NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

[»r mliubaph—rman mocutnotf.i •' —~—*—: ' ALLECED "TWO-UPPERS." " AMBUSHED IN A BLIND STREET, •Ohrlstohuroh, May 31, Dctcctivos "Ward/ Gibson, Livingstone, and H. P. Kennedy, woro successful yesterday morning in happening, upon a "school" of alleged gamblers in Sydenham. About eleven o'clock, the detectives found about a dozen men, mostly young mon, Engaged in wtnrt was reported to have been a game of chanco' with cards. They 1 also had "two-up" kips, which, it is alleged, they wore about to uks. , Tho' "school" was discovered -iq a sort of 1 blind street, and previous - immunity frpm interference, or, possibly, a mistaken idea as to tho innocence of their actions,-led to them being caught napping, outposts, tiial most "schools" have, being non-existent, The namos of the men woro token, and » prosecution will probably follow.

INVERCARCILL VALUATIONS. THIJ ASSESSMENT COUR.T. • ' Invorcarglll, May 31. The Government valuation for Invorcargill, * which created such a stir among local property owners some tirao back, camo before tho Assessment Court to-day. When the date for'fhe lodging of objections had pasied, there were about seven hundred objections at the. Department's offico, but a revision of the valuations res ul tod in this' number being 10duced,to between three and four hundred. A further heavy reduction was made this morning, when the lißt waa called over at the, Assessment Court, more than half tie pb-\ jeetora failme to add personal support to their • protests, witS the rosult'that tho valuation's, or amended' valuations, woro' sustained. The serious work of-tho Court was thus reduced ' to little over a hundrod'objpetione from sixty or soventy objectors. The Court during tho day hoard ten objections, in each of which the protest was mainly with -tho objcct of having the unimproved value reduced. lii eight eases-the unimproved valuo was reduced * by tho Court, and tho amount of rod notion was added to tho,.valuo of improvement's on tho properties in nearly every case. Two do» cisions wore reserved. In ono.caso tiio point was raised as to whether valuations;had boon made in .acGordanoo with . the Government 1 Valuation or, Land Act, tho contention being that tho man who had modo the assessment was not a "valuer of reputed; local know--ledge.' .This point was reserved for argument at a lator, stage, • THE BATTLE OF THE ASH BLADES. , WHELCH CHALLENGED, Wanganul, May 31. ' Wfleich, tlho sculfor, received a cable measage this morning from Peajco, who defeated Thoroughgood on Saturday for the champion" ship of Australia, offering to row him jn July f ° r £200 a-sido on She Parnunatta, and to allow wnelch £50 expenses if he loses. APPREHENDED IN MELBOURNE. ', : AN EX-MANAGER'S CASE.. - T . Christchurch, May 31. It is, understood that Frederick Marshall, or-manager of tho- United Farmers' Coal Company, who is wanted in connection with • certain alleged financial irregularities, , has been. apprehended at Melbourne, and that a member of the local detective force leavoa ' 1 on Friday to bring him over. '

ALLEGED SLANDER. • : Auokland, May Si:. . At the Supreme Court to-day . Harriett Dingle sought to recover from Henrv Toonaa the sum of £250 damages for alleged Blander. Mr. J. E. Reed, who appeared fpr tho plaintiff, stated that the plaintiff, a' widow, was the proprat^ r ,of .tie'. JWlw#y'',. ; Hotd' -«t t< Drury, aritJ that' the" defendant, Henry or Harry Tooikui; was a farmer at Pahiatua. The slander alleged was that defendant had, in, plaintiff's hotel in the 1 pfesenfee' ofwit- 1 • nesses, madea ■,statement Buggcisimg' 'that Mis.' Dingle was unduly intimate with his brother. Mr. Reed asked' for such damages as might actually bo obtainable, saying that ho did not hope to get the full amotuit. After evidence had been givon in proof of tha facts, Mr. Justico Edwards gave judgment against the defendant for £100, with costa. Defendant did hot appear. ■-V? V

UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING. Danncvlrko, May 31. .Mr* R. M'Nab addressed a crowded audionco hero to-night ■ .on universal militaiy training. . Ho spoko on "tho lines of his addresses at similar previous meetings. Tho audienco was vory enthusiastic. A motion was carried unanimously: "That, notwithstanding tho enthusiasm of the, volunteers, the present system does not provide adequate means of dofence; this meoting, therefore; asks tho Government to introduce a system of universal military training for our young men." .An amendment,. which ■ added ' the words naval as wc'l.as military training,'was carried.' Patriotic songs wero sung with great gusto by tho audience.

r , A ,NICHT IN THE BUSH. , Nclson, May 31. ■A man named Osborn,-member of a elioofcing party in Pelorus Valley, wae r&-v Sirtcd to-day to have bocn lost in the bush, o got separated from bis companicnr> ( who wore unablo to find him, though they scorched throughout the night. Early , this morning tho police, went out and found Os-, born at a sportsmen's wharo noiio the worse for his experience. Spending tho night'in the bush, lie struck tho track at daybreak and succeeded in; reaching camp...

"INDUSTRIES WEEK." Duncdin, May 31. Dunodin's shop display for "Industries Week" is decidedly creditablo, making an interesting show in tho daytimo and a; brilliant spectablo in the evening. Over a milo of dazzling shop fronts meets the eye'of tho passer-by. Various phases of manufacture, from raw material to tho finished article,.aro shown. "Industries Week," coupled with tho Winter Show, which opens to-morrow, pro* mises to bo very successful. A. very largo number of oountry visitors aro arriving..

CONFERENCE OF FRUITGROWERS. . 1 : Chrlstohuroh, May 31. Tho Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association on Saturday evening passed a motion in. favour of holding a general conference of growers at Nolson. ■ . . ■ -.

PUBLICAN FINED. Dunedin, May 31. Roderick M'Konzie, of tlio Excelsior was fined £5 for supplying liquor to an intoxicated man. His license was not endorsed.

STRINCER V. NORTON. Chrlstohuroh, May 31;' An application for a how.'trial in tho libel case,' Stringer v. John Norton, in which tho jury awarded plaintiff £2000 damagos, was filed on Saturday. ■ Tho-application will' bo •hoard oil June 9.