NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

TELEGRAPH* —PRESS". ASSOCIATION.^. ' . ■ \N OTAQO VOLUNTEER TROUBLE COURT OF INQUIRY. Ounedfn, July 11. A Court of Inquiry convened by Lieutenantcolonel Smyth, commanding the Otago diebrict, was held, at the Mobilisation Stores ;o-day concerning the'.truth of certain resolutions- alleged to have been put by Lieut. W. Begg to tho 48th 'annual meeting of the North ■ Dunediii Rides, and to ascertain ivhether tbeso resolutions were to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, rho'president was Major W. J. Strong, Otago Jivisioft Garrison Artillery Volunteers, and the members—Capt. G. D. Ross, No. 2 Cov., N.Z.E.V., and Lieut. D. B. M'Kenzie, "B' ! - Battery. The resolutions were: —(I)'"That tho efficiency of this long-established company is imperilled by tho refusal of the officer :ominaiiding tho battalion to" recommend Ser- • jeant-Major Benfell as lieutenant, and as a protest against tho high-handed'action of the-.officer commanding-the>battalion, this lompany,. havings: no further alternative, forthwith disbands." (2) "That the membors of North Dunedin Rifles hereby plodgo themselves not to enroll-in'anv.company bolouging. to No. 1 Battalion, while under its present commander." Col: Stoneham gave avidence concerning cortain correspondence between Lieut. Begg and; himself. In' this correspondence witness assumed the report jf the meeting in the "Otago Daily,: Times" to be correct, and Lieut. Begg.had not im- ■ peached the accuracy of this report, but had rather confirmed it. Witness considered the second motion to. be-to the prejudice of good order and military .discipline ? and a direct personal insult to,himself.■ The Court adlourned till 2 p.m. on Monday. ..AVESrPORT MURDER CHARGE. Westport, July. 11. Mr. Turton," S.M.; of Greymouth, will probably preside-at. the Magistrate's Court at tho hearing .of the ■ charge's against William Connelly.,at .Westport on ;.Thursday. This' arrangement" has been made on tlie .recommendation 'of' Mr. 'Rawsoliy the looal magistrate, who espressed r a- definite opinion when the. charge, .against. Halinan and Anderson . was first .before this court..• » v • ' THE MARSDEN SEAT. ' . . ! , Whangarei, July 11.' Mr. Arthur .Robert Crane, managing director.' of ■' the Auckland Farmers'. Union, has been' asked by members' of .the Liberal and . Labour League to 'stand, for" the'Marsden seat at next'election in the. Liberal: interest. Mr.' Crane is considoring -the matter, and will' reply definitely nest week. • .' -- n OBITUARY'.' ..' ./ Napier, July 11. Intimation -has been received- of the death . yesterday .at Opunake of. the Rev.- ,Wesley Worbovs, formerly associated with the Free Methodists'.'till their amalgamation with tho ;• Wesleyans. • Deceased,: who was 'sixty-five years-of age, ministered in-the Canterbury, Auckland, Westland, andiHawke's.Bay districts. ' ; j. ILLEGAL BETTING. 1 ' Gisbbme,' July 11. • Marsden, fined. som'e time ago iT. illegal betting; was sentenced to two montt imprisonment for failing pay the fine.-. : WESTPORT COAL'EXPORTS. * , . Westport, July 11. , ' Westport t bas dispatched ,it?' first cargo of coal for the : New Hebrides. The Rakanoa took 800 tons to Villa,' and the balanceof her load to Fiji, for - British warships .in both cases. The barque> Mennock; coal-ladgn, which loft Westport on Februarjt 15 for Valparaiso, arrived'at" her-destination all well, after "a-long passage'of 70 days. After.'dis'charging 'she '■• will proceed to Iquique. , ;; , • : . MEETING'.OE'UNEMPLOYED. ' Auckland, July 11. ' A meeting 'of unemployed was convened at the:'Orey^Statue;.t:his'..morning; when only thirteen persons., we're present. Half an hour later about two or'three hundred'had collected.. The' speakers took exception,to tho