NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Bγ TclosraDh.r-P.resa A'isooUUob.) ' ■' ••■.■; ... ;■ •: : , '-^--* T^--- ;;;.;;;: v v : : :: v ;the;ucensing p>ppbs l ju.s;.! : • • •ChriVtchurcH, November 12. i The complaint, of- oertain .wine, and-.spirit merchants iii Weliingtou that they had not boen consulted in: regard: to the ; agreementarrived .at.: between!;'-representatives;'Vof (the. Trade and the/New Zealand Alliance : in re; card to tho;- nature; of; the'licensing, legislation, to be ■ ihtroduced"by the. Government this ses-sion-was brought, under-.the, notice' o£i,the Prime Minister, , ; who'.said he•> could .not say anything'in. regard ito • tho statement,, ast he had. , not- been .connected ..-with the negotiations.- ':: ■• ■■-■-■,■:■■ '■■■. '■}:.. ,\ ; ."' : ,v ■ -.'-;->'-'. r-','- ■•I-' '''. "So ; far, as New-Zealand , is concerned,",. Sir Joseph added,> "if. the ■ true'■'■ and! .legitimate test of , the .views of,'the • people is • desired,-oh big questions,- then ■ clear.. and . well-defined issues should-bo!'placed, before them.:";', It is exceedingly difficult to.'.say;what the/outcome of the -consultation, of: the people. throughout the Dominion ■ on the liquor issue ,' will be, but, in my judgment, it is-desi/able that the, opportunity should' -be 'given,"to ,conie ■to , a dennito understanding. --' 1 -noticed, .however,' the views' expressed .fy; a, certain- section of tho Trad* in Wellington 'and published in.the newspapers to-dajv and I: should -have'"thought that they would have'been ready and' willing to trust the people in : crdcv to • enable tho ; principles which representative's of. large snumoefs of both sides..have-agreed.to being .Allowed' to-;stand , , as:a definite basis lor. legislation."-; '..'■.• .-;..■:.:-,;;; ••■■.■•■■•:•';■'•,','■:>■-.■'■■;'■■ '-■'.;■

: :auckland'sup'reme court.; '•■ ' ■ ■v-' ! '.X: Auckland,' November 12!: In thevSupreme, Court',. to-day, .decrees -nisi were granted,in the following cases;—-Florence Maud, Fountain v. Harry -fountain,: desertion; Budding' Jones v. Sydney! Lewis, Jones, cruelty and misconduct; Jas.. Robert. .Howos' .v. , Grace Violet -Howes;!: misconduct with ■ William': H , . Lewis; Margaret Trwin-'-Matheson'.v;-.'.Gordon Bruce Matheson, ill-treatment and- desertion; Ellen' Dare v. James Dare, desertion.! and miscondiict; Ghas. .George:.. Brown,. v'.> flertrude Brown and Albert Herbert Morris, niisiionduct; Alfred Jas. Keane v. Margaret Isabella Keane and William Darieh, misconduct; James Bishop and: Ida Amelia* Bishop .and Edward. "Fpran,. misconduct.' Alice "Alma! Triclter petitioned for a!'divorce frorii William Henry, iTricker on the ground.of alleged ■ gross '..misconduct. ■'~ His Honour held that there was not sufficie'ntproof' of service, and-adjourned the case for a proper affidavit to be filed. Elizabeth Kate Healey. petitioned for dissolution of her, marriage with Edward Christopher Healey, on ■ the ground ■of misconduct.',A decree nisi granted'. -His Honour granted absolute, with custody of,, the children, in the;; cases, of Lily Eva Neville .v. 'Claude..' Clarence..Neville,!.! arid Thomasina Li&ette .Sanderson' y. .Charles: Jesse Sanderson..-;,: ': !!'-'!: ; :'; : '..-';, ■•■'•;';,■-, ■:..'-.'..■;■■"■■';■ ,■"' ■■ -,NEW, ZEALAND'sh/DREADNOUGHf.;.;; •'. '■;..-';■■ '."•'.-• •'Chi'istchurch,; November V I2.V .Sir .Joseph Ward: stated J" to-day that,, in ;regard; to:-the'.I)readriouglit;:to .be 'presented- byNew\Zealand he had-.made arrangements with -'the , . Admiralty.-.'to invite tenders ;fbr.the,-.,building '-of.'it/ in: -the ;same manner .;as : its.!o\ra.'. vessels '.were constructed; On. recoipt of the. tender's, they Vβ cabftd out. by., the/ High ~ Commissioner, to.the ,New I Zealand', Goyernnient, !..which-.-.\would !! decide Vhich. .teridof'/sho'Qld!'be,atc6pt*feQ:. , .';.'. .:!... '.V -. A WIFE'S MEDICAL EXPENSES. ' Gisborne, November 12 The magistrate decided to-day that a husband was liable for payment of medical 01ponses necossarily incurred by his wife, although already contributing un amount tied by a maintenance order.

"-.>'■■-',. '■/■■■■ > Mastertpn^Nbvojjl^r/'ui-, ■ The; Sooie(7,.ibr.v,tlie ,! ..,l , .reveiitida : - of!,. Cruelty' to: J Animals ;prqceededy Burgess. for ;;leaying-."a.. hoWr' '■ to ■ the'. :.toadfiiae. epector found' the .animaltriable' to-*alk : 'arid in a starring condition, it? tosgue hanging out Burgess was convicted, and imed M, with costs. AT CARTERTON RACES. i ". ■)" ■- n'MSStertbrt, o November ,12;.'■ At the SM. Court this/.taornirig, Herbert' TValtor Jones, , ohargedimth'<'the7- ! fheft : qf. 10s:' and-a. railuiy'ticket ■Wom' , ono''J?Hilip"Junb, ; at, Carterton races, was sentenced: to ■ one^'.nibntn't' imprisonment. The.evidence-showed that Junb lay down m. the grass to'.sleep,' , pad' acouso'd went thioogk his pockets -\ ' A NATIVE'S DISCOVERY. - Wairoa, November 12 A, Native reported to the police this morning that he had tound a body hanging to a tree noar Opoutama, in the Mahia district He did not go near enough to see if it was that of a Eurppean or Maori, but ho alleges that it has been hanging for two months. No one is missing. Constable Tor?- has left to make inquiries;