NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 77, 20 March 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL. Per press Association. Auckland, Thursday. A boy of sixteen named Duncan R. j Calderwood, who admitted an cxtraor- J dinary series of thefts in different parts , of the colony was sentenced at the Police \ Court to-day to three months' imprison- " menf. lie will lie sent back to Buriiham Industrial School, i j A POLITICAL SPEECH. Dunedin, Thursday. | Mr. Jiarclay, 11.P., addressing his coni stituents, generally approved the Government's policy. He thought the redistribution of seats should only take place every ten years, lie regretted the Blackball strike, but said the miners were insulted and tortured by the dis~ missal of seven of their leaders. ■He was satisfied these seven men were marked because of llieir exertions on behalf of their fellows, and because of the position they took up in endeavoring to assist them to belter their conditions, A vote of thanks and confidence in Mr. Barclay was unanimously passed. J U VEX ILK TRAIN-"WRECKER. lnverc-argill, Last Night. 1 A boy has been arrested at Garston i for having placed an obstruction (pieces - of railway iron) on the railway line. The passenger train from Oore to Kingl ston stopped yesterday alwut a mile i below Garston, after having run over a portion of the obstruction. 1 DEPUTATION TO .MINISTER UF .MARINE.

Napier, Last .Night. A deputation of trawl-owners met the Minister of Marine to-day to ask that arrangements be made whereby the carriage of lish to Wellington might be expedited so that the lish might arrive in the best of condition, and so prevent the present Joss occasioned by the slow method of transit. The Minister promised to give consideration to the wishes of tlie deputation. Another deputation asked that the men in charge of ligliters working in the bay only might lie exempt from the regulations compelling them to possess home trade certificates. The Minister promised to consider tihe matter, as it affected lighters trading only in the liay. SAPIER CARNIVAL. Napier, Last Night. A race for patikis in connection with (he carnival regatta was got off Ihisi afternoou. The Meteor, when leading, had her throat halyard block carried away, which put her out of first place. Tho Maroondah (C. F. McDonald), lmin allowance, won, with the Edith, (imin, second on time, and Sunray (W. H. Stevens), hnin, third, though the Meteor was only just behind her.

• THE SIZE Of GRAIN SACKS. Duuedin, Last Niglu. At a meeting of the committee of the j OVjo A, unci I'. .Society Ui-day, the question of limiting tlic weight of sacks of grain to 20011 m was discussed, and it) was unanimously decided that the proposed regulation would be most irksome to farmers, and unworkable. THE ORANGA 110ME ENQl'lßi. Christchurch, Last Night. Tlie To Oi'anga Home enquiry was continued to-day. The matron of the Auckland Industrial School stated thftt incorrigible girls in that institution were sent to Orauga, and gave instances of the change in a number of girls she was acquainted with who had been inmates ol the home. Corrective discipline was necessary, but personally she disliked inflicting corporal punishment, and would like to see a classification system ad,optted. The matron of the Caversham Industrial School stated that she would only adopt corporal punishment as a last resource. The Rev. Feiulall, who wrote a loiter regarding the Oranga Home to the local : paper, was examined at length, aiul ad- _ hered t'o the charge that punishing girls . of 1!) or 20 with a strap on practically a ; bare back, was barbarous. t ; JiADLY-NEIiDED RAIN. t Feilding, Last Xiglit. i ■Steady, soaking rain has been falling , for the last twenty-four hours, 'there is I every indication of a continuation—just 3 what the district badly needs. t A STATEMENT OFFICIALLY DENIED II Wellington, Last Night. Mie neccnl statement that owing to . defective accommodation at the qnaran- , tine island, Wellington, a valuable Dei. von -sow, belonging to Slack Bros., of Pahuerston North, lost thirteen out of [ a litter of seventeen, valued at £SO, is . officially denied The litter was only [ five, and one was born dead. Messirfl Slack, in withdrawing the charge, ex- , plain that it was ba.sed on a statement | by a Government official. , GISBORNE VALUATIONS. Gisborne, Last Night. The borougih valuations place the rental of the town at £91,420, an increase of C 15,027. CLERICS ON SOCIALISM. Gisiiorne, Last Night. A.meeting of the Clerical Association discussed Socialism, and passed a resolution sympathising with the aspirations of Socialists to improve the conditions of wage-earners, especially in the older countries, and while unable to accept the views of extremists, in the opinion of the Church, attention should be given to projwsals for the removal of existing social conditions. GAZETTE NOTICES. Wellington, Last Night. The regulations under the Public Service Superannuation Act are published in detail in to-niglit's Gazette. All meetings of the Board are to be held in Wellington. A proclamation in to-night's Gazette forbids the forwarding of correspondence for F. n. Allen, Cameron street, Launceutou, NELSON HOME FOR AGED AND NEEDY. Nelson, Last Night. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board has decided upon the erection of a flew home for the aged and needv, in consequence of the delapidated nnd'generally unsuitable nature of the present accommodation. The new building i» , estimated to cost C4OOO, and will" hi' situated on a pleasant site about a mile j out of town.

I GALE 1N T WELLINfITO'N. Wellington, Last Jfight. A violent southerly gale prevailed In Wellington to-day, accompanied by Intermittent rain storms and a lower"'! temperature. All the small coastal shipping was detained in port.