statements.' by; the Labour -.Department officials jtbat.' there was. no unusual degression ili;the:labour market.;; The,meeting passed a resolution reasserting- that there was' a serious dearth of employment, and, deploring the attitude of ,the Labour .Department. . Replying to" a deputation, Mr.'Shanaghan, officer in'charge of the Labour- Bureau, said . the proper course, wis'for unemployed men , to hand in their names ,as applicants for i work, but none' of the deputation responded 1 ' to the invitation: v - •; . j The Labour Bureau has received authority , to employ fifty- man on the ' northern rail- , ways. -It is anticipated this .will meet tH j demands of the,unemployed.',^v i

GELHISTCHURGH TRAMWAYS. . | •, • 1 Christchiirch, July il. ■ i During June 782,603 passengers, were ca*': :,-. r ried on the Christchurch'trams as against , 680,379-for the same month;last'year. •: UNIFORM "WHEEL TAX I WANTED. ' J : Auckland, July 10. The Auckland-and Suburban. Carters' . Ab>. sociation has decided, to co-opcrato '.with : other centres in petitioning Parliament fn.» a uniform wheel tax. . ,AN INJURED FOOT. . , .... . Christchurch, July 10,. ; ' Ernest Perry, of Sydenham, is claiming • £300 from Horsley' and Co. -'on, account ol injury alleged to-have been sustained. wlllM employed at Farnley brickworks:;; Perry a i foot having been caught iii. the rollers used > for crushing-clay,. his toes and portion 0] ] the foot having to ; be amputated. . . ' i . STANDARD. OIL . ' , - ' i . Christchurch, July 10. The' Standard Oil Company's business is . Now Zealand is to be ■ transferred .from the Colonial Oil' Company to'another company j which mil form part of . the Standard Oil . organisation 'system. 1 Previously > the busi- , ness was transacted through local liidepeud- ; ont agents acting as distributors, but note j the company will have its owii branches in . each cntres. The supply'of oil,, etc., will not i be affected, and the prices will as; heretofore . > be regulated - according to instruction from t headquarters. j ■ ACCOUNTANT. COMMITS SUICIDE. | '' Duncdin, July 10. ! - Chas. Henry Stablos, accountant at Messrs. i P' Hayinim and .Company's warehouse, committed: suicide' by cutting his.throat in the ; bathroom at his residence. lie leaves a young widow.,' ' , Stables rose shortly, before eight o clock, ; telling his wife that he meant to get his. . razori set. ' He;; proceeded- to the bath- ; room,'where he-put an end to himself. Ho ■ was wicket-keeper-to the Carisbrook Bteam, , a permanent member of several ; - athletic bodies, and a good all-round sport. He. has been, married only ten" month's. • It is feared . 'financial troubles affected 'him mentally, lead- . met to ■ the : rash ' act. ■ ' Stables ' was aged _ thirty ycars. ; ; ' - '-- V l . '. ; • . Deceased, is said to have been slightly desof lute, , but liis mental condition was i not so'bad as;to give' l anyone tho slightest ; hint that ho purposed putting'; an end to his. life. Yesterday '-ho had some .-'trouble over 1 two Court,cases in which his name/appeared J as defendant to tAw: claim's on primissory .- notes.' ; If' is' bolieved. this preyed on his mind. / -. - . v . . ' •'At the, inquest.A. W. Stables, brother, of the deceased, said the latter was very much upset last- night over his ':iiamo \appearing in the paper , iii connection with Court pro. cecdirigsi • A: verdict-'of suicide .while teia- . pora'rily : insane was returned. ; \ VALUATION OF SOUTHLAND COUNTY. - , Invercargill, July 10. The valuation of Southland' County ia aa .' follows Capital value, £5,512,578; unim. proved value, £3,931,302; an increaso over the previous year 0f..£262,321 in the former, ; and; £192,470 in tho'"latter. . ■ -. . The Londoner is, by far the best-tempered ) of all Britishers.—"Sphere."" x v - , ■ '