NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBj JcltEraph-PreEfl Association.!

FALSE PRETENCES,

A TIKI VALUED AT JCVO.

Auckland, December 21. : .v ivoil-tlressed man was brought before Court on threecharges cf having o i,. allied money tinder false pretences. Ho had given his mime ;is Henry Westwood. Bicnyn > .but he had-used the name of' M Coniiack.as an'alias. Chief Detective' . Aiursack, .111 outlining- the rase, said that iirownhad been going about .the counlrv districts ot. Auckland Province repreW.ing himself to be "a Uovcrnmoiit inspector ol machinery, which he".was not, and : never had been. On the strength of .these representations HogaWd. access to .the. premises' of several fanners; and on various. pretexts got money from tliein, and also a -tiki valuul. at J. 70 from a J lion woman at Oparure. Accused pleaded guilty, and was .committed to the .(supreme Court for sentence.

THE SPORTS BULWARK. , Hastings; December' 20. A..meeting was. hold in Hastings yesterday afternoon- lor. flic ■ purposo ' of forming' a branch of the. Now Zealand !>ports Protection League. 'Here were .sixty present, representing all brandies oi sport .It was decided to-'form a Havkt's Bav (.entre. . There are 111,000 memlieis of .the league in H.r.vke's .ijiiy. Tho election of officers resulted as fol-(nvs:-Pre,idenl Mr. «. ]'. Donnelly; vice-presidents, Messrs. R H. Williams* ;;• V° Ea "', <■«<>. Hunter, M.P.: Rank ft j .«• King: H. M. Canipbeil * ii ,i , 9 lsfaorn(! " December 21. A well-attended mootiiig last evening decided to form a Gisborno centre of the Sports Protection League. Mr. J. \\>. .Nolan (Crown Prosecutor) presided, mid, after the aims of the league had been outlined by the genoral secretary (Mr. A' I'aape) Mr. J. W. Nolan was elected president of the. local centre. A strong committee was'appointed. WESTLAND ON LIQUOR. T..„ „<k - i ~H okitikij - December 21. nJI Jvr' l H ll! i rcs -' f?r ,' t,IB licensing Kr ' Inrr "° st -' al ! d „„ a / e: > c;l1 option*or, 40M; against .2291;. informal,' 299m?™rl .^ on ~ a P uif H ■'Imbibition, •ilou, lor, 30,1.; lnioraiul,- 433.-. •:,. a.gisborne'loa'n. Tl,n „i : GJsb'orne, December 20. whh.. auctioned the fn, ("fi additional loan of JESB.OOO ment of the headworks or a reservoir, to ensure an adequate water supply, for which work .£15,750 was authorised, and .similar sum,, for the completion of the •(Iralnasc and :<,iiarry ' tramline; a I-o Incr at Ormond lload, and .£25,000 for the acquirement of a new cemetery site.' All the proposals were carried by a sweeping majority. - COMMITTeTfOR TRIAL, i? iti ii Napier, December 20. I'rank Holder, formerly licensee of tho Provincial Hotel, was to-day committed for trial on charges of king concerned n an alleged robbery ot .£35 from a man named Charles Lawrence. Holder an- !' ear n ( L 0 " S"™n">ns- Bail was allowed in J.IOO and two sureties of £50 each, which was immediately forthcoming. THE LIQUOR LAW. Dunedin, December 22. At Owako, yesterday Chas. Childs, of lukehro. was charged with selling 'iouiv in tho Chitha. Ko-l_.iccn.se district. Kvidonee was given as l,i the purchaso oi a bottle of whisky for 10s., ami defendant was lined A' 29, with costs -J. 3 10s. fid. LOCAL BODIES AND LABOUR. Auckland, December 21. The Auckland Suburban Local Bodies Association decided this evening to apply to tho General Labourers' Union for exomptiou from the demands now being made by the union upon tho employers of labour. It was resolved, if tho ex cmptiohs are not granted, not to depart from the provisions of the Arbitration Act in dealing with the dispute, PALMERSTON LOANS. Palmerston, December 21. Proposals for borough loans of ,£BOOO ,1' % ' arious stre - et a "'l other works, and .£4550 for sewerage extensions were carried to-day by 19 and 52 respectively. SOLDIERS' GALA. Palmerston, December 21. Very fine entries are being .received for the grand military tournament on December 30 and January 1. There aro already fourteen mounted teams entered from regiments ranging from the Bluff to \V nangarei, and 37 entries for swordsman.ship events. The heavy entries for tho infantry events and route marchihr generally constitute a record.