NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1765, 2 June 1913, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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TIMARU STRIKE QUARREL. Timaru, May 31. An outcome of the recent trouble over wharf work was the prosecution of a young man named Murphy fo? violently assaulting C. S. Brewer, because, from tho offender's point of viow, Brewer was a "scab." Counsel for the defendant said the latter was not a wharf-worker. The row, however, began with the defendant inquiring, "Are you one of thoso — 'scabs'?" The magistrate remarked that tho large attendance of men in Court indicated that the assault was moro than an ordinary squabble, and imposed a fine of i! 5, with costs 2Gs., or fourteen' days' imprisonment, half the fiu9 to go towards the complainant's medical expenses (which the defendant promised to pay). The complainant's nose was broken. NEW OIL COMPANY. Christchurch, Juno 1. Tho International Petroleum and Mineral Development Corporation was registered in Christchurch yesterday with a capital of ,£400,000. It is understood that it will bo the largest oil proposition yet placed before the public of New Zealand. The corporation has acquired exclusive rights in perpetuity over areas in Taranaki aggregating seventeen square miles. Tlieso areas include several properties commented on by Mr. J. D. Henry, the English.oil expert, in his work, "Dominion Oilfields." The operations of the corporation will fco under the supervision and control of Mr. P. A. Hadley. MARINE UPHEAVAL, i Gisborno, May 81. Heavy seas aro running off tho coast, indicating an ocean, disturbance. On the voyage from Napier tho steamer Maitai shipped a heavy sea, which washed through the saloon, a mimber of passen.gers getting their belongings wet. DR. CLEARY & BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. Hawera, May 31. Dr. Cleary, Bishop of Auckland, addressed a largely-attended public meeting last night, when a resolution against teaching tho Biblo in schools was carried. AUCKLAND iixH IBITI ON. Greymouth, May 31. Owing to unfavourable replies from a monetary point, it has been decided to abandon tlio West Coast Court at the Auckland Exhibition. DISABLED S.S. INGA. Dargaville, May 31. The steamer Inga, which struck tlio rocks on entering the harbour, and was afterwards berthed at Aoroa, is discharging cargo there, and will probably have to bo wholly lightered before tho extent of the damage is revealed. Lloyd's surveyor arrives to-night, and will determine operations. The vessel has a list to port, and the pumps are kept constantly going. ELDERLY LADY'S FATAL FALL. Dunedln. Juno 1. Tho police have been advised that Elizabeth Bates, aged 57, a widow, was killed on Friday evoning at Kurow, by being thrown out of a gig as the result of the horso bolting. FIRE IN,A WAREHOUSE. Auckland, June 1. A fire" broke out at 7 o'clock last night in the large five-story warehouse of the Laidlaw Lesds Company, in Fort Street. The outbreak originated in a lieap of rubbish at the bottom of tho- lift well, and the flames went straight up the well, breaking out again in bedding stored on tho top floor. The brigade was cmickly on tho scene, and soon had tho fire on the bottom floor subdued, but the flames above gavo the firemen much moro difficulty. The fire was eventually subdued, but "not until considerable damage had been dono on tho top floor, tho roof being badly buried through. A great deal of (Inmate was done to tho stock by water, but tlio total extent of the damage and tho insurances aro not available. The cause of tho fire is not known.