NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2119, 9 April 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

;v ; > MATTER FOR CABINET l COLLEGE & VICE-REGAL SITE. .(By TctcerapU.-ftrcK Association.) i Auckland, April 8. * Ast result of eonfe-renecs between the- " Minister of Education and the Waiver- * sity Oouiicil a recominondntion will be toado to Cabinet that tlie wJ'mlo area ■of Government House and grounds and : - the Metropolitan Ground adjoining bo c utilised for the new University College r buildings and a new residence bo erect- - ed for the 'Governor., tot the latter - pvirpose oiie suggestion is to acquire. : the Kilbrydo property at t'aruell recenfc--3 ly purchased by the. Harbour Board tor !, £10,000, or another-property «' the i Mount Eden district. ". THE THREE KINGS BLUSTER, Auckland, April 8, Tho Shipmasters' Ctoinuiittee, which > has been agitating far tho erection of * a lighth<juso' en the-. Three Kings, re- > solved to disband in consequence of ■ the Minister of Marine failing to kiasp what was regarded as a promiso to light ■ this danger to navigation, A protest was recorded -against- tho Minister's i wireless scheme, which is considered to i bo useless except to vessels having a i powerful Marconi equipment. ■ A further ■ motion was passed that. tho G'overn--mont bo held responsible for any casualty if the Three Kings jasro not light- !, ed within a reasonable- time. COOD A&T HONOURED, Chrl&fchurtihi April 8. this evening tho driver of the second esuress to Cliristchurch, Mr. o.' -Harrington, whoso promptitude- eared a serious accident on May' 31. was prfrrented with an afternoon tea set and tray hi silver, and Fireman 0. Beaii' wont with a silver tea set and -an oak tray, on behalf.ftf appreciative .passei!* geis who travelled: by. tho twin. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. Dunfidin, April* &. | At tho Presbyterian Synod this iijon!' ', kg tho report, s-howbd that .grants for tho churches during tho year had. to- . teller! £2194, and for manses ,£SS?4 13s, ■. Tta Ecclesiastical Fund stood on Do- j comber 31 at £2342, and by the mi of ' Juno it wouM ho mm, FORCEF& FOR SENTENSe. I AUQfttandj April -6. ■ \ . Two prisoners wore- brought up for setiteneo at- the- Supi-emo Court this ; aftcriraon. Teira Hlwiue,, o Native, j who was charged with forging and tit- , Wing a cheque for £4 Ms.* was granted ( two years' probation. Harold Mrs, , who was charged with a similar offence, j but of greater magnitude, was sentenced to a year's rcforro-ativo treatment. SEVERELY WOtINDfO WIFE. .atmadlftj' April 8. At the Mice Ootirt Scorg-o Hovoloek Green, clmreod *ith attempted, wifemurder at Sawyers' Bay, was further remanded until. April' 17, "It was stated b.v the iwlico that Mrs. Green was : still 'in tho flospiinl. Her ]<tws tow , bound and it was improbable slic wo.uk! ■ ke in a-position to give evidence- for .< fourteen days,.' OTARO CENTRAL.LIME, ] Durmdln, April S. : ' The Public Works Department has i given instruction* for a start to bo < made with tho survey of the Otago Con* | trai Hue beyond Clyde. . - s 1