NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

• (DY lELEOEAI'II—PBEBS' ASBOCUIxbij' ■ ■jV'/V'," : . TYPHOID AT AUCKLAND. , HEAVY.PERCENTAGE OF DEATHB. Auckland, March 18. Since ' December ' lasfy when the present • outbreak of typhoid or. eiiteric fever oc- , curred, there have been no fewer _than" 13? cases reported in .the city , and suburbs, and owing to the. severe..type of-the disoasejthe . percentage of deaths, has. .been unusual!} . heavy, tlicro having been thirteen fatai cases. : However, since the recent lighvj rainfall the number of ; cases reported ii decreasing almost, daily., . . : AUSTRALIAN GRAPES. . ' LOW PRICES AT DUNEDIN. □uhedlht March '18. About 640 cases of Adelaido grapes wort put under offer'. ,to-day, '\ but, : tho;. prices realised were considered anything but satisfactory; Tho grapes were in. good'condition, arid realised from ; 3d. 'to' 4Jd., : and choice up to sd. ' Th6iow : prices'realised are attributed. \ tti', the- largo consignments 'received aiid tho excessive, supplies of'local fruits . oil the market. ■ It is. fully,; anticipated that when Australian growers are. advised of the 6mall' prices received, thoy will cease sending shipments to Duaedin, as they have advised that anything under 5d.. per lb. cannot'give theM any return. . . . ' POSTAGE ON TEACHERS! QUARTERLY v RETURNS. ■ .• . . Auckland, llarch'lß.. In : some education districts teachers have been called upon to defray the cost of post-; ago' on quarterly returns and similar matter forwarded in accordance with regulations. In a circular received at tho meeting of : tho Auckland Boardi to-day , the Minister, (the Hon. Geo. Fowlds) the opinion, that such a charge, tritting _though. it might : be,. was, opposed td the- spirit, of .the Education Act, ■ which,..assumed, that'- teachers should bo paid in full. He, therefore; suggested that it,.would be .fairerfor the boards to pay for this; correspondence.; . Tho secretary , (Mr. V'.' E.;.Rice)'stated 'that' when ' the. franking ' privileges' were ; abolished,. the Board . arranged that 1 .all, letters on purely school business should bei posted without pro-: payment of postage, the ;amount being,col-;', lectod without double charges being made; ou' delivery. The ■ circular did not therefore refer,to the Board., It was decided to inform tho Minister of -the principle : adopted. ■ -!: THE BRITISH FOOTBALL TEAM. >" V'. Auckland, March 18. . At a meeting! of the Management" Commifci t'eo of tlio..'Auckland Rugby Union to-night it was decided, in reference t-o the British , team's' itinerary, to,'urgo.on.theiNow Zealand • ■Rugby Union' the . advisability l of:'foregoing the two island matches and, substituting test; matches,, making. ; threo\in. : aU.v'\. . ■..= ,■ , : mBERXiAN sports/, ;; Blenheim,' March 18. ' At the Hibernian,, sports- to-day ' Nicholls,': of Blenheim;, won the principal"cventj Pick-: orton being-second;;' Ward, of-,'. 'Nw',Plymouthj "iron three other '.events, op-the. .pro; . granimo. " Heifer ind"- Jacobsen, of.' Nelson^; word the 'principal':winners- ra < the events; ' . '•. '• ■:

