TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2052, 12 April 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. "WELLINGTON, yesterday. Thirteen Chinamen landed yesterday, ten of whom paid £IOOO in poll tax. From March 23rd to the present-, date 60 breaches of award have b oon added to the Wellington list oi cases awaiting hearing by the Arbitration Court. Forty odd cases were filed in one day. DUNEDIN, yesterday. Replying to remarks made by Mr. Cooper, President of the Trades Conference, with respect to Dunedin slums, Mr. Arnold, M.H.R., says:— “They are altogether exaggerated.” Comparisons are always odious, but as he was not the first to institute comparisons between Dunedin and Wellington, he repeated lie would jirefer old men or old married couples living by themselves in one or tworoomed houses to several families living in one residence of a few rooms, such as exist in Wellington, the result of which must have a low moral tone on the whole community. If the Wellington representatives like mudthrowing as botween the cities, plenty of that can bo done which will not show to the advantage of Wellington city, as compared with the churchridden "city of Dunedin.” Mr Arnold quotes figures to show that small houses are not being built here in proportion to larger ones. From 1903 to 1906 the one and two-roomcd houses have decreased by 166, and throe and four-roomed houses by 18, while in five and six-roomed houses there was an increase of no less than 304. He bad been struggling hard to bring pressure to bear on the Government to erect a suitable class ol homes. Tlic Dunedin workers can only afford to pay a rental of six to eight shillings a week. This is the best way of helping old people and

the workers. DUNEDIN, last night. '•Every prohibition > order issued , applies throughout the whole colony,” said Mr. Graham, S.M., at the police court to-day. ‘Therefore a person against whom an orxlci has been taken out is forbidden from entering a public house in any part of New Zealand, and not as is generally thought, only in the districts specified where the prohibition order is said to apply in the licensed district of say, Dunedin, Caversham, Chalmers and Taieri. It moans that notices are sent to publicans ,u,d brewery proprietors in those districts only. Nevertheless the order takes effect throughout the whole of New Zealand, and a prohibited person cannot legally enter any hotel in the colony.” The point was raised this morning, when an application was made that an order be issued against a young widow of respectable connection whose annuity was such, that travelling was an easy matter. The Magistrate said it was a big order to notify every licensed bouse in the colony and an order was granted requiring notices to be sent to hotelkeepers in the districts of Dunedin, Caversham, Chalmers, Taieri, and Waikouaiti. A deaf mute appeared at the police court this morning, on a charge of . having boarded a moving train in Dunedin. An uncle appeared on his behalf, but the lad himself was not altogether at a loss to know what was taking place. He was only nineteen years of ago, but having gono through a period of training at Sumner school for the deaf and dumb, was able by watching the movements of the lips, to understand anyone speaking distinctly.

The Magistrate remarked that it was an interesting exhibition of advantages to bo derived from a course at such schools. AUCKLAND, last night. Mr. It. AV. St. Clair consented, to a request to be nominated for the Auckland Mayoralty. The Minister for Lauds met a deputation of settlors at To Awamutn, who urged the Government to adopt effective moans to cope with tho rabbit pest, which was increasing in tho King Country to an alarming extent, largely through vast areas of native lands being locked up. Mr. McNab said the law obliged private owners to keep down rabbits. There was not the slightest hope of the State stepping in as an universal rabbit-killer ot starting a canning factory. Tho Government had no power to buy netting and sell it to settlors on terms, but that was tho most practical suggestion made. Ho promised to look into the matter. Ho held no hope ol n bonus.

