NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

♦— —~- "EVERLASTING" PILLAR BOXES, Auckland, May g. Some time ago the Government ordered a number of l'erro-concrete pillar boxes from the New Zealand Ferro Concrete Structural and Engineering Co, Boxes io the number of H are now completed. '>!!•■ i)f Ihpiii, a double-sized box, lias Ireen sent to Wellington for erection at iNewiown. Provision is made for posting newspapers in this box as well as letters. Jhc other boxes are at present in tho Auckland yards of (he'company, .as insiruelitms have not yet been' received irom Jig Government as to their pronosc;l distribution. T| w order had bo-u given as an experiment, and it had bciu intended to distribute the boxes in tho lour chief centres of the Dominion. It is understood now, however,' that the 13 boxes will ail l )c ~!a ctH| ilv various DnrU pt the ciiy of Auckland nnd suburbs. It is claimed that tho now boxes are prnctically everlasting.

j ALLEGED THEFT OF TIMBER. j ~ ~ „.. _ Dunedin, May 8. At the Police Court to-dr.v before Arf Bartholomew, S.M., two James Alexander Greig and Peter Henry Greig, carters, wore charged with the tliclt of timber, valued at Jjs, the property of Messrs. Hogg and Co. peter Greig was further charged with the theft of tiinlier. vnlia-d at iSi 175., the property of Messrs. Hogg and Co. The'evidence for the prosecution was that the ■ aeeured loaded (he timber at tho wharf, but instead'of delivering it in MesM-s.'• Hog-g and Co.'s yard, sold it to various ■' people. Doth the accused reserved their defence, and were committed for trial. Bail was allowed: James Groig in liis ' own recognisance for .£IOO, and two sureties of ,£SO each; l'eter Greig in his owa recognisance of .£2OO on the first charge, and JC2OO, with the addition of two sureties of .£IOO each on the second. CAMP ACCIDENT. „ . , . _ „ Napier, May 3. Private G. Evans, of Daiinevirko squadron, which is in camp at Tutirn, received serious injury by being kicked in the stonineh by a horse. An anibuifliiee was sent from Napier to meet (he party, conveying the injured men at tho Inngoio washout. ORAKEI RESERVE. ,„. • . , Auckland, May 8. . ili.i private alienation of lands comnris. ing the Oraket Kescrve, which the Citr touneil proposes to purchase, has bceii prohibited by an Order-in-Council for twelve nionlhs. The Order has been made under Section 303 of the Native Lend Act, 1909, and will he gazetted to-mnrrow. ' It prohibits alienation other thau jd favour of the Crown'. MUSICIANS REGISTERED. Auckland, Jfny 8. The Auckland Musicians' Union hat been registered under the Arbitration Act. lhe demands are very similar to those of the Wellington Union. TINSMITHS. i Auckland, May >~'•'I The Arbitration Court, as the result; of a conference between the parties in the tinsmiths' dispute, made on award uniform with those nmde in the South exempting galvanising, an Auckland industry. The Court declined to include Gi»-i borne in the award. ' •, POULTRY SOCIETIES. i Ntlson, May S. At the animal meeting of the Nelson Poultry Association, it was decided to secede from the South'lsland AssoHa-' tion, mainly on the ground that there is no community of interests with the south-' oni portion of the island. Owing, how-' ever, to tho difficulties of non-aililiated' associations, tho Nelson Association lias ■ now decided io remain affiliated with' the South Island Association. J MR. LAWRY AND FfiIENDS. Auckland, May 8. ■ Mr. Lawry, ex-M.l 1 ., was entertained all EHcrslio by friends, and presented with, on illuminnied address and purse of k>v-' ereigns. ' Among the speakers was Mr, Lang, representing M.inukau, who mentioned Mr. LiiwT.y s political service of a.quarter of a century, nisd said no mnn\ was bettor fitted for a teat in the Legialntive Council. LOCAL BODIES. Wanganui, May 8. The conference of local bodies (his morning appointed Mr. Mackay (Mayor of Wjiiigaiiui) niiii Mr. Kiiehie (cliaimiaii of the Wnngnniii County) to represent tho bodies comprised i.u (lie, Wanganui Hoepilal Dislrict at the conference in Wellington. MOfININGTON FIRE. Duncdin, May 8. Two dwellings were destroyed by five at Morningtoii early this morning. One. owned by J. G. S./Johnson, was valued at .£550, nnd insured for .C4OO on th*i houso nnd JMO on the contents in the. Standard. Tho other was owned and oi>. cupied by I'eter Wilson, and valued at ,«al). It was insured for .C 350 and the contents for .£3OO in the Standard.' Wil. ; son, ill checking the fire with a hos<y was badly burned about the hands and' head. SIXTEEN DIVORCE CASES. , Auckland, May S. For the civil sittings of the Supreme Court; at Auckland, which begini on Monday, the number of cusps set flown for hearing ennstitutos a record. There ere already Ifi divorco cases on the list, which does not c'oso till to-morrow. FHISONS' BOARD, Auckland, May S. The Prisons' Board has been prosccut* ing its functions in Auckland during the last few dnys, and to-morrow its incmbers will leave for liotori'.ii in order to visit the tree-planting farm at Waioiapu, the Waikeria Reformatory Camp, and IJi-formaiory Prison in course of election at Takanni.near Te Awnmutu.