NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1304, 6 December 1911, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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ROWDY NO-LICENSE MEETING.

Auckland, December 5. A No-I.icons.l mcntiiiß i,, a. ifcnwlicfs hill Just mght was presided over by (lie linn. (j. I'dwlds. J"ivo speakers, adverted ;is I'mi.-crsily students, spokv, and were .siihjccl;.;i| 1.0 considerable iiilerriip. turn anil dw.rdci-. A million proposed bv one ol tin; iiuilienco on behalf of th u (Tni-vi'i-sity students present protesting against thu spo«kers i l>ol ng nilvcrtised as reprc.. j-cnlitiff Dm Cnivorsity wa.s handed to tho chairman, who di-clinod to receive it. A .section of the audieii<-n expressed iiidigm'ilion, and, amid .ycllinp ami hooting, Uio mover of Urn motion was led out of tiin hull by o. constable, liis friends siinzimz •/For He's a Jolly flood Fellow" mid feer. ing tun cbnirinan. The.meeting contimii-d to bo rowdy, aud before tjin ulosi) no fewer than six ■ persons were, ejected by tlio police for causing n disturbance. HEAVY FIRE LOSS. Hastings, December 5. Douglas Bros.' homestead at-To Mnhnnga was completely , destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, 'i'lin fire* commenced in tho laundry and fanned bv n strong wind quickly spread, to the. main huiM. mgs eontaimni; thirty-four rooms. Theso wero totally destroyed, and the outbuildings, storerwiu, greenhouse, mid pumping shed wore also gutted. . The insurauco on the. buildings i s JSOO in the t'nion, on tho fiirnibirc .£7OO in tho Standard. Very littlo was saved. A wlIcccion nt jewellery, valued nt about JCISOO, was lost in Ihe fire. GENERAL UABOURERS' UNION. Auckland, December S. The Auckland General Labourer?. , i'liion, which boasts a niembei'hip nl' ovor a thousaml, ami which recently canceled ils registration under (lie Arbitration Act and joined the, Federation of Labour, has issued to the builders of Auckland a fcbodnlo of demands. Considerable improvement is asked in thu matter of hours of work and and absolute preference.. l,i unionists is demandeil. Tho demands will -probably bo considered in conference at an early dale. BORROWING PROPOSAL REJECTED. ; Fcildinn, December 'S. A poll ot ratepayers was taken to-dav on a proposal to -.borrow.. £10,000 to insta'l an electrie. lißlitiiig system in flic borough llio proposal was. lost by 201 to 217. HE FLED. •\fv r ci Hastings, December t. Mr. h, Mcvcnson addressed an open-air meeting ot about tlireo hundred people last: uijlil in opposition to rompulsorvmilitary training. Tho mectins! wns hostile tlirjmjrho-.it,- o;id ended in an uproar A band, ot about two hundred vunths sinsmg 'Soldiers of tho King,"" "Kulo hritannia, and : other patriotic aiw, chased the speaker, v.-Jio took-rei'uen in a restaurant end ow.pod .through the "ear of the premises to the Kaniiirly Hot..). •I lie. poico arrived at this stage "and the crowd dispersed. BRIEF MENTION. m, Auckland, Dccomber 5. The now post office at Ellerslie ' was formally opened by Sir John Tindlay i O .