ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13927, 8 December 1908, Page 6

ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

[FBOM OTO OWN COBBBSPOBDBCI.] -' London, October SOl '■ NEW ZEALAND AGRieDLTHftAT COMPANY. . W ■ This afternoon the 10th ordinary gen^ji meeting of the New Zealand AgriaiW Company was held, Mr.:. J. Q. Griffiths h* ing in the chair. -In moving the adopts of the report, which was sent to New Ze*. land a mail or so ago, the chairman , they had now got to a condition when liqafc dation was the only necessary step to-en! able shareholders to receive tie last amount of their capital. This did not repress a satisfactory result for those who were ik : the original company. The whole of th« ordinary capital in the old company ovei £600,000, had long since been lost, aad'th* debenture-holders had only " r recei»|B £340,000 out of £540,000, or 63 per eeS When the present company was formed if was estimated that the properties w«?*' . worth £178,000. They had actually)|llll lised £285,000. This had only been doi* ' by not forcing sales. He moved the adop. tion of the report. This being agreed tuu it was resolved to liquidate the company' the chairman saying he hoped a final disi tribution would take place in about sri months. ...-'.. ~~ .■■•i' i ■' '■■ •■ BONELESS MEAT AGAIN. -' /: In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Watt, M.P. for Glasgow, asked President of the Local Government Board, whether his attention had been called ti ' the quantities of boneless meat which wen being imported into this country from Neir Zealand and Australia; if so, was he awaw that much of it had been condemned by tbi local authorities. Mr. Burns - replied* "Considerable quantities of boneless meal " are imported into this country from New Ze* land and also some from Australia, but I aid' <' not aware that in recent months there hat been any exceptional condemnation of it aj England and Wales, with which alone lari concerned in this matter. I may draVati :: tention to the foreign meat regulations''• which I lately issued, and which will coal. into force on January 1 next. The rep* lations will have the effect of prevemW the importation for consumption in End*™ and Wales of meat of the class referred to." ~ '' 'V I NEW ZEALAND SHOPPING CASE. On Tuesday and Wednesday last, in to* I Admiralty Court, the president (Sir GoMS | Barnes) and two elder brethren. of Trinitf House were engaged in an action broughl. : by the owners of the s.s. Highgate against the owners of the e.s. Matatua. OnMares 18 last the Matatua was coming out of drj '. dock on the Tyne, and was being,taken to her moorings in the river to get up steam. She was lying, across the river, when.'.M was alleged, she collided with,the High* gate and two or three other boats. collision was denied so far the Matatua w?j "', concerned, and the defence was that the Highgate had started to pass the Matatuij on the north side of the river, first, 4 an? being too late tried to get under the stern. ;■ In doing this she fouled the other vessels.• • The Court held that the Matatua was M. :: : to blame, and gave judgments for the. defendants. 'The Matatua was in cnaige of > : ' : a pilot when the affair occurred. . -:v>;;.:' . , • s , ; • THE WHITE CITY. - Mr. Imre Kiralfy, Commissioner-General • - of the Franco-British Exhibition; was'ea« -. tertained on Wednesday to a complimentary ,' ; . banquet. Lord Strathcona was in thedjahy' and proposed the health of the guest; Thr toast was supported by Lord Selby/ Cferart - Gaston Cliandon, Lord Blyth, Lord WelbVj . Lord Desborougn, 'and others.' ,\ TheßoE. W. Pember Reeves was invited, but Jfcwai not able to attend. Mr. Kiralfy said that regarding the future he hoped-to be'in:«: position shortly to' make an annoenaimenrof some interest to the general public, Lord SeTby, as chairman of the' ESfwitivi ;."■;. Committee, presented Mr. Kiiaify with ■■•'"'.; handsome piece of plate. •■ .' • •■ - •■ -■■•-■•■~ ■h,..