DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 25, 27 May 1912, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

iTer Press Association.! I Wellington, May 27. Questions of importance to local bodies were decided to-day by Mr Justice Cooper in the case Gisborne Borough Council versus A.M.P. Society. The Court decided (1) that the Council has power under section 3 of the Local Bodies Loans Act, 1908, or others-wise to borrow money to carry out works which it is authorised to construct, although such works may not be expressly authorised to | be constructed out of borrowed money ; (2) that the Council if; authorised or empowered under statute to raise a special loan or loans for specific works which it has statutory power to construct; and (3) that the A.M.P. Society can safely lend sinus amounting to £35,000 to plaintiff Council together with 10 per cent on the loan already raised for the purpose of carrying out the specified works. No order as tc costs was asked for. Duncdin, May 27. The New Zealand Paper Mills Co. at the annual meeting showed an actual net profit on the year's transactions of £4892. This represents the earnings of two mills only. Atone there was a great deal of broken time. The hope was expressed that when the Government is revising the tariff it will assist the paper-making industry to compete with the production of cheap foreign labour. Taihape, May 27. The turbine of the new hydro-elec-tric scheme was started on Saturday and the first lamp was lighted yesterday. The Coronation Band Rotunda was used for the first time yesterday. Palmerston, May 27. The Supreme Court opened before ,' Judge Chapman. There is a small number of criminal cases, on which fact the Judge complimented the district. The civil business, however, constitutes a record, there being .37 cases. Christchurch, May 27. Gordon Ralph, eleven, residing at Lyttelton, was billed on the hills yesterday. His elder brother, aged 17, hud a loaded pea rifle in his hand and slipped on a stone. The rifle exploded, the bullet hitting deceased on the head. Obituary: Mr A. D. Hart, Labour leader'. S ji ■ < Auckland, May 27 Interviewed this morning Mr Wilson, Mayor of Dunedin, referred in complimentary terms to the Hon. (J. W. Russell's conduct at the recent conference in Wellington, declaring him as worthy of a place in any Liberal Ministry. Mr Wilson was very anxious to correct an impression which might have been conveyed to the Minister through the injudicious remark of the Mayor of Auckland that the larger cities were prepared to forego their subsidies for the country. Mr Wilson said it was not made on behalf of the committee. He pointed out that in cities there are a number of Government buildings fulfilling administrative functions throughout the province. The Government did not pay rates upon these. If they did their subsidy might be dispensed with. I