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Evening Star, Issue 18281, 22 May 1923, Page 10

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: \ < PROMOTION IN EAILAV+Vy- SERVICE, '1 A Wellington Association message states ; that an important decision t was given by the Chief Justice to-day in the’ matter of the originating f. summons brought before ,him last week with the object of securing a dccision as to whether cert.ihi regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1008, were ultra vires. The decision mainly affected the issue us to whether promotion in the railway service was to be based primarily on seniority or whether ability and stability were to be allowed to discount seniority. His Honor held that the regulations were good in law, and pointed out that there, was no more reason for seniority ruling in the service than there was for it ruling in other occupations. CRIMINAL SITTINGS, • The criminal sittings opened to-day. The calendar is larger than usual. Anthony Boutery, breaking and entering at Gore, was sentenced to three years’ reformative detentk.;:, and Thoma, G. Silk, theft and forgery, to three years’ imprisonment.—lnvercargill P.A. message. THE ARMS ACT AND RIFLE CLUBS. Representatives of the loc.i Miniature Rifle Clubs' waited upon Sir Francis Bell (Minister of Justice! to-day, and asked him to suspend the Arms Act so’far as it prevented clubs Irom carrying on. It was also suggested that the Act should bo amended so as to enable rifles to bo registered in the mime of the secretary, and made a.vailabo lor the use ■of bonalldc members. The Minister, in reply, said that ho might as well repeal the Act altogether as comply with the requests. In the interests of public safety he could not interfere seriously with the Act. It was diliicult to grant exemptions from the provisions of tire Act, lor it was con- ■ ceivahle that a gang of burglars might form a nflo oluib and claim any exemption allowed. He would consult tho_ police to see if it was possible to do anything.—Wellington Pies a Association message.

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PERTH. May 22.—A double butte:; pearl, valued at over £IO,COO, has been found at Broome (W.A. pearlh g' station). BEIBA (Portuguese S.E. Africa), May 21.—The silver was eventually shipped, the obstructionists withdrawing, apparently. satisfied with tne 6UC TISBON e were killed and thirty injured in a train accident on the Funicular Railway at Braga, while descending a mountain PARIS May 21.—Four people in a motor car were killed m rushing a level crossing at Amiens, an express train sweeping the car for 100 yards. At a Nice crossing a racing cyclist fell ir. front of a train through his ch snapping. 21.—Mr Bom.r Law’s throat operation was to case continuous pam to his face caused by pressure on the throat muscles. Atlantic liners report many adventure* among ice floes, one of winch was twenty miles square and sft deep. The Minnesota had to charge the ice full speed, to break a passage through,—Mr Grover, M.P., won the Dumnow Hitch for living with his wife in perfect hi ss for a year. , , MOSCOW May 21.—Huge crowns attended Vorowsky s funeral, PARTS May 2T-—The French pre* -features an interview Iliiulenburg cave to'Captain M’Mahoi. U.S.A.. declaring that Germany would, have revenge on France. He himself longed to take up arms.-A. and N.A Cable. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Sale cn 'Change this afternoon &—Waihi Gold Mining Company, 34s 3d»