NEW ZEALAND NEWS,

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS,

IBy Tdecranh-Preia Asiooiation.l ■ »— ; SENIOR CADETS AND THE OATH. ~ _, Nelson, August 2. . Mr. Lyans, S.M., to-day dismissed an intormabon against Senior Cad-its for reusing to take the oath of allegiance on tie grounds that cadets arc not part of tno territorial force, nn<l cannot be drafted diroetly to tho force; thov are not required to toko tho oath prescribed by tho Act, nor aro they liable, to piuiishmimt for ™ using to take the oath proscribed by to military regulations, which differ urntonally from tho statutory oath both iu scope and obligations. A DEAD WHALE. 'i'i,« ™ Greymouth, August 2. vJtor,lt S ' « ora ' w, ) ,ch loft Greymouth. l phi,i las e r cilin s. "POTts having s ghled a hugo dead whalo, 70ft. lon- an 3 canton 0 ? * ? % ttb r' i>'o" : ater7' Tho l'ro In ST* 4 K ll «iW authorities tracl-V k Pk T l:mt tho wllal ° "'tttho

CAUGHT BY THE MANAGER. Pmvnr „.!,„ Lofton, August 2.' stoal ,'j'lL^'l?- arrMtwl f ° r Bold ore T\ws K ™'' was sentenced to merit 1 >J, . "'' two T nihs ' ""Prisonmint, i ower camo up from work to thn Mono, and tho nuno manager, who had brushed against his pocktsV thT mine ordered him on being pniu to € „Vr7tv SJi.., Accused admitted taking it as snecimens, and saw no harm in it.

THE PENSION AND THE FRAUD. , ~ , Wcstport, August-2. An elderly man was convicted to-day of making a wilful false statement in respect to his balance at the bank when applying for the old ago pension. The Department did not press for a penalty, but intended that the case should be a warning. • '

SERVING DRUNK SAILORS. m ' . , . Wcstport, August 2. rho inquest concerning the death of Lionel Dorncy, fireman on the Taviuni, who was drowned in the Buller River on July 8, concluded to-day. A Terdict of Accidentally drowned whilo intoxicated" was recorded. The eorotior commented strongly dn the practice of suiiijlv liquor to drunk sailors.

A BOY'S DISAPPEARANCE. Auckland, August 1. On Tuesday morning a boy named David himth, 12 years of age, left his homo in Upper Union Street to attend carlv Ma«a nt St. Patrick's Church. Since llien nothing more has been seen of the lad by his parents, who are distracted and unable to account for his disappearance. It was reported by some schoolmates that ho had been seen in a Ponsonby tram, bound for the city yesterday afternoon, but no conßrmation of-this can He obtained. He has no relatives in the city, and his father and mother can suggest no place where ho was likely to go for an indefinite visit.

SUPERANNUATION. mi ,i. • Dunedin, August 2. Iho following motion was carried at a conference of the Railway Officers' Institute to-day :—"That members of tho service should bo allowed to retiro after having served 30 years, and still continuo payments to the superannuation fund until 6ueh timo as they complete the period of timo fixed by tho present Act, when they should be allowed to go on the fund in tho ordinary wav; that a similar benefit should be'extended to members dismissed for technical fault after having served 30 years." IRONMOULDERS.. Auckland, August 2. Tho Auckland ironinoulders' dispute, which has occupied tho Conciliation Coimcil (under the Presidency of Mr. T. Harle Giles) for three days this week, was concluded this morning, when it was decided to refer the whole matter to the Arbitration Court for settlement. : DISCHARGED. Auckland, August 2. William Greenland, secretary of the Fiji Fruit Company, who was arrested on board the Zoalandia. on Wednesday morning on a charge of having stolen 4'3li of his firm s money,' was brought before tho magistrate- this morning and discharged. The police icceived directions from Fiji ndvising that the defendant should bo permitted to return by tho Makura without police escort. ' Mr. and Mrs. Greenland left ior Suva by tho Makura tonight.

FATAL COLLISION. Wanganui, August 2. Arthur Hobbs, aged 30, was killed at Hawefa to-night. Ho was riding a motorcycle, and collided with a trap, death being instantaneous. Deceased was tho llawcra agent for Dalgcty and Co.

S DEMILITARISE THEM? Wanganui, Augusts. A meeting of Junior Cadet otlieors of tlio Second Battalion was held to-day to discuss the present movement towards tho demilitarisation of school cadcte, Tho opinion was l'rcel.v expressed that, in tho interests of discipliuo and of military training generally, tho step would bo a decidedly backward one. A committeo was fori tied to draw up a memorial to tho Minister for Education setting forth reasdns why Jmiior'Cadets should remain as at present constituted. IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. Auckland, August 1. A man named J. S. Sheldon, Ved 45. was admitted to tho Auckland Hospital this morning in a very serious condition, an attempt having boon made to cut ail artery in his throat, and also to sever tho main artery in his arm. Tho man is a guindiggor, and was brought down from Helensville. He is in a critical'.condition. „No further particulars are availablo "as to tho occurrence, RAILWAY APPEALS. Dunedin, August 1. At a meeting of (he Kail way Officers' Institute to-day it was decided to urgo on tho Minister for Railways tho necessity of amending tho Act and regulations to enable appeals to bo properly placed before the Appeal Board, and that tho prescribed form referred to in Section 1261 of tho Government Railways Act 1)6 provided, giving full particulars of the procedure to bo followed by appellants. WON THE SEAT AT LAST. Pahiatua, August 2. Mr. J. T. Fox, who resigned his scat on tho Pahiatua Borough Council owing to tho legality of his election having been challenged, on the ground that he was not a British subject at the lime of. his election, has been returned after a. ten contest. Ho was opposed by Mr. David Crewe, ex-mayor. The poll, taken yesterday, was a record. Jt resulted:—J. T. Tox, ill!); David C'rewo, 203. Mo'oritv for Fox, 36. THE STAND-UP FIGHT, Hamilton, August 2. A Maori, who was severely injured ill a stand-up fn*ht with, n European at Tnupiri on Sunday, died last night. An inquest will be lield. BRIEF MENTION 1 . Blenheim, Aiigint 2. S. Blake, who fractured his .-lrull <;n Tuesday nijrhf nt Piefon, died this morning. Gisbornc, August 2. Eight Territorials were fined to-day for failing to attend camp. The lines ranged from 10s. ta <M. Wcstport, August 2. At Karamca to-day a man named Hopkivk, recent arrival, dropticd ■ dead while at work'at a sain»i]|. IX'alli wa* due to heart disease. Rotorua, August 2, A young Maori woman living'' at Tekaha, near Cape Kunnway, has died. She was ill for three months. A week aco sho fame to Rotorua foi" t.reatment. and was found to 1)0 suffering from peritonitis. An operation was necessary, as tho only ehatice of recovery, l>nt deceased succumbed under an anaesthetic. Greymouth, August 2. WVlennio rain fell lost, evening, uftvr cj month's spell of tine dry weather,