NEWZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 9

NEWZEALAND NEWS.

(SX .TBLEGBAPH—rEESS ASSOCIATION.)

, *£|$HE COAL MINING TROUBLE. ' , 'union DETERMINED. f\ . f "'<• ' Westport, December 22. ' It. is understood that tho Deuniston ; Minors' : Union at ;a' meeting yesterday dcoidecl'to 'adhoro : to their previous determination in defiance of ; tho Arbitration Court's ruling. ■'■■. What _ action the' management will take' is not yot' decided/but it is nndorstood ~' thattthe mines willniot bo closed. . ;■"£•; MR. KEIR ; BARDIE'S VISIT. ... ...NOT WANTED AT PATANGATA. ' : ■ % . Hastings, December 20.. 'The Hastings Borough Council last night received from tho Chairman of the Patan- . gata County Council a lottor_ covering tho . following resolution passed at ita last nicct- '■'' ingtTr'flt being 'reported that Mr. Keir Hardio intends . visiting .-Now Zealand, in . view of ..his recent.iittorances while in.lndia this Council is'-'strongly.'of opinion that ho "should recoive no official recognition in his public capacity as a member of tho British Legislature' from any local body in the Dominion.!-.': ;-. y. .;•" ;; '■ ; ,:The.; Council, resolved that tho letter. - bo received, ono Councillor stating that ho would be : ; sorry ; .to -say; what ho thought of its .. outhorj:.- ' "".';' '■■'' ''' 3: 'MEMORIAL- TO'MR: SEDDON. V "&:■ Christchurch, December 21. In the' r >presencc 'of, av'largo. coucourso.thp belfry ''erected as a".memorial, of the lato Hon. R'.-.J. Scddon at St^'Mary's, Addington, was dedicated .this-' aftornodn-'by'-'Bishop "Julius; and, .the; memorialj.tablot on tho belfry was v ' iiriveiled' by Sir 'Joseph ..Ward.'■■:.- ' CHARGE OF. ..MITItDERING AN INFANT-;, ff : 'Z -.. ■'■ ■: ■"'/':. " 'Auckland, December 22. . -. iThe,young.rnarricd woman FlorenceFnrn- -.':; dalo; was again brought before tie.Court yesterday .'on a charge of .murdering hoi' infant -or. Vo'r- ; about November-\251 - After some, evidence'had •been taken,-:; the hearing of'the caise f[ wasLadjourned till MondayTuorning.""""" .'.,.■'.'"'''"''' '...;". Auckland, December 20. ' Attho the .heajllessjufarit, re-. : in tho /harbour,' in connection with' .;which" -Mrs. ..Farhdalo stands charged with miirdferj .'.returned a .-'verdict tbat,,-jn tli& opinion, thefojwas notrsufficient " ey'idenco 7 / to' ;enablo'' them to dotbrmino by what 'niea'ris the body carii-o into tho water. ;; ; i '!'!•■;; "■ ;'- ; yy ,•;/'' lnve>cargill,' December 22. ofyMr.-riJ.-- W.--Thompson, ■;• grocer/ wero entered' by'burglars,.last'night, arid'a quantity, of tobacco was stolon;.- -No boon left on tho premises.! ,'-.,■ ' LIQUOR - WARRANTS' ■ : .'■''.ISSUED'.-:'../ '--.;•;--■; •*i';!";' Inyercargill,'December 22. , '•': 1 5^: ;-M'Cajthy,.';;S.M.V,yesterday fined'two. ~ fouijig.men -£3'-;aiia''bests,''one'.-for procuring ~liquor'at a brewory depot-without signing his name; : J arid also' tho 'namo.of -tho person, for . whom ;'the liquor "was intended; tho other for assisting 'to. procure liquor for a : prohibited person.; .The former got two gallons ofibeer ■ and signed the name of the latter, while tho ,-. * twoassisted the prohibited person, who sup- ; plied'.tho'money, ;:to> drink tho boor.. /Tho prohibited personjvwhojvas also charged/ did not .appear. 