NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1536, 4 September 1912, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

<By Telonrarih-Preii AMociatlon.) . ANNIE MAY BECK'S DEATH. THE NOKSEWOOD AFFAIR.. Dannevirke, September 3, An inquest was opened at Oriuondville yesterday,. befavo Mr. S. E. M'Cavthy, S.if.j> touching ,the death of ;Jlrs. Annie Way Book, who was found dead on the floor of thO'bedroom of her residence in South. Nqr«wood on Saturday morning, lmder suspicious circumstances, which fad to ths arrest of h?r husband ou a e'acrgo 01' murder. The inquest was not concluded. Evidence • was given which showed that deceased was in a good state of health on Friday at 4 p.m., when she .was last seen. .She. was.then left in the houso "with'her husband.

/'■■' ' DIVORCE CASE. T''ti J-' Wanganui, September 3. In the divorce case, Takarangi v. Tolcarangi, a decree, nisi was granted, with costs, /against the ec-reaponderif Eenata pranam.

the Wheel road race, ■_ ■ Christchuroh, September 3. very satisfactory entries have bean received, for the Timara to Christchurch oyole road rabe, which is to bo run-on Saptembsr 26. .These inohufe- several Australian road riders of note. Among these is Kirlchaavwho started from scratch in last, .year's Wairrtambool to ■ Melbourne rpad raw, and who is considered to bo toe .best rood'rider in Australia over a distance. .

OTIRA. TUNNEL WORKERS. .. _ „ Christchurch, September 3. Mr. T. Kennedy, secretary of the Otira Branch of the West Coast' Workers' Union,, passed .through Christcburch tonight .on his way to Wellington to give evidence before .the committee set no by Parliament to consider the Otira tunnel quostipn. "I. am going to give my evidence, he said, .when interviewed, "regardless of Federation and emplovers. I will speak of what I know »nd "nothing /« \ hav ? beon wWng it tho head ot .the tunnel as a machine man, and can Fay that the,men are dissatisfied. < It is bo use talking Arbitration Court to them -they/will noMiear of it-and we think the Federation isigoing to be a bi* thinz in.this country. The trouble s.t T Waihi was- caused by the employers thinking that tney could deaf-the Federation a neavy _blow by the formation, of a union to register under tho Arbitration Act."'

.. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE. »"" -j i • ;' £ uok,an d, September 3. An industrial dispute between the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, tho Auckland Builders' and Contractors Union of Employers, and a larse number of other employers was brouirht to its final'stages before the Conciliation Council to-day. All the clauses bnt two were mutually agreed upon, and the two still in dispute will be referred to the Court of Arbitration. ••' '

GREYMOUTH. COMPETITIONS. .■"'■' Greymcuth, September 3. Entries for the elocutionary and musical competitions total nearly 700, and the list is still 'incomplete. The numbers inclnde entrants from all over the coast. There are forty^entered for the nien's- sections of recitation and orations, rind , there me large entries in the musical and children s sections.; . • .■■-• . ■ •-. .... • .

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. ■ :.. ■~ ~„ Napier,' September 8. At the Arbitration Court, William Watts sued Nlven and Co. for compensation for the loss of en nrm. The defence pleaded.that it -was not liable, as.-plaintiff was receiving £5 a week wajSes at the time of the accident. Plainfnff denied that he was receiviug more than M wages, the other pound being for 'incidentals' whilst away from homo. The-Court reserved judgment.

'PREYED ON/HER MIND,' • '."-;_ ;'■•'? : Bo>;ai'. A. Maori woniah.' .iiame'd'XgariM,'~who cut h?r throat on June 15, her- mind being evidently .affected .through her daughter being sentenced to ■ five years' reformative treatment for. arson, died last night.'.-.'

;'; NETEMERE PECREE, . ■-. ... ■ Dunedin, September 3. Lhe ■ committee appointed' by the Dunedm Presbytery to consider the Jde :Temere Decree presented its report to-day, recommendiag that as nothing theEomnn Catholic Ch-urch could do could affect the civil rights of persons married accciding to the law.of the Dominion, no further victim be taken.' The report was" adopted. ''~-'. . ■ -...'.

SALE. OF LEASEHOLD SECTIONS. ' ( ■•- ■•■••■'••' To Kuiti, September 3. ; •A sale .of .leasehold-seotions was held at Otorolianjjra. township :to-dav by the Wai" icatc-Majuapoto Maori land Boai-d Thirty-five sections, rang-intr-from a quarter to three-quarters of an' acre, Vere offered on lease of trentyrono years; with nsht of renewal and annual rentals. The bids ranged from ■£& to 10s., the whole averaging ,£l3 10s. All irero bought by Kcal people. - ...

AWANGANUI GAS LOAN

■to, t, ', -t. ■ Wanaanui, September 3. '• The-Borotigh Council to-ninht decided to ™ nnnY paye I 3 '? sancti °i & ; loan of idU.OOO for an- extension to the gas-works. Owing to the rapid', growth of the town and suburbs the demands on. the gas-works are more than it can meet.