NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 3 February 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IDr Tolccmph.-Fress Association.! SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT. STRONG OBJECTION .TO CLAUSE 13. ... ' ~ Napier,' February 1. . M^l-,v a f meetln =, of -"lioptoepers held here wd })t con . sldcr . cl a»» 13 of the Shop" and Ufhces Amendment Act, loin which provides that in a business conducted by ■ considers the clause whil Xft pulsory to register shops in , the t » ?L 0 ™ ,P? rt f r °ily an infrmgcmenT™ the right of persons to work on tW own premises whilst the shop iTcWd piojera iteration to urge unon the Government tho necessity of af imni£ diate alteration of the provision." • ' SEEKING FRESH FIELDS.' m, Reeiton, February 2 ' The season here for dairying has bwa ' gW S~d. Dairying ! being taken up everywhere possible, and , i the fanning interests hero, hitherto much ' Trn e 1 04 a ?- fast risins iato notice. The Cronadum dairy has more than doubled ' ■; ifl t P s year °™ r ttat of last. • ' and the settlers are greatly encouragti !

THE MINING INSTITUTE, ■ Tho' ii i Waihi, February 2; Ihe _ delegates who are attending the annual conference of the Mining Insti•?f T n L to " day iu anotll « r round of visits to the mines and batteries.. ■ Ther leave -here to-morrow for the Thames! dmng-tfe sights at Karangahake on the ; /. REVENUE RETURNS. ' Tl, 't> • A " ckland . February 2: The Premier states that revenue re. ■ turns for the last ten months show an increase of over the inme period' last jear In a ll probability there will a j m " 11011 increase by the end of the: MINERS WANTED. Tim J i ■ Reef ton, February 2. ine state of mining here is remarkably active.' The Consolidated and ProgreS Companies are working very short-handed, and are .advertising for fifty, miners at ' j.ua._ per Qiiy, HAVOC AMONG TROUT. „ ■ ■ Levin, ' uvo lads, each aged seventeen vears, ■' who dynamited trout in the Ohau Kiver to-day. The evidence .disclosed that havor had been worked among the fish. Seventeen had been taken out of the water by ■ the lads, but a great maDy more had been i

NATIVE WOMAN SUPPLIED." ~ ,„_ ■ Levin, February 2 ' , Margaret Wilson who as representative < of the hcensee of the Wereroa Hotel, supplied.liquor to a Native woman who u not married to a European, admitted hav- •' ing done so, but.pleaded inadvertence. Ihe-police admitted that defendant, on ; being taxed with the offence, immediately admitted it. She was fined ,£3. - THE HEADMASTER WINS. "' . " Dargaville, February. 2 Ihe inquiry held l>y the Board of Edit. • cation and other oEcials concerning the allegations of misconduct in connection with the last scholarship examinations ai V i a ?S haS cbnclucl « cl - It is understood that none of the charges were sub- . stantiated..,■ Ihe inquiry was forced by Mr. Hockin, headmaster, the accused. i ' , ! ...CAPTAIN'S, LOG UPHELD. , J " ."",-■ Be'aley, February 2. ~.r?-,,.c ase brought by a seaman named William Shaw (Mr. Guinness) v. Captain White Parsons; (Mr. Hannan),'master of the lum, for.-. .£sl general damages and the recovery of wages and a kit was settied last night, the magistrate upholding the official log, which showed plaintiff to have deserted his ship at Greyniouth, though he alleged he went ashore sick. Judgment was for defendant, with costs. ' THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Auckland, February I. A veteran Irishman, included in a deputation to Sir Joseph Ward at Tuakan ' to-day, complained that while immigrants from England arrived frequently none were leaving, the shores of Ireland. In the past the sons of the Emerald Isl< ' made the best settlers of all. The Prime Minister said he .recognised that the immigration problem was a-difficult one to solve, especially with Canada's expanding, country tp contend against. The Irish' people emigrated to Canada, that country ' being more accessible than New Zealand. Personally he .would like to see New Zealand made- attractive, so as to attract .•. the best settlers. Ho would welcome immigrants to the Dominion from any part of the British Empire so long. as they were of the- right class. .- • . . A POLITICAL PRONOUNCEMENT., Palmcrston North, February 1. Mr. W. T. Wood, formerly member of the Housß of Representatives for Palmerston, has definitelv declared that 'he . will not be a candidate at the next election as he had previously stated hisintention to be. Mr. Wood states that-, his health will not permit his standing. ' VICARAGE BURNED. Ashburton, January 31.: " The Anglican vicarage at Hinds, 13 miles out, was, with its contents, totally destroyed. by fire at seven o'clock this morning.