-f> 7, ;~ : ~ ARBITRATION, IN NEW ZEALAND; '| -.Si At the October dinner of the.lmperial; j: Industries Club (the Lord Mayor presiding),. v - Sir John Cockburn opened:a dieraknba :> en. "Arbitration in Labour Disputes." • H<: : ;. said that any steps that could be taken ti ; prevent labour disputes or to lead tiii theft > , rapid settlement were worthy of theatteff, tion and energy of 'One #$*>■.■ great advantages of arbitration •in ; Übora.■... disputes,. and compulsory arbitration, sacs *j.; as existed in New Zealand, was that ii; . brought"employers and men together/ 3fc Acton Adams, of New &atettd> "took p*rl, in the discussion. : ; —~ . -j, •, Si MEAT CONTRACT CASE: . -' A case which ,*' excited considerable s*' '■ A case which has excited consiaeraßie n».,, terest at Smithfield came to an end to _tfl* ; King's Bench Division on Monday, befott Mr. Justice Ridley and a ;special• p®*.. It Jy was the action brought by the Brttiih -T« , Table Companv against Mr. John Gnrin«i, meat salesman, of the.Central Meafcilart . ket, to recover damages for alleged breacl of contract in supplying meat other lia» ordered. ■'■ Mr. Duke, K.C., for thecoW 1 . panv, said he was willing to w .. Gardner's view of the matter, and ho mom . also accept a proposal which had been ma«':• to him of a sum of money, which, the cow :; pany thought would to some extent Wplf sent, the differences between the pncev» « the meat supplied and what had beenco* tracted for. Mr. J. Eldon Bankes, X% .;:. said he wanted to show that'althonan**strict letter of the contract had not bert complied with, the net result was #«:':: : same. In reply to the learned judge, m Duke said it was not necessary to nam* tsi sum that had been agreed upon, hat t« , company was satisfied. T^J^ 1 tain pavments to be made out'of Ui|« * the company; • The, case; was accOTdmgij. , settled on terms not disclosed. MELANESIAN MISSION. •>•'. •*,:': Church people assembled: in l«ej r ijj i { bers at the Park Cardiff, on evening, when the Bishop of MjetafflJW «J livered an address on " Mission Woffc ■•„ -*~ described the method ofV; training <MUr« . in a mission school, the vast areai«t -w» Pacific in which the islanders a»\« , £"ss and dwelt upon the difficulties «Wjg • by those who labour there. The rt«Pg changed every few miles, and thus.rt <™ that nothing could bo accomplished.Wgm native teachers. The Bishop *-fVm£ wit and humour kept his hearers igfj terested.. The need of these iri«M* .J". the prayer of the Christian Church i<«£»s , siouarios, and it was lamentable that i*« > the Santa Cruz Islands, where Bishop." ._ teson was murdered, there was P«BSl|| .teacher, of any sort, although the-W , were waiting for missionaries, and M,U_ tually built houses and churches in J» ■ ness." Ho made an earnest appeal I« *».; both in money and service. ■' ' NEW ZEALAND BOOK. , : Within a fortnight' of the apwjwjgjj. Mr. Reeves' book has appeared a cl wag;. work, one of the " Romance of EBrtjJL , series of Messrs. T. C. and E.- G. J"» The writer is one Reginald, Horslev.W author of -several romances, ™?™m "The Yellow God," "In the GnPrJ, , the Hawk," etc. Mr. HorsleyJtofjg" '• a great deal of care into his »*S| ■of historical events of early New . If he is rather liberal in his »tTO tion of the ; significance of eventesjf"? v ' even of the incidents themselves .W* probably necessary to make the • ™?% romance, rather than a history. .«g - whole, the work is done iso well thrtjw cannot help regretting. that Mr. ttggg did not accept the renderings of Maori W| tions and Maori lore that have bee**»«" and accepted by a school of expert and g < lectual scholars in New Zealand. . »«■ of his versions and translations are « unfounded and almost as work of his distinguished prede«g{ r: .. ; Izett. Can he have wed that autbongi "; The illustrations; too {by A. U , mick, R. 1.). represent the M«>n* », ; -, race of Red Indiana. >'. iil/y