NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

hCbt TBT.mBAra-fgroa Ag3OCTATiQ«J i AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS. 'A BANKRUPT ASKSFOE HIS - DISCHARGE. , , Dunedln, May 10. fa. tho Bankruptcy Court to-day, Cornelius Johns, auctioneer, appliod 'for- an Jordqr of ' • discharge. ' Johns was ; adjudged bankrupt on creditors' petition 'some fifteen year's ago. ■ : • ■; Debtor nowpleaded that; ho had been un- " ' ablo to pay his creditors ■ anything meanwhile. , I Mr.: Justice Williams said' that . if, ,tho bankrupt. had done •' .without a; dischargo ,so • long, ho could do without : it for: the rest of his carecr. : It appeared, from a report of tho Lands Court, that if the bankrupt' had been caught under a warrant for his . arrest' • issued in 1893, he would probably have been . ;V:. r: ;. convicted, under the. penal clauses of ; tfio Act ■ and Bontonced to hard labour. Before / bolting to San Francisco, bankrupt had made an arrangement about his, goods that J1- sntailed heavy costs.upon tho estate. ' "" 1 ■' K ' : ; "■ 'fi PROSPECT OF STORMS, "HASSET" AND "MILLAR." | / ' Glsborno, May 10. | '• Referring ,to weather prospccts and jnote- . crological subjects, Mr. W'raggo states: "Be- .. H'een.tho loth and 24th of this month, con- / ditions xwill ,'very favourable for ■ earthy ■:■■■■■■■ quako and volcanic action, in various por- ;.. tions of the, world where '.tho earth's crust is weak, and wo may reasonably expect mani- ;.■:. testations .in Now Zealand. Ngauruhoe may burst out again, and probably White Island, '■■''I:.;, with other seismic , action.'; Solar conditions - ■ form a salient factor, s combined with . tho astronomical position; of "tho moon. Before ; 'Millar' ceases' to . inflaenco ■ Now Zealand, 1 strong - south-westers, with - heavy squalls, i: and areas of rough soaa, wilhbo experienced . •; on tho south-west coast. -Later on, as the rear half of 'Millar' sweeps on towards west longitude, tho.. cast coast will probably ex-. . perienco strong winds and swells from the ~ : X'' : r- south-westi'iittclined.^.to 1 shift..-to • the ; ; south;';:v . east.-■ .Antarctic disturbance, •lla'sBey,' ,is iiow over .the upper forties .south from the Australian Bight, and will affect . New' Zealand,..'as : far as can at present be : ' salculated, botweon the 17th .and. 23rd." ... HYDRO-ELECTRIC COLD-WINNING. ,WESTLAJto MINERS FAVOUR IT. : Hokitika, May 10. A well-attended public meeting was held here to-night in'support of an agitation ; started by. the Biniu Miners' Association last, week, urging 'the" Government to'deal speedily Mid favourably with\tho proposed regulations , for hydro-electric'gold-mining. Tho opinion was expressed that if capital were encouraged to tako up the project it would give a great impetus to mining in .Wesfcland. - Along tho Kimu ajid Soddon's Terrace alono work could bo found lot many hundreds Af alluvial -..'miners. Tho meeting was enthusiastic, and its protest at tho delay, in-dealing with tho • Clatter was emphatic. HIGHWAY TERRORS. 'ACTION BY AUTOMOBILE CLUB., Chrlstchurch, May 10. 'At a meeting of the Canterbury Automo- ■; bilo ;Association to-night it was decided to ;'offer £10 reward for;evidence leading to the... •.sivv conviction of the porson; (if a motorist) re-, : : sponsible * for the; recent accident near Ash- - burton, whereby a road overseer was knocked off his. bicycle and left on the road uncon.ri; scions and badly injured. .'lt is alleged that a motor car caused the' accident. 1 i SANATORIUM FOR CONSUMPTIVES. Dunedln, May 10. . ' Tho Hospital'and Chantablo ; Aid. Board : has secured a ' site of £0 acros, two ! miles. : south of' Palmorston, for a 'sanatorium for consumptives. The cost is about £1000, and there are buildings oil the ground: which will f:.:V; ;.'fit into, the plahs of the. complete buildings':' ; Sufficient accommodation will be provided tp: 1 , answer 'Southland's requirements, as .well .as. . those 'of Otago. ~-It is also intended to. pro'i ■{, rido for paying patients with separata ' ac- • oommo<Jat:on.- It is hoped t to mako tho ini' ;'stitution self-supporting from; reverino ' from paying patients, keeping cows, etc. ; Speak-. ' - vV ing to a reporter, to-day, tho chairman (Mr. ■ v: J. ; H. Walker) said it,was intended if.possiblo to secure a similar country site,for tho v .;. Benevolent Institution, where the moro .; . robust inmates could do' a littlo farm work, • and where all.would bo removed from tho • Sbinptations surrounding city Ko. CHARGE OF RECEIVING. Auckland, May 10. .. Fredorick • Bradloy and Ernest James M'Cartney were charged in'.tbe Police' Cqurt ' , ,to-day ;witli breaking and entering 'tho shop, : . . of Willaim .Waller,''of /Tattmarunui, and steal- - . ' ing watches, brooches, etc., valued .at .£100; ' James King- was .^charged :-wit!h.,having.ire- - ;V'. ■, oeived jewellery,- : knowing that it - was stolen; . and William Tatton /was charged 'with 'ro- ■ V coiving watchoa,-. etc., valued at .£10; the ',: ! property •of Waller, knowing that the same bad been dishonestly obtained. . . ~ .. Accusal • woro remanded for a week,. Tatton being 'admitted to bail in one surety, of ■ , £100, and two of £50 each. BURCLARS LIFT £95. ' Auckland, May 10. Tho Tramway.. Company's Epliqm ' depot was burglariously entered about 1 o : clock on. Sunday morning, and £95 in-silver and coin • . .stolen. , V : A STOLEN CHEQUE. s . Napifir, May 10. j: ;; 'Arthur Frako, who pleaded guilty to ' a charge of stealing a- ohequo and'forging, an . • endorsement to tho. same, was to-day coin- , mitted to.;'the "Wellington Supremo Court' for" , scntenco. . • • v;' ,; ': ' ' MILLERTON MINE•RESUMINC. Dunedln,'May 8. Work is to be resumed in a fortnight' at the Westport Coal Company's Millorton . . . mino, .in Avhich a i liro occurred last Febru-t ary. Tho management will give prefoi'enco .of employment to thoso who were' in the . eompany'3 service 'at; the. time', of? the, :stop. ' Pago, should . such . men bo applicants before the 20th instant. . .• ' ... : . POLICE CONFERENCE SUCGESTED. . Dunedln, May 8. -V A meeting of tho.local polico last evening agreed ; to ua!c . permission ' of' tho Oommisi; ■, Bioner'■ to have, ia '. conferencein' Wellington • r; to consider the proposed . amendments to tho ,■ ■ Provident. Fund. . - NEWS IN BRIEF. Dunedln, May 8. In. April, 1908, tKere were 65 casos of scar- ; let fever in Otag'o and Southland. In April .' this! year tho number..was 111., :. . . l'ho Chilcjron's Broad Fund of tho Otago "'Trades' and and .Labour Council amounts- to over £1800. Tho total amount cabled Homo v -... v/'.--'l'ho Dunedin Drainage Board intends askr. ;.: ing Parliament for authority to raise a fur- . tlier loan .of £150,000 for tho reticulation of Dunedin and suburbs.