NEW- ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1785, 25 June 1913, Page 8

NEW- ZEALAND NEWS.

(Br Telegraph.—PreM Association.) * COALING H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. . lIER MILEAGE SO FAR. Auckland, Juno 24. Coaling operations on H.M.S. Now Zealand were carried out with remarkable dispatch. The work was commenced at 9 .a.m. on Monday, and tho actual timo worked up till this morning (allowing three hours for intervals and delays) was 13 hours li) minutes. In that period 2728 . tons were taken aboard from a collier and stowed away ill the warship's bunkel's, making on average of 207.25 tons. This is looked upon as an excellent record by the ship s officers. Since leaving England the New Zealand has been 85 days at sea, has steamed 10,216 miles, and has coaled nine times, taking in a total of 16,G13 tons. ENFORCING SHEARERS' AWARD. Napier, Juno 24. At tho Magistrate's Court to-day, Mr. T. E. M'Carthy, S.M., delivered a considered judgment in a case in which tho Inspector of Awards claimed a penalty of ■4!50 in respect of an alleged lock-out of shearers in November last, whon a manager suspended; shearing operations by dismissing the men with a view to compelling them to. shear wet sheep contrary to Clause 13 of the Wellington shearers' award. Judgment was entered for plaintiff for .£25 and costs. FURNITURE WORKS FIRE. ChrisJcliurclii June 24. Tho Firo Brigade received a call at 2.21' thia_ morning to tho furniture factory of David Palmer, in Manchester Street North. By tho timo the brigade arrived . tho llames had such a secure hold that the greater portion of the building and contents were destroyed before the fire ' .could bo suppressed. The building an< . plate-glass wcro insured for ,£376 m tla . Standard officc, and tho stock in tlv Atlas office for JCI9B. CONFLAGRATION & HEAVY LOSS. ! Auckland, Juno 24. Tho overturning of a kerosene hcatet caused a conflagration in tho shop o; A. M. Skeates, jeweller, Victoria Arcadei this morning. The kerosene spread ovei tho floor, and the llames reached tho roof, but, were subdued in the early stages. Th< damogo to tho stock is estimated ai ■filOOO.! There is some insurance in thf Eoyal Office.

SCHOOL BIBLE LESSONS. Masterfon, Juno 24. The, Wairarapa Presbytery this morno ing passed tlio following i-psolutionr "Tins Presbytery most heiurtily cndorsca the platform of the General Assembly on the matter of tho Bible-in-Schools, and, regarding tho Nelson system as inefficient and inadequate, reaffirms its resolve to support tho scheme through this Prcs< bytery to the utmost of its ability." PORT OFFICIAL'S POSITION. Auckland, Juno 24. It is reported that Dr. Sharmau, port health ofheer for many years, lias been' advised that tho Department intends ta have tho duties undertaken by "tho local offico of tho Health Department, tho 6laffi' consisting of Drs. MakgillNand Monk,