NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BY TDLECRAPU —ritESS AESOCUTIOM.J .»• ' ' OPEN-AIR LIFE. .NO RENT,.'RATES, OR TAXES. ■ Mareh;3&:: : The man who ■ pays no .rents, rates! ;;or taxes is not so uncommon ni> this'country! as one might .supposo. Throughout .tho summer months there are many > whb' live vun'defccaivas a)ong-the _sea. front.. In some instances, the local authorities. have :.bwn compelled to issue " moving" orders;■ "as ' happened/ at Devouport iiot:so long .since. Onpother .water frontages,:' however, the ease of tjent' life.-has bee# ; pursued; without interruption, -:and camps have/been pitched' ori the .ono 'spot the whole ■ summer; ' Just' about'' a;■ record,' /hoybas; been; established at .' Stanley for ;of.:.three; ; years an open-air • advocate - has placidly defied tho pojvers that be,, and- contentedly*.lived'-ori'in., the fre^-and^easy,marinerwhich ■ criclontly appeals -..to- lumV. Complaints have been lodged, by the Health' Department,' ; ar)di,mandates issued by,the 'local .but-tho Bohemian . Question.. refused. to ; •. and some in* tercst-attaches to tho position, matters - now having rcached a crisis. •

EXPORT OF HIDES. .. , ; ; Auckland, March 30. A communication • of■ interest to, shippers of-hides;,to, the. United States*has been.,re- ' ceived from; :W^hmgtoii?% r . : th9>-'Ckml«t, : ueneral. at: Auckland (Mr. W. R: Prickett). last y<ar certain restrictions were made .in'regard '.to the export ;of - hides in' the way of disinfection',: but tiicse have been: rejoked, arid_ the United Slates, will:now ,tako hid?s from Aow Zealand upon the same terms ?,?. ™ e Dominion exports them to other countries.' -.. >■ ■" ■' ■ ' ■ , , • - GODLEY'S STATUTE. ' ■ • ~ v, . Chrlstehurch, March 30. iho-' Lihnstoburcli City. Council: to-night agreed ,to the. remoyai of,the statue^ofJ. •R. Uodley, tbo founder,of the Canterbury ;provinco, .from, its: present position in Cathedral Square, where, it is .partially hidden by the new tramway shelter, to a site . in- the Cathedral grounds offered by the Chapter. . ' .v.;- CHRISTCHURCH ELECTRICAL' SUPPLY The City Council -has adopted the report of - the Electrical Supply Committee recommending that* the municipal cicatrical supply system should be extended- and improved-at the cost'of £15,500.'-- : ; ;. v SOUTH CANTERBURY HOSPITAL v :' v BOARD Tlmaru, March 30. The South- Canterbury Hospital Board; at a special,meeting:to-day.,.decided to erect'shelters for .consumptives,- as • an : annexe .to the general hospital, • and appointed -as committee: to- selcct • a .site .in the, country-.fon l a>sana- 1 tonum-. - j Tho Board also adopted: the general 1 estimates .for .tie .year,!.and, decided l ■ on ,the local bodies for. the samo amount aa last year—£4soo...: '. .•**\j../ I PRICE OF COIL 1 ' Auckland, March 30 1 , The -coaH dealers .m vAuckland -connected - I with. the locaJ - -association, announce" that tho of Tanpiri, coal will, be, advanced 2s. per ton • from vWednesdaj owin^: to -,the rise in pn<Je: of coal at the mihcs, and the increased ■ cost• ofhorse feed,.and.handling.-. -■ ' SCALE AND LEfcCH IN HEDGES 1 ' Ghrlstchurch, March 30 > -. At a ' meeting of ., 1 the'- Canterbury Trmfc. growers'; Associatidnvon . Saturday -night,, the . question 1 of;, scalo, and- -.ltech >' in -hedges l belonging r to - the; .Railway - Department - was agam . discussai,' -but. Mr. Blackmoro (tho Government who. was - present, assured members, of ■ the ■ association 'tnat -tho • matter; was being considered-I>y^the; Government::";' ' r "' ''-i >

