TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8191, 17 May 1906, Page 8

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

fPw Press Asocial jori.) CERISTCEUHCH. May IG., C!m r les Mc G smme**, of Wcs t Melton, w«* bad ly ripped by a ptg at Addiogion jialeytsrd,® to-day. ■"Ther&mtaaf- ttMired at him Arid inflicted & gash in hiYtUgh three or four mche« in length, Tho alleged destruction of native birds by Maoris torn bcca brought under the notice of tho Colonial Secretary 'in Wellington by Mr H. 0. Ell, M.ELJS. Mr El! has been credibly informed that the Maoris ofParihaka hare slaughtered three thousand hulas, and put them down in fat, according to native custom. lie has also learned that natives in the South Island are killing kiwis to obtain a supply of feathers for matmaking. Mr EH appeal# to the Minister to take etcpa to prevent such wholesale destruction, WELLINGTON. Thh day. Samuel McShane, who was brought back from England on a charge of stealing a quantity of jowoUery from a pawnbroker's shop in Wellington, wan convicted, and received a sentence of 12 months' in tho Supreme Court. AUCKLAND. This Day. Mr referring to the Arustra tton Court at tlie meeting of the Trades and Lihour Council, said he did not think the present constitution of the Court needed jiherint;, but, the present personnel of the Court should, he changed. Judge Chapman, he believed, gave hi:-? judgments according to his eonvietjom, anil was an honourable man. hut he wast conservative iu principle, and gave hts judgments accordingly. He had had no experience m looking lor work or losing time.

It was stated at the Trades and Labour Council meeting that a number of Auckland bagnrnkfrs had been discharged and other mm employed in their places under circumstances which caused suspicion that the dismissal wm connected with the fact that the men laid been active in forming a Bsgraakerts* Ur-ioa.