NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 231, 23 June 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(DV XELMEAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION.)!

HOSPITALS BILL,

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' DEPUTATION; Auckland, June 22. A strong deputation, representing .tha Friendly Societies' Conference, waited on ilia Hon. G. Fowlds to-day, urging that aclauso should be inserted in the proposed Hospitals Bui to allow them to obtain hospital treatroc'it at 'half and quarter fees, as formerly.i l < r onCoSS ' orl removed some time ago, and the 5000 members of the conference are keenly desirous of retaining what they claim is a right and not a privilege. The Ministei intimated that .ho had little doubt. tha) the ■ point would ho conceded.

A SHOOTING INCIDENT. ,• ,' . Core, June 22. A shooting incident, fortunately un« attended by serious'consequences,"occurred m Gore last Wednesday, but information of it did not . reach the police until Saturday afternoon. Three men visited tho house ol a mau named Thurston in East Gore, and it i 3 alleged that, during the time they were paying their visit Mrs. Thurston, pursue? by her husband, rushed into their presence crying for help, and that one of the visitors, S. Leahy,. temporarily disabled . Thurston. Leahy, accompanied by 0. Swan, then, left, and Thurston, going into an adjoining rooin returned with a gun, which it is alleged hi fired after them,, one of the men being bruised on the hip by the wad. and the other recciv-, ing a pellet in the thumb. Neither man informed the police, who acted in cons©querice of public talk, and arrested Thurston. He was brought before, the Court' charged With attempting ,to i kill, and remanded for'eight days. DRAPER'S PREMISES GUTTED. , Wftangarei, June 22. Shortly after midnight on Saturday fir& broke out in the premises of Mr. J. E. Roberts, draper and milliner, and completely, gutted the whole of the back of the build- , ing, which was constructed of iron and wood and comprised showroom and' three workrooms.' The whole of the stock in the front shop was spoilt by smoke and water. Tha stock was insured for £1150 in the National office. The loss is estimated at £1000 above this. The building, owned by Mr. Andrew" Scott, was insured for £400 in the'lmperial, « EXTENSIVE SLY GROG-SELLING. . Inversargill, June 22.. : Frank and . Rose Poff, of the Carrion' Arms Hotel, pleaded guilty to a charge o sly grog-celling: Inspector: Mitchell deposei that a most extensive system of-selling hat been.carried on by both defendants; thd.wift iras as much concerned in it as'the husbandi and there was not the slightest evidence: ol coercion. Both had been warned, but that had not had the, slightest effect. " The female defendant had openly stated that in one day she had sold four cases of whisky and twenty gallons of beer. The police had evidence that; 177 gallons of beer and 80' cases' of whisky had been sold since April 18,. and that that was probably only halt or a. quarter of tho amount sold. Poff was fined £50, and judgment was reserved regarding the wife on a point raised as to coercion.

. ; _ Later. ' Mrs. Rose .Poff, charged along with. Frank' Poff, with having illegally offered"liquor for sale, -was fined £50. Charles Ryan and Charles charged with being on Poff's premises at the time of the raid, were each fined 80s., with 7s. costs..' Several other similar charges against other persons were dismissed-or withdrawn.

ANOTHER STRIKE THREATENED. , _ Creymouth, June 22. The union at Otira decided that Messrs, M'Lean Bros, be allowed a week to come to a reasonable, settlement with the men; failing this, all the men to cease work on June 29. ... A correspondent of the "Argus" at R-ecf-ton telegraphs:—The president of the Inangahun- Miners' Union received a v telegraph' message this; day.-from the secretary of the Union, at Otira as followsln the evenl of no settlement being arrived at within one week, all men leave 'work oil tlio tunnel." ' WAIHI MINERS' PROPOSALS. . . V Waihf, June 22. At a meeting of tho Miners' Unionon Saturday the president said no' reply had yel been received from tho mine representative! ro'tho proposed co-operative system, of work ing iii the mine. It was decided to ask this company to give a'definite reply within sever days. ... SUPREME COURT. SITTINGS. Kelson, June 22. At the Supreme Court the Grand Jury re turned no bill against Charles Buckland charged with manslaughter, as driver;of tin coacli .which collided with a railway train a> Appleby on Anniversary Day, a woman being killed. > , Napier, Juno 22. 'At. the Supreme Court to-day, Edward Coyle and William Cameron, alias Joseph Howard, wero charged with breaking and entering and theft at Wcodville'. Coyle was found not guilty and discharged.' Cameron, who was found guilty, was remanded for sentence. , .' ' Thomas Merlin, found guilty of assaulting Thomas James M'Grafch, .a teamster, at Wairoa, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. FATAL RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. Dunedin, June 22. Mr. D. V. Hood, the young'man who sustained severo injuries_ to his head through coming into contact with machinery .attached to a pump on the steamer- Kaitangata,. at Port Chalmers last Friday, died in the'hospital to-day. , PRE-SES&ONAL ADDRESS. ilokitika, June 22. Mv. T. Seddon, M.P., delivered a.'prosessional, address to a largo and-enthusias-tic . audionco. He reviewed tho work of • the last . session, referring . especially to' land legislation and tariff . • revision.' He pledgedhiinsolf to. ■ continuo -'. to support the Government. A' vote 1 of thaiiks and confidence-, and appreciation for services rendered to tho' district, was (jap ried unauiinously.

. WESTPORT NEWS. ■ . , Westport, June 22. There, are no' tidings of Samuel Georg< Jonos, labourer, aged 30, a- native, of- Tas mania, 'who lias been, missing from SeddoiK ville since Juno 10. ' Search parties . have been out. .Jones lias been: about a yea - ■ ill Now Zealand. .

.At a _ small poll a proposal to adopt' tht Fire Brigades Act in Wcstport, and establish a firo board, was lost by a majority of three votes. For the proposal, 142' against the proposal, 145. .1 The Church ot England building at .Waimaugaroa was struck by liylitning during a storm. The roof of the belfry was torn, tho iron cross' twisted, and the column hold ing it shattered. Several windows won broken. ■

AUCKLAND TRAMWAY COMPANY. Auokland, June 22. Tho annual report of'.tho Auckland Elco* trie Trarawav Company states that tli« rovenuo for the year l'rom : all sonfets was £140,451, compared with £132,364 for the previous year. After deducting all eipt.nsos chargeable to revenue, Mid setting aside about £10,000 to meet d»jreciation, there remains a surnlus of £SS,7M. Including tho amount brought forward frora lait account' '£3101, thero is an available balance' ot £32,823. . DEATH IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL. ' T , Auckland, Juno 22. A man named John Roes died at tho Avondalo Mental Hospital yesterday, after having completed the record of forty-nino years and fivo months' incarceration. He was admitted to the institution on February 22, 1859 and register number was No. 15. • '