NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 760, 8 March 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

- (By Telecraph.—Press Association.! — ♦ — NEW AWARD WANTED. ,-i LOCAL BODIES AND LA.BOTTB. Dunediri, March: 2. . A special meeting of the Otago' Hi* bour -Board ; was held this : afternoon to consider letters from the town;clerk regarding'the .proposal of the General Labourers' Union as, to a'new sward, and, if necessary, .to..appoint ..representatives' to attend the .conference, of local bodies proposed. to be held to-morrow.. The ciairmari said the..question opened up a very ■large subject, thai.of local bodies coming under the jurisdiction of ;the Arbitration Court, , and the question was whether ..it was desirable for tlie.board to join witl other local bodies in appearing before ths " Court when the demands -of the Lab- . oarers' Association camo up for consideraAftor -discussion.it was.reeolred to appoint three representatives to -attend the conference. ' ,', - THE BOWRON CASES! : Christchurch, Marchi To-day Messrs. BusseJl and Anthony," solicitors for--Bowron - Bros, arid G. J. Smith, served' notico 'on Mr. H. W. Bishop, - S.M.,- that an application would be made -on March -18 to the Supreme Court for - a - writ of 1 prohibition against further ■ proceedings in the income -taxcase, recently heard.. The grounds stated in support of the applicatiqn are thai th« magistrate had no jurisdiction to adjudicate, in that the proceedings had not-been commenced'within three years after the date of the alleged offence. - ' Mr.-Bishop's decision, on' evidence heard last week, will .not bo.delivered until thri motion for, prohibition is disposed of. STREET PREACHING. ; . Christchurch, March ?. The case, of the street preacher who was, before the Court on Saturday .liqs created : general: :indigiiation.".''''Tlie preacher, has paid, the .costs, and so .escaped the' alter- ■ native.-of -a-month's' imprisonment, "but the; authorities;are being hotly-criticised for taking-proceedings against a stranger,, and permitting tlie Salvation. Army ana' to' occupy Cathedral Sflcare night after'night. GISBORNE OIL. . .. . ... Gisborne, March X. / At the Gisborno Oil Company's well,- ; the. operation for the removal of the 6in. casing,- blocked by: friction 1300 ft.' below the surface, .has been-completed,'and -the work of relowering the casing is .now-pro-ceeding satisfactorily. .'. . MIXED BATHING. : "■ - Christchurch, March Z. ' Tha; subject of mixed, bathing has beea warmly discussed . in the Christchurch newspapers ; during the past week; The matter was. raised by a request by. Mr. Ell,'M.P., to the Minister for- Marine,: that lie should make regulations - governing bathing on New Brighton Beach,, his suggestion' Wng that if women wanted .'to, bathe, by themselves they should be given, the opportjmit7.' : The. Mayor of . New .. , Brighton carried the' matter further by declaring'hoi intention to "clean up" tha beach, and'put 'an end to . bathers' mi-r seemly behaviour. Bathes .resented .the implied' accusation, and yesterday demons strated on the beach in quaint costomea. GRADING FROZEN MEAT. Gisborne, March 7. , A\largely-attended meeting' of 'farmeifl passed a resolution calling- upon,'fche Gov-' eminent'-..t0 pass- the'necessary' legisla., tion to. ensure .'the compulsory gradinjc of : frozen meat..

THE RABEHT PEST. . '• Wanganui, March 7. At the, Magistrate's Court this maiming, an' Upper Wangachu settler was fined ths mjcrimmn : (i!lo) for'faffing ; to .. destroy on'hk holding. ,i There ia : considerable anxiety- among settlers aboutisland', front KajrtoL. ' " ' : v. '• : i > - TRAIN- EQUIPMENT. - ii Dunodm, March ;7.V. , The, Magistrate, in' dismissing: a cae»: in which -breach of .railway. by-laws woa alleged; said conveniences .ought- to be attached ■ to every railway carriage, irrespective of tie number of stopping-places.-'