SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 25, 29 January 1909, Page 5

SOUTHERN NEWS.

ERICKIxAYERS ;BEEORE OONCILEATTON -COURT. - (By Association.) WEUANGTON, this day. •/•pine'Conciliation Board sat to-day to -consider the application of-' the Bricklayers Union of Wellington --for a new award. The Board had previously sat in -different -parts of the industrial district to hear evidence. For.the employers it <was .stated that they wished -the -matter to be dealt with '-by the Arbitration Court. The Chairman said the Board-was- disappointed-at -the attitude -of employers after it had been so successful : in a previous 'difference. MSCELLiANEOTJS ITEMS: 7 « WELLINGTON, -this day. At a meeting of the Wellington College _Board of Governors it was -stated that the.Board was determined to take" no more free place pupils at the Girls' College, which is said to be overcrowded. Exhibitions will be offered to the six highest girls in the scholarship list, and the Newtown District High School will ..provide the rest of the -free place accommodation.' 7V7 FALSE ENTRIES. '• " INVEKCARGILI/, this day. .Richard Whittingham, brewer, was ifiHed £50 for making false entries,in his books. The case had been previously dismissed by the Magistrate on the ground that the errors in the books ■ were dfie simply to negligence, but the Customs appealed to the Supreme Court, which held there should, hafre been a. ..conviction. Representations will be, made to the Minister -to have ,the fine /remitted. No costs were allowed. _; PRISONERS SENTENCED, ji DUNEDIN. this day. The following prisoners were sentenced at the Supreme Court this morning:—Oscar Kossub, breaking and entering, two years; Robert Walter Silberman, breaking 1 and entering, twelve months; Thomas Patrick Flynn, two charges of bigamy, five years. .7 . — * - MOTOR AND VAN COLLIDE. GORE, this Jly.- ---■ "J. Crawford's motor car collided »witb a circus van last night Siat was left--on the road. The car was seriously -damaged, and painful injuries were received by the occupants. It is alleged that the van was not lighted. An action -for damages will follow. "TBE v NABFj3R. this day. ' Sir Joseph Ward paid a visit to the "Ram Fair at Hastings this moroirig__He_ leaves for Gisborne by the -Mtßttka. this evening. RAILWAY CONCESSIONS TO SCHOOL PUPILS. WELLINGTON, Thursday. ". The following railway concessions are ga^ettea:—Thirty-one fr«e' second 'classquarterly tickets available for distances ..not exceeding sixty miles may be issued to school_,pugils-not. oyer iiinet. en/years of age "as "(1) To "pupils attending the public primary, schools from railway stations where _sere are no i primary schools in the vicinity, and only j to the station in the vicinity of the,' nearest primary- school?" (2) to pupils who are holders of schc-. ; s.rships tenable at a district high sjhocl, or secondary school, as defined by "The j Act, 1908," to enable _them_ to attend any such district high school or secondary school; (3) to pupils of secondary schools as defined by "The Education : Act, 1908," and of the secondary departments of district high schools, to enable them to attend one or another of such schools, whichever shall be nearest; (4) to pupils attending private primary Or secondary schools subject to inspection in accordance' -with section 170 of "The ■ Education Act.. 1908"; (5) to holders of "free, places at a technical school recognised under the regulations for manual and technical instruction; (6) to pupils on the roll Of a public or private primary or-secondary school or of a district high school travelling to attend classes held at ' especially equipped manual training centos and recognised under the regulations for manual and technical instruction. EXTENSION OF TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS. WELLINGTON, this day. The benefits of the Teachers' Super- '■ annuatidn Fund.are to be extended to' ' contributors who have served a certain ' length of time of not less than twenty ] to thirty years, who become sick or mentally disabled, so as to be unfit for duty. ! Similar reasons, not specified in "detail, will also be given favourable consideration. A medical Ofllcer must certify to the state of health in all cases. TRAP ACCIDENT ENDS FATALLY. ] NE'LSOX. Thursday... • MrS. Eggers, a resident of Upper ! Moutere, was thrown from a trap this . afternoon, and died a few hours later from shock. She was driving with'three children, when the horse shied at a" 3 passing motor car driven by Mr. -Arthur i Magirinity, of Nelson, and upset the f j trap. The other occupants were uhin- ; jured. -, - -—-^—i-—. —l - ...j THE TRIAL OF CONNELLY. ' ■ < WESTPORT, -Thursday., j ■-%. Connelly, charged with; the m_r- -j der of- Ernest John B'ourke, Son- May '8, h has been committed for trial at Hoki- , tika. " The Crctjrn solicitor would not , agree to a committal to Chrfstchurch, but said the Crown /would not oppose an application to the Supreme Court judge \ for a change of venue. ' - --'-•; : - ■ ■ .. „ 1 (ACROSS THE PACIFIC IN BALLAST. 3 '.- - _ ~ ... j WELLINGTON, Thursday. ] The cargo liner Lord Derby, in ballast, t arrived here this'"" morning from Valparaiso. She takes in 300 tons of bunker coal, and leaves for Sydney this Evening. Capt. Hehrickseh, master of the vessel, says that everything was very quiet in ( Valparaiso when he left. Business was extremely dull there. ' I ! ~ C 1