NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 598, 28 August 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By-Telegraph.—Preea AisoclatloaJ V ' \ A JUBILEE, N. CANTERBURY' CHAMB&R OP " , Commerce. 1 ' Ghrlstchurch, August 27. ' The Canterbury Chamber 'of ' Commerce celebrated its jubilee birthday to-day, when it-held its fiftieth annual meeting. The occasion was made a specially interesting one, and many references were 'made ;to .the'chamber's small"• fifty yearß ago, arid to the progress it has made, and also the general, progress! it • has watched in Canterbury; Mr. H. J. Marriner, the. presidcnty occupied the chair,, arid, therei was a. largo attendance of members. Ii presenting the., annual'report. arid: balance-sheet,- tha chairman dealt with the causes of the recent' depression in .tho ihoriey. market; >dth' tha' drop in the price of froeen mutton, and the ■ condition of the woor market.: He also re- ' viewed the . working .of the Conciliation Act and the effect of cheaper cable.rates, and touched upon the canal project and tho rate of exports' from. Lyttelton. ■ Ho also. spoke - of 1 the history of. tho chamber during tie.pagt fifty years. "/■ -. ; '■

CRUELTY TO HORBES. A BERIES OP FINES. ' . Ashburton, Angust 27. Soveral caaes of ailoged to horses. were heard before Mr.- V. • G.' Bay; S3L,. to-day, the police .prosccuting in each caso,' arid Mr.. W. H. Zouoh, of. Christchurch, in- ■ spector for tho Society for tie- Prevention ■> of.' Cruelty to- Animalß, boing chief witness. Fines were inflicted in. every easoT save one, as', follows Stephen Ryan, £5; Henry Vestenskoe, 40s.;' Alexander Knox. Reddocliffo, 20a. j and ' John M'Lauchian, ,:405.;,.! ,Costa were also' given against each/, defendant.. chargo against 1 John/,Johnston,,• of vworking horses while they- woro snffennc-from' sorea, was dismissed, it having been shown by hia that he had no knowledge of. .tho-connitwa of the flnimalu at the tunc. ■ A CHILD'B DEATH.; PARENTS CHARGED WITH MAN- ' ;; slaughter. , - : Auckland, Auguat 27. An inqttert' on' the infant cnild. of .Robert / John ajia Olive NeSl had a sonso- . tional ending;' the jury returning a verdict in . acooidaricti"with' the medical ; evidaace that the oEild had b'odn wasting away/fcf three weeks. ; The "mother of tiie child stated tiat . she put. the. child to bed' at 4.30 "p.m. She ' retired herself. at 8 p.m; ,Tho child' slept' till ' 2 a.m., whpn. it awoke.' screaming.' ; She rubbed ■it with ■ oil and gave it 1 a lot bath,' while the husband . ran for, '■ a' doctor, /i je ... child was .dead when the*, '.doctor:/ arriveiK Neill and this ..wife, the"; former -:• years '. arid the- latter 18. years of.: age,: were':; . charged with . manslaughter.,. ..... ; .; •- r...

v : ' ''UNWELCOME ATTENTIONS." > :' ■-, V Lyttelton, -August 27. At the Polios Court to-day, John Bailey .was committed,'for stotenbe'to'the Supreme,': Court on a; charge' of barglary.i'with intent - to - commit ; a crime. Tho evidence that; Bailey had boon pursuing a girl with unwelcome attentions' for a considerable time, and'on/WednOsfiay morning attomptod - to break into ior- bedrobm ■ by a window., ;RAILWA,Y. EMPOWERING POLL. : - Roofton, August. SSL ;'-;A"polI ; bf the County gave ... an 1 overwhelming majority in' Favour' of cm- . powering itKo cofimty tointroduce a Bill into . Parlianientproviding for a guarantee > for the''interest on .the cost of., construction, . with'." working. expenses; of. an extension 'or. the railway from: the present " railway: station . into Reeftan itself, , ; u .ScitAuctdana>'A&gust27i." 7 '' From 16,000 to i 20)000,; acreson the flauraki v Plaiiis,. commonly- 1 ' ■ Known •■' as .tho: Piako v Swamp,: noW-being i drained ; ! by v -th6'' - Government,Varol likely'' to' be'thrown 'open v , forsettlement . next ■ March, ' • under -' : tlio ■ optional system; '/ M'- ' '"h ■ BURNS AT WAIHI., , ' , , •' -WaUil, -August 27; . Burns,. the ex-champion boxer, was. greeted ■ by a largo and enthusiastio ■ andionoe , last - night, . the theatre, being;packed from .and ■' to end. ; The attendance was oyer a thousand; Hd'leaves for Sydney on Monday./ .-1;-:-