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New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3676, 28 February 1899, Page 5

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PRESS ASSOCIATION. - COALMINE 'dispute. • Dunedin, Monday. The negotiations between the proprietors of the Kaitangata coal mine and the employees fora settlement.of the industrial dispute have' failed, and the dispute will, therefore, • come before - the’ Conciliation Hoard on Wednesday. THE PREMIER’S TOUR. Dunedin, Monday. 1 Voles of thanks to the Hon Mr Seddon for his address, and of confidence in the Government were carried at Kaitangata and Milton at the ' close of the Premier’s addresses. i The Hon H. J. Seddon, as Grand Master of the New Zealand.'Grand Lodge of Freemasons, met a large number of the brethren working under that lodge this evening,' and was enthusiastically received. There-was a good attendance of the members of kindred constitutions. The Premier leaves for the North in the morning. • SELLING ARMS TO NATIVES. - I .■ /Auckland,. Monday, i iAt the criminal sittings of the Supreme | Court there are fifteen charges against eight; residents in the Hokianga district,under ■ the Arms Act, of alleged sale of firearms i and ammunition; The oases have arisen ; out of the native disturbances in May! last ■' ' ' | ■ ' DEFRAUDING PRACTICES. : ■ ■ 1 ■ Palmerston North, Monday. : This afternoon John -Rogers, a bankrupt i jeweller, was committed for trial onai charge of pawning, pledging, mortgaging • and disposing of otherwise than in ordinary trade, certain properties which lies had obtained on credit and not paid for. SOGLE-TAX LEAGUE. , . Auckland, Monday. : ■ Ata meeting ofJ.be. National Single-tax League, a resolution was passed endorsing the. action of the Wellington Trades and, Labour Council in. urging the abolition of l duties on the : necessaries of life and of I increasing the land tax. | IMPORTING OPIUM; 1 Dunedin, Monday, j ■At, Pott Chalmers, Key Lett, charged | witlrhavihg, on or about the 22nd Instant, j ’ been unlawfully concerned in importing or j bringingrintb' the colony 401 b of opium, I valued at .£l2O, was fined £2BB and.,costE, ! and to be imprisoned till the fine was' paid. \ T \ , ■ Auckland,. Monday. •" On' Saturday evening Detective Moll vaney arrested at Coromandel a man named Thomas Warner, who was brought j before the Court this morning on two charges / of; alleged theft of gold-bearing stone valued, at, .£143. Accused was re- ■ manded till Thursday. ■■ ■ ■ New Plymouth, Monday. There were' 135 persons at the North ; Egmont Mountain' House , on Saturday .night. The weather is now perfect for 1 .mountaineering,''- _ . The Government has made substantial concessions to the Taranaki County Council, which protested against tho heavy -charge for valuation; ■ Invercargill; Monday. In the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Justice Pennefather gave judgment in a case of J. Meiklo v. Samuel Levy, a claim for .£IOOO damages for breach of contract, arrest and imprisonment. Levy had obtained judgment against Meikle for debt, and issued a judgment summons. .The hearing of the Case came on in the absence of the plaintiff, who had written postponing-the matter. A'warrant for committal, was issued, and the plaintiff waat imprisoned.' His .Honor held that the imprisonment was the result of an official act, and that the order must be set aside before damages could be recovered.