NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 17 June 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Ws relegrauh.—Press Association J ■■■■■■ <b ■■■ ■■ ■■ ■ - SOLKiITOB'S FEB STBONC REMARKS IN COURT. Hamilton, June 16. When a prisoner earn© up for. senin ihp Supremo Court to-day on a, charge of forging" his • grandfather's name to an order to obtain goods to •the value of .£l6 10$. on oroclii,. tho prisoner said he had -sinea paid tho money to Mr. Singer, solioitaf, Aiickla.m3, Mr, Justice Edwards: There is a receipt here from Mr, Si®gOr fofr £23. What, is this tor ? The prisoner said; f'i'3 10s. cftst of tiio goods,- £.8 to caret aijy espouse tto firmliad been put to o«r'tiie esse, aiid the remainder for Mr. Sdngei\ Mr, Justice Kdwr.rds: What, do you mean to eay that Mr. Singe* charged you that aluomit merely for payiEg' an account te you on tho othct sido of tho road ? Tins must he iiK(uirod into. You must bring this under tlio notice of the Law Society. Sir. (Jiliks (Crown Solicitor); I certainly tt-ilh Your Honour. Prisoner I hare sinco -paid Mr. Singer a further livo guineas. His BoMottr: A most cstraoriitwiy fee. At tho outside it should no! have, teen mote- than half a guinea, There must bs .au inquiry into this, and tho prisoner must make a written statement-.

POLITICAL ADDRESS. am. WILFOUD AT CHItISTCHFRCH. Christchuroh. June },6. Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P. for Hint. addressed a large audicnce in .tho Choral Hall to-night and criticised at tsomc length soffl-e statements, made by this. Prime Minister in .his recent speech in. Christcinirch, Referring to tin? figures qua-fed by Mr. Massev as to the amount to credit i-jj the Stato Guaranteed Advances Department when tho present G<» ernr.ient took office. lis said that these answered the Governments slanders <3f the Liberals. There was power under Section 30 of the State Guaranteed Advances Act for a temporary transfer of the funds of one bran eh to another. If the total credits were deduct ed from tho total commitments it would bo found that there had hceii, at iiho time referred to by thfe prime 'Minister, £-51,845 mote than .was re* quirad to -ifteet th,o commitments. Votes of thanks to Mr. Wilford and confidence ra the Liberal Party and Sir Joseph Ward as its leader were, accorded without dissent and amidst sheets, "BED P£tf" MANDATE. I AND THE SlQtiit 12* COURT-Palmcrs-tbrij Nv, June 18, i Judgment in the ease tho Manawatu Fl.axmill_ Employees' Union v'. Franks, a claim for the ainotmt of .a, levy struck on 'a.. mandate from the Federation of Labour on March 1, JfS.U!, was 'delivered by .Mr. .poyiiton, S.JL, this 'morning. The Magistrate _ decided tliat the oijj'.ots of tho union did not cover., the raising of a fund to light compensation Cftsiss m the Arbitration Court. to ho controlled by another body. Judgment was given accordingly for.defendants. ENCiNEERINC CLASSES At AUCKLAND. Auckland, Juno ]fi. Tho disability under wbie.h students of Auckland University College cijclasses labour owing to the refusal c.i" the University Spijatg to recogfliso the course of study undertaken there was again the subject of •sion. sati.a 1 tifi-ee-tmg'of the 'Co-llome CciJii.Ti--eil; •:■■■ The matter'Kva# l referred* at the last afteofcifig to the council's legal advisors, wha now submitted their <aninio.ii. • This was to tile -effect that -.miler the: provisions. of the Act, ■ Auckland College coivbl not. claim, to fee. recognised, as au engineering school by virtue -df its enghieorim: classes. Tho onlv way to overcome the difficulty tw WW lt» ■eonvinco tlie &n : «to that the college was an. rngimn-nig school., or to set Parliament "to pass spseial legislation, in the matter.

Meiflters generally esprejsse'fl the opinion tlat it was utifair oil candidates that their course of study, at flio ootkso olassus could not qualify them. for thoir dsgfise examinations. Auckland was a ■cciitrc of tfngineenng, and the engineering classes: piight to. bo weagßjscd; A committeo Was appointed to appeal to -the S-aiatfl- to rrconssder the matter and endeavour to convince. It. that- the work done .it the Auckland engineering classes was efficient. An amendment by Mr. MaTion that legislation "be. sought to compel the Senaf-o. to recognise the eollege engineering clnsse.; was not seconded. • SUPREME COURT. . _ Hamilton, .Tunc 25. A voung Native named Tu Poaiare. of HiuiJly, was sentenecd to 18 mouths' imprisonment. at the Hamilton Supremo Court to-dav, before -Mr. Justice Edwards, for theft of a gold chain and a brief bag, William Beady, a youth, and Isaac JHiint,, an elderly half*easto, were- acqilitterl em ©barge's of assaults on girls under tho ago of 16 at Hamilton and Sotorua. r&p«ctiV"c!y, ■ W.. Stone, of Tlawora, was convictod of theft of a hoi'Sß, and admitted to probation. S. Carter, To Aroha, was convicted of theft of three cOws-. and admitted to probation. . NEW BANK PREMISES FOR DANNEVIRKE. Dattnotiifka,- jime IS. The Bank of New Zealand to-day completed the purchase, of tho corner p-eo- ' tion i'ii Sigh. Stoffet, at present occupied as an office by a tlie Dannevirlto )«!; Gtropariy, for the purpose of erect? ih.p ultimately np-td-riato hank priv miscs. The piirchaso necessitates the Publishing Company Iniilding now promisee. Another comer section a. little further along High Street also changed hands, t!h& transactions ' being tho largest which have eventuated in the centre of the for a considerable time past. LOCO. ORIVER CHARGED. , . Dunetilh, Juno 16. David Alfred tattaji appeaTed-'.iit'thfl Jlagktrate's Con'ft'tliis.rtiortS'ii® cbafge.B that on May 10 ho did iinlaw'fnlly slay David Potor Leo Donovan. -Ho was .re* insnded til! Monday next; bail being allowed; The case arose" ottt of tho collision i:: tho railway yard when Donovan was killed. DuWto'tftw driver of oiio of tho engines, • : ' «LL PROPERTY PRICES. Auckland, June 1G A Queen Street property of. 52- feet ft outage an.:! 90 feet deep has been sold for £-10,000.. It belong to tho Crombio Estate, opposite tiro Bnnk of 'larf. The buildiitgs -oil the'lftpii, valued at £3300, are to' 1)6 demolished. as tho leases expire. Tho price \vorks out at ■C 770 per foot . GUM LANDS COMMISSION, Auckland, Juno 16, Further evidence was telcen by the Chun l,ni!(ls Cosimissioii io-day. Four r,n-mbei'.s of the commission left for Cabbage Bay aiid.,, after Visit-iiig the gnmltfilds at Wsiln awl hntiknti, will return to Auckland on Sunday. Tiw commisswii report is to h« ready bv ,3'khr '47. Your tse». A- Wsvr diseftvefj; for.rßjfiQving oitfaiaets, film?:, svlii'W. specif?, withbut .6.p.t<i'at.icil!S, Si2iv(l : tor tij.jHmfnviais and par'iicMhws, {roe. K. W. Hail, Herbalist, Aiftiigh Street, Christefntteh,— Advt I'm ChiUircnV Hacking Cougtas at Night .. ,Wcioßy Great Peppenaiut Cure, Is. fid." 5