The Liberal and Labor Council passed a resolution expressing deep regret at the reference made by tho Trades and Labor Conference to the action of the Hons. Millar and Findlay in connection with the slaughtermen’s strike, and placed on record their entire confidence in both .members. The Star’s Rarntonga correspondent reports tat Adolf von Nagoi, Government agent at Atiu, committed siiicido on January 22nd. He made a bonfire of his papers and books, including the Government books, and then took poison, CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Air. P. C. Threlkeld, tho well-known sheep and cattle breeder of Inglewood (Flaxton), died here yesterday, aged seventy-five. At the A. and P. Association meeting yesterday delegates to the Agricultural Conference recommended that the resolutions submitted be submitted to the Agricultural Confer i-i'-o: <])Tliat the Government be asked to contribute a sum of £IOOO to be given to the Canterbury Agri-.dt.!.-.«! nt d Pastoral Association, atm .Manawat J Agricultural and Pastor il Association, tho sum to bo added tj the piize fund of tho above Associations L.r tho purpose of holding a Royal show; (2) that it is desirable the Government should establish an experimental farm in Canterbury. The resolutions wore adopted. A woman, aged 65 years, named Airs. Lisle, was attempting to get off the Linwood tram before it stopped, and fell between the second and third trailer's. The wheels passed over her abdomen. Thirty men lifted the trailer car off her body. &he died in the hospital shortly after admission. NEAY PLYMOUTH, last night. The fifteenth, anniversary of the Oddfcllowship in Taranaka, AYcdnesday marking the jubilee of the Loyal Egmont Lodge, was being celebrated to-day with appropriate functions. There are large numbers of visiting brethren, including three of the original members.

THE EXHIBITION TROUBLE. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. A telegram from Air. D. C. AlcIntyre, the suspended superintendent of awards, was received from Wellington to-day at the Exhibition, stating inter alia that Air. Alclntyre will bs in Christchurch to-morrow.

MINISTER FOR LANDS. AUCKLAND, last night.

Air. AlcNab, Alinister for Lands, travelled from Te Awamutu to Kawhia to-day. He received several deputations at the latter place. Several persons who waited on him complained of large areas of native land in the district which were unoccupied and untaxed. It was impossible, they said, for European settlers to make any headway with the roads in these circumstances. One of the settlers remarked that the Alinister would hear a great deal about native lands during bis tour. “I do not wonder at it either,” replied Mr. AlcNab.

ALLEGED AIANSLAUGHTER. AUCKLAND, last night.

The inquest upon tho body of Air. Charles Henry Huxtable, aged 86, who was knocked down in Karangahape Road by a tram-car on March 2nd, was concluded to-day, after lasting over three days. The jury found that death was due to deceased being knocked down by a tramcar which was being driven at a greater rate of speed than it was possible for Wilsou, tho motorman, to pull up in a reasonable distance. The jury added a rider to the effect that the City Council bo asked to take such action as shall prevent' the present high rate of speed being run in the busy parts of the city. Motorman Wilson was immediately arrested on a charge of manslaughter. He was subsequently brought before the Court, and remanded till to-morrow, bail being allowed.

DEARTH OF TEACHERS. INVERCARGILL, last night. The annual report of the Southland Education Board states that the supply of fully-qualified teachers during the year has been quite inadequate, resulting in a constant succession of vacancies, many of which hav e had to be filled by persons of little or no experience. There were in the Board’s service at the close of 1906 no less than 63 teachers, exclusive of pupil teachers, who had neither certificate nor license to teach. The report states that while this condition of affairs exists it is feared that the progress of education in the district, especially in remote parts, will be retarded. In the pupil teacher branch of the service there is more than ample supply, especially of females. As to high schools, it is stated that there has been difficulty in obtaining competent special assistance, and that the absence of literary qualifications „„ the one hand, and of teaching experience- on the other, have proved detrimental to the progress of higher education in the district. The Board is of opinion that flic salary of specia assistants, where one employed,should be £2OO a year.

THE EXHIBITION. _ CHRISTCHURCH, last night. There was an extraordinarily large attendance at the Exhibition to-day. the total being 24,469. The concert hall was crowded both afternoon and ovenin". the attendance at the latter concert being a record. The Exhibition will he formally closed on Monday ni"ht, but will be open on Tuesday for the benefit of the employees.

GAZETTE NOTICES

WELLINGTON, last uiglit. To-night’s Gazette announces the appointment of Lady Blanket to be honorary Colonel of the second regiment of the North Canterbury Mounted Rifle volunteers. Notice is given of the removal of the order forbidding the registering, forwarding, or delivery of postal correspondence addressed to Professor Notmau, Christchurch, and Dr. Elmslie, Christchurch.

TRAM FATALITY

CHRISTCHURCH, last night.

At an inquest held this afternoon touching the death of an old lady, Mrs. Lisle, who was run over by a tram this morning and killed, evidence was given that she left the car before the tram had stopped, and fell under the wheel of the following car, A verdict* was returned that death was duo .to injuries sustained through alighting from a tramcar while iu motion.