. F \Y Twiuame, fur breaches of th* Bankruptcy Act. was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. ■'DREADNOUGHT" GAS. Grcynioiith, April .1. Mr Kennedy, miinnger of the Ureymiuth !!«■. works is |!uin ß overland to ( hri-ilfhiuvh tn-.liiy. <<n nmto to V.ollington and Wnip-.ikur.v.i. in inspret a "Divadiiniißhl." ya?, stntcd io 1)5 cheaper than any other. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Auckland, April 3. The adjourned 'V.rn.'ry was continued (•i-day into Iho (■ircuniilnnee« siirroiiiidini: fhe death of George Tnylor, engine driver in (he employ of the Tnkapnna Tramway Co., which occurred throuch deceased lx-inp crushed betv;*?n tho bull'ers of a car and an engine on March 2(1. A verdict of accidenlal de;:lli was returned, no blame being aliachoil to anybody. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. Ouncdin, April H. ■U the Presbyterian Synod of Olago and Poulhland tii-doy, the ]?«v. K. Farmaid was elected moderntoi- for 1913. A specinl grant was made to (ho congregation of Chalmers Church, whose position was di»cn<«!il at a meeting of (ho Duncdin J'l'o-bvtcry ye-terday. The foundation stone'.'l' the new orphanage for the I'reabytcrion Poritil Serviee .Usnciation viae laid at, Anderson Bay to-day,