TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, 4 June 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PU nSBS ASBOCUTION.] Auckland, June 4. A private cable reports the arrival of the Melanesian Mission steas mer- Southern Cross at Norfolk Island. The stations visited reported ail well, and the missionaries in good health. The Southern Crossleft for Auckland yesterday with the following passengers: — Mesdames Snell, Seymour, Buffett, Misses Wilson, Colbourne, Revs. Paley and Wilson, Messrs Cuthbert, Hebblethwaite, and Menzies. Pelmerston North, June 4. The Arbitration Court opened its sitting here this morning. The whole of the morning was occupied in hearing charges of breaches of awards of the Drivers' and Painters' Unions, for employing non-Unionists /-and paying less than the stipulated J wage and not paying in cash. Fines of £2, plus fees, were imposed in nearly every instance. A couple^ of carters were fined 10s for accepting less than standard wages. The flaxmills' dispute and a number of cases with the Typographical Union will be considered in that order. Dannevirke, June 4. At eleven o'clock this morning the Coffee Palace, owned by A. B. Thompson, and occupied by Miss Stevenson, took fire, and was partially gutted. Dunedm, June 4. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Licensing Committee, the police report is favourable in all cases, and all applications were granted. _ The Winter Meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club resulted in a profit of £880. .sk Timaru, June 4. The sittings of the Supreme Court opened here this morning, before Mr Justice Williams. The criminal calendar is a light one, comprising only three cases, but two lengthy civil easese are set down for hearing. The Crown Solicitor will apply fro writs of attachment against thirteen slaughtermen's assistants at Pareora, who have failed to pay the fines imposed upon the mm connection with the recent strike. Auckland, June 4. At the Supreme Court, John Bennett, a middle aged man, was sentenced to three years for criminally assaulting a Maori girl. William James Lyons, for perjury, received six months'. The Nautical Court found the barque Manurawa and scow Vesper both blameable for the collision, in neglecting to maintain a proper look-out. The Manurewa's responsibility is apportioned at two-thirds and the Vesper's at one-third. Costs awarded on this basis. The captains' certificates were not dealt with. :.„.„,„