NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1294, 24 November 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(lij I'eleßrapln-ProFi Association.l DIRECT AGENT, FOR AUSTRALIA IN TIIE STATES. Auckland, November 22. Mr. Percy Hunti'r, Director of Jrn migration,. New South Woles who vim led America to -report-ion 'tlie advisableness of New South U'alw hiving tome 10piY>sontation in America, ii n passenger by llio Zoalandia. He stales lie eame to tlio conclusion that thi" -part of the world would derive great advantage from direct representation somewhere in America, Inferably for u stnrl;,. : iii tho Weslent States, _ \U should ..be represented 011 the Pacific Slope iiiyr.ciliutelyi perhaps later on in other pui,tio>s of the States and Canada. Mr. Hunter says there aro plenty of immigrants in Great Jiriitin for Australia and New Zealand ol'iine type. Tho stream of immigration, lit" properly «n----wnirasred, way likely to imrease very materially. At present A'us'ralia stands ill. greater favour than any.mhcr cousiUy in the world for immigration.': SHALL Bffl USED? OK POLLING ;J)AY. «ui. „• Wantjanul, rj'ovomber 23. " angaimi Education Board last night the question of t£o_ use of the schools as polling booths .on-:election duv jvas discussed. A iholioa >was inovoH by Mr. Dixon that tte..;a:l:oo!s should Da.closed on election day,---tho mover c aiming that neither tho children uoj the teachers could work._imid tho excitement of election day, Mr. Pirani (chairman) moved, ar> an .amendment, that tho action of the chairman in pro. testing against tho use of -tlie schools on election dr.v, when otheiv.buildings aro available, bo endorsed;-J ..ulso that the school remain open. Tho-a.uieiidnienl was carried by five votes to ilirte. MILK SUPPLY AND WEATHER. • Eliham, Jt'oreiaber 23. Exceptionally, imseasoi&blo wcathei continues, and is retarding fi'iilk supplies, though tho higher nrices'iroriiiore than compensating for tlio lowi;r uutputs aj compared with last voar. . H

HIS EMACIATED CHJLDREN. , Auckland, November 23. George Smith, charged -.with having Jailed to provide adequate for liis two sons, agedS an<i. Gi years, wiic wero lound by tbo WhancMjoi policu in nu emaciated condition, wjs-feoutenccd to six months' imprisonment, the Judge stilling tbat accused's '..'housekeeper; thonpn not criminally responsible, evidently had lier share in grojiy neglecting tiio children. ENROLMENT CHANGES, Eltham, November 23. At the Magistrate's Court, 1 Yesterday three defendants were separaMylchargell willi making false declarat.icpgn regarding claims for enrolment, and another defendant (D. F. Patterson) .bad three separate charges against hinvinUrospccfc to the above claims of misleading the Registrar of Electors by causing- to bo sent to him claims containing: false statements. One ease was dismissed, in one defendant was fined 10s..- and tbo other cases were partly hoard/N In one case it was alleged that the daim was made out in pencil, but Patterson sent in. tho claim in ink containing ,-a. false statement at variance with the istatement made by tho claimant, who denied bavin? written or signod it The Magistrate considered this case very serious, ing tho elements of porjury or' fotgery, and adjourned the hearing to secure'' fur ther evidonce.

TRAM HOURS ANO PAY. Christchurch, November, 23, The tramways disnuto was before) tho Arbitration Court to-day. Tho workers seek increases aggregating .612,W0'* a year:—For motormen, Is, 3d. per hour, Is. 4d. for all work, against Is. to'ls", Ijd. at present paid; conductors, Is. "to-Is. 2d., against the present rates of M.Mo Is.; timo and quarter to be paid to,,men on night shift; casuals, time and a hilf, and minimum of Is. 3d. is askci'i for cleajiers, track men, otc., and corroMwjid. ing increases to .other'classes. CASE WITHDRAWN FROM JURY.Dunedin, November 22.' In tho case Nicholson versus tho f-'eafl. dinavian Water Race Company, a claim of wE'2OOO for ulleged malicious prosecution, Mr. Justice Williams, on tho third day of tho hearing, withdrew tho cape from tho jury, allowing the company costs on tho highest sealc. •' NIGHTWATCHMAN'S DEATH, '' Christchurch, November 22.; Daniel Kennedy, an elderly man, a nigbtwatchman at tho Kaiapoi Woollen Company's premise?, was found dead earlv this morning. At an inquest a verdict of death from heart failuro was returned. SHORTAGE OF LABOUR IN NAPIER. Napier,, November 22. ■ The secretary of the Employers' Association reports a shortage of unskilled and watersido labour in Napier, whilst but slow progress can bo mudo in building contracts owing Jo a thortogo of bricklayers and plasterers. ...