'Thepdlico stated'that ho had left. -the' district,. and a warrant was issued for'his/arrest. .' A"-warrant .was also issued : for -.the,, 'arrest'of Charles' Froggatt, who .had '!'.. been/released to'.find; sureties to and who' did not appeari' The police said.,tnai ! lie had loft ~the,-district..; ;:,■"' f::\-. ..''■.' ; ,'-,..-' ■ . ; ,\ : ; {CjMMDG'E'HiGH BRIDGE; ;: ';'; 7 -' P "t- j!'-:' Cambridge, December 21 ■:. , The'. Cambridgo highiijevel stool arch bridge, erected over the Waibato at a cost of over £13',000| w'as officially opened by ,Goyor-. • Doi'ilp-aay,. in;"tho"rprefienco bf' : a''vpry largo, ah'd Tenresentativo^gathering. 1 The'strflcturo : ■is.*:thJ,ySrst''.of-;its''design in" Australia. .' . banquetfpjlowed tho.opening oer'bmouy^- t :J S'f ■' -J' H ''• ■;. Cisborne, December 21. ; :'[Haye: Mateng'a, ; :who was : arrested.- aft-er ~;■ years':spoht in dodging ' tho- law," '.was brought up to-day on two charges of theft. the .evidence of 'tho arresting ponstable had been taken, tho daso was adjourned.-: : ■' ;. % iCTCKLAND B^B6UR ! AFFArRS/: ,''■; •'..'• "- f - ,; - -..- Auckland,-December 21. , The.jßarbour. Board has ■ decided,, io, invite. tenders for additions to the eastern side of • Queen,Stroet.Wharf, in preference to accept-' irig'.tho:: offer. made •by the Ferro-Concreto Compaiiy/to'do tho work at schedulo prices. .jTho'Harbour Board Coinmxtbce also'decided . that;thb'salaries of'officials remain as at pro-; -..-• sett/ T and; that a bo appointed l to grade officers appointed by the Board and fix tho maximum,salaries~ror each. This was moved by Mr. Heather on behalf of Mr. : Mit- . ehqlson. ■ _ ■ ■ / ■j^ K f : . NEWS; IN': BRIEF/ '..;''; •^Si'.:.-"-i;.- v - ." ■ Duriedln, 'December. 20;,; ' -'It;.has / been definitely, decided that tho pro- • perty, at Middlemarch, recently acquired by the Salyation Army,.is to bo used as a Homo for orphan. : and destituto girls. Tho Homo, ...which.'has.l7J a'cros of land attached, will flccbmmodato between forty and fifty girls, but. girls of bad character will not "'bo admitted.: Tho Hoino will probably bo opened ify.a month or six weeks. ■ •■-. :-,':'_ ■'•'."■' Auckland,' December 20. Mr. Justico Denniston granted a decree ; . nisi;m.(tho. case of Alfred Thos. .Baker v. Florence Isabolla Baker, husband's:-petition, oiivtho''.ground of-adultery. ' - _At ytno Police Court this afternoon Alfred ' Crossey and his wife, boarding-house keepers,were sentenced _ to ono month and three months' imprisonment concurrently on . charges'of illegally trafficking in'intoxicating'l liquors Mrs. Crossey, after the sentence had been passed,, pleaded that she had several ,; children tpisupport, and the Magistrate promised to reconsider, her. case in the morning. The polico/then - " proceeded with nine other charges of i sly grog-selling against tho malo defendant, and he was committed for trial. - '-V-; Christchurch, December 20. The Canterbury Society of Arts has.appointed March 5 as the receiving day for tho annual exhibition, which' will bo opened on March'.:l9. ....... .i •■ ' : ' : ' ~f'":~ ' Dunedin,! December 20. . Thrco, persons—kjiio prohibited—wero fined for"; being: illegally'on tho premises of tho Grand-Pacific Hotel on, Sunday afternoon last. They, pleaded they had gone there to make, use of tho conveniences.