NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 534, 15 June 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Bit rttxtntm-ntaa isnceMttotr.) ' ~ :—•—- — A MAN, EXPLOBtVEB AND THE POLICE. THE MAN'S ADMKSIOK. Auokland, Jn00.44. Constables HaUiday and Bradley, at 1.30 this morning,, found a man named Henry WfDeocks under suspicions ctrenmpiaoces at tho comer , of Soafiild View and Khyice- Pasa Roads. On searehiag him they foend dynamite, fuse, oaps, putty, and strelctoa. kesa. Willcocks did not deny "the purpose' for-wfaS he waa so liberally provided. Hβ admitted ho had intended to crackihetfll ofStercna'a grooery store. Tho ' police enbee/raenily searched Willcock's residence at Mount Eos-, kill, and fonnd more dyoamrto, fneo, and\ caps, which, together wilt the prerioos sous- • uro, accounted for tho theft of Gxpkwwee from a shed at Mount Eden quarry. REtIEF WORKS FOH UNEMPLOYED. ' THE AWARD DIFFICULTY. ;.. ; ■ . - Chrlstdiurch, Jm»-14, ■ Tfce City Council discussed tie unemployed trouble to-night, and'resolved to start relief' works for the roost necessitous oases of ' married men, provided permission oaa.be.pth tained from tho union secretary to pay in- , competent men lew than the minimum wago. It was also decided to telegraph to tiie Prime Minister, stating that tho corocil proposed to start suoh works provided it were indemnified.against breaches of awstd in connection 'with the employment of -nonunionists,, and payment of lose than ward wages for incompetents. ' ~. HAND-MADE CICARETTEB. A FIHE OF £10. '. J _'■■'■ -Ounedln, Jtme M. In tho Police Court this rooming, George ■' Moody, tobacconist, was charged wiSi making cigarettes by hand without hai-oig a inuiait to do so. The' Collector of Customs said do- ! fendant bad employed a cigarette-maker to : make cigarettes in his window during Industries \Y«ek. The Customs looked upon the ■ manufacture of cigarettes without a warrant as a serious matter, as when tobacco was out; up it was impossible to trace wncro'it came : from; Defendant pleaded ignorance of tho law on tJio matter, and said he had made no abtompt to make cigarettes secretly. A lino of £10 was imposed, witli costs. . BOOKS IN BUSINESS. BANKRUPT COMMITTED F.OR TRIAL. •" / • ; DurtGfUn, June 14. At the City Polico Court to-day, before Mt. H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., Louis Morris wae charged with that,, on May 1, ho was adjudged and that for three years prior to'bankruptcy he did fail to keep snch books of account as aro usual and proper in the business curried on by him, or snfficientry eeir forth his business transactions bo as to disclose his financial position. Accused was committed for trial. ALLECED COAL RINC. Inveroarglll, June 14. The Nightoaps . Coal Company, while endeavouring to make a market,m Dunedm, found itself face to face with something in the nature of a'combine in tho shape of tho Otago Coalmine Owners' Association, who: refused'to allow Dunedin merchants to buy and sell Nightcaps coal at less than 245. & ton. It is stated fhot the matter will be ventilatod and .brought before tho Legislature. ' :■' : '■.'■■'..,' if . ■■■■.' ' ' ■■ RAILWAY STATION INTO. ■:■■■.. :Carterton, June 14. Burglars last night forced a window of the railway station, smashed thoifcjll, .aid.took a suni in , cash. The amount via -not yet. asooN tained.i There is no due te the. perpetrators, •■..-.■ vEARTHQUAKE. "" v,t • •' Wanganul, Juao 14. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt how I at 18.20 o'clock. 1 ' '