NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

i THE COAST FORTS [ .. SIR lAM HAJVHLTWS JNiSPECTION, (By !Pel4K*»t--l I r<!s« Afßo.eicstltin.S AiicHlanct, May 14. An inspection ef tho iiarbouv de-* toeoa of Auckfaiid was nrade by Qvn* ■era.l Sir Ijin .Hamilton, aceorupiuiied by the Minister of Defonco and S! ; nioj>Oeii> eraJ ©odley this inor«ing-. f'ho General visited the three forts, and the in* ■spectiois was inos-ii thorough, KAig from tho -heavy guns took yhep by .Territorial and iwnnmiejvfc JftrtfH&ryinOtt, , and good Work was tiolie. fhq G<si- , er'aj did not address the troops, except at Fart Oatttlcy, where he said that, a.s far as .he eould jmlgc, the shooting was good. In tho aftcruqau the General visited tho Veterans' Home, fltid tlip Celajimi Ammunition Cofi;-piVfi,v's wortts. To'iii.glit he left tor Najwei'. ' Hβ in* spdets the cadets at Hastings on Sattjrday, FEItOING'S WANTS, . BRANCH RAftWA? ASKED Ml, Feilding, May 14. Tho Hon. W. Fraste- wits welcoWpd yesterday by school children aud the ■Cham|ior «f Comincrce at Apiti. In reply to depntutians asking for a b:raho.h railway from foildiiig- tins Minister said he was agreeably sittjj.risc-cl at the v.a:s.t extent of couiitoy wutinjj; ioi ttoroußh developtiiciit. Ho roc-ORiiised tlijt uwtil ■ they had good tailvray coimm.nrieation - it would be iinpQssifc'le to find profitable ■markets for p.rod.«ce.. Although li<V ■co-uld not pledge the sonslniatittii of a, lin.e, lie woiiM uiiflcrtabe to havs a smvftj, inank .tot a Ifeht line of vaflwa.V, and would try individually to obteift.for them their J.icavt's dosife. ■ DIVORCE SfTTIMCS, , Auckland, May 14. To-day tlw Siipffinie Govirt (soinineiiccd the lieaHng of forty-fltiopetttiAns ford:!vbrca. Decrees nisi wero granted in the following tfftses D-tfyer, of Wtiihi, v.' Daniel Dwyer, on 'the .graunds of desortfen; Etebfefih EJlbii Fupsell, tlesntftion and liiisfionftuet; Lil* liaii Eli«iihcth .M.'K.pftj of Matimita, \\ ■John M'Kee, bliiafniv a.ivd iiilfcoliduct. A petition for .divorce on tlie .fti'ou.nd of 'rifisftoirthtct was htougta by O.p&rgo ftftot,' aiahiFft Mau'd Boot, John Gilkspie, of AudilaiKl, bsiiigeted as co-reSpentldiit.-.'Tjijs finse was nllawed to St:vii« ovw. Wlieft FiilVny jloldßfiy of AncktaiUj, pe'tftioaed for a tteci-eo' wisii agahiet Fredorlek William Hwlen on tho ffrrjund of clij.sertion, a poiivt was j-ftised as to ivhietiier a decree soti.ld he .granted' in vie* -of Urn tact thai, out' of 28 j'ain's of ajarticttlife, the eatrplo hatt oit'v Spent four and ft hall years in New Zealand. i;ii oppi?- : . ing the «as'e Sir. Sfootfy saM that the ' ■rjuestion as to whether the. respondent had abandoned his domicile in Ne'w ' Zealand would provide a difficulty, jji.s Honoiit-, after hfiarinc cvi3e.tiett', iiit.i- ' mated that lie Tfjis' Satisfied that there* had been a ctuel desertion, but lip. was hot suto of the legality of g.ro : ntsfi-s a tere.o under the c'freiiftstiiiifes- , ;ni)jS . felt incTitwd to take llm opinion «f thf : Full Court. AfciVERTISER FINEO^ TauniSrtmui, May 14. in thfi Cbnrt t)im mow ' iiiß a novel Itcpiorafetlfrq!; :poi«t was dfl-, cided. E. V. AJ'akeli.im, -Isiibape, was eh.trgod with acivcrtisiug in the Tiumafitnui "Pvess"; "Order in tiftiq. JSot. from railway before the .holidays." tflife was held by tine 'police to coftstitftto sglfoitiiig. Other .idvertfeements ..gk'inß .; price Ifets of tytfayr in the Kiii}* Qmm- :: try Mat permissible.., ...Oefwjjla-n-t i was (mod. 20s.' and costs. FINE np £40,. ~ " . ~ T?Uitiaruna(, May 14. ' A man -with aliases, who cliiil not ii-ppeiii-j was niinfßv.i with sly at the Magistrate's Court Unky. IM.on.dant had bpiiiclit twolvo battles of frWslty a.t Kihfldhi.. and was caught at Oiigariie hy tiic jwlice, ka'Ving from the teoiig side ' of the trail!.' Hi? was .aoutteted rihl . toed £4 ; '9 and .costs ■ar'ihrcis inftViibs' i.n>ppisonnient- . • POUITIGAL AfIPRESS. FTot(Of.ua ( May 11. ' My. G. W. fltisse-H, M.1 , , for Avftnj addressed a lai-go aiidioiioo last ivigMi lnaWy On.'€re liflts of pr.ovieus speocilies. Tlio .meetingj which was most «.nt3i.imiastic, ca.i-i'icd a uiranijiiolrs vibio of , tbfvnfa rtttd eantkittatl «qiiiit3eiieo k the Xiibtta! prt,Vj of which. Sir Joseph . . Ward is leader. DUNEOIN SISSIONS. DanOdfiii 3fa,v U, At tIM Supforee Conrt -to-day Calm JJViirijaJrii wg.s f-omid net g.uEtt of jiv■flretmg bodily Imr.m pirJohn Jirry flt Higheliff mi April 25. was/disemtrgtHL John R-reliartl Mewitt was' hrottgljt up on s ohafiso Of stealing JEJ2Q-fro-ni the pefson of .Jolin Gaiiip'bi-11, ftiit ns -the..person reb'bpd..was not present tiie east* ivfts a'dje*iwd till to-jiiorkisy, • I'f.iiiOi Jrl)oiiir.eU Was fofrirti iiot fitialtV .on eaeh of flifee eouiits: (V) RoMWy mth violences &) ti,eft. (3) mm m assairtt. Elizabeth f(,\ht]t wns mtuhten my a eferpe of iitterJwi sfiiirioiis. o.o.fti with intent to defraud.