NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1535, 3 September 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Teleiraph-Presi AsaoeliUon.! — > : ;;. GENERAL LABOURERS. WHO IS PEESIDENT'NO"v7? Auckland, September 2. The present position of affairs in the Auckland General Labourers''.Union is that they are without a president, a majority of members at a general meeting having decided that Mr. JP. Fraser was not eligible to lold office. It is understood that Mr. Fraser will leave Auckland for the Gisborne district to-morrow to carry out organising work for the Federation of Labour, he being a. member of the executive committee of that body. No steps are being taken in the meantime t6 fill the vacant office of president of the Labourers' Union. At the next gttieral meeting a motion to amend the by-laws to make Mr. leaser's position legal will- bo dbcusstd. There, is. some chance also that a motion affirming Mr. leaser's eligibility still to hold office will come up for consideration, although it is possible that Mr. Fraser may let the mat-, ter drop. In the latter event steps will be taken in due course to elect another president. : , ; HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. FINDING ,I'OB X 936 DAMAGES. . ■ •■••.•■ Hokitika, August 31,-. For the past three days Warden Hewitt and 'five , assessors have been , , engaged-at the Warden's Court at'Stafford'hearing; a claim by the widow of B. P. Heil tor .£2OOO damages against; the Wheel of Fortune Company, owing to the death ot her liusband in the company's claim last year, negligence being alleged in the Working operations of the elevator, the hearing concluded yesterday afternoon, the jury returning a verdict for i!) 36. law-,point involving; the right of tile plaintiff to sue on her own miner's right was deferred.

SAILORS' INSTITUTE OPENED. Christchurch, September t. The ceremony of opening the King George V Seamen's Institute at Lyttelton took place this afternoon. A large number of visitors.were present, including Commander 1 , . .1. Stopford, of H.M.S. Tioneer, and bluejackets from the. warship, while seamen from vessels in port attended in goodly numbers. The ceremony was performed by the Hon. i\ n. B Fisher, Minister for Marine.

SOULTORIA CASE ENpED, Auckland', September 1. The hearing of the case against Patrick Macmanemin, charged with having stolen the well-known racing mare Soultona, concluded at the Supreme; Court last eyenine The jury, after a retirement of citrht minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty, and Macmanemin was discharged. ."HE WAS TfRED OF LIFE." Thames, September 2. Altert Vince, aged 32. whose paTents reside at Port Albert, shot himself .in the breast. Hβ shows a slight improvement since his removal to .the hospital. He said he was tired of life, and intended to end it all. The bullet has not been extracted. - STAR OF CANADA. Gisborne, August 31. The refrigerating machinery of the Star of Canada, valued at -£18,000. and much of the bullion has now been salvaged, and it. is hoped to have the vessel completely stripped within- a fortnight. ALTERCATION.-STEWARD HURT. Auckland, August 31. Oliver Groves, a. steward on the cable steamer Iris, has been admitted to the iicnital snffcrinj! from concussion of the brain, which is stated to be the result of a fall sustained during an altercation on the steamer. DROWNED. Greymouth, Sentember 2. About seven' o'clock to-nkht Thos. B. •Williams, cook and steward on.tlioOpoiiri. now in nnrt. slipped cm the congwriy wliil" eoiii' aboard, and fell into the. river and Was drowned. The police are draeginsr for the body, but it ha;, .not yet been recovered. ■ A BURGLARY. • Auckland, S*.ntemVr 2. Another burglary has occurred. A lions- in Dominion F."sd was enWH in the M.rly hours of Saturday rronvm?, tM burdar 'securing a silver irat>*. and ?oM nlbert from one room .i>.n<'. a silver -vrntch. fovereicn case and a few shillings from another.

HEART FAILURE. ' Dunedin. September i>. A youtip tns-n named Swept'?, an "leetricja'n. vns b»inp taleeri into the ni«i>irai at 3,15 this afternoon '-hen he siidrlpnlr pxpir'd .it Hi« door. Th? cause of death was heart failure. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Christchurch, Foptcmbr 3. In thp Supreme. Court t.o-chy. th? T1.1.C. is snin*. the Bin!: ."f Auftralas'-J IT .£I2OO damages, allfnnt! tint. vn« leikine of watpv into plaintiff'' r?ll.ir w.ts cauwd through 'the 'nejrliwnce rf lh«. 'defendant. Tlv? premie if the Kink -imMhe na'iy ar> adjoininp. a.iv.l pliwnt-fl allciPS that the water came fmni ricfendant's artfian well: BRIEF MENTION. ■- , Recftoiii Peptemlipr 2. The fnrmev? lap irrcatly beneStetl by thp inili! warm vAins. ■ ■\t a mwlniii •'• 'lip Grey and Hokitiua A.'.inoi.iHnns a'propo-nl to morsfl mill linvn oiip l)i.e V. r i»<t Ooaft fhow was' mid o tpnt.itiyp proposM put fonuanl with a view to union. ■ Wanganui, Septpnitjor 2. Twenty-one Territorials wore charged at the Magistrate's Court, with failing tn attend camp. Ona wns fined ,£5, with o.o<t< 7?.; the majority of the others werr convicted and discharged. Reefton, September 'J •\ Citizen , .' Committee are. iifkint; ihc Prime Jtrtifter to institute a Fo.val Commi&sion to inquire into Ihj ■disput>>.-.re-gardihs the Wwlrh of >arion> /|n«rgetic min«l beinsr worked by tie etaff*-