NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 686, 10 December 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

t (By Telerraph —Pmt AisoeUMon) y - ; BOMAN CATHOUCS AND EDUCATION. 'V BISHOP LENIHAN SAYS THEY ABE ' "TREATED SHAMmJTXY" i AiHikland, December 9 At the distribution 'of pnyes iji connection ] with, the Sacred Heart < College to-night, tho s edwsational (system vras, snbjectpd to some ervtfeism from tho Eoman Catholic standpoint ' Brother Clement, ,tho principal, in referring , to <ho disadvantages tho institution labstired t under, .said he thought a protest should bo made against tho injustice Catholics had to submits to in regard Ho scholarships Catholic children attending Catholic schools wero not .•■ i eligibly for thoso state bursaries which ■ wero • paid for, jn part by their heavily-taxed parents Bishop Lenihan, who followed, si\a that _, ' t/atholics were treated shamefully in respect to t educational matters. ' ■■! UO.UOR, THE LAW, AND GAOL. Gore, December 9 » Mr. C. G. Thurston, and Mary Jane Thurston, were charged before Mr. Young, SM, •»ith keeping liquor for , salo, and with selling in a ifo License district Ihp pm- i i alleged that the accused ordered supplies by Witing, and using factitious names, and whon the liquor was delivered, fictitious names were : used- on the receipts Thurston pleaded not * guilty, bnt'after tho caeo opened, Mr Hanlon L Mqiittcd. guilt as to keeping liqnoi for sale \ »s fa] as Thurslon was concerned Inspector (c Miteholl thereupon withdrew the information f s against Mrs Thursfcqn, stating that she was domiriated by hor husband Thurston, had previously been convicted and fined iSO;-ind the Magistrate sentenced him to the maximum , penalty—three months' lmpnsonment. 1 PREPARING. : * Nelson, December 9 Arnst, champion sculler, is putting in 6omo K)lid work on Nelson Harbour, preparing for his race against Wholch, at Akoroa He speaks ' in high tonns of tho local conditions for rowing purposes Tho largo stretch of water avail- , »blo piondes a 'good rowing course „ 5 AN OPINION ON LAND MATTERS. ' Dunedin, December 9. f The rressenr Union unanimously protested •gainst any further sain of Crown lands, and expressed high appreciation of the action of the in Parliament in endeavouring *> & J l '?* 9 ? 4 Land Bill being placed on tho Statute Book. : GUNNERY SPEED RECORD. f ti t-*hi. XT V^ 1 " 110 "' December 9. -The Lyttelton Naval Artillery did fine work , »t th.e compotitivo faring practice this mornmg Out of ten rounds from the six and eight-mch guns, only ono missed A good performance i> was made with tho six-pounder QI 1 , twenh -hots wtro nred and 18 hits registered, and the series occupied only 49 seconds This is 1 ~ regarded as a record lor Now Zealand for 1 speed / •/ OVERRIDING AWARDS. ! m. -kr -it. R.i Oamaru, December 9 , lhe North Otago Employers' Association has earned a resolution protesting against legislation by tho Government which, in any } )ray, ovemdes awards of the Arbitration K Court.

t , WRESTLING. t ~ m „ , Westport,,December 9. . [ At the Victoria Theatre to-night, Joe , Gardiner, champion hght-woight wrestler of the world, m a wrestling match with Jack Smith chamriion welUr-weight boxer of Tasmania and New Zealand, threw the latter m Umm I Bsec. Cfardiner had offered to forfeit £b if t bmith could stand up to Ism for 15min. \ _ . ' -,NELSON CRIMINAL'SESSIONS. ~,,,, _ Nelson, Becember 9. ■- , ' At the Supreme Court Albert C Weingott, ; charged with stealing a horso and trap, was : acgjlittcd David La Roche, tried for alleged > theft from a dwelling, v,as found not gmfty 1 The trial of William Henry J Kingston on mx counts of criminal assault is proceeding ■*> AGAINST CANTEENS. ' _'. , , Christchurch, December 9. I TT Thc 8111 Y ? un E M " n>s B 'ble Class i . Union (4000 strong) has telegraphed ft<fsth<£ ]: Pnme Minister urging the abolition of canteens in connection with mjhtary camps.