NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

IB* Tclciraph.-Proeß Aasocletlea.l THE SHIP'S COOK WINS. ' • , CLAIM AGAINST, HIS CAPTAIN. . T . , Auckland, September 13. 1 Judgment was Riven by. Mr. Cutton, SJC. tOjdMr, m •#. prosecution*, instituted by .T. , M Clocland. against H. Subritzkv, master of Urn auxiliary schooner Greyhountl, f«r breaches of. Sections 41, 56, and 59 of tho Shipping and Seamen s Act, 1908. Informant claimed that lie was.cook on.the Greyhound on the voyage j ll \ pack, and did not receive a certificate _of, discharge. The difenoe was that M Clocland, « merely . a stowaway. The Magistrate said that informant's record was a good one,. and tho, dofendant'e conduct in>'*"V pugiung his cliaracter Was contemptible extreme. Defendant would be convicted arid fined tho maximum penalty, of £20 in all., D*. t fendant was also ordered to pay-informant at tho rate: of ss. 3d. a day for each day, or part ' of a day, that discharge; was withhold: and" was also ordered to pay coats.', ■ v ANONYMOUS LETTER. AN ALLEGED THBEAT. .

tAuckland,'September 13, At tho Polio©.Court to-day v Arnola Hare was charged with having eont letters to T. E. Clark containing threats, with'; intent to extort mqney. According to the evidence, a letter was-written by'R. 0. Clark, who is now out of the Dominion, to his brother, T.-E. Ckrk. , factory manager, of R. 0. Clark, Ltd., and this letter, would, according to. witnesses, havo dono harm v to the Clark k family and injured the cheditof the company if published. AiKmy-. ■' mous'lettera were received by the firm saying that* this' letter. had' come into tho possession of the writer, _ and offering to five it up 1 if £25 was placed in a certain place. A sum ■ of money was^placed'at the spot indicated, and , accused was watched . and; arrested, and subsequently made a • confession, giving up the letter about whioh tho matter bjid [lrison, \ He was oommitted for'trial • ■ SCHOLARSHIP PROPOSALS^. Napier, September 13. At a meeting of.' tho Hawke's Bay Educa. tion Board to-aay, the chairman (Sir 'William Russell) moved' in tho direction of confining tho boartfs - junior scholarships to publio school children,, leaving the board's: '' scholarships open to; all' children. Ho ooritended that his probosal was in acoordanco with* the Statute. Other members of tho board. opposed the propoisal, pointing out that it would be a hardship to the high schools, a large proportion of whoso pupils woro drawn, from the board schools. An amendment that further consideration of the matter be postJ poned was carried, with only two dissentients. WHEN SQUADRONS ARE RE-ARRANGED . Auckland, September 13. Speaking to-day on tho v proposed re-arrango-ment of colonial squadrons, one of the officers of the warships at present in port said thathe understood that tho vessels which would bo , stationed in Now Zealand would be mainly, for N recruiting and drilling purposes. In the opinion of most naval i men having acquaintance with the position, the New Zealandort mado; splendid seamen onco > they, wero broken into' . discipline, and were such'as any navy would like to possess. * . , CONTRACT FOR FREEZING WORKS. • • Gitboma, September 13: A contract for the.erection of freezing works at Tokomaru Bay has been let to Bull Brothers, of Napier, the price being .£39,000. Seven ten-' ders were receivod' from -contractors in Christ, church, Napier, Wellington, Auckland, aid • Gisborne. The works, expected to be ,ready in October, 1910, will have a capacity , for th» handling of 2000 sheep a day., y "HON RODDY" SOLD FOR'£«fl. . Hokltika, | September 13. i The big nugget, the "Honourable, Eoddy,"-. i discovered at Eoes,'ohanged hands on Saturday for .£4OO cash. It was bought l by 1 Messrs. ! Pedrazzi, of Ross; amTFree,-of Sotithbridco (not by Mr. Murdoch,v as previously ?tatea)»', . The official weight- is', given ' 12grs.- The nugget, was Exhibited here oh-Sat-urday night,, largo numbers inspecting it. Th# I.''Honourable Roddy" will bo. taken to Christ- 1 church.' • .. . . ■ ~ . .. ' ... ' : . TRAFALGAR DAY] '• ." Christchurch, September 13.' -The committee of: the Canterbury Branch of we Navy League havo decided to.'celebrate Trafalgar Day by decorating.Victoria Square, and by placing wreaths on the Statue, of'Queea n Victoria. It is also. proposed to'have an en-' at .night, at which .patriotic .songs' I will be given and l naval pictures ehown. ' I