NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TeleeraDb.—Prcaa Association.!

BARNACLE-CRUSTED BOTTLE. . FROM THE; PERICLES. Westport; April 23. A barnacle-encrusted bottle has beea picked up on the beach here, containing an ocean current paper, put: oyer-. board from the s,s. Pericles on August 6, 1908. The position of the ship Sien was northward of the Crozets. Th» bottle has drifted over 7000 miles. ' the shaw-savill company. - RECENT RUMOUR DENIED. Dunedln, April 23. The local manager of the. Shaw-Sawn Agency has received a cable message from London denying the truth of the report that negotiations are proceeding for the purchase of Shaw-Savill steam' ens by the Morgan Combine. MATTERS MUSICAL; ..." : . Greyniouth, April 23. Mr. Wade, of Wariganui, has- been appointed judge of the Greymouth b.-ind contest next month. Seven bands nave entered. ' s anticipated that t-lW Grevmoiifli Methodist Choir will ; compete at tha Lhnstchurch choir gala. NCUNGURU SHOOTING C/ISC. Auckland, April 23. Henry Janies Hansen was charged in the Magistrate's Court to-day with at.-, tempting to murder his son at Ngtt. nguru, and was remanded to appear at Whangarei on April 26. The solicit® of the accused stated that the injured s°n was out of danger, and asked far bad: THe police opposed this, urging that the. assault was of a murderous character, without anj' suggestion of drink. The applicaticnwas not pres>ed. FOR STRIKING HIS WIFE. Dannevirke, April 23." At the' Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr. M'Ckrthy, S.M., a man named. John Crosland was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard, labour, for striding his wife with an iron poker., MESSACE FROM LLOYD-CEORCE. Westport, April 23. ! Replying to a presentation from Welshmen of the . Westport district.. Mr- Lloyd-Georg© (British Chancellor of .the Exchequer) says he", looked forward to som6 day visiting. New Zea- ■ land. A DJSPUTED ELECTION. Ashburton, April 22. A' special meeting, of the Hospital ' and Charitable Aid Board was held today, at which Dr.. Valintino was pi©, sent. The question of the validity of the election of the chairman was dealt with. Mr. Hugo Friedlander. had been 1 elected chairman at the first meeting of the board, held on April 1, on tho casting rote of the returning offioer.' Mr. Henry Davis,' the other, protested and referred the 'matter to Dr: Valintine for a decision. T)r. VaW intirio replied stating 1 that the election was invalid. 1 After fully discussing tho matter Dr. Valintine said there was no doubt the -procedure, regarding the election .of Mr. Friedlander was questionable in tho strict terms of the Act according to his • interpretation,; bat Section 129 of the Act made an abso- ■ lute provision for the settlement of the difficulty, and he would strongly suggest that Mr, Friedlander should con-; •"> tinue' to- occupy the-chair as .the'recognised elected chairman' of the board pending the pleasure of Ms- Excellency.

: HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. Chrlstchurch, April 22. Mr., Bailey, S.M., gave judgment' today in the Case in which a hotelkeeper 1 : was charged, with, refusing accommodation. The defence was that the applicant for accommodation was • suspected, of being a thief.' The magistrate'held that the hotelkeeper had'no right 1 to discriminate on the ground of mere suspicion, and mfiictecf a penalty of 10s. and costs. ASHBURTON LIQUOR: £30 FINE. Ashburton, April 22. At the Magistrate's Court - to-day, ', Albert Whitaker was fined £50 and costs,' on a charge of keeping liquor for sale m a No-License district. ■ . ..Jr. "NOT ALWAYS WELL INFORMED." . Chrlstchurch, April 22. Some statements made' locally by , Government officers, confirm the sugges- , tion that the office of the High. Coin-- f missioner ill London is not always well , informed regarding the . Dominion. It ' is asserted that immigrants who desired to undertake bushfelling have been sent to Christchurch, only '.to learn,' of", course, that this part of the country . no longer'requires the services of, the'• pioneers of settlement. Men havo also - been sent out in entire, ignorance of. tha 1 fact that shearing begins in Auckland earlier than in Canterbury. OPIUM. Dunedin, April 22. In the Magistrate's"' Court to-day, " Low Quee was fined £25 for having . opium in his possession.

SUCCESSES IN MUSIC. ; Dunedin, April 22. Advice has been received that Mis; Aimee Champion, of Dunedin, has been awarded an exhibition for piano playing, entitling her to two .years* education in the Royal Academy at London. Two other exhibitions go to Australia. Arthur Isaacs, of St. Clair, gained-the Sterndalo Bennett prize for'piano-play-ing, worth £35, for two years, at tha Royal Academy.

HUNTLY MINERS DISSATISFIED. ' Auckland, April 22.

The min'ers at Huntly are extremely dissatisfied with' several of the provisions of the new Arbitration Court award. At.-a. - meeting of the Waikato Miners' Union on Wednesday great dissatisfaction was expressed. The feeling among the men is that matters will reach a crisis shortly.

LABOUR MARKET. , . Auckland, April 22. No difficulty is'being experienced by the Auckland branch of the Labour Department in finding work for all applicants who are willing to work in tna country. Between April 1 and April 20 a total of 153 men were directed to avonues of employment,-107 of thai number being placed under privateemployers, while the remainnig 46 were dispatched to Government works. Nona of the trades. are over-supplied to any serious extent. .... , COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Ashburton, April 22. . John Trembath, charged with ' the theft of a mare and foal, the property of P. P. M'Teague, was committed for trial at next sittings, of the Supreme Court at Timaru. ,