TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1989, 26 January 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, yesterday, . Mr Hogben’s motion at the University Senate to withdraw the petition to the Privy Council regarding tlio new charter for conferring degrees, was carried by fifteen votes to At a conference of delegates to the Xew Zealand Athletic Onion this morning ,the following officers were elected President, Mr. W. G. "Woods, Invercargill; vice-presidents, Messrs. T. Duncan (Wellington), JClarke (New Plymouth); auditor, Mr. J. Kennedy (Geraldine); committee, Messrs. R. Smith (Pahiat’ua), D. Corcoran (Dunedin); secretary and treasurer, Mr. T. P. Gilfedder (Invercarglll)' DUNEDIN, yesterday. The Otago Trades and Labor Connoil’s remits for the Easter Conference support and endorse the progressive provisions of the Land Bill, especially the limitation of areas, stoppage ot further sales of Crown lands, and creation of national endowments, they recommend the abolition of the late closing nightf now existing ;that the Government be urged to legislate m favor of a compulsory Saturday haltholiday ; to introduce legislation restricting imported labor under contract, whether male or female; to provide Parliamentary franchise for all local elections; to establish clothing and boot factories, flour and woollen mills, bakeries, Ironworks, iron shipbuilding yards; also to ask for an amendment of the Arbitration Act making statutory preference to unionists apply and act to all departments of the State; to amend section 21 by substituting both parties for either; to amend section 54 by providing that the Board’s recommendation "shall come into force 30 days after the filing of the same as an award of the Court until such time as the Court makes an award, provided either party appeals against the Board’s recommendation; to amend the Electoral Act by making it illegal for Parliamentary candidates to make, any donations within three months of'the election. Mr Brown, chief clerk of the Publie Trust Office, Dunedin, lias been promoted to the charge of the Napier office, where he also acts as deputy official assignee, Mr- Young, local cashier, becomes chief clerk, vice Mr. Brown. •’ PALMERSTON, yesterday. Tlio Premier. passed through Palmerston this morning on liis way to Auckland, en route for England. Headed by the member for the district and tlio Mayor, Mr. M. Cohen, a representative . deputation or citizens waited on Sir Josejih and wished him lion voyage and a safe return. The Premier expressed his warm thanks for tho thoughtfulness and kind wishes. Ho informed a Standard reporter that he expected to be back in the colony for the re-assemb-ling of Parliament in June. He also stated that it was not now intended to appoint a third member of the Native Lands Commission, which will, therefore, consist 1 of the Chief Justice and Mr. Ngatn. He said the Government had cabled £IOOO to the sufferers by tlio Kingston earthquake. wE GTON, yesterday. David Barrie, boardinghouse keeper, was fined £3 and costs on a charge of sly grog-selling, and £2 and costs £3 10s for having drawn beer from a cask without first defacing the stamp. • . As the outcome of the accident which occurred in the city on December 17th, and which resulted in the death of Mrs. Kensington, who was knocked down by a fire engine, Wm. Stephen O’Brien. deputy-Superintend-ent of the Fire Brigade, and Palmer Otto Snry, driver of the engine, were charged at the Police Court to-day with reckless driving, and 1 with the manslaughter of Mrs. Kensington. Evidence is now being taken.

AUCKLAND, yesterday. Stanley Robert Hill was charged at the Police Court this morning with stealing a bicycle, the. property of Frank Alfrey, Dunedin. He was remanded to appear at Dunedin. Henry Edgecombe, also charged with the theft of a bicycle, was remanded to Christbhurch. WANGANUI, yesterday. The floods in the Waikato district have interfered considerably with tourist traffic from Auckland via Taumarunui, and the Wanganui river, which is now being resumed. A large Humber of visitors are now arriving, and over 40, booked from Sydney, are oxpectbd next week. The Hon. W. Knox, of Victoria, says lie “was delighted with the trip,” notwithstanding tlio flood dolays, and states overv visitor should see the river, which is magnificent. Tho Lord Mayor, of Molbourno starts clown tho fiver on jVlonday,

INVERCARGILL, yesterday. , A third beer depot lias been opened just outside Invercargill boundary. It is owned by a Dlmedin man. Heavy rain fell during the night. CASE OF ANTHRAX. ASHBURTON, last night. A man employed at wool sorting works is at present under troatniont i for anthrax. MAGISTERIAL. ASHBURTON, last night, j At the Magistrate's Court to-day | Mr. May, SAL, stated that it would 1 be the lust, occasion in which ho would | preside . Since no-liconso came into force he had been subjected to a good deal of criticism by a section of tlio ! community, who said bo had treated , offenders under tlio licensing laws 1 with undue leniency, and on these grounds he had 'petitioned tho Government for his removal. 110 had furnished reports on thejie allegations and had been officially informed that no reason bad been shown for liis removal. He felt that criticism of this sort would impair his usefulness ns a Magistrate, and bo bad asked to be relieved of the duty of presiding in Ashburton Court. Tho request liad been granted. The Magistrate’s duties in Canterbury bad been rearranged, and Mr. V. (1. Day. S.M., would in future sit at Ashburton and Rakaia. Mr. Purnell, solicitor, on behalf of the Bur, expressed regret at the intimation. Members of the. Bar bad not sympathised with tho petition, and had voluntarily writa letter to tho Minister of Justice, stating that Mr. Wray had always exercised great impartiality, not only in the cases roforred to, but in every other case as well.

DEATH FROM APOPLEXY. ASHBURTON, last night. The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Jano Watterton was held yesterday. The enquiry had been adjourned to enable the contents of tho stomach to be analysed, and the aiialvsist's report was to the effect that there was no trace of poison. A" verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, that death was due to apoplexy, was given. •FRISCO STEAMER. AUCKLAND, last night. The mail steamer Sonoma is being overhauled in dry dock, Sydney, and will not leave Auckland for San Francisco till 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 2. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. AUCKLAND, last night. Mr. Massey, leader of the Opposition, seen ' to-day re the Council appointments, expressed disappointment at the selection, holding that those appointed should, if possible, have had legislative experience and possess tlie confidence of tho public. He singles out Mr. Samuel, of New Plymouth, as an acquisition to the Council, but holds that generally provincial representation and population basis have not been considered in making appointments. Auckland he holds to have been badly treated with but one country representative, and considers that the selection made presents another strong argument in favor of an oloctive system.

WEALTH IN BUTTER. AUCKLAND, last night. Auckland butter export shipments for the past fortnight, together with a quantity held for freezing owing to delay in transit, and for West of England ports, totals 12,388 boxes, or 309 tons, representing in value about £30,000. This shows an increase on the corresponding shipment last year of 63 tons, equal to between £6OOO and £7OOO in value. FLING AMITE SALVAGE. AUCELAND, last night. Captain Willis, of Christchurch, who. as representative of thdSfLondon Salvage Association, has been watching the Elingamite treasure seeking operations, arrived here to-day. He says tho successful syndicate still has permission to operate on the wreck, and no doubt further efforts at salvage will be made, with every prospect. of success. ANGLICAN SYNOD.

SEPARATE ENDOWMENTS. DUNEDIN, last night. At the Anglican General Synod the report of the Committee on Diocesan Returns stated that the totals for the whole province showed that the state of church life was better now than in previous years. The debate on the motion approving of the appointment of a secretary for the province took place, and after discussion ill committee, the clauses dealing with secretary’s duties were amended and adopted by the Synod. The Rov. W. W. Sedgwick’s motions relating to the observance of the jubilee throughout the province and pan-Anglican Congress were considered in committee, and adopted by the Synod, to the effect “that this General Synod do request the Bishops to arrange for a general observance of tho jubilee throughout the province, and that the Bishops of the province be requested to issue special services for Thursday, June 13, and Sunday, June 16, throughout their respective dioceses.” The special Committee of Education Trusts reported that, having carefully examined the “Separate Endowment School Bill.” it recommends that every effort of every member of the General Synod, direct and indirect through, every member of the Church in the province of New Zealand, be used to prevent the passage of any such measure through the Legislature. The Bill would abolish the present trustees of To Ante and Wanganui Collegiate Schools’ endowments; would create new bodies, each of five members, two of whom would be appointed by the Governor; would, without any conveyance or assurance whatever, take from existing trustees the lands they hold in trust, together with all buildings thereon, and would transfer the same to new bodies with all powers of management and control ; by clause 32 the Wanganui Collegiate School Trust Board would be compelled to band over not less than 20 acres of endowment lands to the Board of Governors of a High School if established under “the Education Act, 1904”; by clause 34 provisions which, by tlie Bill, apply only to Te Auto and Wanganui Trusts may be made to apply “to the lands named in any grant or group of grants for educational purposes.” It is scarcely necessary to point out that, although tlie educational endowments directly assailed in this Bill belong to the Church of England, yet this enormous power, if granted, would jeopardise tlie endowments of every denominational body in New Zealand.

