NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 138, 5 March 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

.(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS . ASSOCIATION.*) !, '. THE COMING CAMPAIGN, y i • • Auckland, March 4. , iiio : commg.V election campaign -was-- discussed by: the* :AMckland Trades and Laboui Council etfeiiin£. It was. resolved'that the Council .write ;ito the Political .Labour jjeaguo in Auckland! asking it to. co-operate 111 tlio revival'on. the. old lines of the Labour ItoprißsentationiiCommittie, in order to provide propagandaj>-.and get toj work for. the !. nextelection.. loiTho.. trend, of the discussion was-that Labourr.ishotild be directly repre-. I sented/m Parliatacrit;..' ' WHAT EXTRADITION COSTS. * > „Auckland, March 4, liererriiig'. to :bf .'estraditi6ri pro* ccedmgs ; Araer;ca, Mr, S..Mays,: of,.th« Crown ejipffice, said ,at' the Police Lourt, tins afternoon that those who knew anything abouii,it could form, a good idea of )vhat ; the..cost. was.. The.cost/to a, : number or,creditors v to bring a. bankrupt:to •; AucKland from: Honolulu was about J>2oo. : u-i ' "otfiingMiowereri-compared with what it had cost t?; bnhg back £1800 nea ' the bill' ran up to : . BIBLE IN SCHOOLS AGITATION. ~ . Auckland, March.4. . ...Thei annual .report ;.of -;the, Auckland .Scrip- • ture.bift Associationfnwhich :was , submitted and adopted at to-day? : s? meeting, referred in. • rerms of toe continued Qisallowanoe of? 'simplejSible reading,;in the.. National Schools, ,thoiifftlite> of. which -tlio.cCommittee regarded; as nbeirig majiifestly. in»'4 ]urious to_ the. truest; Jvblfare of the Do'JPSS 1 *- a painful,-,regularity, it w^s .seated, week in and -week out, cases ; of juvenile enme wore: appearing at the Police • Courts, while such as; re&aihcd hidden from i f. .!® v 'ew ; must, of necessity be - proportionately numerous. .. ' ' , FATAL FALL FROM- A TRAIN. v Auckland,-March 4.:. A lad named. Joseph: Thomas, : aged 16, re siding at Grey Lynn, was - killed, and another lad: named-Gordon C. W,i.Butler, aged 16, residing at Kingsland, was seriously in-. jured .through being jolted off the platform of; a.ftar on' the, Avondale: Railway line)to •hight,.wheh the train was rounding a curvo- :. AUSTRALIAN GRAPES.': ' . - ' y . . DunedlnJ;Alarch 4, ' A shipment of grapes, 'cansisjii&g; of 653 cases: from, South "Australia; also: a .consignment from .Victoria;-arrived by. the Marama . yesterday. A : p6rtion': of "the. .South '.Australian grapes were not properly p.a'fikijd, and th<^'\yere; jUmt .'for human consumption. , .* lc t°ria3i grapes .also camo e without packing, and arrived in.'indifferent v ':c6«di» tioii. Grapes in good order realisod'sd. pei pound, but others will leave a loss- to thf shippers. ' : ; • . TRESJDDER INTERVIEWED!' ■ - ■ ' Gisborno, March 4. .Tresidder arrived at Gisborne to-day, ami was. warmly,. Welcumed by ; members ;of th« rowing "community.-He'states; that |he'-hai not yet made;_up his! mind whether tocsettlJv in the Dominion. /Referring'to the Sidney cablegram as to Fogwell's opinion, he'statej . it is quite incorrect.-' He in -no -way- .under.estimated;, Webb's ; capabilities, recognising ' that., he had a ; very hard race: to': row.. Eh considers; that he (Tresidder) rowed ass well as ho §ver did in his life," and showed plenty' of dash, but was "fairly and squarely beatel by the Wanganui man. . ;

TIMARU CONSUMPTIVE - SANATORIUM _ _ Timaru, March 4. * The Hospital Board yesterday, after ar animated discussion, rejected' by seven, to threo the proposed amalgamation with North Canterbury /and Ashburton' Hospital Boards to complete,' equip, and. maintain the consumptive ianatoriiini now" being erected. The, chief'• arguments > against it"' were' that' loss expensive l buildings'- would- 6ervei for a 1 local institution, that there was no guarantee or likelihood: that incurable cases would-'ba' dealt with, aud-'that friends of patients would; prefer to' -have them treated nearer homo. Nothing, was' said : about practical steps for establishing a-local institution, excopt by the minority,- who recalled tho fact that it had been previously found impossible to obtain a suitablo; site. "' r

