NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 301, 14 September 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(bi lELEGiurn'—press Association.) »- FARM LABOURERS' AWARD supported: ' • Dunedin, September 12. The Dunedin and Suburban Dairymen's _ Association has recorded its appreciation of _ the action •of the Arbitration Court in refusing to make an award in the Canterbury' farm labourers', dispute,, where an award was unnecessary; and also strongly depre- . Sim outcry for the removal of Judge. ' A GISBORNE BURGLARY. ; . ~r Cisborne, September 12. 1 The shop of Mr. Hennessy, boot, importer, - was burglarised last night. His safe was < r removed through-the back yard and taken' i away in a cart. A cash drawer was prised , open, but neither safe nor drawer contained . money. Mr. liennessy's books are missinc, p also bow ing club papers. About twenty pairs of boots were taken.' ELTHAM COUNTY COUNCIL. , -m r< ' September' 12. ii County Council to-day accepted tj lo , offer of a local syndicate to lay thirty, ' r chains of road from Eltbam to Opunako-with ; concrete blocks at £10 a chain, the council to pay only £5 a chain if a six-months' trial was unsatisfactory. When the Eltham' County was formed out of Hawera County a number of special loans, and the • question of liability for special rates has ' S m, nco nin dis P uto between the two bodies. > The Eltham Council has now asked Hawera to co-operato in stating a case'regarding i the loans for the Supreme or Appeal Court. ■ . | TARANAKI FOOTBALLERS SUSPENDED. ' Stratford, September 12. - At a meeting of the Taranakrßtfgby Union ■ Colman and Frewin were > suspended until tho first round of the season 1910 for alleged , misbehaviour during the tour of the Tara- . naki (Seam' to Auckland. I . INFANT'S BODY FOUND. ! Chrlstchurch, September 13.' . ' il ? . yof , a male infant was found on the bank of . the Avon River i at'. Burwood yesterday. It appears-that Herbert Downes , was out hunting hares, when his which' ■ near the bank of the. river, '.began' to | bark, and on going over he discovered' the , body- of a male child lying face, downwards i, with a string' round the' neck. The body had been in l the water for sometime. At i i!? e , '. n 9 ues t to-day Constable Rowe stated : that in response to a message he-visited the I locality where; the , body' was found.- Tho string was three or four times, double round the neck, and the .end appeared','as'if !a weight had been tied to. it and had brpken away. • Dr. Irving,' who made the " jiostmortem, could not say definitely 'if- the' child had ever lived. The body was fully developed, and newly born, but was in a very decomposed state. Some parts were missing. The string ivaß not tight round the neck, • though it liad cut deeply into the flesh. Tho child had been, dead too long to say whether the string had been put there during life, - The child had been properly born.. . A ver~- • diet was' returned that the body wasrfoundi on the bank of the river, but there was no evidence to show how it got there. 1 .• • . . ■ FIRE AT CHRISTCHURCH. Chrlstchurch, September 13. V A fire occurred about ,1.20, o'clock this--morning' in a building situated, in Hereford Street occupied .by the Remington "Typewriter Company, Mr. W. Harvie . (artist), Marshall's Proprietary Company, Sims, ■ Cooper, and . Co., and Mr. W. ,W. Davies ". (dentist). The portion tenanted by Mr. Harvia . was completely burnt, whi|e -the rooms bccu-|' pied by Mr. Marshall, were slightly damaged before the-briga'de extinguished the fire. Mr. Harvio is-insured for £350 in the New, Zea- • ' land Insurance. Office. ; The other insurances ■ are not at'present obtainable. . !. ELECTIONS: - • *I'' br/^Unedlri','September 12. i The Political-Labour League; has . decided I to nominate Mr. 1 R; R. Douglas for tile Dun- ■ '- edin.South seat (now held: by Mr. T. Kv •i Sidey) at the' general election, 1 and: Mr. J.-' W., .Munro for -Dunedin West' (now-repre-' ' .- sented by the_ Hon. J. A. Millar). . -Mr. ! M'Laren (Wellington) wrote declining to ac- , cept nomination'for Dunedin West. The | league decided to recommend Mr: W. Barr to the workers' of Chalmers, and Mr. J. T. f Johnson to the workers of the Taieri electorate. ■ 1 I®WS IN BRIEF. ; : . ,' - Dunedin, September,ll. Dr. Peck/'of Wanganui, who was on his i way South to judge, in the musical competition's at Dunedin next week,, was.taken seri- , ously ill; in Christchurch, and had to return ■ home. Dr. Bradshaw,, of Christchurch, .has i been appointed to fill the vacancy, i Cambridge, September 12. . Cambridge is to possess a. town hall.. -A .- poll 1 of ratepayers by a majority nf 20 votes to borrow - £5000': to erect , and furnish a town hall. ;...