PAY OF: CHIEF " ENGINEERS ON STEAMERS. ■ > . . Dunedln. March 18.-.. / ■ For some time -past. £20, ppr month hav- ' been regarded by, the-' Marino . Department as"the- ruling ; rate of pay- for chief- engineers ; on steamers'.'within'.the- Dominion,, but in-, stances ;have.'come'- to. light showing that a - lesser sum' lks accopted.. A..case 00. currcd at Port .Chalmers, to-day, where, tho chief ongineer:on. had-been working under ; lsp r ecial agreement for "£l6 per month.'. .The Government held. this, agree-. mentto 'be .invalid,and :the engineer in question will:.- have.ito be...paid ..£20.-per* .. month, in; future. --f WANGANUI ■ CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. Wanganui, March, 18. t At the annual meeting of'tho' Wangariui Caledonian Society tor.night;a motion-was passed iu favour of seceding from the New Zealand Athletic Union, the . opinion being strongly expressed that the ■ Society Ishoulc bo' in a position ,to run \its' minings' independent of outsido control. - ;.. SOUTH ISLAND. BANDS'. ASSOCIATION. , . Christqhuroh, March 18i .■ At a meeting of-delegate's;'from: the- Christ- ■ church, Ashburton, an(T.Kaikorai bands heldthis evening it ; was-decided-to forni a South Island Brass-Bands' Association, with head-' ; quarters at Christchurch. r. . , ' ■ A RECORD. | Dannovlrke, March r 13. At the Danrievirko Athletic and Cycling Club sports to-dav, in the firemen.'s t>vo-iijen : coupling events; B. Nuttall and H.. Drinkwater put.up a.New, Zealand record of:33se& The previous: best'-for- this event- is- said tt be that of. the. New-'Plymouth- team ; at ~th? , Exhibition,' 3- ■■ ■ • • AUCKLAND: CADET CAMP. ' '■ .■;v'Auckland,'March 18.The Board of Education passed a resoluv tion oxpressing - itself.: 'thoroughly-..satisfies, with tho : first cadet camp—held at Auckland —with the .efficient work performed by tht officers and the,orderly,bearing and disciplino oi the cadets. '■' . NINETEEN-FOOT WALL COLLAPSES. : V» r estport, Manih 18. At. a qUarter-past; eight:,thia morning; tho '; brick wall of a.building.in-course,of erection • in-. Palmqi-stbiy. Street",., W'estp'ort, 19ft,.. high, collapsed • and- smashed in- almost ■ the - complete qfVqno sido .of. the 'Times w.ooden,bujldmg... v - . Several .of, tho had a narrow - esoapo 'ff©m• sericiuß',aciaiqiilj,,i<.Y..' : :.-Altiiouglii ispme. 1 ; of . the ...machinery: ■ was oovered by falling.bricks, l :none qf.lt .. to be damaged.'.... , .■ It was rainiug-heavily at tho. time of tho accident, «• to- which ':thQ : 'builders -'attributed tho now mortar-running.. -

J?ORTIJXE : TELLING., , r , v ; . v ' .... ■. Christoliuroli, March'lß.''i Inkho : Magistra'feVCourt. to-day;-Madamo St. Leon,- for reading 'the- palm'of Constable. Ingramj was; fined' 20s; and- costs'.' 'Sho said tho'.constable - was-; bad-tempered, and could. not 1 stand -too', many masters;. that ho would bo. 'loft, money or ' property,' and have two wives. Mrs. Gibbs, another fortune-toller, was similarly fined. - Madauio Kieler,.; Sirs. Wood, and Madame L'Esporanco were each fined 20s.';'arid costs.■ ; "v, . />■ Mr. Dayi S.M., said lf'somo of the people who went'to, fortune-tollers could be brought up, thcro would bo less .inducement on the part of ; the. public ; to bo'gulled. ■ . • NATIVE LAND COMMISSION. /.' Auckland, .March 18.; .Tho ; Maori Land Commission co'mpVoted, its invest igation regarding .the position of lands held by' tho Nga'tirangitihi ■' tribo, east of Botoru'a. 1 It is; understood tho Nativo owr.ers aro willing to sell or lease, to the Government 12,000 'to 40,00.0 acrcs/ ;Mticli of ifc fs' good land. " •' - •'»!';' , '.' • Sir Robert Stout and - Mr. Ngata leavt. Auckland' b'n Saturday next; for . Dargaville, where a sitting of. the Commission will bo held. . ■ ' DUNEDIN BARBOUR CONTROL. ;■■■!■ i ■ • Dunodln,'March 13. " ■ At a' conference ; between.-members 'of th« Harbour Bo,ard and'tho Dock-Trtist, the principle of absorptioli' of tho Trust -by the Board was unanimously'.affirmed.. Legislation with this object' will, probably bo .• introduced next session. . . .v- : V \ •