NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BY nLEQEiPH—PEESB ISSOCUTrOK.)

CLINCHED IN YfRITINC. THE ABNST-WEBB MATCH. , Wanganul, April 30. _ Tho articles for tho BculKng championship raoo wore signed this morning by Axnst and • Webb. Tho raoo has boon fixod for. Jane , 22 on t3io. Wonganui River. Tho second doposit is duo on Ma; 31, olid tiofrnal of £300 13 due a week before tho raoo. Tho champion has' oommonced training operations, bomg paced by Fojjwoll. .. . Wobb, who is in good form, already is do- • ing light work. Ho wall bo paood by Wbobh during tiio last month of his trrimng.; . NO-LICENSE AND HOME DRINKING, OPINION OF 0 AMARU DOCTORS. ; oainaru, April 30. Tho four medical mca'- practising in Oamaru have signed tho following stato* meirt: —"In view- of, tho fact'that commissioners from Australia and' otihera visiting Oamaru" to inquire )egarding the working of No-Liconoe appear ta have formed erroneous impressions which reflect upon ; tho drinking habits: of this communtiy, wo think it advisable that our united experience should bo made public. "We find in making our con- v tinnal visits to tho'homos of tlhe people that thoro is no evidence to show that drinking •in tho homes is more prevalent now thaai it was in Kconso times. Our united experience shows there* is a decrease in the casis ' treated' which ' result from alcoholism; and we are convinced No-Liconso has boen of groat" benefit to tho community, from a moral. and health point of view." PRAISE FOR MR. HARLE CILES. T ; ; ' Auckland, April 30. j A oanfererice between the. Buildars' sad Contractors' Association and tho Labourers' Union, at which Mr. HarieOKko, presided, arrived at a satisfactory l eettJemaiit of tho . .dispute. • The repreaontaiirea on botJi eodos; expressed-unqualified satisfaction at tbo ' manner in which tiho oommissionor had acted,' and. the Labour • representative oxpnossod i surprise and pleasure at tho .tact and bus-' ' ness ability displayed by Mi. Giles. 1 There was no question thai ho was tho right moo m tho placo. ■ JUDCE StM'S UTTERANCES, ■ Dunedln, April SO. ; At a meeting of the execufcivd <of v tho 1 Obago Employers' Association great exertion. was taken to Mr. Sim's utto' ' anoos _■ regarding preference employment to ' unionists,- and' it was tosolvoid to .endorse tho , attitndo taken" up by tho Northern' Associa,tion, iand strenuously oppose further alienation of the' rights of employers. AMBULANCE. Christcliurch, ApriJ-SO. • Yesterday evening the Hon. D. Buddo pre- ' eentod the certificates gained by those aV tending tho St. John Ainbnlanoo first-aid classes at Christchurch. In the oourso of a. brief speech, eulogistic of the Work, he urged .the extension-of their opera- . tions to country districts,' wiioro' they would ' rocoive good support. It was stated , that, ' of 800 ■who attended tlw association's foctuicj 1 last year, 403 gained ccrt-iflcatoe. A BULLET WOUt!|s. .. .. . . Clsborne,;April 80. ■ A young -Troman-namod Edith M'Lood was admitted to the hospital: this evoniag suffer- ■■ " ing from a bullet wound in tho right .breast.: She comes from .the ,Motu district,'.' and ' admits, shot'herself irith aipea-riflo. • Jealousy, issaid, to. have, beon-the! oauso.