I jOBITUARY . .. . Auckland, March 30. ■ A'cablo from Suva.states tliat,a"! pioneer, Mr. George Zi. Griffiths,-, proprietor i and oditolr of i the/'Fiji Times," is dead.SKULL AND BONES FOUND Taihapa, March 30 . The reported find of a >Bkoleton inthe bush near Utiku .turns out 1 to be-a' • ral bones,, believed to -bolong'to a-Maori The" remains: had,, apparently- been lying there a long timo., - Withm. Bft. of,the remains wao found an excellent; specimen' of: a stonfraxe.A STREET DISTURBANCE Clsborne, March 3D ■On Saturday night a" disturbance- was created in -. town . .through an •inobnatod -individual, on horseback ndmp : through tho Salvation Army ring and'.stnking 'a uystan-. dor named. Joseph- Spencer, who "interposed, with a loaded stick, rendering him .unconscious. . The police arrested thV'.offcnder, ' who was.fined £s:.this morning for drunk-enness,-.and remanded on a charge'of-as-sault,!' bail, being allowed. ' The - man assaulted recoived a nasty wound on the head, SOCIETY OF RAILWAY -SERVANTS. ■;'-.\--v.-.-'-.-.---i'~'NowvPlymouth,".-MaKi- 30. ■ ' At a meeting of; the. local • branch of .the Society of- Railway Servants, a. : vote of' want of confidence- In- the l present exocutivo. of the society wa-s.carried; also a : voto tjia,t Mr.: Hornsby. had:, been unfairly : treated'".by the-executive.^-CHARGE OF BREAKING AND ENTERING Dannevlrko, March 30 1 ; Thomas and Charlotte Prisk wore.arrested at! three o'clock: this morning on a- charge :■ of' breaking'and entering-a shop occupied ■ by Miss • Pallantj with intent to commit a crime. • Accused,, who -.occupy, a neighbour-, ing shop, were discovered by the nightwatchman; wlio, • not being satisfied with an explanation -given;.■.informed, the police. AocU6cd were before the Court-- this morning, • and remanded for a woek.

LIONEL TERRY ■ I : • Christchurch, March-: SO.-. 1 Lionel Terry, is; stated to-be takmghis in. carcoration :ill' Lyt-telton GaQL..\ery,philoso - phically, and that'ho has as yet given his custodians trouble. ■ r.: : THE NIMROD ' , i Christchurcty March 30. Though Nmost'of-tho niombers .'of the Niinrod's crew, are leaving the, ship in the mean- , time, it is understood that they have agreed among themselves - to reassemble ■ in : Lyttelton in order to join tho-vessel on her. sccond journey■south to ..pick ■ up the landing .party. If is also suggested that Captain Eilgliyid : may again tako, command...i. ; THE SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE Christcliurch,Marcli3o.' It is understood:that the-tLabour Depart-, ment -has" collected' amounts aggregating :: , sevdral-' hundred pounds,, .from v-.the? local; slaughtermen fined m: connection..with, last: y • year s:, strike:.-:.', The " distress- warrants ; ro- ■ cently -'issued agaiiist-'so'ma.of '.the have not yet-been- returned.' •,V; :: ■ DAIRY REGULATION'S . Christchureh,--March :30. \ ' The -Mimstqr -for- Agriculture • ha.s .dealt / with tho complaints made to him :by sisty : . or soveuty dairymen wheir lie was.m. Chris- i 1 church a" fow'. weeks aco.* -:. He has decided that no dairyman will be asked.: to .-carry , out tho'ono bail ono -.cowi proposal.ln a<i» cordanco.with suggestions > mado at tho-Con-. forenco; the new: regulations , will,, provide for a - modified-, appeal against, the decisions of tho Stock Inspector"to a superior officer. '■ ■. .;