NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1846, 29 August 1906, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

I'IiKSS ASSOCIATION Auckland, last night. A mooting of tho Institute of Accountants of New Zealand was held last night. Mr P. Barr (Uunodm) prosidir g. There was a largo attendance. The Chairman stated that accountancy as a profession was steadily coming iuto its light pla<o. The Council had decided to discontinue the examination of students. LLo regretted tho Institute had been used as an advertising medium by tho commercial and accountancy colleges. Refer ring to the Accountants’ Bill, he said tho Hon J. A. Millar was must enthusiastic in its advocacy, Messrs S. C. Leary, 11 C, TVwsloy, P. Hill Eishor, and P Barr were re-elected members of the Council. Mr Holmes (Wellington) was elected auditor. Tho i?uprome Court has granted a do rco nisi in tho case John Hopworth Chapman v. Eleanor Chapman, in con socjuenc - of tho failuro of respondent ;o comply with an order of tho Court for tho rest’dutioa of conjugal rights

Stratford, last night,

Mr Alfred Bayly’sT ko road propeity, of about two thousand acres, nine miles from Stratford, has been acquired by tho Gove nm-mt, and the surveyors ar > now cutting it up for small dairy farms. It i 3 understood the price paid was J2II per acre

Christchurch, yesterday

A 15. Sorensen, auctioneer of Cliristelmreli, was charged at the Court to day witli failing to grant an assistant u hallholiday, ns required under the Shop ActDefendant closed his premises regularly on the weekly half holiday, but on this occasion, though the shop was closed, he held a sale elsewhere, using the assistant, who was his own soil, as a clerk For the prosecution, it was said that though the goods were sold by auction, single articles were sold, constituting a-retail trade. The Magistrate, Mr Day, dismissed the information. saying that an auctioneer's clerk was not a shop assistant, and auctioneers’ ollices were not compelled to dose. Ihe place where the sale took place was not a shop. S. L. Dennis was lined -10 s and costs for having been in possession of swans for a greater period than seven days after the close of the game season.

Dunedin, yesterday

11l the indecent postcard case, Police v. Tcitv, Mr Widdowson, S.M., decided on three points against the defendant; —(1) That the card was indecent; (2) that there was an absolute sale to a customer; and (fi) that there was guilty knowledge on the part of defendant and his assistant. Defendant was lined L:> and costs 7s. Mr Hay, for defendant, gave notice of appeal on a point of law,

Wellington, yesterday

The Chairman of the Arbitration Court has interpreted awards as follows : Typographical award : That women with no previous experience in printing or typesetting may he engaged on linotype machines during the day at the same rate as men, if clause 5 is adhered to. Tailoresses’ and Prossers’ a ward : That the rate of increased pay for apprentices begins at the end of the first four months. Painters' and Decorators award : That a builder has the right to regulate the hours of painters working inside a factory only, according to the number of hours worked by the other employes in the factory ; that the employer may include himself in the number of journeymen employed in the painting trade (if a bona tide worker) when reckoning his average of journeymen in complying with the section which deals with proportion of apprentices. A deputation has waited on the Minister for Lands urging that assistance lie given hy way of subsidy in connection with the proposed tramway system in the Hull valley. It was pointed out that the (ioverument had purchased a large area within the district, and the local bodies interested had lost some I’oOO per annum by way of rates. Mr McXab replied Llml the Government, having taken the place of private owners hy purchasing lands, ought to accept the responsibilities of private owners in respect to rates, and he was quite prepared to recommend to

C.ihinct that, in respect of the lands purchased as a speculative investment, the (imeminent should he liable to the local bodies for rates until the 'a id was disposed of. As for a monetary grant, he was not prepared to rcmimnend that. He un derstood that the land purchased was in connection with the workmen's homes When these were established the tenants would be liable.

The dispute in the bricklaying trade has been settled by mutual agreement through the Conciliation Hoard. The number of bours' work per week is to be forty-live, all journeymen are to receive at least Is 7d per hour, and for a full week's work not less than .I'd 12s.