NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 129, 2 June 1891, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland, June 1, • Some of the friends of Mr W. S, Allen in-' tend to petition Parliament to lemore the ilisqualifioatioQ imposed on him by the Judges in the late eleotion petition oase. The man Floyd, ohargedwith the murder of Veitoh at 'WAiroaSout)), is tq b§ examined as to^is sanity/ The eisJainiriatioA is'v to be undertaken on behalf of the defence. The City North Licensing Committee declined an application that the United Service Hotel, whioh adjoins the Opera Ilouße,.and ia,in » principal part of the oity, should -be permitted to remain oped till 11 p'olook at night. .They said, Mt -the OOtttmittee obuld grant an j.liv'b'olook lidctbse if tljie'itaw werelaltored so-aa to provide punishmeht if houses, .were"' kept open after 11, but in the present state of the law 11 o'olook licenses meant that the house was kept open till 12. ' !

. ■ , June 2. ' Two more consumptive patients have been treated, wit^i Dr. Koch's lymph ia the hofepital,' •••''. ■ f

Thirty girls are training here in the game of football. They are 1 .'diibrtly to • trival through the and, play againat eaoh other as separate teams of 15 eaoh.

Wellington, June 1. Thd Customs returns for tha oolohy for the p:»sc month total £115,16*, Auckland Opa'tr]. buting £23,896, Wellington £24,943, OKrisfc. ohuroh £16,36^, Dunedin #23,644. The previQua. n\Qhtp, total* wsß>£l32,B36, and that for May, 1890, wal £127,185. Tho Beer duby total for the Colony for last month was £4034, the returns from the prinoipal centres being, Auokland *978, Wellington £452, Ohristohuroh £706, Dunedin £802, For the previous month Che total was £4998, and for May, 1890, £4400.

1 v ,(' ; ■ .-'' v ' ■: = ' i \ ' , Jane 2.' • , The hearing of the oha^ge againsi Oolemdn Philips for dnmmyism is set down lor Thursday. The counsel for the defence haa served a aotioe upou tue Crown Proaeoutor that he ibtenda to apply for a speoial jury, and the appliaa(ion will ba heard to-morrow.

The Government haVe received a oom«. munloation from Sir W. Jervois, respecting the Aged t-Generalahip, but they refuse to make it public It is understood that he offers to take the position ; on "certain tQnns. The Tramway Company's aheda 'were broken into this mcfsag and eight bags, iv eaoh of whioh it was usual to leave ten shillings worth of ohange ready for the conductors in the morning, were stolen; The bags were afterwards found Wit" the Hospital. .',.... v . , .

, iChristohuboh, June 2. ; At a meeting of the. north east ward Licensing ■ Committee, renewals, with li o'clock licenses,; were granted to 'all the hotels with the • exception' of 'Forester's whioh was adjourned, till the, 16th. inst., pending a oase of Sunday trading. The chairman said the police report Was satisfaotory, but every ; oare must ibe- taken to keep the houses clear of apjelera and low oharaoters. He 1 also annpuhoed 'his intention of putting aiatop to' Sunday trading, 1 ' 1 '

;TlMApp, J«ae 2. A Prohibition League was formed here last night to eduoate publio opinion in, view of the next eleotioa o£ oom.mitt'ea3,th.'e'Rev W. Gillies being President. ./ Donebn, June 11 At the Supreme Court to-day Walter !§pui> ling pleaded 1 guilty to falsely representing that he possessed credit" at the'ttnion'Baiik for £164, by ,whioh means he obtained' possession ,of eight horses. . Hia Honour deolined to apply tihe Probation Act. and sentenced him. to 12 month)) 1 hard labour, Christopher Oonway was sentenced to sh Weeks' hard' labour for not complying with the terms of the Probation Aot. Oonway is a pensioner, and whenever he draws his pension gets into trouble through drink, invariably taking- to smashing! windAws James Gurry- and Roderiok M'Keiuie tfftt eaoh sentenced to two years for assaulting and robbing a men. , James Rjadle. pleaded guilty to Burglary and stealing three bottles of whisky, and was sentenoed ; tbiß months' hard labour. William Niohols, for assault and robbery, wan sentenced to 12 months. Edward Martin, for attempted burglary, was discharged, as also was Qeorgo Berry; oharged with robbery. : ( „ Mr Oarew, R.M.. to-day gave judgment for tho plaintiff in a.oase brought' against one of a number of men employed ia the soap faotory, for four parts of Bratt'g " Early History of New Zealand," as he did not think that the evidence of fraud was substantial enough to do away with the force of a signed document. : There waa no evidence that the men were prevented f torn reading the printed document, On the representation of Mr T. M'Kenzie, M.H.R., Mr Seddon primised to bring under the notice of the' Minister for Lands, the' queation of delaying the date fqr poisoning rabbits, so as not to interfere 'with those oatohing bunny for freezing and, canning. June 2, Mr Seddon was interviewed both at Rox« burgh and Lawrence on, the aabjeet of assisting County Qonn'oi.ls wjaoW ■ incomes had been reduced by the abolition of the gold duty. At Lawrenoe it was urged that the lost 'Yt&i about £2000| and the cost of maintenance of the main road at, Lawrence was £700/ The Minister said that all the Counties appeared to "be hard up. He thought that before tho Government 'wasasked to assist, the local' bodies"' should' exhuust the m,eans at then- disposal. .-ParliaV mont was aware that lopal bodies would suffer by abplishjing ,th.c gold, duty; j andpresumably consiflereft tftat uexpenditure must be ourtjailed. He suggested that the mestion of tyres should be looked to.' Tb!e ptate oertainly profited where mails were parried over the main roads, and he thought should contribute to their maintenance He would make no promiso, but would' look' into the matter. '( ..' , . OA.MAR3, June 2. At a meeting of the unemployed, to-day 1 it was resolved'to present an : address to 1 thY Ministers for Publio Works and Lands toY" day, asking their i co-operation in assisting working men to ta'ka up Small holdings. v ' . BMNHBm, June 8. A. T. Oard, proprietor of the Marlborough Press, published at Pieton, has filed in bankruptcy. ' ' ' \ ■ T The Ljoenaiug Committee yesterday granted renewftle o( »ll lioenaeß, but oautioned the. police to s.e that Sunday trading was put a slop to. ' ' : '' '■ At the Awatere lioensiiig rn.e.?.tiflg yester^ day, the Chairman alluded to the shooking quality of the liquor supplied in some of the country houses, aud suggested that the polioo should have it analysed occasionally.