NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15326, 12 June 1913, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Three males and one female occupied the city police cells last night. V •; The Onehunga chickenpox patient, James Rukutai, is progressing satisfac- " torily, and is; on the road to recovery. f ' ; Mr. E. H." Stone, who was severely injured in "the* railway accident at New i- ;j; • Lynn, continues to make satisfactory proi:, gress towards recovery. . . -On .. the ■ ; occasion- of his marriage, Con- * stable ,E. Manly , was the recipient of a > dinner and afternoon tea service from his comrades 'at the city barracks. ' ' The New Lynn Town Board has telegraphed to the Minister for Railways,! • urging that a public inquiry should be held.-into the recent railway accident. In respect to Frank Harris and Com- . pany, Ltd.", Mr. L. Denniston yesterday obtained from His Honor Mr. Justice P. „ Cooper, at; the Supreme Court, an order "■ fs J fixing July 28 as the time up till which all creditors may enter claims against the ; > li - liquidator of the estate. ' i': " At the ' meeting of the Hope of Grey Lynn Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held on Tuesday ' " r , evening, it was unanimously resolved" that j-''" the -Prime Minister be urged to amend the Shops and Offices Act in such a manner •. as to include the closing of the liquor bars - \ on the weekly, half-holiday. "• *' The question of whether the site of the :J. -i Technical College,' at present leased by i V ~ - the City Council to the* Education Board ' --]at,a peppercorn rental, may be acquired . by the board in fee simple, is to be in- *, vestigated .by the board, with a view to . - ■ the preparation of-, a private Bill to empower the. transfer if-, it is feasible. ■ '