NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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EXHIBITION AUTHORITIES AND STALLHOLDERS.

Auckland, February .28. iho. president of the Exhibition iiw formed the Stall-holders' . Ooiviintteo that lie ivas quite willijifr that the stallholders should close their stills, at qnce, provided they did no! 1 alio nway t.lioir . Tho Commissioners fver.e. quite willing tq consider favourably Inter on I V'o proposed extension of tho. closing d.atc., should there ho a sufficiently : .sire:iig. demand, ■ The Stall-holders' Committee reported •tliat -i bey regarded tho president's pro. ;P<>sals as i<oasonable. a'hd -t-hey- wer< agreed,to, '. r . *

JURY'S RIDER RE FIREMEN'S HOURS. ~ ~ Hamilton, February 28. At the inquest on- John' William ofiai\non> acting fireman, ..who was killed +V* evidence showed -that--ljo' had been working twelve hours colitriiuioiusly.. lie was putting thobrako ce a truck when he got jammed between ■the; trunk and ■(!■ ■cpaly.bift. .A. verdict- of.' accidental death was returned, and a rl: ' c '! a £, addoci. .stating that tho, jury t'h.e hromeivs w<Src i<3o jpng, and urging a reduction. v ■

BREACHES OF UGENSINC LAWS. ' Hamilton, February 23. Three- Assyrians named Essay, two of whom are women, were fined £iOO ' between them for sly grog-soiling at Otorohanga, in tlio King Country. Tho police stated that the defendants 'banked largo sums of money. As mjicli "as £50 \va ; s deposit in twj> .days',.A. showman named William O'Brien was fined £10 and co-sls for failing to nptify tliafc liquor;.I10 had,.purchascd ivas ; K' ln 6' CouutrVi-■ ;lhc:'..police, said O Urien's trail was lmed with dniiikei -Maoris. - - '

MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE. Hamilton, February 28. Tho Borough Council lisva decided to erect .fivo municipal dwellings at a cost ■'jf £4.00 each., iTclcpciicp- of; occupancy is .to be-, given to borough employees, who,- bv paying los. weekly. will be'ablo' to acquire the property in twenty years. Five, thousand pounds is to be. borrowed from the State Advances Department io eairy out the scheme. Hamilton is tlio first iown in tho Dommion .to try the eiIxTiinent. -. ■' ': v '■'-VL'-V ■"

ASSAULT ON UNION'OFFIGERS. Auckland; February 28. In tho Police Court,. Harrv Magnusson, aged : ffl>, charged with.;liaying .assaulted three members: of the executive of the Watorsiders' Union with intent to, do grievous . bodily harm, was com-'' mitted' to the Supreme Court for ] sentence, •

CHAROE OP MURDER REDUCED.■ Chrlstchuroh, February 28. i Alexander Tliompsoii, cliarged with tho murder of Hannah Thompson, was before the Court! and-remanded till Wednesday, tli»:chars<S heing rcduced tc manslaughter. • .