NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1316, 20 December 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

EJECTED ANTI-MILITARISTS. Christcliiircli, December IP\ -Arising '"it of (lie ejectment of certain members nf tin? National l'ejicc (Joimc.il ■ from (ho Canterbury A. and I'. Associn--1,0,1 ■■> M«tn»|iolitiin ■ Sliowgruutitls In>t • month, for having distributed nntimilitarist iilprnlurc. William Imson, ■ . Charles Hubert Xorris Mnokio, Louis IVlim; Chri-1i.., Churls Uegiiiald l-'ord, ■ ami Harry .Albert Atkinson,. suing on lic- ' hall ol themselves mill lli'n oilier members • » .llio National l'Mii-o Council, in the ; Magistrates Court 10-ilay, claimed ' from t.lii' ( anlerbury A. jind-Jl'. ■ .Vsooinlion .M.i damages for breach- of contract. ..tsi."i ■ damages for trespass lo Iho good's of the said council, mu-Ii other relief n» Dm Com: might consider them entitled 10, ■ and the costs of this notion. After evidence was given, the i.n.si. was adjourned for legal argument to be taken on a date , to be fixed. I BOILERMAKERS' AWARD.. f •>. „ rr „Wanganui, Decemlwr 19. _ -Mr. 1 . Unity, Conciliation .Commit . sioner, sat here to hear the claims of tho , federated Uijilermarkers' Union. Tho ; whole of the claims, which had previously been marie an award of the Court in Dunedin. Clirislchiirch. ■ and WellingI t.-.ii, were' agreed to, with flight nltcrat lion. Aif award will be sought lor on 'he lines of the. agreement arrived at ' to cover the country districts of Wellington. •: •-'' > WELCOME RAIN. Gisbcrnc, Dcocmlur IP. An electrical storm passed over Gis- , borne (his morning, and welcome raia r fell throughout the day. l j r ZEALANDIA NOT IN QUARANTINE, i Auckland, December ID; i. It was reported in yesterday's cable > messages that the steamer Zeala'wlia had [ been quarantined at Sydney owing to an t. outbreak of diphtheria. • The message, it i appears,, referred to another vessel, > the Zealandie, as the Huddart-l'arker ) Company has received information by cable to-day that the Zealnndh, which is I due to arrive here on l-'ridav, is a clean ; ship. . -. ; [.' AUCKLAND CLERKS' UNION. E .-_■ Auckland, December!!!. The unionist movement among the l clerks of Auckland is said to be still aci. tive. . The. secretary of the union informv ed-a reporter to-day that'they intended ; going. on with tho dispute. ! THE CHRISTMAS TRADE. t Auckland, December 19. 1 There is every indication of- a record ' from the point'of view of trade being 1 established in Auckland during the fitst 5 approaching .Christinas season, in fuel, ' records are already in the inakfng, nc- '. cording to information gleaned by a ro- ' porter (his morning in some of the prin. ■ cipal business places of the city, . SUPREME COURT, Auckland, December IP. J At the Supreme Court, Denis Andrews, who forged his brother's name, was sen- , fenced to one year's imprisonment with ' ha.nl labour. Arthur Hiekmott, for breaking and ■ entering and theft, wns ; sentenced to one year's imprisonment and two year's reformative treatment. t Dunedin, December IP. 1 John Sullivan, aged 23 years, who was [ arrested atChristchnrch on a charge of stealing a cashbox containing £70 from ) Tiitiersall's Hotol. wns brought before ; Mr. Justice Williams for sentence.. ' Ac- . , bused, Who follows racing, and was de- > scribed as- a "gnesser," was sentenced to . two years' reformative treatment. ' A VIOLENT QUARREL. ' Hamilton, December 18. At Ohnnpo last night two drainers, named Haiilon and Marshall, both of whom were prohibited, and fined at tho Hamilton Court yesterday for drunkenness, quarrelled over a matter'in connection with a Court case, when llaulon picked up a fern hook and struck his companion over the head, inflicting a nasty wound six inches long. Marshall •was conveyed to (ho hospital, and llanlon has been arrested. ESCAPED FROM GAOL. Invercargill, December 18. At the Police Court, Krnost Artlim Hamilton, a youth detained for reformative treatment, was sentenced lo the maximum' penalty, twelve months' im- . prisoument, with hard labour, for escaping from gaol, ANOTHER CANCELLATION. Dunedin, December 18. The Olnjo Coalminers' Industrial Union, by L'oO votes to 115, decided lo ' withdraw from registration under llk Arbitration Act. This decision affects Kaitangata, 'Green Island. Wairomu, Alexandra, Mataurn, and Nightcaps. MOTOR-CAR MISHAP. Gore, December IS. J. Virgo, when giving a trial run to a Cadillac'motor-car .yesterday,, after undergoing repairs,, drew it to the'side nf - the road to' examine, the sparking plug, which he look out. He gave the engine a tiirn and a spark ignited the fumes of some petrol, .which had leaked from tho tank. The car was enveloped in flames, only the'back axle and the wheels being saved.' The car was insured, but there is a loss of £SO. , WATERSIDE WCRK, Dunedin, December 18. About fifteen representative shipowners and stevedoring firms held a preliminary conference (hi* morning in connection"'willi the 'waterside workers. All the delegates from (lie various unions had not. arrived,' and a general conference between the men niu| the employers has beer postponed till to-morrow. . THE SYDENHAM SENSATION. Christchurch, December IP. James-Gibbons, charged with tho attempted murder of Mrs.. M'Kcm-.ie, at Svd'ciiliam yesterday, appeared at Court . to-day. and was remanded to. December 27. "Bail was not asked for. v DEATH FROM.PERITONITIS. Dunedin, December IS. An innuesl; was held this morning on the bodv of Hugh Spiers a recent arrival from Chiislcluircli. who died in ft (it yc-fcrdnv. The medical evidence was (h.i'l death 'was due to perforation of the 'tomneli, causim; peritonitis, lnoro wns also evidence of his having been ■ a chronic drunkard. A verdict was returned in accordance villi the'medical testimony. ■ . . FIRE AT HAMILTON. Hamilton, December IP. A fire occurred in'a building occupied bv Shepherd, hardware dealer, in the main street, and owned by E. J. MoaiV last night, resulting in considerable damage to slock and n large quantity of furniture belonging to Messrs. Gcorgettf. and Garnham (the. latter is'manager-of tho Bank'of-New South Wales), which was stored in the burning building. Mr. Garnham's furniture, little of which was saved, was valued at XliOO. It was insured for .£IOO in the National. Office. Mr.' Georgetti's was insured in the. - Union oflice far .£750.' The building was. insured in the South British'for'an amount not ascertainable, yet,'aml-Shop- • herd's stock in (he Northern ■ for M6O.