WITHIN THE DOMINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6494, 14 April 1908, Page 6

WITHIN THE DOMINION

LATEST TELEO-E.AMS I'Etsa AsnooiATTon. Mil DIXON. OF DERBY. PKTITtON AN!) DEPUTATION. AL'CKLAND, April 13. A pulilir met in- '.va- h. M at Dmry mi Salurdav ovniir/ <o further connidw t}n> f,H~c r>f Me \V, Dixon. I!, rr-olvt'D linn a public volition lor i-iguaturcs. and a deputation of re.-idout- wait upon tu<x M inhior "f Ju-Uf.-o to r,\u<-<: the facts wi tin- e:u-;n hi-loi fj Lim. \ '/■(„. nn fling • v.mi largely atteniKd. o! i !to-t' i;if'sf'iit having como in ! j-offi a. t-on.ddm-ablo distance. {Six of tho-s-.' pivr-f'nl uoro chosen to i'oriii tins deputation to wait on t-ho .V er. A great amount of hitore.-A -...a,s laKon in Ihe caff.-, ami opinions were IT 'jmJ y expressed.

DR IN KING BY WOMEN. nuxr.mx. April 13. Concerning the question of clrjiikiit r in iiotc-Lf by women, a jxdiee report slab s that bars in Dunedin ami ruhnibs ai f- vi.--it.f-d by women to a very limited ♦•xtenf. Those wlio go into hotels to piifKiimo liquor mi the* premises go into ■ :jHiir'moms and net into bars. A low other' women purchase c-mall quantities fit liquor for consumption in their

Tins, report corresponds with the )x>roaal experience of tho chairman and

sL'ifral members of the Licensing Committee. who Lave made inquiries into fho matter.

RAILWAY SERVANTS' SOCIETY. DEN'E-DTN. April 13,

At a meeting of tin- Otago branch of tho Amalgam-ited Society of Railway Servants" yesterday, it wan decided to ask that a special conference be called to dual with tiic questions of control and publication of the “liovicnv” and the rt> organisation of the society.

MORE IMMIGRANTS. AUCKLAND, April 13,

The steamer Devon, which arrived from England to-day, brought l~d immigrants for Xew Zealand —for Auckland, o 5; Wellington, 47; Lvttelton, M; Port Chalmers. 10.

ELT3TAM VALUATIONS. ELTHAM, April 13,

The valuation of the borough of Eltlmm is ,C2SH t oi)fl. an increase of .£112,000 over tho valuation of three years ago.

SHIPMENT OF TIMBER,

AUCKLAND, April 13.

Forty-four thousand feet of timber were shipped by the Mokoia, which left for •Sydney this evening.

A PROPHET ON TOUR. WAIROA, April 13. Rna, tho Maori prophet, with his followers, tho Ureworas, and others, aro coming here this week. A large crowd from Hawke’s Bay is expected.

NAPIER COURT NEWS. NAPIER, April 13. At the Court to-day William George Brown, charged with the theft of money, was admitted to two years’ probation. Alfred Harrison, who, whilst drunk, assaulted his father, was fined .CKI. A number of restaurant keepers were fined for breaches of the Factory Act.

ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. INVERCARGILL, April 13.

The sum of ±TB 10s in notes and gold was stolen from the safe in tho bar of tho Goklon Ago Hotel at the Bluff between Saturday evening and Monday morning. Joe Captain, a young halfcast employed at the hotel, has been arrested on suspicion. BOWLING AT NAPIER. NAPIER, April 13. In the competition for the District Shield, the Bluff Hill Bowling Club is in a winning position, which cannot bo altered by games yet to be played.