NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 298, 10 September 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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■ A DISTRESSING CASE. Christchurch, September S. A very distressing case was dismissed at yesterday's meeting of the Samaritan Homo Trustees. It was stated that an unfortunate man had been committed from the Magistrate's Court to the home suffering terribly from consumption, and had since died. A member of the board said that it was discreditable to a community which was prepared to spend thousands upon a sanatoriumthat the magistrate had no other course open but to send such a case to the Samaritan Home, where there were 110 facilities at all for looking after it. The matron had' had to appoint one of the inmates to nurse the man, who ' was so bad that the doctor ordered him to be isolated. Such a. case deserved emphasis. The chairman stated that such a case would not have been taken into the sanatorium, and the hospital would not dare to take it. The case was one of those unfortunate ones that were very hard to dispose of. BAKERS' DISPUTE IN AUCKLAND. Auckland, September 9. At the Conciliation Board in the bakers' dispute to-daiy it was stated that 79 out of 174 masters wished the case referred direct to the Arbitration Court. The remainder not . notifying their wishes, the board considered that so long as one employer had not notified his desire that the case should go direct to the Arbitration Court the matter was properly before the board. The hearingof the dispute was adjourned until October 1, to enable the wishes of country bakers to be ascertained, and a conference to be held to try and come to some mutual. arrangement.' ARBITRATION AMENDMENTS WANTED.' Napier, September 9. The following motion was passed by the executive committee of the Hawke's.Bay Em-: ployers' -Association: —"That, in the opinion of this association, it is imperative. that a Bill amending the Conciliation and. Arbitration Acts should be passed by Parliament during the present session,' and that in the event of no' such amending Bill being passed no new awards should be made until Parliament has dealt with the Act in' such manner as to remove anomalies which now exist." . ' THE AUCKLAND COLLISION CASE. Auckland, September 9. - Opening the case for the defence in the action against the Union Steam SKip Company arising out of the Wairuna-Moonak, collision. Mr. Hanna contended that according to the evidence for the plaintiff a proper look-out was not kept on the Moonah, inasmuch as it had been stated that Smith, who was supposed to be on the look-out, was just before the, collision assisting to haul in tho main-sheet. He submitted that the Wairuna intimated her change of course by two whistles, and the Moonah altered her course and came on, to the Wairuna, which was almost stationary. ARBITRATION COURT AND THE • WORKERS. Napier, September 0. , The Hawke's Bay Carpenters' and Contractors' 1 Union of Employers this afternoon. . passed a resolution strongly, deprecating tho action of certain labour organisations in ■ > pealing for the removal of. Mr. Justice b.u . from tho Arbitration Court. ' WAGES AND COST OF LIVING. . Dannevirke, September 9. At a meeting of the Dannevirke County Council to-day it was decided, in face of the increased cost of living, to raise the permanent roadmen's wages from Bs. to 9s, per day. FOG-SIGNALLING APPARATUS. ' . . Christchurch, September 9.. The fog-signalling apparatus at Godley Head is practically finished, and ■ was yesterday inspected and passed by Mr. J.. ! H. Lewis, engineer to tho Public Works Department. The apparatus is not yet in commission, as regulation ammunition has riot been secured, and the periodicity of the shots has not been fixed at present. Experimental charges are available, and the period is.i? smin. 20sec. A supply of explosives is expected to arrive by the Hinemoa shortly.

SUICIDE. • , Creymouth, September 9. An inquest was held to-day touching the. death of Edwin Barlow, who was found shot in his shop on Tuesday night. Evidence was given to the effect that deceased had been drinking heavily lately, and was worried over financial affairs! - The jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide by shooting himself while temporarily insane, brought on by excessive drinking. . IMMIGRANTS. • Auckland, September 9. The officials of the Labour Bureau ara busily_ engaged in attempting to place in situations those immigrants who arrived in Auckland by the Oswestry Grange, and have applied to the bureau for assistance.' Over; 70 immigrants have left the vessel here, and when the 179 people who have landed at Wellington from the lonic with the intention of proceeding to Auckland arrive the city's population will have been, temporarily, at least, increased by 250 during a period of ten days. The bureau received advices to-day that of the assisted passengers by the lonic travelling to Auckland eight are farmers. There will be little difficulty in placing these men, for the demand for milkers and ploughmen is greater than the supply at present. . TAPAPA HATCHERY. Auckland, September 9. The report from the Tapapa Hatchery, sub- . mitted to the Auckland. Acclimatisation Society, stated that the recently-concluded spawning and hatching season had been , fairly successful. A good many fry have been lost ou account of premature hatch-' ing, but the remainder are strong and vigorous. Tho number taken was estimated at 650,000, of which 500,000 had'been reserved for the society's district and 150,000 sold. ' . THE LIQUOR LAW. ! Dunedin, September 9. At the Palmerston Magistrate's Court to-day William Scott Moir, licensee of the Junction Hotel, Dunback, was charged with selling liquor on Sunday, August 23. Moir did not ; appear, being laid up in Oamaru Hospital. Mr. Crisp, tor defendant, pleaded' guilty. The evidence showed that a number of-young , men resident in the district visited the hotel on the Sunday evening'in question and hadseveral drinks. Ou the nay home one of them, Ross, was thrown from his horse and killed. Mr. T. Hutchison, S.M., said the open way in which liquor was'supplied on Sunday was an indication that the law in' other respects was not observed, and the present charge was not a solitary breach. Defendant was fined £10 and costs, and the license was endorsed. H.M.S. .ENCOUNTER. Napior, September 9. : The warship Encounter, after a week's' stay in port, left-at noon for ■ Wellington. Last night the officers were entertained at a ball organised by tho ladies of Hawke's Bay. '