MOTOR FATALITY. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGTER. WELLINGTON, last night. As the outcome of tho accident at the corner of Bowen street and Lambton Quay ori December 17, in which Alls. Amy Kensington, wife of the Glider-Secretary for Lands, was killed, and her daughter severely injured. a charge of manslaughter was brought against Wm. Stephen O’Brien and Palmer Otto Spry, in the S.M. Court to-day. .Spry was driving the motor fire engine at the time of the. accident, and DeputySuperintendent O’Brien was in charge of the brigade. The motor was driven along Lambton Quay about 4.30 in tlio afternoon on the way to a fir©. Just before tli© motor turned into Bowen street Mrs. Kensington and her two daughters walked on to the crossing. The car turned the corner and collided with the two ladies . The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict that the death of Mrs. Kensington was accidental, and that no blame was attachable to the driver of the motor. In opening tlio case-to-day, counsel explained that there were two counts in tho charge. The first was one of manslaughter, the second was that of recklessly driving a motor citr, thereby causing the death of Amy Kensington. He reforrred tho Court to Section 9 of the Motor Regulation Act, providing for the limitation of the speed of motors. If tli© charge could not be sustained under that section there -was a section in the criminal code under which it might he brought. Alexander Robert Kennedy repeated the evidence given at the former inquiry. He admitted under crossexamination that the movements of the ladies after they first hesitated in front of the car might have escaped his' notice. He had noticed that motorists were frequently very careless in passing over sueli cross--11 The case was adjourned till Monday. ATHLETIC UNIONS. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. At a conference of delegates of the New Zealand Athletic Union held today, a reciprocity agreement was entered into wit'll tho New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM. • NAPIER, last night. At tho inquest on the body of Mrs Mary Simmonds, who died as a result of the administration of chloroform, a verdict of death from syncope was roturned, with no blame attachable to anyone,

SKILL OR CHANCE. DUNEDIN, last night. Mr Widdowson, S.M., gave judgment in a guessing competition case in which Dorothy Reinhardt was charged with having exhibited a placard to induce persons to resort, to a millinery shore and take part in a scheme in which prizes were gained by n mode of chance. Mr llosking, for tho defence, had urged that' thoro was skill involved in tlio guess, which was ns to tho number of yards of ribbon contained in a roll exhibited in tho window. In delivering judgment His Worship said that, ho was of opinion that an offence against the Gaming and Lotteries Act hud not boon committed in either of the charges laid English and Now Zealand authorities wore clear that in order to constitute ail olfonco in respect of a competition such ns tlio one in question, tho result must depend entirely upon chance, it not being sufficient, that it depended largely upon chance. It must ho hold to bo proved that, knowledge and experience would materially assist many people in arriving at. an answer.. This element! of the factor of skill boing an ingredient there was no ofl'onco against tho Gaming and Lotteries Act, and both cases would accordingly bo dismissed.

SCENE OF BUSH FIRES. INVERCARGILL, last night. Tho scono of the bush fires was inspected to-day by Mr Hanan, M.H.R. Mr Hay, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Mr Kinross, member of the Southland Land Board, with tlio view of ascertaining what could bo done in the way of sowing down the burnt areas in grass. Tlie Commissioner will report' to Government. A considerable amount of tho afrcctod area is freehold, and settlers are already preparing to sow. A number of Government settlors having earned a living by working at sawmills, will probably be obliged to surrender their holdings unless tho mills resume working which is problematical. At present some holdings are benefited by the fires, as clearing has been done which would have taken months of labor. THE PREMIER. WANGANUI, last night. Sir Joseph Ward was met at Aramolio to-day, and wished- God-speed by the Mayor on behalf of the citizens. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. The Premier, on arrival by the mail train to-night, was met by a large' number of townspeople. Replying to bon voyage wishes,Sir Joseph referred briefly to tlio Imperial Conference, remarking that so far as the trip was concerned, he would rather have remained in the colony, for there was no great pleasure in the trip to one having the responsibilities of such a conference. Nothing could .bo more encouraging, however, than the good wishes lie was receiving from people throughout the whole colony. The Premier sailed for Auckland.

PERSONAL. INVERCARGILL, last night. Lieut .-Colonel Hawkins, lately appointed to the command of the Canterbury district, was entertained this evening by members and ex-members of the Southland Mounted Rifles, of v liich ho was the first commander. The guest was presented with a pair of field glasses and a dressing case. Warm references were made to Lieut’. Colonel Hawkins’ ability, and the services rendered by him to volunteering in Southland. MUNICIPAL LIGHTING. WELLINGTON, last night. A poll of the ratepayers of Wellington was taken to-day on a proposal of the City Council to expend £160,000 in purchasing the plant and business of the Electric Lighting Syndicate, the Council’s intention being to conduct the business of suppliers of private lighting as a municipal enterprise. Only 651 ratepayers out of 8743 on the roll recorded their votes. The voting was: For the proposal, 413; against, 238; majority for, 175. A BANQUET. WAIROA, yesterday. Mr A. Dillon, M.H.R. for Hawke’s Bay, was entertained at a banquet last night. HORSE RACING. Press Association. WANGANUI, last night. The following nominations have been received for the Wanganui Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting on March 8 and 9 next: Wanganui Cup Handicap, of £6OO. 1$ miles: Riflemaid, Star Rose, Southern Cross, Paritutu, Stepdancer. Truce, Bourrasque, Multifid. Gazeley, King Billy, Freeland, Zim-’ merman, Polyanthus, Seal Rock, Eden, Blythmaid. Master Delaval, Claremont, Lapland, St. Joe, Polycaste, Oasis, Advance, Armistice Fontenoy, Achilles, Ghoorka, Mari guerite. Montigo. Wanganui Stakes Handicap, of £3OO. 11 miles: The same as' the Wanganui Cup, with the exception of Freeland and Advance, and with the addition of King’s Birthday and Aeolus.

