VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1914, Page 5

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS

-SI TKLEGBAPH—TI?B PBBBB SIIOCIATIOS.. NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. : WELLINGTON, This exports of New Zealand produce during May were valued at £2,644,666, as compared with £2,050,220 in May, 1913. Cheese was worth £273,558/ ■ mutton £237,711, frozen beef £103,590, lamb £482,852, hemp £66,551, ; hides!; and skins £181,562, tallow £116,314, wool £BBI,OBO, and gold £125,623.5 - '• . BABY SUFFOCATED. : \ WELLINGTON, This 1 'Day.-Ejeu Sherwood, a three months old baby, when lying in bed, by some means swallowed a dummy, and! was suffocated. \ TRAMCAR FATALITY. ; r . NAPIER, This Day.—About 5.35 on Saturday evening Mrs Bessie Palmer, aged 74, who resided at Battery Road. walked off a moving tramcar in Fara-day-street and sustained injuries from which she died a few minutes later. It appears' that she had asked to be set down at Miller-street, but before reaching there she walked off the car, which .was travelling at about six miles an hour. An inquest was opened, but wa? adjourned. - '., • BX-LAW UPSET. .. -Vv WELLINGTON, This Day.— Tli« Chief Justice to-day allowed a motion by the New Zealand Shipping Company to quasli a by-law of the Wellington Harbor Board, the effect of which judgment is that the Board is not exempt from liability in regard v to harbour board cranes employed by _ shipping companies, even if the negligence.be that of the manager of the lift. Costs were allowed. • \ DEFENCE CONFERENCE. ' . WELLLINGTON, This Day—A conference of members of the headquarters and district staff for considering an improvement in the defence scheme opened this morning, General Sir Alexander Gadley presiding. The proceedings, are expected to extend over twodays. Included in the business that will come-up for consideration will be General Sir lan Hamilton's report and recommendations of the recent conference of senior territorial officers.

BLUEJACKETS AND POLICE : AUCKLAND, This Day.—Four bluejackets and two civilians, concerned in ihe Queen Street affray on Saturday, were before the police court this morning, charged with disorderly conduct while drunk, damaging police uniforms, and obstructing the police. The bluejackets were convicted and Handed over to the r naval authorities ior punishment. One civilian was fined 40s for obstructing t,h« police. The case against the second civj. Han comes on this afternoon. Respecting the allegation of the severe treatment received by the police, it was rather a com. menfc upon the roughness of the bluejackets, who had made such strenuous re-' sista-nce.

CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. WELLINGTON'. This Day—A Catho- , lie Federation deputation,to-day urged Mr. Allen to amend the Act so. as .to abolish the power of education boards to discriminate against Catholic secondary schools in the matter of mont scholarship?. It also asked for a free supply of the school journal and special instruction of teachers in physical training. The Minister promised to enquire into the matter of /scholarships and remedy any injustice . that :; ; might exist, He would aW.investigat© .:, the question of a supply .'of journals. He declared that it/vas impossible to provide special physical instructioh-for teachers of Cathoh'c schools owing lo " the cost and lack ol instructors.