NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1467, 15 June 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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, ~-'vfHE|;^o 1 NE;! : of ;; h istfam.il ' '■'....■. ■ '■.s'?■■':■■?■&s&:& ; 'i ;Heiiry'K<iffers?yas'charße<l .that ho did;},. 'couiisclviCjirli'lt'Ogcra (his;.son) to"; rcfuse'k;.: Ua' l rci!isf('r,;iiKlor».the. ! J)ei'eiico;Act;.s Tliis.^ 1 ;case: : charges for. against' Carl : ;iii)<l,; otlicrs, :■ heard : on tho previous Courty;;; {(li;jf;.l,lu'iJUiat"caso'defendant admitted:;?: ! 'ilitiyingViiiiliic'iiecd-liis soil'in not register-'.: : : iiig.fe])eiemlant. pleaded "Mot guilt};." . '■■.Kvuloneo.U-as , given by/Sergeant JVohl-'-'VV. ■~munnJ:;, . iovUi'6, ( ;ltect that'during tho hear- J : ; 'ins/o&.thqj'previous cases defendant t00k..?; iithe; responsibility of.his.refusal, and saidfi. Jthiitv-.ho:''would rather see them go to" gaol' ' i.than.comply..with the law.;* Evidence' w ; ';al fU.:. : jjiycn;; by i.CanUiin '-Morion, i - >ksm ■:.'■ '■ * ; ;.r*iUefendiiut..was also questioned;*' , and saidv-'s. ;tbiit*;thoS boys!:-, hud"'., made. up their, owa'i? ji'niih'dsjiitfUiq.'iiiaHcr, and would prefer tafV' , - I go.;to"-'gnol.'.'There was no need for hiw;v{;' sto.co.unsel'.h'is bo.vs.not.to register for the.?.' ,, '" ;tojio'iof ihis; family was anti-military, and". Hho.boys had every opportunity,of reading;"' literature.against war, ■,;■■:. * ." V ~.,i'; , . SiThe ■' magistrate said; that dofendnnt'ej-". evidenco;kst Court day gave tho imprest;; ' ;sion that lie had advised them iu tho mat-: , ,: ' ter.'iv.'Undor tho circumstances there .was'*'" not.?Vufficicttt.,eyidojicfl. (o justify liiin in/, - Centering a conviction. Ho warned'defend-)* ;ant,:...howcve'r > ;; that, t0... advise a person':'.. 'not." to? register) "was against the layr.yy^, COLvTn~AT.' REEFTON^II P. 0.. PROMISED..^'; %S& \O/lSy~ : Rwftofi, Colrin arrived here las&ir night, and'met.with a good TtiismionTing he was.interviewed by the-,.;; County" Council, and agreed to telegraph ; ; to tho Undor-Socretary for Mines to ex.'pedito', progress payments due for local ■ ■.vorksl'.'.Tho County .Council; is now. employing eovonty num. .'■'.■ ■ ■■• . • ; ; .-■rTho-.-Hon; ■Mγ. Cohin 1 " informed-. tho 2 County. Council that Cabinet had passed r a' vote for tho erection of. a. new post.-'.; oßice.at. Keefton, -, : . y-,.. '- :: ■.■.:.. .-' ■". . ,v<i* /IS^! V ' C ENTHUSIASM. -■] ie ■ v Auckland, June H."v*;:- : %'</& tho Towa BJali this afternoon 3000/:?. .6ohoSar3 of secondary and privato schools ;' foregathered at tho inyitation of the .+; :Mayor- and City Council. Tho function. , ;-;' .was of similar iiaturo to tkit >: which' took'.;.; place, on the occasion of .the opening o(S; the.Town Hall, when tho children of the/ primary schools attended to \-iew the nev^; , ■' structure, hear the now organ, and listen;-. ,te - brief addresfes by public.men whieht;.' aimed at creating a scnso'.of civic enj'i. Hiusiasm and responsibility in the jrouthv!--' fill mind, . Leading public" men and re-'!' , ■ pvesMitatives of the Churches were seated;;,.' on t!ie platform',- wliile the grond orgaiij was ningnifleently. plnj-cd, by, }tr. •; Sharu^j '■{£ ; ; SDNDAY;PICTURESHOWS<W|', ■■■■;■■.:■. J. Greymouth, Juno Tho Borough Council, at last ■■ night'e 1 ;, meeting, decided, by a majority of,..two,fe to abolish" Sunday picture, shows, '■■ : two'':J of.which have b*en running in the towfl ;; for tho past throe ycare.' ' . .r... ~.;* ,< s * EU CIRCULAR RESENTED, s ,| . w < ; "'"-."'