NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1547, 17 September 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IB * Telegraph-Prei! JLiaotlaUeil — 4 ~—, TABLOIDS. CHEMISTS AND POISONS ACT. , Palmerston N., September lfy . As a fiequel to a. recent suicide, in i.ao Magistrate's Court this morning, H. \V, Scott, chemist, was charged with selling ft poison-—corrosive sublimate—without entering the same os required by tho Poi'Bons Act. Tho criso was brought ,to set" tie a point of law. It appears tliat tali. loids arc sold in-great quantities to farm* ers for use as cattle inedieine.. Tho Agricultural Department also sends them out in largo quantities to farmers, and tho chemists 'had considered it not necessary to enter such transactions.- The magiai Irate reserved his decision..

FOUL WEATHER AT SEA. Auckland, September 16. Tho Northern Company's steamer Clayw more encountered a terrific 6ca on tha voyage from Waitara to Onehu'nga. When off Tirau Point she was battling against a notth.-west gale, .when moun« tainous seas swept over, her. • After call* ing at Kawhia, the Claymore- encounter.! <!d another gale. Sh'e was swept by big seas, which, did a'good deal of damage on deck. The vessel was in great danger of being driven ashore, l>ut casualty was avoided by good seamanship and untiring efforts on tho part of officers and crew.

THE TOLL OF THE BUSH. Taihapo, September 16 Lawrence-Geange, aged .twenty-two. a. smglo ,man, -was fatally injured when felling bush on Bond's section, on tha Mataroa-Jlangaweka Road, near Stanuj, on Saturday afternoon. . He was felling rimu, which broke the branches of a. rata tree. The .latter fell on Geango, fracturing ■ his skull. He died three hours afterwards. Deceased's parents ro< side'at .Hunterville. •

.-• 'PUBLIC SERVICE BILL. m. i' , . T im . an !' September 18. The.local branch of the Post nnd Tele* graph Officers' Association has passed %\ resolution .supporting those .of the Dun-' ettfu and'lnyercargill branches protesting against this Department being treated aa others under the Public Service Bill. It urges the special.nature of the .duties as a reason for separate treatment. The. Minister is asked to give an opportunity to tho representatives of the association to: give evuloiico before the Parliamentary Committee. ' • . ' ~-.-'

[Similar resolutions havo been passed bv'. tho branches of the Post and Telegraph; Association at ■■Wa-ngaimi,. Oamavu, Dune- ■ din, arid Christchureb'.'l . . .■- TAILORS' AGREEMENT. ;. . Gisborne, September 16. •Tho Conciliation ;Commissioner .'(Mr. Harle-Giles) fixed the tailors''-agreement to-day mainly on the basis'of the' Auckland award. The demands were agreed to almost' in toto, also'tho dispute regarding the chart moasu.roment'System.. Tho drajre'rs'and clothiers applied for' exemption,' the buestio.n-bearing on the cb'ari system. 'The'union-strenuously opposed the applications, and they were not-en-, tertained, being referred to the - Arbitral' Hon Court. OLD MINER'S DEATH. . • . .. Gore, September 16. . A miner named Patrick .Riordan leflk T\-ai.kasa on Saturday night on horseback. Later he was found on the main between- the .township'andsDome Creek, in ah unconscious condition. Ho was, conveyed to 'Waikaia, where he died on. Sunday morning at 6.30. Deceased'was a'well-known miner in the "Waikaia Roxburgh districts, where he had been thirty'years a resident. .. ."''.- THE STAR OF CANADA.. Gisborne, September '16. Tho Star of Canada is assuming a verj, disabled , and desolate appearance. To* l , day'the' captain's cabin, chart-house,'" wheel-room, and part-of the.flying bridgo ' and hurricane bridgo were brought ashora in toto ou a'lighter, and Will be sold bjr tender; . I

SUPREME COURT. Gisborno, September 16. i ' At the Supreme Court, Philip Francis Allpress, on a charge of attempted indecent assault, was found guilty and re. nianded for sentence till tho following morning. Robert John Egliutonwas ao-' quitted on a charge of committing niis-, chief by destroying four dogs valued at ' X'2s. , CASE AGAINST DR. RUSSELL. Ghristchurch, September 16. . Dr. Charles James Russell, whose ag« was given as 82, was charged at tha Magistrate's Court this morning •with! having committed an illegal operation, The Magistrate made an order prohibit, ing the publication of the evidence. Tha case is proceeding. . Dr. Russell has been committed foB trial. Bail has been increased from £GOO. to £So(l— accused in JilOO and oUu.suretjj of .£4OO. • ' RIBBON FISH. Nelson, September 16. The ribbon fish recently found in beinj taken to Wellington. 'It is in-perfect condition. Great .interest has been evince* locally-in the fish; GENERAL LABOURERS, Auckland, September 18.The General Labourers' Union have de«t cidod to submit the following.resolutionsto a referendum, of members:—(l) That this union adopts tho -principle of Indus trial World of tho World; (2) that thif union re-registers under the Arbitration Act. . : TOWN PLANNING. Chrlstchurch, September 16i The City Council to-night, on the mo* Hon'of'the'Mayor, agreed to the follow* in'jr motion :~"xliat. this council urge* upon the Government tho importance-of bringing down a Town Planning Dill tMI session if possible."