NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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LIBERAL AND LABOUR. PARTIES. MOVEMENT TOWARDS A SPLIT. Auckland, January 8." Speaking at a . social given to him at . 'Ellorshe to-night,-, the Hon.- 1 J.- A.>Millar;do- •' ■ j precated anything in the nature of a'spht in' - 1 ' the Liberal party.-. There appeared; he said, • • '. to ,bo a movement, on -foot m this direction. All' the groat reforms ' of tiio past had been effected byvthe amalgamation. ofthe Liberal and' Labour-parties; and ho urged that- thisv > • . should;be continued: If tlidy wanted to pro- :.: ■ serve the solidarity .of tho;party they • must. ;f; . ;not quarrel among.themselves.- •' ■ - AVOIDING AN\ ARREST. , •' BAKER UNDER A MATTRESS. ' ' ! Auckland, January-8. - i A-strange- incident occurred- at Remuert 1 ' yesterday'when a-visit- was'paid by-Deteo-- -J tive3, Miller;. Cox,; and-Scott-for the;purpose . -> > .of' executing . a:warrant for the > arrest' o) 'J. 'Eearse, lately carrying-on jbusmess;as: an,' auctioneer*•, at Newmarket,-' on . u three '" < •> charges' of : ' obtaining -money ■ by ; means' of valueloss-.chequoß.-, !Th&, landlady, ;on ibemg ■v '- applied to, denied .that:.tho man .wanted was' - -. ■ill-her house, and refused admittance.to.tlje ; ' .detectives..*' The-latter, however,msisted oV entehng. On a search' being,made,- Baker was found: secreted* under- 6, mattress jn !i a -' bedroomi .and he-was. duly, arrested.«< PRIMITIVE 'METHODIST; CONFERENCE • ■ IMPORTANT PROPOSALS . . Dunedln, January 3. ' The Pnmitive Methodist Confereiice -wi" i-open'.'in Dundas Street Church to-morrovi • i i afternoon. ; Delegates to tho number of 11!,; t will. be present from all parts 1 of- the.Domi' j nion. Some proposals ofan important na ] turfe . arc likely to- be- brought-forward ■ li: • j I connection': .with * the centenary - celebrations, ■ ■ - j which will ■ take place m 1910.. To-morrow ■■ ■ j evening the Rev: James . Flanagan, of 'the j South-East'-London Mission, vwill.,preach-the . ... i -official Conference sermon;,..: ATHLETIC UNION " v .Dunodln, - January 8. • - . The. monthly meeting of-the ,Otago Centre of Tthe'New. Zealand Athletic Union was held last n?ght., ''Messrs. Koast and Corooranwere , appointed ;to.' represenfc th'e'. centre at: the . . annual N .Z.A.; Union, Conference. at:... New 1 next-month. - ;-. 'were.. ; Tecommehded-for'the consideration..of '■■■ the That;-' -no two r • bodies . ' within a radius of'3o . miles of'each-otlier.. bo - allowed to hol<V .sports. 'on' 'tlie ..same day; ./ :(2);Tfeatia' ; rule'*beidr«ni'up;fnr' the govern- | nient of \ quoiting;: (3)' Thattie' question - of' byes,. as'' regards wrestling' and quoiting, :.be -■ considered! ' '.V,'.-- -.. ■ SOCIETY OF 'RAILWAY' SERVANTS. • ' . jrivcrcargill, January 8..-" ; ' Messrs. and F. Hutchins hays bOsn-:elected' Southland delegates to* the bien- - .of-the.-Amalgamated Society, of Railway 'Sorvants at'Wellmgtoii..' :i '• ' DECREASE IN CRIME. '...: ' •. .-. _. . : inveroargill,. January;,B.: • :T;!nio.. Qoliee- retiiijis , 'Bhoir -.a--considerable d#«.\ • ' cre&e-in'criniV'in-Southland .during the , eighteen; monthssince' the- inauguration' of. prohibition,.. as compared with: the previous eighteen,vmonths. . . Drunkenness-,, decreased, from ,209 to. 149,, and. in only four. cases: wasthe; liquor'procured" in the' no-license" area. 1 •

.'THE'DENTAL-GONFERENCE > V Auckland, January. B.': •' The delegates to the Dental Conference •were: entertained 'last night; by', the: Auckland Association. •Responding ;'to the".toast; of : the . visitors, Mri 6. E. . Payno Philpots,,' of Melbourne/ arid 1 Mr. H. Nieholspn, of Qu?ensland, suggested a reciprocal - union .between the - ; New Zealand arid Australian' Dental Societies'. • . ..- •• •." :• . •-SIKORAf BAND. i.-„ ■'? . . . ■.;■ Dunsdln, January 8; The Kaikorai Band.lias dccidcd tn Renter for 'held-'in October nost.: \ '.; -^iFIREATVGOREi' : •• ''' v . . .. Core, January 8.: A- 'fifo; at'-East Gore this'- morning-'partially 'destroyed ;premises;- : own£d J and'! occupied': by' T! 'Campbell, ■ butcher. -The building; ,wasinsured for £260 in .'the A ictbr'ia Office; \arid the contentsfor £75 •in .the; North' British; : INFECTIOUS.", DISEASES'; HOSPITAL/ Dunedin,. January 8;,. An'.infectiousVais'easDS hospital "is about to be built-in Dunedin > at a xost ;of ~£2000.' " ' -INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES..' ' ' Dunedin, January 8. ■ References, have been .filed in the' disputes between,; the. Otago Metal Workers. Assistants' 'Union' and .'.thirty-five firms; of employers,' and' .between.-the Paper Mill Workers'' Union -(Mat-aura -branch) arid the' New;.' ZeaU .and. Paper Mills Company, Limited; • = SUDDEN DEATH.' ■ • Dunedin, January 8. Jeremiah Tobin, ..a farm labourer residingat- Pine Hill, while working in a cow byre / yesterday,.dropped down dead., Ho bad coriipains in.the chest for some-tike.' past. '■'■ . . • , . A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. ; . • ■ New Plymouth, January 8. i' Late'• to T riight a man named Stewart, who has'just, served a tterm of imprisprimoiit' for false walked into Detectivo. i)odf darn's office at the'jjolico station,, and.practically'without warning '.threatened", to knife him.' ■ Detootive . Bodclam 1 started up, andafter ! a hard. Bet-.to, in' which Stewart was knocked ,out. .f(irir 'tiriies,' the ; deteptivp succeeded; in handcuffing : him. No . one was about; at:'the' ; timo';.t6 'assist'. "The man-liar an.■iniagina'ry grievance against' the police.