DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TKI.EOBAPH —PBESB ASSN., (JOPYBIOHY. DECISION IN THE CABARET CASE. WELLINGTON. Oct. 22. Mr W. G. Riddel. S.M.. in bis roservod derision, tleliveretl to-day in the cabaret case. Ciimpbell v. Miller, in which the proprietress ot a city cabaret claimed £SO damages from S. L. Miller. a deserter from the l nited States warship Oklahoma, gave judgment for the plaintiff tor £lO. Plaintiff engaged defendant and -i.x others as a hand of musicians to play at her cabaret in Wellington at a salary ol C'oO per week. The agreement provided plaintiff' could terminate the service of the hand or any of its members on seven days’ notice, but the members of the band could not terminate their engagements under three months' notice. Defendants and tlu- other members of the baud were deserters from the United States Navy. Defendant out -ret' plaintiff’s employment on the 20th. of Augn-t. and left on the 21st. of September. without notice. Defendant pleaded infancy as a special defence, and that the contract was void heeaufe it was a contract to employ seamen who had deserted from a foreign -hip. and was therefore a liroarh of section 419 of the Shipping ami Seamen's Act. 1908.

The magistrate held dolomlant had not limved lie was under 21 years of age. However, the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen’s Act. dealing with deserters from foreign ships was not applicable in the case ol a naval deserter. LOW POLLS. AUCKLAND, Oct. 22. The Auckland Power Board's proposal to horfow £(550.000 for important works to prepare for the reception of power from Arnptmi, was carried today by 2827 votes to ](JO. CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 22.

Polls were taken bv the City Council to-day on proposals to borrow £12.1)90 for improving and extending tin- abattoir and £25.040 tor erecting an Art Gallery. Both were rejected, the former by 2088 to 1855. and the latter by L’SGH to 1090. A SUICIDE. AUCKLAND. Oct. 22. A man named Tin,mas !!. O'Rrien. uTic.se I’oonhi reside in Kingslamt. shot himself at Snrfdale this morning. O'Brien bad been employed working on road formation at Snrfdale during the winter mouths, and lie and a tcllow workmen were living together in a hut. Last night they both retired early, and O'Brien appeared to be in his usual -tale of health. Thi- morning he was found missing from hi- hod. and his mate discovered a note on the table, and proceeding to a shed on the Stilldale wharf, he discovered that O'Brien had -hot himself with a revolver. At the inquest a verdict of suicide was rol limed. RE-VISITING NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON. October 22. General Sir Charles Man.-fieid Clarke. G.C.8.. G.C.V.0.. and his niece. Lady Tomlin (v.ifo oI Sir lliomas -I. ( . I ninlin. Judge <il the High (Ton i . ( han- ,~| v Divi-iiin) arrived by the forint hie in,in London this moruiuu. Sir ( luir!i -. who :- >■; year- of age. i- an old non War veteran, he having served with the soil Regiment, the " Die | laid-.” in New Zealand from HiS] to ; IST.!), lie pm go-..'- lo lour the North l-land lir-t. visiting the old batlleffold-, upon which !:*■ iought many ~.; lts ; ,go. will limit do the Soul it |da ml. He was met on arrival by 1 oloncl \V. 1.. 11. Burgess. (TIL. C.M.G.. D. 5.0.. Wling Commamlant ol the New Ze.-il-.md Defence Forces, and by Server,u Major Buoar. of Wellington, who js one lII' the four remaining members ~f i!„. -‘Die Hauls." -till livin'New Zealand. CANTF.RIH RY A. AND U. SHOW. CHRISTCHURCH. Del. 22. That there is to be a lull catalogue for the Roval Show to be held by the Canterlmrv A. and U. Association at \ddiimton next month, is imlu-ated l.y I lit- figures so far available in respect It, the entries. Tile sheep tlgnres. which arc still iiicomplcted. arc 104 S. the prim-tuil sections being Merino 191. Foolish. Leicester 171. Southdown 1 At. Coi-riedale 2'lG. The entries m Hm hunters and puny classes total as compared with 190 h'st year. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. NELSON. Get. 24. John Teporia Martin 1 ’ike, formerly an accountant in the Nelson I ost Offiee. ploitded not guilty, and was eommitted for trial on two charges of (heft of money amounting to £ll Us lodged in the Savings Bank hy depositors.

Civil. KXGIN K ERF’ CONFER KN'CK. CAMBRIDGE. Oet. 2:1. The Annual Conference ol Civil Engineers eommeneed here last nighi. The attendance was nearly forty, representative ot all parts ol the Pto-viiu-e. To-day the visitors arc making an inspection o. the hydro-electric winks at Horahora and Arapuni. and will continue their sessions to-night, ami will 1 roliahly complete the Confereneo to-morrow.

PRAYER HOOK REVISION. A rC K r.AX D, October 23. Hel'errittg to the possibility of a revision of the prayer hook. Archbishop Avr-rill stated in Itis charge to the Diocesan Synod that as tilings were the only revision that could he approved was by the Bishops of Kitglanil. the Church Assembly and Parliament, and which receive,tlte Koval Assent. What the hook would he was beyond the wit of mail to imagine. lit view of the many discordant voices claim,ttrine to lie heard it was a tael sometime., overlooked that should an alternative prayer book he agreed upon and published it would not necessarily supersede the present prayer hook and it would he lawful lor any church to remain in tilt- statu- otto as far as it was concerned. •• We need a revi-cd prayer hook," said the Archlii-hop. "particularly ft revi-ioii ot the oeea-ioital offices, and we can hardly expect that the prayer hook revised in the 17th century would -alisl'v all our requirements in the 20th century. It was all tintt we | should nrenare ourselves eareltllly for j the imoortant task ami try to realise a fundamental truth, namely, that utiij fortuity i- not essential to unity: that we mav he united in the essential, that presence or absence ol ceremonial cannot in it-elt change the ultimate value or the Divine Truth."

A MAORI DIOCK.SK. AUCKLAND. Oct. 23. Reference to the proposed new Maori diocese was made by Archbishop Avcrill in his charge to the Auckland Diuccsan Synod. The chief difficulty he said was the constitutional one of the creation of an imperiiini in imperio. On this point he had asked tlte Archhi-hop of Canterbury to submit the matter to the consultative body of Lambeth Conference. He had every hope of a favourably reply. It would probably he decided by the general synod to assign to the Maori diocese a definite area, so that the Bishop would be a territorial Bishop and at the same time with concurrence of other Bishops of the province, exercise spiritual jurisdiction over the Maori people, whereever thev might be situated. It was probable'that church schools for Maoris would, for the present at least, remain under the same control ns m the pfvst f-Ncept that the Bishop would

have some official position in conneition with them. There seemed to >< little cause for anxiety concerning the financial position. There should Ik ample funds for the working ol the new diot-esc. AUCKLAND, Oct. 2d. At the annual meeting of the Dio* ,-exalt iSvnoil, Archdeacon ,Hawkins moved a resolution he forwarded to the General Synod expressing the approval of tne proposal to form a Baori diocese. He {said if formed, the new diocese would have tliirtvlivc clergy to begin with. Tt was L 1 )V some that there might be a division ~f unity, wliieh was not stipposo.l to exist between the Maori anil the European. The unity, was. however, more theoretical than real. One advantage of the proposed diocese was that it would give the Maoris a greater opportunity of self expression in their religion. The discussion was adjourned.