NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2186, 26 June 1914, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

BORANOFF REAPPEARS, "IDLE ANfl DISORDERLY'* . CHARGE, • tßi' -'JeloiwiDli.—l'rees Association.! Dtin&tfizi, June 25. At the Police Court this morning, ken, or Arthur, Bonmoff; alias Arnold Copelaud, alia:; Albeit Bernstein, appeared iu tho (.lack ehargod with being j an idle and disorderly person, having Insufficient lawful means of support. He | pleaded not guilty. ] ■ IVw 'tho prosecution, it was stated ] that accused came here abowt six weeks j ago, a'leging'lie was of the Jewish persuasion arid was a doctor. Me applied ■ to the Jewish Philanthropic Society and i the fiaM?i..f(>r assistance, .which was ftiren. . ffe then asked tho society to 1 mi-hI him to ■Queensland, and the- society paid his'passage, gave liim o sovereign, for Jus pocket, and deposited £& with tile purser of the steamer to give him in Sydney.' He left the boat at Lyttolten. and returned to Dunedin. At Lyttolton ho showed the purser a telegram • purporting to come ftorn the Rabbi, directing the purser to hand over tho £4 mwl tho ticket, which the purser did. Accused, before leaving bunedift, told a Iroardiiighouso-kcopw that ho did not iatend going beyond Lyttelton. The Magistrate said ho -would like to hear the evidence of the medical superintendent of the hospital, of which no* cused was recently a patient, and fc* maftded the ease till Saturday next. MJN6 APPLIANCES. AN APPEAL FROM THE WARDEN.: droymoutto, Jime. 2-J. ■ A. question concerning the;. a?!:fKiuacy, or ioadcajuacy, of the band brake as' used at t,fie Scotia lime, Mertijigs, near Rce-fton, occupied the attention of tho Supremo Court, Oreytnotith, yesterday : afternoon, and again this morning. The case was one -iii. which Aloxafider M'Gtruer, manager of tlis iiuko, appealed: against a recent decisksn of the war-d-on (Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt) in winch the defendant company were Convicted and Hired £20 fo? working with tui inadequate brake a-ii tho winding augtuc, .on-tho i»foj')':nat»n of Tho-rottS Otto Bishop, Inspector of Mines and t'espoirfcni> in the present cast. Tho a-ppeal k being heard before Mr. Justice Sim. Mr. LaWry is appearing on behalf of tl'io appellant, ami Sir, "M. Hana.ii on behalf of respondents. A groat deal of expert ovidoßoa Was heard, and His Honour reserved decision. 1 fiAlt RATES 4 SAWMTLLINC* PR-EIGHT ANOMALIES, faihape, Jvmo 24, , A conference of North Islaftd lnilloii's was lw?kl at Tail-iape last night-. Mr. W. Bapkirk {Woitrngton) presiding, lite question of freight a-JMniaiies in tltc rftilway tariff was tliscrisseit, and it was derided timt the strongest representations be rnatl-o to bars all stations brought under cuw scale of charges. The -cheaper carriage 'of'shorts; was also advocated, and it was decided to try and have this fl.las-s of timber brought imd.fif Class F (folieiu-g rate) of tho railway tariff, enaMifig Tnauirfactttrers of fiftut-fias&s, etc, to make- ttse. of this timber instead of tlio imported article?-. The ctfß-.forenoo concluded -at a wry Into Jioiir, and it was ttecided that a similar conference- he held half-yearly. TEACHERS'' SIGK PAY. Hew Plyrhdatli, June 34. Tlie Ta'raivaki BducS'tioii Board is infltitirting 3 boards-, to protest 'asamst tire ioiifc q.ii'a.tevp : i>r/\-is»ii by cffp-itatioU for sick pay for. tcaAei'S, ttnil pitynicnt for relieving, teachers. The board has fai-urd its own! fund totally inadequate t« iiiest the payments, and has obtained tho co-opera-tion rf tie North- Canterbury, HViwkrs. Bay, Smith. 'Cati.te.rb«ry, Westlaiid, Ma'ribormtfldi.'a.nd fifty Boards towards butter capitation. Ono taard -mention-cd: tSriat the decision that male teachers must attend Territorial camps will iiiereaSO its f'liffeeailt-fc&. 'f}.r.e Taranaki ftuavd to-day discussed nropased altontions to tbo regula-timi-s for Use ittninr natkniaJ scholar* stiins, and Public- gervk* «stJaAinatio»,. and adopted tltc report.,of the ■inspectors pretesting against radical changes in tlio-froi'lv for ilfce NftToniher oxansiii-a----t-ions as i» t;iwß is given sfcwleiit's.'tliis vea.r to adj-tist s-tiiiilics to new con* "ditioos.

PAWNSROKEft ASSAULTED. Chffstqli.uMSft, June 23. James' Hartley Was -" charged .in Mm Court t-ci-tjay with assaulting 3?. Metis, iwwnkrei'ci'," with ii.iieiit to eo.ni.iijit a crime.. Mete was unfit to -appears and ■a rc»a«! for eight days- was granted. SUNKEN SOOW RAISED, i Auoklanih tee 25 % - T.ho scow Patildr which wsts sa'rtkui the haAoaf as a rosit'lt of a collision ■ with the steamer Clansttan, 'was, sue* csssfvillv raised by the Bafkrar Board's eiate-W fl'oatmg crane to-day. • She was wiaoved from the., fairway $m teachwi. A ftautkml inquiry, will ho ' held into tins causa of the collision. _ BRIEF MENTION. Hamilton, June 24. _ lii the §«f reifre Cov'trt, Ann Maria : Mairtroll (langitata) scenred a divorce, ■ on tte: grofwds <jf A bigamous TiuirmgG tor which her tashaud, Charted flan* j wcß, is at present undergoing sontaeo. ChFlstediurch, June 24, Edgar Neato, 011 a fiharge of teeping a g-anuiiE-hoiiso, was fined'. -.250 . and posts tho Ov-.idenes showing tlin,t lie was a parte with Granger, prcvfeusly con* vletetl.