INTER PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10061, 1 February 1909, Page 4

INTER PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(Pee Press Association-.) WELLINGTON. I January 31. Mr Justice Chapman on Saturday heard, in Chambers, an application by the plaintiffs in the case of M'Lean versus the New Zealand Time; Company and the Wellington Publishing Company, claim for £2OOO damages for libel, for the appointment of a special jury. His Honor reserved his decision. The bodv of the young man, supposed to be that of William Burnby, a recent arrival from Australia, who has been miss- ! inrr for three days, was found in the harbor this morning. DUNEDIN. January 51. A mail named T A alter Lawson, a bachelor. aged about 60 years, died to-day as the result of injuries yesterday. Deceased was employed by Mr Scott, a farmer of North Taieri, and after iinish- { ing work in a turnin field lie got on a horse to ride homer The horse took iright and ran away. Lawson was unseated, and apparently entangled in the chains, being dragged about a mile. The cause of death was concussion of the brain. Deceased had :io relatives in the Dominion. . The cricket- matches were continued m showerv weather. Heavy rain fell on Fridav* nizht. making the wickets soft. Carisbroo'-f A defeated Carisbrook B on. the first 'iiusiaas. The former made 205 and the latter 137 and 12 for no wickets, when p!av~ was stopped by the rain. Dunfcdin beat Grange on the first innings. The '"ornic-r deciarc-d their innings closed with three wickets for 213—Wilson 121. ! Eckhoid 54 (not out!. Grange made 108 and 170 for three wickets (C. Real 109. i no: out). Albion secured a four-point win over Upoho. the former making 107 and 82 for five wickets—Urake 44 (not out). Onoho made 61 and 2o—lv'vigour 07. CHRISTCHURCH. January 51. The total amount collected in the streets of the city vest-erday towards the build in" of a children's ward at the crenera' hospital was £214. The- amount required is £2500, and it is estimated that-, with visterday's collection and the amounts already subscribed or promised and to bo collected from the country districts. over £I4OO is in view. There are no developments in the Thearre Royal robbery. The detectives were busy all yesterday making inquiries, but so far no* trace o"f the thief or the nionu-y has been found. As" a result of the meeting of the Tramway Employees' Union this morning it is probable "that another conference with the Tramway Board will be asked for, despite the fact that the Board, in view or the premature application of the Union's demands, declared it would not router with the Union. At .1 meeting of the Fruitgrowers' As- j snciatiun last night there was a lengthydiscussion on the alleged illegality of the action of fruit auctioneers in refusing any lids -x'.• :iom fruiterers, and it- was a![■ _-» that in several instances fruit was sold at a io-.'.vr price to fruiterers than the price bid by* persons not connected with tin trade. It- was further alleged that' fniit< rers agreed amongst- themselves what j-rii ( should 'v- paid for the different fruit, and that no bids beyond the price ar i were made. It was stated that a fruit ring existed, arid that the growers, espeeia'!-.- small growers, were suffering from its o[. rations. Municipal markets j and the introduction of fruit hawkers were stated to '>e the only remedies for th_- rro-* nt unsatisfactory state of things ;;n• 1■ r the consumer had to pay a higher pri:-.- for his fruit. The secretary v.ns ir.-Ericted to confer with the town clerk in order to ascertain the position occupied by the auctioneers and place thc-no-ition before him. Recent:v have l-?en a number of

i\ .-arumjr yotty theft? from ,r:» ~r :iri-r:: r: r _r iri the railway yards. ..r.-i ;it thv M;- .-{.strate s Court to-dav three ni r. v/cre -.-harmed with having stolen ■jn.id* rrr.m p. van on Friday night. The

rt-man'iofl till Wednesday nest-. It spnears that on Friday night- Shunter L i", before joining the rai';-

:.v. was a smart member of the n.l was stationed at different j.' ; -r i -t.-rcr>} and Southland, on the n ned was in charge of the i : -.viiUt on his rounds had his used that a close-:! van had

i with. and he thereupon hid i..i >r Presently four engine-oleanors a the- scene, and proceeded to ~n.-n rrr- van. One- of them remain t ,i •- ■- r- - m and went away some con ~-.i '-- .!->r.;inee from the van. The .-. the van with the intention ; .t > -.',-:p!!v .» helping themselves to some :i .■ ia. Lawrence emerged from

; - i 'r ; t-iosed and locked ttie ii.t r- ;h van. and communicated with -J iwh'i arrested the men. The

T. follwln.' motion regarding unc-m----vn-ut in the- Dominion was unani

r.'.'-'s'v _reed to at the annual meeting „i iVr.'.-riutrv Industrial Association :-i_cht: —That this Association vi-_v.- v.-ith. considerable concern the rep'rls published in various parts of the iv-v.riiM"—that there is at the nre-f.-ti; time a large number of unemployed

