NEW ZEALAND NEWS (By Telegraph.-Press Association.)

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 6

NE W ZEALAND NEWS (By Telegraph.-Press Association.)

v- ,THE KNYVETT; CASE." i}- "■ ."•:','; CONMMPLATEDLiWSUIT.":. ' ";': t'.'::. Auckland, February -a.' , ■' ~- Public interest in'theKnyvett case' ia'. not likely to.die r qut,{and suburban'.meik' ings areYbeing,organised in tho meantime. , : Captain Knyyetti has instructed hisooli- , oitors. (Messrs. l'nllen and Dawson)"- , to -. institute, civil proceedings against certain - officers; of .the Dpferice Department; and they hare retained 1 , the: serrices' of llr;.'Pi ■■ ••' Earle,:in. this coiinectibn. It is ■ likolj -, ■.thatja case for civil action iwill shortlj. ■ be .'stated.. ;; , ;V, -'..' , ; ... . :.. . r . ■■. i -,■;.■■■ :; ■'lnveri?rg]ii I ''Peb'ruarr-2L > ; _ The Native Laid Court,'' which har ''■'■ .been engaged inquiring: into. the'ownex-" , * 6hip of .mutton-biid ' islands, concluded, its sitting here- this, morning. -The Conri ' ■ nos .passed a list of names :rapresentatiw! •-•. of tae owners, in..1864, and recommended certain, special, regulations for submisaoi ; to; the .Goyernorrin-Council to deal '.with *' r.the immediate season for mnttori-birdiig, TVmch it is understood will open 'on April '■ ■' •1 and close on May 31.:. A. sitting of the >'- Court opens.;in Dunedin: to-morrow: to deal -with • the , question of: the', ownership ' of the : Kdputai f Native.'' reserve, Port '. Chalmers."-' '. "V" T .. V '; ; :] : '-.^':-'.'.'.' ■ •.'..'; ■ .■■'•■.' V '; ■■■ ■::■'■ ' GREAT, BUSH' RRE.; '■ : '; V -. ■; ■'"';"'\lfiyercargilti. Feb'ruaiy' 21. , ! ;..- '.The worst. fire.'.ia.the'.histtry. d\ '. Colac Bay. raged, on. Saturday,' a.strong, '. westerly 'gale, driving'tho flames' towards ■• '-''■■ the. township which, for a..tiine,'..was;ih''::peril.,.. A' change, of .the" ; wind,. however,! ' saved ,the . situation.'. As., it ■ was,'- - two "'; ■ houses: were burnt, and .thefdangef ii'. ". not, yet past,' as another "change of- "wind *» may...bring the.. fire, back' on.the 'town.' '': A. largo numher ."of men. and -women; have ' ■been .engaged an;fighting tte conflagra-' : ' ,tion. .-;••■ ■■■.''-■■■ .;; ; v-::;;.;.",.;f; i .,tV;:; i ;V 'U;.; ta'ngati estate;.balLot^;- ; f■ v: ■>--' : r :: '- : :':-'\- ' j; Nap'ierr'Fel)ruary;2L ; r :>■■ The ballot for Estate' toblT " place to-day, there being 180. applications : ■ for.-the twelve':eeotions..; vTheV following 1 were successful:—A; E;'Bndd'(Msrtuibor'ough),; W. ,C-O'Eei]ly..(WaTerley),'N. !D."- : : • Barrett, (Wellington), • C-; E. Lowe (Hastv - inße),,P.. Mahony. (Napier)/ Wm. Brpome",' (Blenheim), Donald Wardell: (Ashburton),;', ,\ Ann Osborne (Cirterton), Bruce. Barnett''-' - (Inglewood)i .Nathaniel-Lowe ' (HaStinge),".';.' Arthur ; .Ford .. ■(Wellington),-'■-.. AugTisf ' ; Schaare/(Makotuku).V ;,:»:,.;,;:.;:; ; ; ; J^;,:... : ; ■ "■'[ ;, : .', vocopTi^MEN.:^:-^'.^'^V - . ■':. ■:< >Christchurch,v February 2t : ». V . At.a Christchurch meetine of : the"Nea: : i': Zealand' Locomotive Engine^dTiyerß , , ■Pire'i:'■. men's, and^Cleaners , .'^Association','.an.iinc : -. jwrtant'letter, bearing■:on , .the■ recogni■■■ -' : tion of the association, was'.read\and ■Xβ , -.': :ceived with.eatire eatisfacton.. It,was / also resolved to.-forward: ofoon-.,. " dolence to the general' secretary of: the Victorian Association, , .with : it ■':. 'i ; that.rt'.be conveyed'to"the-widows'ot thei? ! - •victims: in • the , ■ Beaufort , ''mUway 'ean- : . •>. .dent. , '-. ■:■.■..■:••.■■■-..;:-■:■..;-.■„• v.: : j..■■.■?.', '-; : <f- ■" ,•.-;:. :'.'.:"j. >'■■' '; .-; -;..-Chrlstehurchj 'February 2t; : '■! '■;. '. The' Linwood Eiflee nave;woa'' the; senibr -.' < shield; for" every year' since • * '1903.' On.:Saturday'-they 'started-'with' a '.'•:'■ minority'.of ,15 points, shot and ''Won-:fromv'the , -'Engineers. ! ;by v loo po-iiits. '■'Captain: '■ i and ; 900, ■-i •teu'men.-"-Tvae;to; : s V;J"''i 11 '''-'l',-; , •'.','!. : .'.-'i''■■■■■ '"'■■'■ ;i' -'.'. ,v'v\N:- OLD; BATTLEfi EUD? -,' %:''■]': \!• '" ' ; (' .CKristchurch, Februarj;. ; ,2l.. ;' ! Testeiday afternobn; a slip'.qccqrred., at. ■~ the Cashmero ! Hills ; and , laidbareanum.':,: ber 'of .human bones' J 'arid two•..':skulls.' .. Some years : ago "when .the same paxt'.of ' v the. : linla : was being ploughed a numbei : : ' of Maori: greenstone implements ,'' also;' unearthedi \ t y .;'',::! ''• ;'•.',.' ' ; :X ... : j ■.-, HOTEL BifßNTr : ■■' - : ,i ■,-.' Christchurch, February.;2L .:'. .. The Masonic Hotel," Sbuthbrook, , was de-.. firo .:thisvm6rning. t Wl; .Quinii, : ■ - ■' the fownet'i and • licensee, , . , managed; So' 'ja^.i/s , 'soinel clothing'.aiLd; some ■'bedding. 7 ■ /.Thv. ■« insurances on •• the '■>. building amounted" t0... I 'jE7OO,- and:on the ; stock.and:fittings ,in,the;Standard!office.:':-.:;: ; 'Xy/s.i.ix--'- vi

■; , -'' :■-/,/, •;•;; ;v- "/: ■■.■'■. Hawera,; February 21. ■ .A big: representative, meetiogiof. Maoris is now in progress; at, Ok&iawa, disonsang. West Coast 'reserve leae© i matters.',' ; The' Hori. J. GarrbUjis. presents' -;'",. |. .;' ■