NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1686, 28 February 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Ttlegraph.-Preiß Association,) — < CLAIM FOR £500. VERDJQT FOE, DEPENDANTS. Invercargill, February 27. The Supremo Court Ims been engaged for two days in hearinir tlio caso of Win. Taylor versus Campbell Bros., a claim for £M damages for tho death of plaintiff's son, who was employed by defendants, at ffyndlmm. The defendant had sent the boy with a horse and dray to cart a can of-water from (he Matnura' River, fho boy got into difficulties and the result was that he was drowned and tho horso and dray washed down tho stream. Plaintiff alleged that defendant had noted negligently in sending a boy to perform such work in view of tho dangerous condition of the stream. Tho defence was that there lnfd been no negligence, and that tho occurrence was an accident which could not havo been foreseen by an ordinary careful man. Tho jury found for defendants with costs. STACK OF MATCHES 1 ALIGHT, - , . Westport, February 27. A firo occurred last night, originating amongst a stack of packages of .matches behind tho counter of Cvril Aver's hairdresser's shop.' Considerable uomago by hre, smoke, and water was done. The insurance was X2OO in..tho State Office. TRAWLERS' AWARD, ir t n m Duno'din, February 27. ; Mr. J. E Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner, sat to-day to hear tho Dunedin trawlers dispute. After a lengthy conference an agreement was arrived at. A weeks work is not to exceed seventy hours. Hours of work are not to exceed twelve in any ouo day without payment of overtime. A.mate or leading . deck hand shall bo paid not less than ,£2 10s. per week and found; engineer or man in charge, £3 IDs. and found; firemen, £1 7s. fid. and found; deck.hands, jE2; cook, £2. Saturday or'Sunday 1 shall bo observed as a day of rest. Tho award comes into force from March Id, and will continue in force until March, 1916.' NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH. Invercargill, February 27. A rie\r Anglican Church, erected by the parishioners of St. John's, was opened yesterday by the Primate of New Zealand (Bishop iNievill) with imprcssivo ceremony. Ihe church is a particularly liandsonio brick.structure and a distinct acquisition .to the town buildings. Special services in celebration, of tho event, are being hold during this .week. •GUARD'S HOUSE, BURNT. , . Whangarei, February 27. A six-roomed house at Hukcrenui, owned by the Railway Department and occupied by a guard named Dunn, was destroyed by flro at midnight. Nothing was saved.' There is a policy of .£IOO on tho furniture in tho Standard Office. Tho building wasMiot insured. Tho cause of tho flro is' unknown. , The building was valued at about £500. MOKAU\MEN FINED. New Plymouth, February 27. In the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court this morning, three residents of tho Mokau district were each fined £5, with' costs £8 6s. Bd., for keeping liquor for sale in o, prohibited area; and having liquor delivered without tho contents being legibly marked on the .cases. •■-,'.'-. •Another-defendant was fined .£2, with costs vlss;, for obtaining liquor to ,bo delivered in a prohibited area without notifying the vendor of .that fact. DRIVERS' AWARD CASE. . 'Dunedin, February 27. Six convictions were .recorded in the Police Court this morning, at tho instanco of tlio Labour. Department, for breaches of-Clause 1 of tho . drivers' award, with respect to books for record-, ing tho mnbor of hours worked daily.' The, employers woro fined 20s.,''-with coste, and tho hands Is., with costs, these being tho first prosecutions in Dunedin under .award,.>>. ;,-,,.,-,„,„;- n -~.-, ': ''SENT BACK'TO HIS' CELL,; '.'. ■'/■.,'.'■•". .' Auckland, February 27,' , A prisoner named Joseph Edgar, .'who' only a short timo ago was sentenced-, to' a week's confinement on bread and water for malingering, was again'charged to-day with refusing to perform hisi allotted task. The prisoner said ho could not work. He was living in agony. Tlio doctor, however, could find nothing wrong with him. Edgar was ordered to come up for scntonco when called upon, and was sent back to his'cell, to think matters over till the morning. . ,