NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

' Ui» telejrraph.—Press Aiioolstton.l QUIESCENT. ' CANTERBURY LABOUR MARKET., Chrlstcfiurch, September 3. ; Mr. W. H. Haggor, officcr in'charge of. th.0,1 local bureau of the Labour Department, ! states th(s tho labour imarket .is i in«a quies- i ; ' cent condition. Thoro are Tory few. indiea-J ' . tiona of unemployment, whilo, at .tho samo :/tiine, _thoro are vory few demands for workers ■ If < in ® °® co ' Mr- Haggor is of opinion .. .tha> many of tho men vhoworo unemployed in July wore simply unaMo fowing to weather •• Mnditions),to follow, their usual avocations; With .tho advont of spring, they havo gono back to their former cmployomcnt. OVERHEAD'BOILERS. , ' CASE ofISEIBARAWA. ... . ..Auckland, Septombor 3. .-.! A nautical [inquiry ■was opened to-day 'into' j-y-.thojcircumstancos' attending .tho- damage-.to v.-tho,after-boiler of tho s.s; Rarawa on May . Tho. leport .111 tlic > noUee. of in-was-'that'-oii May, 27, '1809, .wh list .On. the .voyage from Onehunga to New Plymouth tho twin-scraw ship Rarawa was her.aftcr-bbiler - • becoming over-heated owing' to the shortness .: ofiyater therein.- -Tho water: gauge on. tho :\ " eaid ; boiler had failed .td\act;bwing-to its conK witli tho-top of tho.boiler bbipg shut . loft. When tho casualty .'was discovered tho >v . ship returned to Onehunga. She waa cArry- .. iiig & number, of passengers at tho time. No .. .'. lives i.wwo lost, nor was any person injured. causes of the casualty; whether it was* duo V: to, 01 .contributed to, by negligence! - and ■ '•if so who wore responstbio; and could"; it havo.been avoided, and how? • After -length? ..evidenco tho inquiry was adjourned till noxt Friday , h INVEROARCVLL." k _ , , Invoicnrglll, September 3 In nil article : headed' ' 'Crimeless Invercargill," ; Mr. G, B. Nicholls quotes from congratnlatorv , addresses <by Grand Juries, by .j, 7 .'Justices; Cooper, .'."Williams', -Cliapmnn, and : . Uennistoh,; and shows that iri the '• three •v, years-and ,a. quarter, only, seven • : havo been, recorded in- the Supremo..- Court : 'on majtters' that- arose, mj-Inve'rcargill.VMost >£iof;ih#. : case£vi?ei% .. : two. hroso in .the .'■■ AwaruaH; district;;-';: Com(fe:parisbMi,iyith ;suohj Napier 'arid Wanganui, -. with ~less v.-is -> very; •; raaTtofd, - Ho: Concludes' tnat 1 if thoGovernf ~ment <will only give.;the -people a : chance, £ ivby/a'-.-iiational..'vote, 6ri; anyi sort}'- of-cqiial r terms ( ' -New' Zealaridors iWiii' assuredly - sweep ; CALEDONIAN SOCIETY CREETINC3. , \. ' ,• •.v % jf)vqrp?r«iti, ; Sept^ipW.-'2/ , ] :. At the annual imeetiagl of:-the Smithlajia' ; ; . v'f;rosolution,: ,wa's;caif fc^Vii|ffljd;;ti^u^iaata:i-- i . ih6ir l Kearty,gbM.;wish< , a, to, f. the-Wahganui.- Society, ana; also , their -liiincbess 'which 'attended fallvoperafionk''- during : -/■Sitinuawan, ofi-the : J snccess,.wßifb Vthoy-rhavo 1. o ex^r®p<^,^:tlie*;!S)iuttild«'d'^bfiiety 1 'further ' deßirei'- to 'express ,-;tho' ; hjghßSt.! : appreciation •, y zealous TseivicSs' .■xd'i :Cixlc'-" y'|.\dbnianism: &ven ; ; ./so..:Ungrudgingly;i by.. llr . ".fcfiOtp '-. ,; .t;; i . best Caledonians south of tho Line. RABDIT INDUSTRY. 1 m ■''.-DunWin, September 3 yXil iTnegtabbit; industry i during tho winter : .has blmn -remarkablb. '.It .is estimated that -^between",6oo,ooo arid piirn i -a: nionetary.-:valrie:vof -'close ; on - ;i ; .i,10d.--.iter pound,"Eavihg Jjeali paid.'i'Tbftro^as jridjcially tho export x>f rabbits. ,TlnV» season I';;;incT^^d>; ibli'aik ;;;: an •inerease , dii'!Tabbits-. v J''lfr4s'!istßttHcd vtha't' > practical rabbiters havo earned- over £1 1 f-

