TELEGRAMS.

North Otago Times, 6 December 1910, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

J.. . Per Press Association,

CHRISTCHURCH., iDecember 5,

The Christchurch Territorials are now in camp ' for al week, 400 men of the Infantry 'battalions being under canvas, while the artili lery, engineer and cyclist companies have-separate caimps,. The Kftiapm and Rangiora companies are also undergoing training in their.own localities. The Lyttelton Garrison Artillery are in camp ait Jervoi3, and in connection with t-hia camp a'difficulty has arisen'regarding teg gun practice. It is reported that when the Australasian squadron wag last | in Lytteltoij Harbor the Admiral refused to sanction firing practice trom Port, but as the ships departed, before the conclusion ot the Cftmp, the volunteers were aisle to carry out their programme. Thiq year the Navais will probably hate to go into camp (or a few days later on to do firing, the officer commanding the district halving issued an order that no big gun firing is to be done while the warships are in port,

■An extraordinary position hag arisen in regard to tile carrying out of the annual class-firing of the No. 1 Qompny N.Z.G.A.T. (Lyttelton Nwals),. The Company is at present in camp at Fort Jervois, Ripa Island, undergoing its sixteen days' training. In accordance with Uio custom which has obtained'lor years past the men have been busily preparing to carry out their ' annual class-tiring. It bad been arranged for firing to 'bo started this morning, and to be continued up til Friday next. For the past nin& months the men have been -preparing! for fcto work, and 'Captain Richardson, Director of Artillery, has been in camp with thfl company making arrangements and instructing tfte officers and men. On Saturday evening, to the surprisa of everybody, Rn order came from the officer commanding the district stating that no firing was to be done while the warships jI.M.S. Powerful and H.M.S. Cambrian were lying at andior in the harbor. As the ■ warships will not be leaving until Friday, next, the day on whioli the company will break up its camp,. this order means that the whole of the meirbers oft the company will he put to the 'greatest' inconvenience in carrying out their annual firing. The" angles of the line of fire have been taken by the officers, which show that the Powerful and Cambrian are well clear, of the danger zone, and will not be interferedpvith in any way. The whole affair is most' unfortunate, and is regarded with the greatest indignation .and disappointment by the men,; who have hfi-n working with >hcV ob|ect of trying to beat their splendid shooting.; record of last year, when fe company won the .Coast Defence Challenge Cup, and Shield. The Press is

informed that neit&er . the VifiaAdrairi|P(Sir ) f nqr •tho captain* of ;H.M,S; ifo'werful : haa• belli, eppioaehcd in connection' with; the filing toiha - iCarrled'' out "dromFoit Jervois J>y members of No, 1 Company G.A-.T,. Th-ay state, -they know, nothing.... whateyor about 1 tho I matter!

AUCKLAND.'' December 5. Archie Myers;: aged 32, a married man, living at- Devonport,- died this' morningl after, taking v a seidlfe powder. After swallowing the powder Myers, said it. was vbitter,- \ and: symptoms of. 'strychnine poisoning ensued.;' A 'doctor: who , died two hours/later, -' BLUFF. " • December 5. , Sailed—Warrimoo, for Melbourne. ■ • Arrived—Warrimoo, from. Port Chalmers; Mooraki, from .Melbourne; Roonya, from Westport.. ' dunbdin; ' ' December 5. An unoccupied house at Opoh-o, valued at £250, ownsd by Mr Edward Oaten, Wellington was totally destroyed hy fire. ,It was insured for £250 in the' State offloe, 'The origW of the. fire is - a mystery. , Stock Exchange sales : Waihi-. Extended 2s 4d, 2s 4|dand '2s- 6d. Sales reported: Watchman 3s 3d, Waihi Grand Junction £1 lis 3d, Island Block 6s 3d," May iQueen '3s id, ; . . •

A special meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aidi Board was held to-night to consider Dr Vallntiine's report-' and Miss M'Lean's recorrimendations with respect to the con* ditiens at the Hospital. A letter was received from Dr Whetter, • expressing regret for his action in allowing a' press reporter admission to the hospital recently to make inquiries regarding' the management. The explanation was accepted, a hope being'expressed that he would in -'future'recognise,the responsibilities attaching to his position. The case of Nurse Woodward, who- is under suspicion for furnishing information to the reporter, was referred to the -hospital for . report, as also were other, matters contained in the report from Dr Vaiintine and Miss M'Lean. -' , . : y .

A3HBURTON.".. ~ . : December. o,

This afternoon- a seven-year-old daughter, of Arthur Stewart, d Hinds, was accidentally run. over by lau 'iron roller, on which she had been ri'ding, and was killed instantanco.us'ly. An inqjuest. wiU be'held.

,TIMARU. December, 5. Miss Dufaur, an Australian lady, accompauedi by two guides, .returned yesterday, to. the Hermitage . after achieving 'the accent 'of Mount Cook, Miss Dufaur is the. first; lady to conquer this mountain. ' She' made the ascent in,six hours 20 minutes from the-bivouac*

WELLINGTON. December 5.

