NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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'. ' — » •' MR. M'GOWAN AND PRISON CAMPS < EXCEEDINGLY SATISFACTORY. - Auckland, May 1. Tlio Hon. Jas./-M'Gowan, Minister for Justice, interviewed with refprence to some ■■■■'>, disparaging remarks as to the value of prison . ! camps, said such opinions, wore really of lit- ■ tlo valuo compared with the information. , possessed by the Prisons (Department, which . showed tlie beneficial results ,of the system. : Ho had watched it closely, ri,nd the results ''V had been exceedingly satisfactory from tho ■ start. Ho considered our system superior ' to .ailythiug attempted in Great 'Britain or tho United States, where prison lahour.comea into competition .with frco labour, a course"' wluch, almost needless to say, will never be adopted in New Zealand. : ' : FAST MOTOR RUN. \ r Chrlstchurch, May I. Mr. 'E. H. James, with Mr. : 3. T. Dixon' for.chauifeiir, accomplished a .run from Christchurch to Hanmer and back yesterday in. Un- ■ ' der ten hours.' The country travelled, over is very rough for fast motoring, and the feat .' ■';■■'■ is considered a great one. The car was a , .1U li.p. Stuart. Mr.' Dixon considers itpossible; to do, tho journoy .under fair ccudi- ; tions in .eight and a half hours. . : THE DEPARTING RHODES SCHOLAR. ~ _ „. Auckland, May 1. > , V Ziman, the Now ZciOand Rhodes Scholar, was entertained to-day - at a iarg6 ' , farewell gathering, attended jby university . ' professors. The "Mayor made a congratulatory ■■ speech.' - ' i . "v'; .CLOSER SETTLEMENT IN CANTERBURY. . „ ! Christohurch, May 1. ;■ .. Ihe Hon., JR. M'Nab, Minister for ' v informed a reporter to-day that the Government has accepted tho offer of - the -proprietor* of .the Kauroo Estate, near Oamaru 0M9.000 ■ ." acres;..at £7 aii acre. . FOG SIGNAL. : : Auckland, Mav 1. A fog signal will shortly be installed at tho yyW.or Island lighthouse.i- * ' • i steamer Hinefnoa, wjhich left '.res- '■ T ; terday, js landing #11 jthe necessary material o" ' V tlio island.. - J '''' ASHBURTON MUNICIPALITY. a „, , , , tyay 1. , A .poll oaken to-day on tho proposal to • r ?. I ®° '-5 ,#JS>OOO Jpap, for a\ high pressure ;. ' • £»««• supply was carried'by Great interest .was taken in -the as a poll, on tne. same question taken six months . '/ .v- - had been rejected by a heavy majority. , - The election'-for: ;the J yaicaiicy .on tho-I:','■ Borough Council,. causcd by the death of : Air. i). Thom.is ; was tukon'at the same time. 1 There weio threo candidates, the result boing.—Mi. WG. Hillier, 324 votes, Mi M. J. Burgess, 126; and Mr. W. J. Silcoek, 111. '• - ■Ih'e voting constitutes' a record for 'the. •' Borough since its inception. ",.-- :J.V ' WOOL-CLASSING DEMONSTRATIONS. ; -: Auckland, Mav 1. . -i\ a meeting of the Exccuti\:o of tho .' Auckland A. and P.- Association to-day a lettpiv was received. in .connection 'yritii' tho ■ ' .classification of wool. . The writer'rela't-ed '.-.i; 1 that .as ' there' had been.'.complaints made for, ; time.-past by; tho'English buyers'arid ' ' 'manufacturers of- the ' very.-'fajjltj;' classing ''A and- sorting of wool,! espjciaJly'fyV small '. - gr.owers, ho; wmil.d suggest that jt jvojuld,Bo a good thing;ifian oxhihition ". ing and packing by: an''expert cguld Jiegiv;en : "- at tkp next aijniial, is. not ilaai- • ; nesa /or; .carelessness -.thatbad ''classing''is duo to," continued; the writer, "but-ignor- ' ance,:as to ho\y it should lje ; don,6!--' ' . ' . Mr- p,.; Salmon, ' ■ tion'- was a good .one, and-slipuld he carried' - .o'ut'.-V. i'". ji -~'' J-7 i' Tho meeting, decided to. adopt' the sug- "'* gpshon.. . • .' V . .. ;■ /.