NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.! MILLING OUTFIT ON FIRE. Christchurch, September G. Flour mills owned by J. Moffat and Son, in Hazeldean Boad, were damaged by fire last night, tho top story, where tho graju and Hour were stored, being Rutted. The mill was insured iu the London and Lancashire for .£SOO, and tho •contents for .£ISOO in the same office. SUPERANNUATION. Christchurch, September G. The Lj-t toll on Harbour Board fo-da.v decided it was desirable to establish a superannuation fund for its employees. It is proposed to obtain an actuarial report on the subject, and to raise the question at the annual conference of Harbour Boards, with a view to ascertaining the possibility of united action. FOUNDATION STONE. Christchurch, September 6. Tho foundation stone of St. John's Methodist Sunday School was laid to-duy b,v Mrs. S. Gorman in the presence of a large and representative gathering. Tho building will be opened free of debt. GISBORNE'S BREAKWATER, Gisborne, September G. Tho Harlxmr Board adopted the scheme proposed by Mr. Holmes,, engineer lo the Public Works Department, for the extension of tho breakwater from 200 to 300 feet. It is proposed to call for tenders for the construction, and it is hoped the work will bo started by the cud of tho year. OUT OF WORK, Christchurch, September G. A demonstration of unemployed was held in Cathedral Square (his morning, when eighty-eight men signed their names as out of work. A deputation will wait on tho Mayor this afternoon to ask for assistance. THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE. Auckland, September 5. The Waterside Workers' Committee appointed to consider tho excessive cost qf the necessaries of life reported to-day that it had failed to discover any remedy that could be deemed practicable so long as production remains in the hands of a class. Tho committee urged the workers to organise industrially and politically upon a class basis, so that they would be able to supplant the present system of distributing the necessaries of life with a system of .national democratic ownership, which alone-could remove tho anomaly complained of. The report was adopted without discussion. MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCES. Palmerston N., 'September 5. A mysterious iiro occurred at Longburu between 4 and 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning, a 4-rooniod house being destroyed. Tho occupant (Mr. Prouse) had a narrow escape.- lie says that t'lio origin of tho firo is ft mystery to liim. Four horses were put in a paddock on Monday night at Terrace End. The gate was padlocked, and the fences intact,' but in the morning tho horses had disappeared. The gat'o was still padlocked and tho fences intact, but there was no traco of the horses. ELECTORAL. Timaru, September G, All the local bodies in and around Waimato aro passing resolutions protesting against tho new electorate boundaries, as they divide the borough from its suburbs. PALMERSTON AFFAIRS. Palmerston N., September 5. Tho Borough Council to-niglit decided to take a poll for loans for n new library fJC5255), swimming baths (=£l9-10), mid public works (,£12,200 10s.). The permit's granted far new buildings during tiio mouth of August represented a valuo of .£7361. MINISTERS AND ARMS. Auckland, September 5. The Auckland Ministers' Association passed a resolution expressing n wholehearted sympathy with every effort to further the cause of ponco in the world, but did not feel called upon to express any view of the New - Zealand Defenco Act, this not being primarily a question of peace and wai. Each member of the association, concludes tho resolution, is free to express his own views. UNSETTLED TONGA. Auckland, September 5. A message from Suva states that owing to tho unsettled state of affairs at Tonga tho Governor has departed for there iu t.ho Fiji Government yacht lianadi.