NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1557, 28 September 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Bp Telegraph—Pr»«* JLuo&l&UoA.) MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Ashburton, September 27. Thomas Nolan pleaded guilty in tha Magistrate's Court to-day on 1 a oharge of exposing liquor for sale in the Selwyn ;i----oensing district without a license, aiid was finod fen pounds and costs. William Duncan, an absconder from Burnham Indus., trial School, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a dwelling at Ashburton and stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at six pounds. . Accuscd was committed to the Supremo Court, Christ- • church, for sentence. COLERIDGE STRIKE. Chrlstchurch, September 27. Tlie strikers at Lake Coleridge declare that tho official report read by the Minister for Public Works is incorrect in several particulars. They deny that-they objected to an engine-driver, who was a certificated man. The secretary of the local union says the cause of the trouble is tho engine, which hoists the cago in tho shaft, and which is not powcrtul enough, for tho work. Later. A conference was hold on Wednesday night between the contractor and' tho representatives of tho men on striki at tho Lake Coleridge hydro-electrical works; No settlement we/i arrived at. A statement of the position' of affaire at Lake' Coleridge has been forwarded by the secretary of tho General Labourers Union Executive to the Now Zealand Federation of Labour Executive, which is meeting in Wellington to-day. . BOYS ON MILK CARTS. Auckland, September 27. Mr. Kettle, S.M. gave nis decision to-day in the charges against throe milkmen of employing boys under the award rate. He' said the custom of employing boys to assist milkmen had been a custom of long 6tandiiig. Possibly the-/-defendants thouglit they were within their legal rights. Breaches of the award were recorded but no fines were imposed. A FATAL ACCIDENT. Duncdin, September 27. An able seaman named Robert Jasper, employed on tho Coriuthic, was killed while the vessel was coming up the harbour to-day.. Deceased was getting ■ the winch ready for-.working cargo, when the boom, which had 'just been hoisted, fell on himj'.-orashing'his:£hestijHK<ltld killinftnci him instantly. l : Deceased - was' married, and his wife and five children live in London. He was a native of Jamaica, and was about 45 years old.

SUPREME COURT, Auckland, September 27. At the Supreme Court, John Smith Wat son, for four charges of theft, was sen> tenccd to two years' imprisonment and recommitted as a habitual criminal. James Arthur Hill, for breaking and. entering and theft, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and declared a habitual criminal. Auckland, September 27. At tho Supremo Court, sentences were passed on prisoners convicted in the Police Court. Rini Tua Tna, for an indecent assault on a girl, was sentenoed to five years' imprisonment j Laurcnco Pillinop, criminal assault on -a girl, five years' imprisonment) and Thomas Dockray, forgery, uttering, and theft, two years' imprisonment, and five years' reformative treatment. - MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED. Feilding, September 27. William Francis Cahill, a single man, employed as head of W. .Young's racing stable here, was found dead in bed this morning. Heart failure was the cause. Cahill had bc-cn hero only a few woekg. It is believed ho came from Auckland. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Gisbomo, September 27. A sharp and long sustained shock of earthquake was felt here at 4.81 o'clock this morning, tho direction being east and west. A slighter shock was experienced at 3.30 on tho previous morning..

STAR OF CANADA. G isborne, September 27. Messrs. Langlands and Co., contractors' for tho extension of tho Gisborne breakwater, have, despite the fact that all movable fittings have been brought ashore, taken over tho wrecked Star of Canada, and will, commenco an attempt to refloat her next week. Tho engines and boilers now many feet under water, are valued at .£60,000. yIMTA. Auckland, September 27. The Y.M.C.A. campaign te raise .£9500 towards the cost of tho new building, has resulted in over .£SOOO being collected in two days. Tho campaign lasts for a weekJURY DISAGREE. Napier, September 27. Tho libol action, Gordon v. "New Zea.. land Times," was concluded this afternoon. Tho jury deliberated for nearly three hours, ana announced that they had failed to come to an agreement. With' tho consent of tho parties, the jury was discharged. BRIEF MENTION. Dunedln, September 27. John M'Clue, aged 12 years, committed' suicide at South Dunediu to-night by cutting his throat with a razor. No further ' particulars are available.