NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 778, 30 March 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Uy Telegraph—Press Association—Cowrrißhfc » RANCITOTO CHANNEL. PROPOSED SURVEY. Auckland, March 29. The Auckland Harbour Board has re* oeived'a communication from tho Secretary for Marine to .'the effect that Vice-Admiral Poore has advised the Department that he has forwarded to the . Lords Commissioners .of tho Admiralty a copy of the communication addressed to him .on the subject of-a

survey of the Rangitoto Channel, and that lie had also strongly recommended to their Lordships that this survey ! should be carried out, or that a complete re-survey should ibe. made of Auckland Harbour and its approaches by the surveying office of the - Admiralty. STRIKE ENDS: PROSECUTIONS TO FOLLOW. Auckland, March 29.; Nine. of fourteen 'slaughtermen and several" floor hands at. "Southdown. Freezing Works, who were on strike recently, have returned to work. It is understood that negotiations for the settlement- were commenced by the nfen, who agreed to return under "the former conditions. Prosecutions ara being lodged against. 21 strikers for alleged breach of the Arbitration Act. j •: ■ STONEHENCE OF THE FAR NORTH. Auckland, March 29. Mr. Clement AVraggo, as the result of further., investigation of monoliths, cups, a, cross, and triangle found in the. Far- North, says it is difficult to understand--. how, physical;, agencies caused them. The ; place is most weird and romantic, whether it is prehistoric, ior ■ otherwise.v; ..' •' \-- . OF MIND. V/alroa, March 29. On Sunday afternoon-a, party of foul ' : half-castes with a .buggy and pair met ~ with, a serious j accident. While proceeding.from Kihitu-over a papa roadway .at "the foot of .Uhi, Hill, .Wairoa River, - the .buggy: skidded' off- into,. deep". water. .Mrs., Walker, jumped as . the. ,horse-fell,, and pulled out .one girl. Her husband-was entangled in ths reins, and was nearly drowned, .but she, tore up..her dress,, made a rope, and saved.him. . The other occupants weresaved. The two horses, valued at £50, were' lost. THE FIJI HURRICANE. Auckland, Marcb 29. Messrs. .L. D. Nathan' and Co. hav« reoeived, tie. following cablegram from the Governor of Fiji, dated March 25: ; . "Suva and we fear very" much.the Fiji group; experienced severe hiiiricane last night. The extent of tho damage . is- unknown, but it is behoved to be ; serious,, "though it is. not. 'likely to affect the prosperity, of Fiji eventually. No lives aTe-jet reported lost," , . LORD PLUNKET AT OAMARU. Oamaru, March' 29. '■ The Governor visited the Waitaki High School this morning," and lunched . with the rector, Mr., F. Milner, M.A..

In the ■ afternoon, he visited . Ngapara as a guest of. the County Council," . where he met a large number of residents, and was presented with an ,address. His Excellency continues hia visit south to-day.. • FEILDINC FIRE. Feilding, March 29. A six-roomed oottage at Taonui, occunied by-, the Mabey- family, was t-otally ' destroyed ■by fire -at -midnight - last''iiighfc- " Nothing- was saved: : •" ' 1 : MORMON CONFERENCE. • Palmerston, March 29. Northern Mormons, including" sepeial missionaries from Utah and Maori disciples, are in Palmerston : 'to-nigh£, en route to a conference at : Greytown, i where ■ representatives - of 5000 Mormons : will gather. , " A VACANT PULMT. ' Palmerston, March 29. The St. Andrew's Church '. Selection Committee has approached oertain ministers .through -the Moderator- as-to whether they 1 would consider : a f call, if made prior to its submission to ! th«; congregation. . NAKED LIGHT IN A MINE. , Nelson, March 29. An explosion occurred at the Enaer Glynn coal-mine:: to-day through a miner' named 'John Tilley shaft with, a naked light. Tilley, who: was badly burned about the head and , arms," was',removed-to", the hospital.-: