NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1827, 13 August 1913, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Hy Tclogrnph—Prces Association.) MUCH-URGED RAILWAY. Napier, August 12._ During his vis.it to Wellington, Mr. Ellison, chairman of the Kast'Coast Railway League, obtained the definite assurance of tlio Minister for Public Works t'hat a sum would bo placed on t.ha intimates this session sufficient to carry on tho work, on the railway bridge ipinbalikment for twelve months, providing the responsible bodies— tho Harbour Board-and County Councilguarantee. their portion of. the cost. The construction of the bridge and embankment will .probably take two years. The Minister would' riot undertake to extend tho formation of-the line 411 present, but would undertake that wlicn tho embankment was completed thore would bo &umciont l'-.iigth. of line finished, to open the iirst srectdcai. SENTENCES 4 FLOGGING. Dunedin, August 12. In the Supreme Court to-day. Patrick Ryan, David Morris," and. Martin Carroll were acquitted 011 "a change of robbing Ernest M'Giashari and us'iiifi'. personal violence, towards him. '''Walter 'Duff was sentenced to. five .years' iiiiprifoiinxut for an unnatural oflence, and Albert Percy Olding to. six. months' oii. .1 charge of abducting a girl under 16 years of age and undue intimacy with. her. . Edward Wilson, alias Robert Jones,' was 'sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and a flogging of 15 strokes on'it'charge of- assault with intent oir a young.'girl. SALARIES & TEACHING. Timaru, August. 12. The Education Board to-day passed a resolution endorsing a , circular from Dunedin urging the Minister to adept some other method of determining, salaries than average attendance,; also urging that the salaries be increased as teachers had not. been paid equitably as compared with other branches of the Public Service. Tho board granted sliss.es Lindsay and Caskoy (Tiniaru South) and Swap..'(Tcmukn) permission to exchange with three Canadian teachers for oni? year. THE HARE'S CHANCES. Dunedin, August, 12. A a meeting of tho committee of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals to-ilny, it was unanimously decided to call a meeting of members of the society to discuss tho finest ion of cruelty of coursing within enclosures. Lega.l opinion will probably be obtained before tho meeting is held. CAUSES IN DIVORCE. Auckland, August 12. In" the Supreme Court decrees nisi _ in divorcc T.-ero grouted in tho following ca*£s: —Adeline Ksfchcr M'Bhvain v. Leon* a-r<l John M'ttlwrtin; Jemima Ada Lloyd v. Jolm Horatio Lloyd; Anna Noon v. Frederick William Noon—all three 011 tho grounds of desertion; Hugh Manson v. Elizabeth Manson and Bert Lobkamp, misconduct. , HOW ELECT MAYORS? . Fcilding, August 12. ■ The Chamber of C'ommercc lost night impressed strong disapproval of the Government's proposal to have Mayors elected by tho council instead'of under the pre-, sent svsteni. Tho president (Mr. J. G. Cobbe) characterised the proposal vis the most undemocratic brought down for some years. ■ " : THE.TIMELY "POUR." Napier, August 12. After an unnreced-pntsd spell of dry weather, rain set in last night,. and gives promise of continuing. It was badly needed. , , ' . Waipawa, August 12. Heavy continuous rain fell throughout the night, and continues. It was badly, needed, as there has onlv besn half tho. usual rainfall recorded since January-. • UNSEATED. Invcrcarpill, August 12. The strong dissatisfaction felt by school committees regarding the attitude of the Bdivation Board resulted in two vacancies bsing contested. Both sitting members were easily defeated, Mr. A. Lowri© (141) rerjlncing Mt. Orosby Smith (43), and Mt. H. li Vivian (226) defeating Mr. Thomas Macgibbon (113).