NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(B7 ToleEraDh.—Press ABSociaUon.l —0 STUCK UP. Eltham, March 21. Mr. H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., who wa| temporarily appointed in place of Mr. Kendrick, S.M., who is absent on sick leave is confined to his house with illness. This necessitates a further adjournment of the court. Mr. Kenny will not act any longer .than the end of the month. No intimation has been received locally as to when Mr. Kenunck returns. Meanwhile magisterial business in this district.is at a stand* still. . : . . A BAND'S HOME-COMING. Nelson, March 21. ' «. i? nbhc welcome r was' tendered te tne damson Band to-nieht on their return from the Wanganui contest.' Ihere was a crowded , gathering at the City Council Chambers, where speeches were, delivered by prominent citizens, who eulogised- the band's performance .at the contest, and also the successes ot the solo instrumentalists. COLLEGE BOXING. ' ... .. Christchurch,. March ZL inter-collegiate tournament, te be held at Easter, will include a boxing contest between Canterbury College and Otago University.

DIVORCE CASE. Wanganui, March 21 At.the Supreme Court a decree nisi, to bo made absolute in' three months,was granted in ; .the case of Eadie: v. Eadie, -wife's petition, on' grounds of drunkenness and failure to maintain his wife'and family. ■ ■: TYPOGRAPHICAL. . ' Dunetdn, March 2L At a meeting of the Otago Typo* graphical Union, the following members were elected to discharge the executive duties of the. New Zealand Federated Typographical Association for the year commencing in April-.—Messrs. John Harris, (president); R. Ferguson (vicepresident); A. Walker (secretary and treasurer) 1 ; Alex Wilson, E. G. Brown, It. W. Campbell; and William Andrew, ... • MEWS IN BRIEF. Thames, March 21. Further efforts are to be madeta secure a portion of the Piako land foi a. miners' settlement. ■.-