NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2171, 9 June 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

THE WAYSIDE HALT , CONDUCT OF TERRITORIALS. iSy -l'fiSesraDfe.-.sPrMa Association.) Duncdin, June 8, •_ Twelve cleaners in t'ne railway service were charged at th« Police "Court this morning with {ailing to render personal service under the Defenco Act. It Was stated by Captain Ilickey that the defendants were called out for parade one morning, and marched to the tram terminus at North-East Valfey». where, in orcter to give them a' rest, the.v_were dismissed, and told to fall iti again in about ten minutes. Defendants got in a tnunoar aftd wc»t home. .Thoy wore told to como off the ear and. fail-in, but declined. Mr, Mscgrejjor, i"or tlie defense, said on thG date in question ■ the young" follows complied with what was known as the "Wilo staiiding orders" issued to them, which notified them that the? must attend another of< the pnradas they had been attending for mouths past—viz., parados of an hear and a half. When tlwy stopped for rest that time had expired, and they appealed to the captain, who told them it was a half-day parade,- That was this Erstintimation of a half-day parade, they had received, and they told the ■ captain so. Counsel submitted that no offence was disclosed, and the esse ought not 'so have been brought, . Mr. Bartholomew, S.M., reserved ijttdfintcnt.

STRIKE ECHO, OBVIOUS DEFECT IN ACT. Christchurcfr, .Jung 8. , _ An echo of the strike was heard in tho Magistrate's Court io-day, when Drivers' Union sued E. >\ olfe and A. G?jU'ld, who joined tho new union, fpi; ss, subscription «acb. , . ''nion rules provide thai members leaving must give three mouths' notice, and must jay their contributions wj) to the expiration of the notice. For the defence, it was <v;!Hen&>d that t-iie rules did not provide for resigna* and that t-he men, had a right to leave, as the act of the union in strik-: jng had brought its members under a legal penalty. The Magistrate said there was an obvious: defect, in. the Act. as no power was given to men. to resign. Ho gave judgment, ill equity arid good coupci•eiice, for tho defendants; The uaion will appeal. PERILOUS PROGRAMME, WILD SHOTS AT "WILD WEST" SHOW. „ Hamilton, June 8, Captain M'Leod, the "Wild West" showman, wtoa was recently fined at Auckland lor random shooting with a pea rifle, got himself into further trouble on Saturday night at the Waikato winter Pari- of M'Leod's performance is to bore holes with but lots through threepenny pieces .held by .members of the audieii-ce, and slieot off the aah of cigarettes in people's mouths. A youjig man, Lasl-io Wilson, living near Hamilton, stood out in tli® ring smoking, and M'Lced fired a toilet which entered Wilson's cheek, finding en esit though the mouth, grassing tho tongue and knocking out throe teeth, A pro ten; ion is probable. RED-LETTER DAY. HOME BOAT AT NEW PLYMOUTH. New Plymouth, jhi-o g. The steamer Wal.ku.re, from Hull, with 5000 tons of cargo, chiefly basic stag for Newtfeft King, arrived late on Sunday iMgrefc, and was berthed at fi.3o this morning without the slightest trouble by Captain Waller, harbourmaster.' She is drawing £>{(.. aft, 21ft. forward, and has not less than kit. or Ui't. of Water under her in the shallowest part of tho fairway. There is over 29.it tinder hc-r (tfc tho wharf athiglwvater. No tug was required. Discharge of her cargo is expected to occupy about- ton days, SPLENBIB OFFERTORIES. Clsfjorne, Juno 8, Offertories taken yesterday itt Holy Trinity Cnureh on behalf of the building hind debt extinction realised £1100'. Tho raising of this a-iiumnfc carried with it font.mgi-.ni, gifts of £400 and £100, waking the total for the day £1500.

COAL OUTPUT. Cr-oymauth, Jup.o 8. The coal export for this week was: Papawa, 728 tons 6owt»; .Point E-fea<. both (Jitate), 1121 tons 16'cwt.; Blackball, 3790-tons ; I/hwpoel (State), 4.09 toas'4ewt. . T&tal, 61.37 tons JSewt! , Wcstport, Jline 7. Ilia coal export last week irom West* port was as follows.: —• Wesirport Cbal Company, 5275) tons-16ewt.. coal, awl 2? tons Kiewt-.of coke; Wesipoit-Stocktou Company, 2716 tons Itewt. coal. SHIP'S stores embezzled. Duncdin, Juno. 8. At Port Chalmers I-uiico Court tin's afternoon, throe firemen on tlia Whakatafle, Wilfred Jasper, Charles Jc-ssop, a»tt Walter Thorn, vf«re charged wit;h ■oiiibpzaliiiß ship's stores to tiro valuo of £8. Each man was sentenced to ovm month's imprisonment, as:;! was ordered to forfeit £1 from ills wages, OPPOSITION LEADER, . Whangafci, Juno 8. Sfa* Joseph . Ward addressed a big auclieneo afc the Town Hall to-night. Proceedings wer© of an enthusiastic naiaire throughout. Sir .Joseph Ward did Mot brfiak any new ground, his speech being mi the lines.of others recently given, by liim. At tho conclusion tie was tendered a vote of thanks and confidence, TIMARU'S iiACH RESORT, Tfmarn, Juno 8. The Ro rough Council to-, night adopted suggestions fforn the .Caroline Bay Assfl* ciatioft that £500 bo spent, on improving tho bathing facilities at the bay. A councillor 'proposed adding tepid baths at £200 mofe, and a Joan will probably be proposed. SHOT PARADISE DUCKS. v Tlmaru, Jr.no 8. At the Magistrate's Court to-day a man was fined £2 and tests for -shooting sewm paradise ducks, which are protected this season, and a-ftofthei" 20s. for shooting oho duck. Counsel for tho defence arga.ed that "wild goose" may he shut, and a "paradise dstck" is & goose-. SRiEF MENTION. , ißVOfcarglll, Juno s, William Boyd, aged 38, found guilty of assault on four girls, was softteiieetf to nine months' imprisonment. Qunadin, June S, thero is a diphtheria epidemic at the Papatoawai railway constructioa works in the Catlnis district, t'hefe being eleven cases. The Health Departmentis moving actively. . Napier, Juno 8. A3 tho result of a raid on Chinese? promises ih Market Street on Saturday, See Lee was to-day fined £10 -and costs for possessing opium it.t a suitable form for smoking.