NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

[DI TELEGEAHI.—PBESS association.]

A NEW. ORtiAN,

MR. CARNEGIE CONTRIBUTES £300, Auckland, May 15. The. new organ of St. Andrew's Church* ■was dedicated to-nizht. It cost £1000,-to which Mr. Andrew Carnegie,, the. Pittsburg millionaire, contributed £300. ' RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. Auckland* May 15. As a natural sequence to the rise in the price of flour; "the housewife' is. to be called upon to pay "an increased;, priie. for;bread. The committee of. the Master Bakers' Association has decided to' recommend to a general meeting of members that the price of bread shall bo at once increased to 4d. ' • : HAIRDRESSERS' TIPS. ' ... . Auckland, May 14. ' , A witness giving evidence 1 at the Arbitral tion Court to-day in'the . hairdressers' dispute said that his tips amounted to from- 10s. to £1 per week.' •- ' _"Do you pool tho tips?asked' Mr. Brown. • ' " Oh, no," was the' response; ""wb-each' keep our own, except at Christinas week, when wo put all our tips in: a box and. split it "up among us, at the end.of. the week."

CHARGE OF STEALING s CIGARETTES. ' . Napier, May 15.. At the Hastings Police Court 'this morning a lad was* charged with stealing 1000 cigarettes; the property of Charles H. Hawkins. Defendant pleaded guilty to taking 200 cigarettes, but said he had no knowledge of the rest. From , tho evidence of J. H. Edmundson, manager, of' Mr. Hawkins's motor garage, it appeared [ that the firm imported 20,000 cigarettes in, March. A thousand cigarettes were.' missed, and two ' boxes were found in defendant's possession. The . police said that defendant had a key that fitted ■ tho lock of the . compartment whore the cigarettes, wore stored. Mr. Edmundson, for Mr. Hawkins, , said he had no desire to press tho charge, and ho asked that defendant be dealt with' leniently. Th< Justioes inflicted a fine of £2, or, in default, one month's' imprisonment. NAPIER CARNIVAL. : Napier, May 15. .'•'At a meeting of the Napier. Carnival Committee to-day an interim balance-sheet was submitted, snowing that the receipts" of the carnival amounted to about £2000, including about £900 in guarantees and donations. Only a small amount is outstanding. The expenditure was about £100 less than th« receipts. It was stated that there wonld probably be a surplus sufficient •to ' enable the committee to return about 10 per centof the guarantees 'to the guarantors.

ALCOHOLIC HAIRDRESSERS TO BE . ' SUSPENDED. \ Auckland,.May 15. Something ney in'the preference clause, is to bo included in the award in the hairdressers' ; dispute now before the Arbitration Court. By agreement between the parties it provides that any permanent employee who, through excessive alcohol, shall appear at work not in a condition to perform'the same, may be suspended'by his employer for olio week without payment'for any portion of it, as the employer may deem fit. son so disqualified is further ineligible for accepting work'elsewhere during the period 'of suspension. ■WELL-KNOWN CHIEF DEAD, ~ Tauransa, May 15. : ' The well-known chief Tamati Tu; head, of tho. Tauranga Natives,: died this morning after a : short illness, at the age of 54. Ho. was a son-in-law of Hon Ngataij, arid leaves a grown-up family. Deceased received the. Now Zealand war medal and a substantial pension for acting as. guide to the British troops, at tho Gate Pa and Teranga. fight during' the Maori war. The tangi will be the largest held here for many years.

' SUPREME COURT SENTENCES. Dunedin, May 15. The following, prisoners were sentenced in tho Supreme Court this morning George Herbert Conroy, for theft at Balclutha,, four months' imprisonment; George Holmes, forgery at Invercargill, . ' sent'erico/ deferred' pending charges/of theft at' Christchurch: Leroi Marshall, breaking and entering, and theft/ four charges,-' sis-. months''• imprison-ment,-on,each charge, theterms'tobe concurrent. ■. 1 ' YOUTHFUL HOUSEBREAKER.' " , 'i. ~ 1 . Auckland, May/15. ■. Jonn Hall; a youth of sixteen years, who • started a career of crime four.'years; ago, and has a record of housebreaking,'theft, damaging property/ and escaping from Burnham School,* appeared in Court to-day charged, with .breaking, and entering and ; theft'- at Remuera. He admitted <■ his offence "and. bad record. / When Mr. -Dyer, S.M., sentenced him to: three, months in gaol, Hall asked if he would be sent to Burnham at the end of .the form; if so, lie would rather have a longer sentence.: The Magistrate said Hall seemed to be absolutely l hopeless,, but he would not, give him any , more at.present.-, • ,■•/..' ; '■ ; ■' /;•. DUNEDIN'S OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE. : • i .. Duncdln, May 15. Mr/ Graham, in relinquishing the. office of Official Assignee, after twenty-fire years' scrvico, thanked the Judge.for the courtesy and help extended to him. Mr. Justice ■Williams,".in reply, said lie sincerely" regretted the necessity for Mr. ■ Graham's .retirement, saying that lie thought younger men could wait a bit. Mr. Stephens also expressed, on behalf of the Bar, his regret at Mr. Graham's retirement..

■ 7 LAWN TENNIS. . Christchurch, May 15; At, a meeting 1 of ' tho Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association last ■ evening, an;.emphatic protest was ' made. against a change • to tho Sykes ball for tho New Zealand championships:' Resolutions were passed calling on tho New Zealand Tennis Association for an explanation of its undue 'haste in tho matter. ;. REARING OF.PHEASANTS.// ■ • Auckland, May 15. ' ' At a meeting of tho Auckland.Acclimatise*'- v tion Society to-night," it was. stated that the . council of tho; society was about to start- a. farm'for the.'rearing of pheasants on its pro- .'■ porty at Okoriore. It'was stated. that-, in \ view of tho . opposition of farmers, it ; was futiio* for tho society to attempt to do much in regard to the importation of game.. ' , A RIFLE RANGE. Napier, "May 15- ' At a largely-attended patriotic meeting al Hastings to-night,. the sum of £110 Bs. 9d. was collected towards completing the Boys' Hill range. , Auckland, May 15/ The premises of Messrs. Winstono and Co., near the Wynyard Pier, received attention from members or the thieving fraternity last night, but very little money was secured.