NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 265, 1 August 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

UNION S.S. COMPANY. . THE TRAINING SHIP PROPOSAL. „ ~ ~ . Dunedin, July 31. Oonsiderablo interest is being taken in tLf experiment which tho Union Company hav< decided to make in the direction of training m? u •?? subsequent servicoi as officers. Iho- Company recently purchased two sailing ships, Dartford and Locn Lomond, and on tho arrival of _ the latter in the Dominion it will bo. decided which;.of the tiro will be utilised for a training ship. Applicants for appointment must bo British subjects of European race, Now Zoalanders-born to have preference; age, fifteen and under seventeen; education, passed tho Sixth Standard or its equivalent; term of servico, indentures to bo signed for four years; premium, £50, portion of' which will bo returned as pay, first year £3 per annum, second year £6 per annum, third year £9 per annum, fourth.year £12 per annum; uniform to be supplied by parents or guardians; holiday, ten days yearly, when practicable free saloon passage to home port; pockot-money—parents or guardian desirous of providing pocket-money for apprenticed cadets to band the same to the captain to be given to the apprenticed.cadets at his discretion. LEGISLATION AND COMMERCE. Naplsr, July 31. A committee of the Napier Chamber o! Commerce discussed representation on harbour boards, and resolved that the other chambers in the Dominion be communicated with suggesting that a Parliamentary committee be set up in Wellington to watch all. questions of commercial interest coming before legislature. . UNCONSCIOUS FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS. Auckland,-July 31. A peculiar case was referred to at a meek, .ing of the Ohinomuri County Oouncil yestorday afternoon. A man named Mounts, who was in tho employ of tho Council as. nightman on March 16, was found on the morning of March 17 unconscious in a stable. He was removed to the Thames Hospital, and is still lying thero in a semi-unconscious condition, unnblo to give an account of how tho accident happened. . He has practically been unconscious for four and a half months. earthquake;- shock. Masterton, July 31; • A fairly_ heavy earthquake was felt her* st 8.50 this evening. • SUNDAY CONCERTS. Dunedin, July 31. The Kaikoura Band is desirous of raising about £120 more to enable' members to proceed to- the contest at Ballarat, and with the" object of getting ' the balance made application to the City Council on Wednesday for permission to hold sacred concerts on Sunday evenings. This permission was granted, but today a deputation of clergymen representing tho Council of the' Churches waited on tho Mayor strongly protesting against the decision, and asking the Mayor to veto iti Exception was also taken to the fact that bands were paid to play on Sunday afternoons to encourage tram traffic. The Mayor refused to take action as, asked by tho deputation, 1 but said he would give ■ instructions that the concerts should not start til/ 8.25 p.m. • FERRO-CONCRETE FOR WHARVES. Auckland, July 31. The question of the stability of ferro-con-crete for wharves was brought up at to-day's meeting of tho Harbour Board in committee. The acting engineer , in a report stated that the damage that, had been caused to the piles would probably have been greater if any other material had been" used. From an examination-of: tho-piles it found that some 250 places on ; the piles showed that the steel had been ousted in many spots and had developed cracks. Tho stability .of .the wharf, however, was in no way endangered. Mr. Bradney attacked tho' whole scheme. Consideration ' was deferred until the return of the engineer (Mr. Hamer) from England, and the matter, will probably be inquired into fully in committee. NEWS EST BRIEF. ' i Christchurch, July, 31. , John Pearson was to-day committed fo\ trial'in'the Supreme Court on a charge of performing an illegal operation. Bail was allowed, self in £200 and one surety of £200. -■ Dunedin, July 31. Elizabeth Evelyn ' M'Leod, / domestic servant, charged with concealment of birth, was 'committed to the Supreme Court for trial Bail was allowed in one surety of £50. STOCK EXCHANGE. Dunedin, July 31. Stock Eschange .sales: Bank of New Zea land, £0. ■