■' Blenheim, Juno U. ■"'S; ' Last night tho Blenheim branch of the*, Post and Telegraph Association -passedv' tho. following resolution: "That this', branch protests etrosgly against the Pos>. : ; raasber-Gensral bringing - forward " the , ;.; gambling oiroukr, and that tho associavj its influence to have it. with-a drawn.".' , ..' .■ ' ' , ■ .■.■■■■'■'■KV.," .; . ■■; ■■■' Ounedln, Juno H;;;., 1 At" a krg«ly-attendcd moetitig .of ;■, the'. Dunedin branch of tho Now Zealand I'ost;■'... and Telegraph Officers' Association, it was , ;'" unanimously resolved to record phatio and indignant protest egainstitlia , -" action of tho Department in issuing:;, the recent circular ro 'gainbliiiu, os vbcinsr quite- uncalled for. The meeting.' strongly. resented the terms in which tho .circular., was couched, deeming it to be aniinterference with tho liberty oC the , "subject.;? Mr. D. T. Allan and Mt., ■ L."-''AndersoiV/' were elected delegates to the.conferen'yo.'K .to be. held in WeHington.. ~: . -^*b;:.';;.'■". ONCE MORE THE,TOHUNGaJv'*;■■>■ Whannarel, Juno' u;C : A'. Maori named. Kstoto Topoi'\waA- ' charged at Kaitoho on AVednosdayf;-withV practising tohungaißui, In. the, evidence..;., given ■it was shown . that.' ftccused-'.-i.toolr" into'.tho bush a girl 17 yearsi'of; -.eg©; who'was suffering from a v niiHor. : ..>.com T ., plaint,"■.and '"■ continuously poured.;; .!coHt wator on. her. It was alleged cirldicd as the result of tho'h'oatmenti.. ■Accuse 4 was fined £15 end costs. Sergeant Moore, who prosecuted,-stated-.. that accused waa supposed , to hayosbeei , .. responsible for the deaths of nine people.' by tohunga treatment twenty years|aßO.V in the Ngunguru district.., •J^.■.■i'.-..,ra/'. : ' i ':'-" : ''''' ■By DECEASED MAORI GHtEF^i^^; ,v'': - ; ' ",: Rdtorus,' Juno* ii'.-'H"- '■■■ One of the most nristocratio chiefs' of >K tho Ngati Pikiao, named Hapcta ToPa>i.; kuru, died yesterday, aged eighty-niuo. & Deceased was a. great peaco advocate.iu;,'; Ilia tribe, and during the- Maori ■ \va'i;,. : ; ho waH instrumental in ; avoidiisg much::': , bloodshed. Paku'ru was ivifWy known ir ;': .theWnikato and Bay of Plenty, -.-y.'■ :: \>h

; . CHARGE '. . ' Chrislchurch, JunoM4,-sv^ At the Magistrate's Court, a young man*: named Albert; Buvid William Ck'im.'utsi was charged' with having assaulted Heury.vS iSyinonds, and having caused actual bodily.;' harm. Symonds died at the hospital ycs:ij terday, and au inquest into the eirctim- ;.. stands of his death was opened and ad-;/, journed. Tho police applied for a remand ;; until,next day, and tins was granted.,;;%i' |%S^ ; BRIEF MENTION. ' : %$£ >:.:■■ ,f 'i' v ■'■ ChHstohurch, Juno'U.^ Williamson, atted 77, who was in-" iured in a fire in the city on Tuesday night, .died at the Hospital to-day. ; V ..; : ."V :. -. • Wanganui, Juno 14. " ; V.At'tko" Police Court Ueorgo Smithies,./, formerly, engineer and town derkat.Wa-S,; nganui,''was charged with deserting, hiaji wife some six Years back. Ho was arresting «t...Sydney,. 'Jfho case was rom'anded. till Monday;-, :■.»;■' ■■■' ' ■■ ■■■■ ■ T'^r-S^'-