Mr ,D. 0, Bates'sj' summary and forecast are: The disturbance which last week 'brought copious rates in the northernmost parts of the Dominion past eastward on Saturday night, ■ with strong southerly winds, and left'a' heavy swell on the •east coast. The barometer'rose in the'far north and remained steady elsewhere, but is now falling everywhere. The present indications are for northerly winds generally, moderate ' to' strong northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and increasing elsewhere. The barometer will probabie fall everywhere, with warm and , hazyi weather, unsettled probably soon on the West Coast and. southern 'districts of the South Island.

The following letter has been addressed to the Commissioner of Taxes by Mr W. M. Tyers, Inspector of Income Tax officer, who investigated the boofts of Bowron Bros., of Christchurch, with the result that the firm was fined for sending in incorrect income returns: ''' Land 1 and Income , Tax Department, December 3rd, 1910,—The Commissioher of' Taxes, . Welling ton-Sir,-Referring to an item, class IX., the Depart- 1 ment of Internal Affairs, which. I see in the Supplementary,-Estimates, allowance to W.' Id. Tyers, Inspector of Taxes, £150,' and to; a conversation with yoti 'to-day,, at which my impression was confirmed that this was intended in the nature of a reward in connection with ' the prosecution of certain taxpayers, I Have to ask that you will convey my thanks to the Right Hon, the Minister of Finance for this intended recognition, with my tamest request that the item may Be withdrawn- from the estimates. My reason for making this reqiuest is the deep feeling .1 have that no' officer of a Department should.have any direct financial interest' in any ' assessment.—Yours obediently (signed) W. M, TYERS, Inspector." At a meeting of the New Zealand Athletic Council to-night it was decided that the appeal in connection with D, Wilson's three mile record' be forwarded ; to, the Australasian Union.

A six-roomed house at Roseneath, owned and occupied by Charles Jolmson, wa3 totally 'destroyed 'by fire at 11 yesterday morning through a manteldrape in front of the kitohen fire catching' alight. The house, which was valued at £SOO, was insured in the State office for £3OO, but its contents were uninsured.

I'ALMERSTON NORTH. December 5, j At an inquest to-day : on Charles Shannon, a fiaxmill employee, late of Dunklin, who was drowned in the Mawatu'River on Sunday,, a verdict was returned that deceased was accidentally drowned while bathing alone.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday John Cyril Welter, a bookmaker and billiard-room proprietor, of Foxton, Was fined £lO for betting with an infant and £lO for laying totalisator odds.

NEW PLYMOUTH. " December. 5. ■ At an inquest to-day on a man named Wood, found dead to the police cells on Saturday morning it Was shown that deceased was, ar- [ rested on Friday night, for drunkenness, and then hai a small cut over the eye, probably as the result of a, (all. A. post mortem revealed,: a quantity of blood under the skull. There was a growth on the left side of the brain, which was very rough all I'ound, and it is concluded that the blow atiove the eye bad thrown the brain against the growth and lacerated an artefy, causing compression of Mood on tfc'e brain, resuiting practically in apoplexy. The ! verdict was accordingly. The Waitara Horticultural Society to-day disqualified' an' exhibitor for life for 'Taking ll ' 'blooms of pelargoniums arid, geraniums by piecingthe petals of various, blooms, and decided to notify all horticultural eocietien in. the Dominion. The New Plymouth Society to-night decided to ask hii.n to resign hirf membership/, and refrain from exhibiting here.' The offender is a very old and . eiathusiastic 'grower. aniL exhibitor. Blenheim. ■ ■ : .' Dec&mber 5. , Mr Florance, S.M., gave judgment for: ''plaintiff for £2OO (full amount and'costs) in'the case Jackson v. Baldick and others, claim for. value of a whale tost; by the" plaintiff's Party in Queen Charlotte Sound and found by 3efendflnt, 'Notice of ap-. peal was .given:, by each' of;the defendants, and ;the 'cafee .will come -be-' fore 'the Chief Justice /this week,-

ij; •i• 'y :.y}' > December 5, / „ Johnson, , aged 18 months,-a daughter 'of a borough /council'employee,'.died Jaß a'result 0 f ■Mnkltg ; fcarMlo\ iiil,' which ;h'ivs bun. left .'on a table iii a.saucer to keep Ilea away, \ .

, WELLINGTON. ' ' .. December 5. The Court of Convocation' of 'tho; Middle University, district considered -.the question of university reform to.-rj'ii'ht. .'.The sub-committee ' report ed, after r ; discussion lyith the reprc-. scntntives of tho Professorial' Board of .Victoria, College: (1) That" v the College Governors do hot' makeadequate; provision:;■'•' for«universities studies or" reseai;ch ; .(2), facilities, for mcidern'university^teaching,, ' are! not e;|ual to . the imaximiim. lQr 'nn . efficient :,imiv«irsit>;; -ft?)' details:';' of ' c"urriciiia'?fbr' degrees' knd oivsyilabus for- individual subjects are technical matters,: 'and therefore-' university teachers-'should, ■ ex,; officio,,' -tabe definite and regular part'. in ail this-portion of. tbj- academic - legislation (4) the external examination system ifi;fa) educationally, as it unduly (Mils, examin itio'naiV-1 divorces it,: from teaching, ft) .decreases . the s-nse of responsibility of making complete and adeauate provision for teaching ; (5) that a royal commission shoull be appointed: to take evidence ~hoth within and. without New Zealand and to recommend . siiih cMges as . will give fclw Dominion a modern and efficient university system. The repb'rtwas adopted.