NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1748, 13 May 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

MR. HEROMAN &,DEPUTATIONS. POLICE AND CITY TRAFFIC. ' mi ,t . . Auckland. May 12. .10 Hon. A. L. Heriluian, replying to of th dcpuv.iln ou the subject of the lohoe Department taking control Of tho city trathc, said Auckland would brehe extra coi.siables, and tho cost nilp 1 (if | A u oo ' r lle (jovern '«eut recog- / ' J!•««, • e 11 ? llco sbould control tuo nrmn ? 111 0 cclltl ' es . but financial i auantomenb pi-csented tome difficulty. 1 "nr^r&: ilh i A deputation irom the Discharged oners' Aid Society asiod for WnmVnt a.bi!>lanco. Jlr. Hcrdman promised to lay the mutter before the Under-Secretary lor Justice, but pointed out that other places were equally entitled to considers ! lion if the request were granted. j MATCH FACTORY FIRE. | EIGHTY HANDS THROWN IDLE. | Dunedin, SAy ]2. Tho firo which occurred at tho wax ' vesta factory at Cavcrshain was confined ! to a large jnaiiufaeturiiig-room, which was i completely destroyed. Tho room contain- J cd JiIOOO worth of plant and about .000 i worth of raw nuttcrial, which had onlv ! been put there last Saturday. Tlib , storeroom, dr.ving-rooms, engine nnd boiler-sheds, and offices were untouched. ( Eighty hands have been thrown idle, 1 but the management intends to recon- > struct the building as soon as possible. • The loss is estimated at ,£SM over tlio ! insurance.

MILK VENDORS FINED. ! ~-n Auckland, May 12. l'or selling milk deficient in fatty solids, Alexander White and Lewis A. Margin J; 1 *?- «®ch lined £2, a:.d costs, at the 1 olieo Court .this morning. CHAIRMAN FOR 23 YEARS. Gisborno, May 12. Mr, John lowTiicy was to-day r<s elected uuopposcd as chairman of thoCiisborne Harbour Board, a position which-ho has filled for 23 years in succession. Mr. Townley was lirst elected to the position on December 11, ISM, four years'after the board was constituted, and he has occupied a seat oil tho board ever since its inception, EARTH SHOCK. , Hastings, May 12. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt . at 2.45 a.m. to-day. HARBOUR LEAGUE AND TWO SCHEMES. Grcyrnouth, May 12. ; In compliance with a requisition signed, by 270 persons, the Alajor called a public meeting for the purpose of foriuiug a . Harbour League. There was a good j attendance, and tlio meeting was address : ed by Sir A. R. Guinness. M.P., who / pointed out tho necessity for a deep-sea / harbour either at Ureymouth oi • Point ! Elizabeth. A motion that a Harbour ] Loagno should bo formed was proposed by i Sir A. R. GninneJ?, M.P., nnd was carried unnniniouslj. A strong provisional I committeo was set 1 up to procure data j regarding the Grcyrnouth frolieme. If j it is not feasible tho Government or a I syndicate is to b<< asked to take uu the \ Point Elizabeth schemu. J

( INVERCARG(LL ITEMS. . ( Invercargill, May 14. I The committeo formed some timp ago j has decided to-night to proceed with the arrangement of the Southland Court at \ the Auckland Exhibition. y At a public meeting to-night, a featur- f day half-holiday league was formed, with \ tho object of initiating a campaign t in favour of the Saturday liiilf-holj' nv. j Tho Rev. Vailance Cook und Sirs. Coos, : who are visiting New Zealand at the I invitation of tho .Methodist Conference, j are conducting a mission here. Ihe meet- j ings have been very largely attended, and . havo been entirely successful. I, FACTIONS ON A COUNCIL. j Cliristchurch, May 12. There was a prolonged discussion in $ the City Council to-night over the ap- ; pointment of committees. Much party , spirit was displayed. SEAMEN CHARGED, - Gisborno, May 10. •; Two seamen charged with deserting tho ; New Zealand Shipping Company s \\»iniato at Auckland on lebruary IG, were arrested here, and remanded tilt Monday next, pending instructions f*«m i Auckland. ; TIMARU ITEMS. Tlmaru, May 11. The parcels offico at the railway stanort) was broken,into on Friday night. Somo , parcels were opened and a fci\ sluilints taken from tho till. So far as is known nothing is missing from the .parcels. The Timaru lioroujih Council lias a ie* s®rve of 2000 acres in rather high country. anil after much discussion- it was dccided by a majority to realise tho property in four lots, with a residential condition m oacli ca?e. Three parcels wero let at anup&t rental of 7s. pei 1 aero; the fourth at 4s. brought no offer, but Vs. was offered . if resideneo was foregone. It is "J 1 ™ that offers made beforehand equalled £-U0 a year more over nil if residence was not , insisted on. . ,