"TOO MtICH BUSH 'AND 1 i Palmorston, September 3' After a hearing extending over thrco (fays, conchided;tb:'day.' Mfe^v;PnrohasKtK^'hundred; andvsikty-fiye padres :5-f..', i -:i..'Bt'.Manoiau,.:on. : the ground :that"the bound-;'.\;A:-.aries baa been'.wrongly indicated, and; that thero was much moro bush and swamp land ,:/v .;.• in the block led :,or, :. . • Jury, after, a retirement: of>an ; hour, -returned /a'i; verdict :,.for£plaintifE •:for i £^d, r: i;and;Vooats SfiiS'i , ' , fli! t he^;Jughest-'ScaM;; ;Leaj6;jto \ (ipplyjfor/a ~.tew trial was'granted.'■ MR., HOCC IN .CHRISTCHUBCK. ' 1 \ ChrlatCfturcfif September' 3 Mr.,Hogg, lIP., addressed a largo public 'onvland' aiid 'reform,:and • '•...^ la d' a ; very sympathetic - hearing. •At the S^Vfs'cpncliisipii^iv ; motion-was ciirnod .unanimously, ? the "thanks ;of ihb 'rocet-iii^Kof^eidomoCracyiat^^-.per-. 1 siffi:??fi®Pnal;[intorestsJx: and £expreissinr*;thff''opinion faction, : ;has v,sbed' : liistro;on , the public life of tho Dominion ' CAMPBELL ISLAND TRADE. ," Clsbo'rna, September. 21. The Hon.' Captain Tucl»er has recened hring3v74 ; bales of Vth'e : i whalebono and oil fiom seventeen whales, a 1 .^suc:; CGSsftiH'jwHaliijg'fseasoh;'s.pnl^ ; > -jVi w rth is'' J?i ctdii': pafty. ■ 'ret'umeU/b'y % thoV"Hi moa, /

TRAM HANDS ON TRIAL. Auckland, September 3 v';A? further^M^uel-ioAthaipneixuijga^tramway: fatality; which resulted,;: on June .10,' in. tho dcMhof'AtmaHorsnclljof.Chris-'chufch, was 6McfceijW-sayiat -tlieiSiipremoi.Cburt/'when: Charles:' Henry \Hally;.V,iriotefman,';and bbr t:• Bi fkott, ■ -ico'ti'ductorj 'iM" thW dock to'an?wcr:to a. charge of .manslaughter.. Tho caM- straasvpartly iheard.* . : iv; JK" ' STRANGE. ' J Auckland, September 3 in tlio Rangitoto : Channel, was: found to contaii.tovtnan:BamedV.Tfsdl MikCToliy>wKb\yTaii-. Krad^^W;:tovUi«^U^Vi^'l(fekoil' ; ta^6i*' a 'charge ■ that ho .'left:the fTHairiea/iriithd i;niao jjanied 'Jack,£nrip^6ri^ wt.'accouht ;■ for • ; FARM LABOURERS.' , j Christchuroh, September 3. 'At .the annua] mcotir g of-'tho/Canterbiiry : alivliabburbrs! :;IndilsJnal Tln)on;.vit ' was decided" to i caUva- special weetfajg-! fiiian^^itiiT<iaeMn«Sts: OTth.a Conciliation Council ' OBITUARY. I ChrlstohurcKi 'Sopt&nbeir 3, Tho.;'death is* orihoiiv';' O.?S. Bowden, ■: Vicar .of'•fycca'rton-; jagctV 48;' aftfer aVkhbrt [.illnesSiV-'-Ho; wnducted ■■•'sorvics'at' 8 o'clock -last Snnday ;mornlng.:,jH«.Wascurato Df ; St. Mioh'ad's. frt»m fr4m 1894; to "11900 vn© was.Vicar <o?St. Maifii,' Mornington, . and < ( m' 1906- waa l appointed to Iticcartoli ' 1 - ; NpWifJN BRIEF. ' . J - Auckland, septeftbut 2!' .» The Tiinfall'in A«&and.i9r:AogUst-wag 1.13 inches. '. average<fall 1 for. 'August is 4,33 -inohos ' 1 New Plymouth, September 3. ■ A ; well-known .resident,r'John'i'O. George, aged ■ abqut 65' yearsf tins fountl bi' fiis daughter, thii evening in his 'h'p®o : shot ihrotigh the head.; TDeccasod 1 liad'i tfeeilVur 1 jiool*rhealth anil low-spirital : dittos jtIKS-rdeatin'ofihij wifq and son-600)4-Weeata-txgo.- .