NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Teloeraph.-Prcss A&oclitlonj ": ■' ' \ :~-r-~+— 4444':.'%. ':.' •-, AUCKLAND TOWN- HALL. •'•;■■■'• AN ACCOUNTFOff£7SO.,V.'>':/.'. '-.:,:.' J ; •';: ;Aucklanl,' December; 16/ , At a moetang of the City Council to-night an accountwas received from Messrs.' Eaton and Bates, architects,. Sydnoy, for^7so.'.The'writers stated.that;in February 1907,;in-answer to tho councils- invitation,;, they .'cubinitted competidesigns for the new Town'-Hall.- ■ Clause 3 oftho_rprinted conditions stated that-the'total post' of the building should; not"oioeed : i;6o,ooo.' exclusive of architect's commission; arid salary of the clerk of works.; : As tho: building', was" costing upward9,'the' ; writers claimed \. at ''P. o ;successful^eaderec• should- .have been UisqualiSedr and they-stated" they■> were ■ entitled- to bo ■ paid/for-preliminary- drawings..: at tho rate of on ,£60,000. 'The town clerk advised the'council to admit' no'liability.

MANUKAU HARBOUR BILL. ' ' m. „',''" A 16. Tho Harbour: Board, has decided that the amendments mado in\ the Manukau' Harbour Control' -Bill -aro -not satisfactory, and has instructed .Mr. Baumotodrop the'Bill. '

.' SUPREME COURT. ! ; ; ._' ■ -•■'-„ ■■''••' Auckland,' December 16. : : In,the Supreme Court, : Archibald Mlntjre,' for burglary- at AVhangaroi, was sentenced to a year's > imprisonment. George Punt, ah accomplice, was i admitted ..to probation- for a year:,' In a slander action, brought by Montague Garnant, fishormaji, against James P. Bennet, Inspector.of Fisheries, on the'ground that defendant-had falsely represented. thai plaintiff had.stolen'oysters, 'a verdict was'ro. turned for defendant. .- :•■• ■

;■■";. ;■."' /.DIVORCE.-;/ 'v:. ',:■: 'm t' L- " ; ,'Westpprt,,December 15. ' - Mr. Jusbce-Coopeiwas been engaged, for tho pari two days in hearing Supremo Court cases here, Decrees nisi weregranted in the divorco suits,' Johnson v, Johnson, and Husband v.- Husband. The suit, King v.'King, is unfinished.

; A DIMINUTIVE MARATHON.: ; - ' . „i r „ „ ■■"■Westport, 'Decemberis. ; A Marathon" .race of ISJ miles took-plaot at Westport to-day, and was won by E.Patton.from, scratch, in the splendid time lhr. 22min. 45seo. Part of the roadwas of a hilly na'ture, Godfrey, off the 3mic. mark* was second,, and Hunt, off scratch, third. There - were 18 starters. .7 v.r-.' ■"

TIMARU ANNIVERSARY. / Timaru, DcccmDer 15. Anniversary. Day wat celebrated by a, r« gatta (motor and rowing boats), sports ' at Pleasant Point, picnics, etc. The weather wa» boisterous, owing to'a nor'-wester.

; GENERAL LABOURERS' UNION.i : - Duncdin, December "15.' At a ■ meeting of, the General','. Labourers' Union . to-night, resolutions wore passed protesting against the.Land Bill, and urging the Minister for Mines .to .introduce legislation providing for the'safe working of quarries.' ,