NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 342, 31 October 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(nr TELEGEAPH—PEES3 JI.S33CHTIOH.) : -♦ : '' A CAS EXPLOSION. Dunedln, October 30. : After repairing a gas pipe in the offices of the No-License' party this afternoon, a plumber named Fred. Harridge proceeded to test the pipe with a lighted match. A violent ex- •- plosion' at oiice took plac6, the plate-glass windows of the shop being blown clean out and the ceiling considerably damaged. Harridge was found in an unconscious condition, and, was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where his principal-injury was found to be a severe fracture.of the'leg just above the ankle.' . THE MISSINC LOCH LOMOND. • Auckland, October_-30.' t The Collector of Customs at Auckland it advised by the coast waiter at the Thames that wreckage has been found 22 miles along ' the coast from that place. : It'consists of booms and spars and gear, which have evidently come from some vessel. The Loch Lomond is the only vessel reported as being overdue,. and-in-the absence of definite information it seems very probable that the' wreckage which has oome ashore at various . parts of the east and west coasts is from; that vessel; ' > AUCKLAND TRAM STRIKE. ; . Auckland, October 30. Mr. Rosser, secretary of the Tramway,,. Union, points out that the Arbitration Court ordered the union to pay £60 to the ; applicant, and thai the applicant was the Inspector of Factories, not the Tramway Company. The fine will therefore be paid to the • Labour Department. BIC FIGURE FOR A SECTION.'. .'. Auckland, October 30. A section with 35ft. frontage to Queen-' • Street and "a depth of 100 ft., on which is a building four stories high, known as the . Mutual Life Buildings,, was sold, to Mr. Mi • O'Connor, hotelkeeper, for £20,000. BOOKMAKERS' ADVERTISEMENTS BARRED. Auckland, October 30. Judgment was given by Mr. Dyer;] 5.M.,; in the Polioe Court this afternoon in' the case in which Frederick Blackwell Rowe, Arthur Johnston Moorish, and John Eugene Builen were charged with having committed a breach of Section 31 of the Gaming and ' 1 Lotteries Amendment Act, 1907. Thecharge was that defendants printed and published a ' certain newspaper which contained an ad-' vertisement by, or on behalf. of, Ales. Phillips and Fred" Leslie, whereby it'was made: to appear that they were'willing to make bets or wagers oil the results of horse races. ' All facts and technicalities were admitted.Mr. Dyer said that' the Act made it an offence to publish any advertisement relating '• to betting, and the'intention of the advertisoment in question was clear. He con- ' victed defendants, and fined them £10 arid . costs. An appeal will probably be made. Chrlstchurch, October 30. It is probable that the drivers'- dispute will come before the Arbitration Court - at ' its next sittings in this city next " month. About 600 employers will be cited in connection with this dispute.