NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 520, 29 May 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(DX TKLBOKAPB—I'BESS ASSOOUHUH.) -| -. NATIVE.LAND QUESTION. '' . RESOLUTIONS'BY FARMERS' CON. , - FERENCE. Auckland, May 28. At to-day's conference of the Farmers' Union delegates, tho following motion, submitted by tho Hamilton branch, was_ carried;—" That as the continued unsatisfactory position with rogurd to the _ opening up of Nativo lands is causing serious loss to the whole Dominion, and tho Auckland trovince in particular, tho Government be again urged to bring down more satisfactory legislation to enable tho subject to be dealt ivfth; that,tho Nativo lands bemado equally liable with European to contribute to local rates; and that tho various local bodios bo requested to'co-operato with a committee sot up by the Farmers' Tlnion Conference."

COMPULSORY SOLDIERINC. MR M'NAB AT ASHBURTON Ashburton, May 28. Mr. Robert M'Nab addressed a crondcd meeting Of 800 people .in . the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, on tho subject of compulsory military training He spoke on the same lines as elsewhere, and was given an uninterrupted, sympathetic, and appreciativo htiaring. A vote of thanks _ was carried' at the' blos'o' with ,: tnubh 'ehthusiasm Tlmaru, May 28 Mri M'Nab had a good meeting to-night to listen to his address on universal military training, The Mayor presided, and several volunteer officors were present on tho platform. Every reference to tho necessity of compulsory training was ajipkuded, as wa9 tho declaration that there ought to bo no exemptions on account of occupations. A vote of thanks Vras moved by the Rey.'Mr Baumbcr. and carried bv acclamation. Now Plymouth, May 28 , by,"tljo'J jktyrc-r, members of the' Navy League and volunteers and other officors expressed themselves stioiifjly in favour of Mr' ll'Nab's erusido Airangements frore mado for a meeting to bo held in the Opera House on June 7, nhich Mr M'Nab has, agreed to'address " ' BREACH OF AWARD. Hastings, May 23, On the l information of Inspector Johns, Mossrs. Borthwick woro hned £5 for allowing a follmonger at their Pakipaki works to work longer than hvo hours without a mcil interval. The broach of nward occurred at tho time of the "snioko" strike last January. ( [ DEERSTALkir/C." . ' , - ' Napier, May 28. Acoording to a letter read at tho annual meeting of the Hawko'e Bay Acclimatisation Society to-day, the Ruahino and Kaimanawa Ranges provide tho best deer-stalk" ing country in Now. Zealand. > Mr. Hugh M'Donald. the writer, suggested that the back of tho Kaimanawas should bo rosorved to a sanctuary for deer and a,fresh strain of blood introduced to improve ( tho quality. MABTERTON DISTRICT COURT. , ' " _ Mastorton, May 28. Tho District Court was occupied to-day with a case in which William Hugh Lone claimed £490 from Max. 0. AronsWn, for money alleged to bo owing on occount o£ partnership. Tho plaintiff was non-suited without tho defence being calkxl cri. FARMERS AND POLITICS. ; ' '' , Invercargill, May 28. At'the annual mcetitiß of the Farmers' Union, tho president said they had'taken a hand in the elections, with the lesult that a : considerable number of members of Pmlinment had been largely connected. with the union, and when matters affecting farmers oamo up in tho House they' would havo friends at Court.