NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2197, 9 July 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Br Tslcerash.— Piosj Aaaooiition.) ACTION FOR NEARLY £19,000.

Christchurch, July 8

The action commenced against Messrs. G. and W. Boivron and G. J. Smith, of Christchurch, by Messrs. Alfred Booth and Co., Liveipool, t»j lecover the. sum of £14,500 with interest thereon, making a total of close ori; 4219,000, was mentioned at a Chambers ' sitting of tlie Supremo Court this morning, when His Honour Mr. Justice Sim made an older Riving four months' further timo to file the. statement, of. defence. Mr. Keswick appealed on behalf of tlio defendants and Mr. Alpers for tlio plaintiffs. WESTLAND PIONEERS' MEMORIAL Hokltlka.July 8. .The unveiling ceremony- in connection, ivitli the Westland Pioneers' Memorial was successfully carried out at noon by the Mayoress,, Mis. Perry, in the pioEenco of a huge and Representative gathering. Spo°ehus were nude by piomiueiit public men and pioneeis. WONDERLAND AT AUCKLAND. Auckland, July 8. After a lively meeting the shaieholdors m the Wonderland Aniiisouicnt Company decided to ■ipproach, tho City Council and seek permission to cairy oil the amusements park in tho Exhibl- , tion giounds during the coming summer and thus cndeavoiu to retrieve tbe loss I dining tho Exhibition period. AUCTIONEER'S SALES. ; Clsborne, July 8. A point was raised in ilie Ma<nsj trate's Court as to whether an auctioneer can sell goods on behalf ot clients in othei premises than his own jon a slatutoiy half-holiday. Judgment was roseived. j CRACK MOUNTED CORPS. 1 , , , Tlmaru, July 8. _ A large gathering assembled.to-night, in the Olympia at-a conversazione bold m honour of the Eighth Mounted Regiment, when # the Stead Shield for the best all-iound regiment at Kowai camp was piesonted by Colonel ChafTey, and the ladies' prizes'werc presented to the Somer Cadets for' shooting. ■ > .

ENGINEERS' DEMANDS. Christchurch, July 8. The dispute between the Amalgamated' Society of Engineers and the employers was before the Conciliation Uninoil. The men asked for a 44-hour week and increased pay. The employers would not agicc, and the case was icfened to the Court.