NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

<Br TeltETapli.—Pr«a ±tj<joi&tionJ ■ ■ ' ■»■■■■■■.•■ STRIKE &. HOTELS. , THE BENEFIT OF THE CLosofiE, Auckland, Fobruiiry 17/ Mr. Justieo 'Cooper, in his charge to ths Grand Jury at the Suprtmo Co.urL roforrod to the comparatively peacefui. conditions that prevailed in Auckland ■during the. industrial upheaval m& to tho wisdom of the Magistrates in closing the eity and srtlburb.au hotel's.. the eases before fciio Court included only ou.o arising from that regrettable period, Ho believed this Was largely duo. to the. .action of the Magistrates as-wol) as to tho restraint ■exercised hy tho leaders on both sidfes involved in tho struggle. The tact that liquor ttas kept out of the ttou.ble w-as » powerful lactor in keeping quietness and' preventing breaches of the law.

AUCKLAND SESSIORS,

Auckland, February 1(3. At the Supremo Couiii to-day Gertie Sewcll Hunter was found not guilty on a charge of stealing £6 from the laundry premises of Fong. Long at i'aT.nell in July last. A young Maoris, named liono Taurti.j was .toundguilty of breaking, entering, and theft in the \Ylja:ngarei district. He was admitted for. reformative- treatment for, a period not exceeding 'two years. Arthur Albert Baker, who pleaded guilty in the- Lower Court to malting a falso declaration under, tho Marriage Act, was. fined £5. A- young woman named Minnie Frcwiu was found guilty of sotting fire to a billiard-room at Huntty. She-, was ordered to he placed-in charge of tho Salvation Army, and com,? up.fo-j* sci.itoiico wheit catted on. t-ohi Huitoroa was found guilty of obtaining money by false pretences, forgery,, anil tittering, aiid was remanded until Holiday so as to enable tho police to investigate, his past career.

AQT OF BRAVERY', Christchurohj February 16. An application for recognition of an «" act of bravery performed by Robert Marrctt, ah employee of the' tSisba.rrie Bdrougb Council has been received by . the.Royal. Humane Society of New Zealand. Oji January 26 Mcttett heard cries by children who were on tho Waikanie* Beach, and ho was. told that Florence- Emily jlardcii, 7J years of age, had been swept out to sea.. Ho went into the water fully clothed;, and, after swiittmiivg 2.Q0 yards through iho surf, ho caught sight of her, and. ultimately, with the jsssistaiieo' -of -Siiother man, managed to got her ashore. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, Chrlstchiirch, February 16. Tho .Conciliation Council will be re* . quired this week to consider two applications for an award in. the Gar-pente-ii' and. Joiners' case. .'The Amalgamated Society l of Carpenters' and Joiners and the Canterbury Carpenters'' arid joiners' Association have failed to agree.. Both unions have cited the employers/ VIOLENT CINO, MEN. . Auckland, February 16. A cablegram lias been received from :Suva dated February. 16' 'stating-that. a : man -culled .SyjdnftV Levy, junior toan* ager of a,, picture show., hat beeii sentenced..' to sis. Weeks' imprisonment ,'ro'r throwing aniMOnii and ■■severely burning'Araiur Groom, who intervened' to $top,a Rght between Levy and his brothers, ' QUICKSTEP BAND HONOURS. Auckland, February 16. _ In consequence of- the Auckland Garrison Band Scoring' 99 points for music in the A ..Grade Quickstep Tost, at tiro recent,co.iii^s'£j.; ; thCEa'n3master.-(Mr. G. F. Cater)' has'.-,been .awarded 'a gold modal for,musie in the Quickstep.. In tho B :Orad& tho gold modrf goes to Bandmaster R-, Wills, of tho Hibernian Band, Inve-rcargill, which stored 97 points for music out of 100 in tho Quickstep, DEATH OF A VETERAN SOLDIER. ChrlstdlYliroh,. February 15, Charles. Parsons., a -pensioner, aged 84, and a. sihg'io man, died at Pgpamii on Saturday, A verdict of death from naturaj causes was returned. iPatSons TVaS said to havo'fought in the Crimean ami China wars. FORCED LETTERS. VYanganul, February 17. J.- H. N'iehoil.s, of Alarton, for\ forg--i-ng a series of letters, was sent'ence'd to-two years' hard la-hour and three years' -rcfof-ma-tivo treatment ; b,y Mr. Justice Edwards at the Supremo Court this morning.