NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1885, 20 October 1913, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

1 (By Telegraph.—Press Association,) THE COMING CAR. hostilityln'dunedin. , ; . ' ' ■■■•'' Dunedin, Ootobcr 18. Mr. Myers (chairman of tho Tramways Committee of tho City Council) and Mr. Alexander,' manager,' left l'or Wellington this morning to wait upon the Minister, to protest against the Tramway Bill. Mr. Myers said that tho'proposed legislation would Tinvo a very serious effect on the Dunedin system. ' Tho cost of alterations would amount to £1981, and' tho cost of building five now cars would amount to £6000. In addition, the cost of running fivo additional cars would amount to £4000. In Dunedin an em..ployee had never been killed or' seriously injured since, the inauguration of tho service, tea years ago. ILLICIT TRADERS FINED. Masterton, October 17. At tie Magistrate's Court this morning Thomas Loo was. sentenced to two months' _ imprisonment on charges of. selling liquor and keeping ' lijjuor for sale ; Thero wero soveral previous convictions against accused. Harry Hounslow was fined £25 for soiling liquor. Ashburton, October 17. Arthur Paget to-day pleaded guilty to a charge of soiling liquor in a NoLicenso district, ■ and . was fined £20. ■ FIRE AT BELFAST., Christohurch, October 17.' H. Cos, a well-known breeder of pigs, Qiad his homo destroyed by fire at Belfast. Tho family was aroused early in the morning , aild escaped in their night attire- They lost all their personal'bolonglngs and furniture. There' is an insurance of £200 on the house in ; the Phoonix Office. COMPLAINT OF A CREDITOR. Chrlstchuroh, October 17. . At a meeting of creditors in tho estate of Robert Blackley, butcher, Cheviot, t'ho' liabilities wero .. shown at £1528. The assets wero estimated at £1216. A. \V. Rutherford, the chief creditor, 'complained that bankrupt 'had borrowed £1000 last year without saying .ho had been a bankrupt in 1904, paying IOJd. in the'£. Blackley l attributed .his trouble to tho slaughtermen's striko. Tho estate was left in the hands of the Assignee. . HIS CRIME INSTINCT. YVanganul, October 1?. A man named Georgo Nottingham, an habitual criminal, whilo out on probation, stolo a bicycle which ho sold. At tho ■ Magistrate's Court this morning ho was ordered to ho sent back to prison, and sontenccd to six months' [bard labour for theft. SPURIOUS MONEY. " Ashburton, October 17. Magdalino J. M'Ann was charged at tho Magistrate's Court to-day with uttering a counterfeit coin (gilded sixpence) in Ashburton. The polico altered tho charge to ono of falso pretences, and on this accused (a country resident) was convicted and, ordered to make restitution, and also to come up for sentence when called upon. PUZZLE OF THE CROSSINCS. Christchurohj October 17. A sequel to a Collision between the north train and a motor-car driven by 'Francis Norman Hardy, on Saturday, . September 27, was heard at the Magis--trato's Court this morning, when Hardy ' was charged with driving his motor-car ovor the Crossing .while the train was within half a mile of him. Mr. Wilding, who appeared for Hardy,' said that ho was prepared to. admit the . facts, but lie contended that th'e'Qovernmohta-cgui! lations wore impossible in respect of the Colombo Street crossing, _ where shunting operations were, continually goiiig on: It was impossible for vehicles to move along Colombo Street and over tho crossing without trains being always within half , a milo of them. The magistrate said that the wholo system was wrong, and the time was coming when something would have to be dono. In this case'he would make the penalty a light one. . Defendant would ho convicted and fined 10s. and costs. OLD IDENTITIES. Chrlstchuroh, October 17. A gathoring of old identities is boing, held to-day in connection with _ the reunion of immigrants who arrived at Lyttelton fifty years ago in the Lancashire. .