NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

<B* TelonrnDli.—l'rws A6sooiauo.fi,) — r _ ECCENTRIC Acts. INCENDIARY GIVKS HIMSELF DP. Fox ten, D-erember 8. A fnnnor named Warren Williams, at a?i parly hour on Sunday morn, nig, attempted to burn down a cottage oc-cnpu-r.l by his wile, ami owned bv A. 8. I'aterson nml Co., Wpllin.«t-on. After settiii R (iro to the building, ho knocked on the? wall to arouse tho inmate. The lire was put out before any damage was done. Williams watched from a distancel, and then'rode to his farm —about two miles distant—and burnt his housn and its contents. Mo then gave himsell Hj> to the polir-p. llct appeared he* lore Mr. Hornblow, J.?., this morning, ami was remanded to npprar at Palmo-r- ---'«"!!•"" 15. Some time aeo \\ ilhams attempted to commit suicide A CfTY COUNCIL ALARMED. MOTOR.'mis SUIIVICE JEOPAHDISKI). Auckland, December 8. I lie amendinont made bv tho Lcfiis* J't've Council to Section 22 of the. Munioipal_Corpflrjti<Kis Act Amendments ill!, Jiimtinj; thf powers of the Auckland City Council in the matter of running motov-'huses, meets with r.trejiv; opposition from the* City Council. A special mooting was hold to consider the position, and the- following resolution was earned :-"That this council vioivs with alarm the amendment mado by the Legislative Council to Section 22 of the Municipal Corporation Amendment- Bill, whereby the Auckland City Conned is prohibited from undertaking: motor whiclo service*, and resolves to telegraph to t!ie Auckland City and provincial members of the House of Representatives, strongly then: to use their utmost endea 'our to defeal the clause when it comes before tlw Lower House." CADETS BEFORE THE COURT. Tlmaru, DccoinWi- 8. A large number of senior cadets ap* peared before the- Court to-day, ch.ireerl with failing to attend drills. 'Plie majority offered an objection to tho uniform. 'i'hey wear long tro'isers now: and dislike short trousers. The Mssgis-' tratn ridicalcd tire objection, and told them that the uniform took'first prizo in Canada against nil others, and warned them that they must drill in tho uniform whether they lilwd it or not.