\ CHRISTCHURCH EIRE POLICE.' : , . }■;' . Christchurcl), March 4. .A; fire.police corps was' formed;m the city last night with, a strong committee.' , • Tho Mayor,.(who-presided,' saiid."tho Meeting .'.Was' called .at. the requ'est of the ,J?iro.: .Board.. The big fire of the ; provious. month r demonstrated absolutely .. the', need ,of a body of firo polico, whicV,would' ; have.saved thousands of pounds'- worth of: property. ; 'y Many premises wero 1 broken into .'and looted"'in , time of. firo by', unauthorised persons,', and '. was most ;desirablp;that',salyag6;work'shouW bo donoby; people who were recognised. . AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.- . ' Wisstpoct, March 4.' ; iAt a. meeting: of the Canu'val Committee, a draft programmej with'. prizemoney'totalling £250, f wa's : considered and approved with a provision that the prize-money be increased to;£300 if tho canvass of tho town and district* warrants;' such i'ah ; 'incre : aso. - ■ THE POLICE . COMMISSIONERSHIP..; . _ ' . .. Ghrlstchurch, March:4. >• With reforeiice to' tho statement published • at .Wellington' that Mr. :H. : W. Bishop, S.M., of Cliristchurch,; is' to : succeed. Mr; vDinmo as Commissioner of• Police,. Mr. Bishop states that tho matter us. absolutely nqw.to-him. ■ Ho'knew nothing about it, and ; could not . understand how'tho rumour .originated.".' : . CURIOUS CASE AT.' Al t,v iLAND.. . ;fV .. Aucktesi, March 4... Robert Gibb, a quondam.;hotel-keeper, 1 of > "ivesville, ivho was '"brought, back . from ; last year and.- inU-'OTij-t sentenced ; l4Pwyome' Court, to':riil.i jionths'Mm- f pnaonmeii u for," false : pretences]- was"; brought ■ • before-Mr.''Kettle, S.M., yesterday! charged - with being _an absconding : bankrupt. ■' - Mr. ■Hackett, ■ Gibb's'/coiinsel, contended that b« . could not bo' charged for an offence '-.com- ' mit-t'ed; prior -to: one for ■ which he was extradited,: until he was allowed to return from tho 7 country <'"in ; which.- lie was - extradi,t«l. The prosecuting counsel said that Gibb was not' extradited, but returned ■ voluntarily. The. Magistrate'expressed the opinion that it ' was a. caso of trying to catch a prisoner again as he came out of gaol,' his sentence; ending in about a fortnight. .Under tho,oir- - oumstaoces ho convicted him, and ordered him' to, come up for sentence when-;callec . ; .upon.,' .'i.,-' ! . NEWS IN BRIEF. . , Oamaru, March 4.. The hearing, of tho shophcrds' and Blusterers' dispute concluded beforo tho Arbitration Court'.to-day. ~

Rcefton, March 4. : , - ■ At tho Trades - and. Labour Council the olcction of officers resulted Mr. Newton, president: : .Mr. R. Toiuplo, vicc-prcsideut: Mr. ; J. : . Warkson, secretary: Mr.; E. Walker, treasurer. Mr; Pouter: declined nomination, having boon president for eight years. - Duncdln, March 4. ... Captain Mitchell and. ( Lieutenant Conway left this morning to represent the Dimedih brigade .at tho 'Firo-Brigades Conference at Masterton." Mr. F. AY.. Maclean, who ; has been. ten years- District Engineer, at Dunedin under tho Railway l Department,- was, on tho evu ,of his transfer to Wellington, presented by his fellow-officers' with a gold watch; > Dargavillc, March 4. O'Connor, the licensee of tho Aratnrm Hotel; was fined 10s. and costs under tha .Shops"and'- Offices Act' for- not' giving hjg barman a"half-holiday: It is believed to' ba tho first caso of tho kind in the Dominion." Wostport, March 4. The Wcstport Borough' Council to-nigh* appointed Mr. Douglas Dobson, A.M.L.C.13., of Masterton, to the position:" of Town Clerk and Borough' Eniinebr. There Wero fifteoa applications." ! ,'v ' ;' - - .'