THE EXHIBITION. (By Telegraph Special Service.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The Exhibition is still progressing merrily ; and Christchurch people are wondering how tliey will exist when its dazzling illuminations give place to darkness, anil the huge structure is dismantled in three mouths’ time. Bands in the corridor, bands on the lawn in front, and bands on the grounds at the rear, enhance the effect of gaiety given by the crowds and tlie brilliant lighting. All the side shows are still doing big business, and AVest’s pictures and the Brescians, which will occupy the Concert Hall for the next fortnight, are so far experiencing no difficulty in crowing the ball. The Maoris at the pa, who give poi dances and liakas daily before large attendances, welcomed a visitor today in Colonel Gudgeon, British Resident at Raratonga. Tuta Nihoniho, of the East Coast Maoris, and Henare te Aro, of AVanganui tribe, greeted him in flowery terms as one who came from the far-off land of their ancestors, one also (referring to tlie Alaori war) who had fought with loyal natives in times of trouble, and whom their elders had loved.

More Maoris are expected •at tlio pa shortly from tlie North Island. A chopping match for a wager, with 18 in. standing blocks, took place on the Exhibition Sports Ground this afternoon, between Cliellis, of Tasmania, champion, and C. O’Rourke, champion of New Zealand. The logs were carefully selected by the competitors, thus minimising the effect of inequality complained of at the recent carnival, and, after a strenuous contest, O’liourke finished first in lmin 57scc. ' No-.v that the Besses of the Barn Band have temporarily departed, Pain’s London fireworks will again form one of the prineipn 1 attractions on the Sports Ground, and a specially fine display is promised for Wednesday next. The Fijians are expected back from the South on Tuesday and Wednesday, and will renew their songs and dances immediately iu>on their return.

The proposed gift of a gold watch to the millionth person to visit the Exhibition has caused much interest locally, and there is likely to he a record crowd to see this fortunate receive recognition of his fame. Entries for the International Band Contest, which will lie held from February 11 to 16, inclusive, are fully double the largest previously received for any such contest hold in Australasia. Own-choice selections will be competed for on Tuesday, February 12, in the Concert Hall; test selections on the Sports Ground rotunda on Thursday; quickstep on the Sports Ground on Saturday, and solo competitions for various instruments, quartettes, and trombone solos during the week So large are entries that it lias been found necessary to appoint three judges, one (Lieuetnant Bentley) for the full band events, and two others for solo competitions. The weather is not suitable for outdoor playing. The test selections will take place in the Concert Hall; otherwise the committee are satisfied that outside the rotunda will give satisfaction to all concerned. Tlie entries for tho solo competitions are so numerous that arrangements have been made for holding preliminary tests, in which the more meritorious competitors wii lbe signaled out by the judges, to play off in a series of finals. The competitions will take place every day and every evening, concluding" on Saturday in time tor the competitors to catch the Northern boat. It is probable that a late Southern train will also be provided on the Saturday, will be the case to-morrow in connection with the Athletic Union’s sports meeting. The cliampfbnship meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association will be held on February 21 and 23, on tlie Sports Ground. Entries close on February 7. The Exhibition attendance for the week ending to-night totalled 79,627, making the total to dato 993,800,

WAIROA SHOW. ■“ Press Association WAIROA, yesterday. The AVairoa Agricultural and Pastoral Show attracted a largo attendance on the first day. There were good entries of sheep, cattlo, and horses. Mr R. E Jefferson secured tho championship in cattlo. Air F. Vaughnn the first draught entire, Gem o' Bomnoro. Mr S. Crnror’s Pretty Polly was first, in mares to iniprovo tho breed of carriage horses. Air J. Alackay’s Gingor won tho pony leaping. Maiden hunter: J. AT. Taylor’s Wairoka. Gentlemen’s driving competition: H.B. Motor Co. (G. Douglas, driver). Thoro was a good show of poultry and dogs.