thl-i . "••iir.tiy. both skilled and unskilled labor. rim that this Association r-r.deavor to -or-erate vrith other inuustri'! associations with a view to holdin- ir.dasrri:'! . ommiseions in Auckland. Wellington. Chr L-tchr.reh. and Dunedin. e.>n--is-in_- •>:' :o :r members to be selected rit.. Association of each ie;':fr--. ; ■:; r members selected by the Tivii-.- ami i.aiivr Councils, and four tiiernb-'t*s specially selected by the followin." industries :—Woollen, engineering, im-rlement-m.tkmg. • a' >met-making, bootsan-:i | Titoe.-. and at: - other industries that mav i '(»_- r.e'.«aarv. .m-i four workers from S ea-.h *ji these industries: that the Goi veram-.nt bo requested to instruct a Coni . tliuti C'-simission-.-r to preside over [ ...... h inquiry, and alsu to provide the j rl .. i v eit-rieal assistance and to i print the reports in the Government Printj ir._ Department. i i:. -a.i-.iin-- the Addington Workshops ini ijairv. Mr T. E. Taylor. M.P., has sent j ti _ telegram to the Hon. J. A. i Mi-'.ir. Minister of Kailways: "Whilst J geru.-ral sat:s:'.n tion is expressed at your j decision to hold a public instead of a de- ! j.artmental inquiry into Mr Uonayne s seriu'.ls charges vi the dishonesty and incompetence of officials and workmen at- the Aldington railway workshops, it is urgently necessary and only just to those a.-, ase.i tb.at the General Manager's in. the-is of control and administrative nbilitv she l uhi also bo fully inquired into. Will "the order of reference permit of this be ins done?" Mr Taylor has not yet re- . eived a reply from the Minister. ASH BURTON". January 30. The rainfall tor the _past two months has been verv heavy. 0.9T inches fell in December and 5.05 inches in January, _ a total of nine inches since Xovcrnber 50. I If a spell of fine weather is not experiI eneed immediately harvest prospects will be serious. 11I.KXHEIM. . January 51. The school erected in memory of the late Father Lewis was opened this afternoon fcy Archbishop Redwood, the flavor a.r.d the Chairman of the Education Board al.-o .ittendinu the ceremor.y officially. Thero was a large rmblie attendance, and about ~50 was collected, enabling Father Holiv to announce that the school, which cost "about £BCOO. was being oponed free of debt. At a service in the church prior l to the inauguration proceedings, the Archbi-iion preached .i powerful sermon on the Catholic education system. He claimed that the system was the only perfect or.e in the' Dominion, in that it provided for religions training as well as the equipment of boys and_ girls_ to be effective members of a civil society based .on Christian principles. Speaking of the sacrifices made by Catholics on behalf ot their idea of education, he saw! that although only one-seventh of the population, they spent- every year £40.000. and in 25 years they had saved the taxpayers of Xe-w Zealand £1.000.000. WAIHI. Janoary 31. The takin- of evidence for respondents in connection with the inquiry concerning the- petition to upest the result of the Ohinemnri licensing poil, was continued all day. about fifteen witnesses being examined. The evidence tendered went to show that there was no overcrowding of the booth and that the secrecy of the ballot had been observed throughout the poll. Mr Xathan. the returning officer, denied that there was any confusion in the booth or that the secrecy of the ballot was violated, so far as he knew. He admitted that a number of people were excited, but saw nothing which tended to in Saenee voters. There was' absolute «e-

crecv at the official count. It was the first poll he had conducted, and would be the last. Messrs Nicholson _ (chief deputy returning officer), Nettlingham {scrutineer for no-license), Raebnrn (licensing deputy), and Smith (poll clerk) gave corroborative evidence. The Court will resume on Monday morning. HASTES'GS. January 30. A young woman named May Hallet, who arrived by the Wellington express train last night, was arrested charged with obtaining £SO by false pretences at Wellington, from Walter Clifford, and was remanded to appear in Wellington on Tuesday. Accused is a Wellington adventuress who represented herself to be a relative of a British statesman. The nolice have a photograph by which she was identified. [A telegram received a few days ago stated: A young woman, said to be an adventuress from London, has been masquerading here as the daughter of a wellknown English family. She has been received by the best people in the city, and lias "hob-nobbed" with leading politicians and sportsmen, attending the recent race meeting at Trentham, and, in addition, lias been obtaining goods and borrowing money from prominent people under false pretences.] A Maori named Gregory, after taking j wild honey, fell dead as ho was in the act of chopping a tree for more honey. INVERCARGILL. January 31. A hoy named Leggatt was thrown from a horse on Saturday night- in town and severely hurt, his arm being broken, his shoulder dislocated, and his ankle twisted. At an inquest on the body found recently in the Pomahaka River, the jury found that deceased, Frank Fulton, was found drowned. There was nothing to show how he got into the river.

Inquiries regarding the death of Reginald Fraser, found drowned in a lagoon on Wednesday last, showed that he had suffered for" four years from an intestinal complaint, and had been operated on two .years ago. The day before his death he had a very severe attack, and decided to go to the hospital. An inquest- was deemed unneeessarv.

As a result of the liquor raids on Wednesday evening, it is understood that informations have been laid against Frank Poti" (of the Carriers' Arms Hotel) and Margaret M'Auliffe (of the Shamrock Hotel), charging accused of sly grog-sell-ing. A sensation was caused at Rimu on Saturday night, when some men visited the house of William Potf, a fellow bushman. and discharged a sun through the window of his bedroom, shattering a picture, but harming nobody. Poll brought his wife and family to town for safety. The police are making inquiries. GORE. January 51. As a result of a further police raid on Saturday night three three-gallon keu r s of beer (one just tapped) "were seized on the premises of Malachi Hanley, Provincial iJoarding-house, East Gore.