•: : CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO MURDER/ " fihrfstphurch, May 1. ; Fredcrjpk Hall, cJiargeS to murder Alexander- ■turtle? Muir,~ was' again brought b.eforp tjie Jjytfceltori!"Police Court this morning. ; Sergeant",- Ryan stated that Muir« would"; bp. : ablp f-b'appear and givo evidencp next week, and, {Jie accused was; re- : ' ■manded tiU.Thursday .next when the hearing.- ' '' : of the. will 'be"gpn<j ',p|i-'.wiyi. ; BAY OF ISLANDS ESTATE SOLD. ' Auckland, May ]. The Omapere Estate, containing 3058 acres • ' and situated at .tho Bay' of'lslands,' was sub- , ', mitted to auction „Cpmmerce Rooms this afternoon, a' largo num- ' ' • ber being present,. includmg'' 'farniers 'froni ; Taranaki and ; Palmerston.' North'.' The' prpperty was submittal- in' sections, a'nd' - fivo- ■ - found ready j buyers! but of y the romaining •( .eloven. sections .only one' attracted the atten- : - ;; ; tion of. ,buyers. ' Lpt'- 2'," cpritaining ' ■ 105' ■" '■ acres, was sold for" £5 IDs. an acre; lot 3:- ' 167 acres, £5 15s. ah ; acre; lot-4, 94 acres, - £5 10s. an acre;' lot 5. 78 acres, £11 10s. an acre; lot 8, 80 acres, £9 per aero. Lot 15 was '''• passpd in at £6 an acrp. DEARTH OF CLERGY. ■ ' Auckland, May 1. ;; Tlio dearth of nien offering, for tho hiinistry ; ' '' ' misreforrod toby tho Rev. W! EiGillam, Vicar J i'V# of. St. „Matth'o>v ! s,''at tho, annual mooting of " tho'parishioners. Mr.'-'GillamVreported tliat during the year they/had' bpen' without tho services'of a curate, as thpyv/ero unable to. ■ guaranty his stipend from, tlip ordinary re- -•, "■ •renuo. Vf'Thero are riot, sufficient' liieri. offer- - ; . i- i ing for the. ministry, to .meet" the'demands for . : - ' curates," said 'Mr., Gillam,' ; who further; ds-. .. ". ' rclared that most'of:tho"'city ■ '. '■ v . Zealand foro. unijerstaffpd Vit.'prp.ent." ; AUCKLAND LAND SEmEMENT. • Auokland, May 1. On bidding' farowoll to tho Land Board torday, Mr. Jas Jlacken'zie, Gommis- - sioner of' Crown Lands' (who is'about to ex- ( change 'position's with'"Mr: .Strauchqii, pf Weir -;C - ' lingtori)', 'said that great' strides had' been ..' ; ;■ made; with' land' settlement in ilio Auckland ; r.i/'H 'distriot dnririg his. four years'.term bf ofico. . - : i. Many largo'.estates! had bpen opened'in that -'- tiino and a greqt deal of land that was formerly oorisidprcd too poor for sottlpment was\being. - turned to profitable account,', as tho necessary ;. -i ■ treat nieiit- was" becomina:' betW understock!. ■;- .' ■/ : Tho now' settlers, hp -sajd,psoplo from" tlio' S9uth.''..'.' ; ,fhe : 'jwini^-'yjsu 1 /' ■would probably provo a record ono in regard to settloment in tho district; "and lip ;•■ that great, advancemeiio in this rpspcct wculd' tako place 'during , tlio next' eight or nino years.' ■.-:-. > NEWS IN BRIEF. ( phtistpjiurc|i, May 1. For Apnj the births in Chnstcliurch totalled -169, against. 217 last year. Tjig'dqaths were • "against 101;' inarriagcs 126,. ajgajnst 105;.' -, . . , Auckland, May I.' Scjronil £lOdan aero for tho past sqqson, thpro being romark'abh' good crops and high prices. : Dunedin, May 1. . .. has been received of the sudden . doath of . Mrs. Cornish, w.ifo of tho licensee : - • of tho Stirling Hotel, this afternoon. - Mrs. Parker, licensee of the Grand Pacific Hotel, near Ocean Beach', was to-day fined ' by Mr. '\Viddowson, 5.M., : £5, and fout guineas costs, for seirying a,flask of whisky and some beer on' a Sunday.' The Magis- - : trata also ordered the license to bo en- •• : dors'ed. ' . , ■ . . Napier, May 1. \ ; A now pipe prgan in St. Anglican Churcli, Hastings,, tho gift pf Messrs • • tj; N "Williams apd William Nelson, was opened to-dav b? a recital- by Mr- 'Maj;<rhiii ' ■ Barnott, of Wellington. ' , =