WITHIN THE DOMINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6823, 20 May 1909, Page 7

WITHIN THE DOMINION

LATEST TELEGRAMS mESa ASSOCIATIO2*. NAP|ER MUNICIPAL LOANS ANOTHER POLL NECESSARY • NAPIER, May 19- , Til noimoction with the Napier Borons'll Council 's loan proposals recently approved by the ratepayers, the coum ll tonight received u communication Horn the Bunk of Now Zealand statins that better terms could he obtained by issninc a single loan, but the bank had been advised bv their solicitors that the loan* which Inul been amiroved could not lx consolidated, and that there had been certain technical errors in advertising the proposals. It would, in the opinion oi the bunk's solicitors, be necessati to start ile novo, in which ease a poll could be taken on one sum to rover the various rr~il'H snliritors advised that the defects referred to could be cured by an Ordei-in-Conneil. but that if it were desired to eonsolidale the. loans a Irosh poll would be iioocssiiiy. . 'Plio roum-il derided that Flops bo taken to take a fresh poll cm a proposal to borrow -iTM.-QO in f, ne sum. A NOVEL POINT DANNEV UlJvi:. May 19. Mr McCarthy, S.M.. delivered padsmerit 10-dav in a cuf© in which Baker, license!/ of the Club Hotel, was chueld'd with selling milk from an unregistered dairy. Defendant milked cows in an nnn'iristered dairy and supulled his hotel with milk. The prosecution held (hat the supply of milk with meals or with drink Luieh as whisky and/mlk) constituted a-sale within" the meaning ot the Dairy Industry Act. Tho Magistrate reviewed th© ease at lonctb. Ho hold that the provision of milk with meals or drink did not constitute a sale, nnd envo judgment lor defendant, without costs. THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS WESTPORT. May 19. Tho Hon. Mr Millar, Minister of Railways mil Marine, arrived at AVcstport from ilecfton this evening. To-morrow morning he inspects the AVcstport-Molulunm railway, nnd returns to town to receive a deputation. He is to bo entertained at luncheon in tho evening, WESTPORT HARBOUR AYESTPORT. May 11). At a large public mooting to-night a resolution was carried expressing tho opinion that the advice of one of the loading engineers ol the Public AVorks .Department should he sought in connection with improvements to tho AVcstport harbour, so ns to enable ships of largo tonnage to he fully loaded and dispatched from the port. A deputation was appointed to interview tho Hon. J. A. Millar to-morrow end place tho views of the meeting before him. TIMARU LOANS TIMARU, May 19. By a poll of tho ratepayers tho Borough 'Council was authorised to borrow .£IB,OOO for improvement to tho water supply, and cEGOOO for street improvement*. i Two other proposals—for now borough offices dMOOO, and for a town hall .£SOO0 — Wore reiectod. Only (108 out of 1900 on tho roll voted. THE DREADNOUGHT OFFER NAPIER. May 19. At the quarterly meeting of the Cha.mbor of Commerce it was resolved, with one dissentient, that the chamber heartily endorses the action of Hie recent conference of Chambers of Commerce at Wellington in supporting the Prime Minister's action in offering a Dreadnought ro the British Government. REEFTON. May 19.

Tho Hon. Mr Millar last niaht strongly defended the action of the Government iu-presenting a Dreadnought. Some day. he said, men would know the full reasons. It was impossible to run the risk of defeat to the British fleet and the danger to our commerce. The enthusiasm .with which the gift had been received in the Home Country showed its value. The Minister was cheered. MEETING OF CREDITORS AUCKLAND. May 19. At the adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of W. J. Stokes, formerly a partner in the Kare-kare Timber Company. tho acting-Official Assignee (Mr Hugh Gerard) announced tho terms of agreement under which Dr Raynor, who acquired the company's bush properties, had undertaken to pay the debts of that company. Dr Darner's undertaking was to pay the wages claims in full and the proved liabilities of the company up to tho limit of .£6OOO, in instalments. FARMERS IN CONFERENCE STRATFORD, May 19. The Taranaki Provincial Conference of the Farmers' Union was held here to-day. Resolutions wore passed asking for better railway facilities for trucking fat ntock; requesting tho Parliamentary regulation of tho speed of motor care: deprecating tho purohaso of private estates by tho Government while there is so much waste laud awaiting settlement; protesting against tho system of taxing farmers on unimproved values, and against continued increases being made by the Valuation Department on unimproved values of rural laud, and urging the more effective carrying out of the Noxious Weeds Act and greater secrecy of the ballot. Mr J. W. Jones was elected president. ALLEGED LIBEL AUCKLAND. May 19. In tho action for libel. Brndney v. Virtue, arising out of the Harbour Board election, tho jury found for the ’ plaintiff, with .£25 damages. Mr McGregor moved for judgment for £SO. Mr Bamford, for tho plaintiff, said ho desired to address the Court on tho que-stion of privilege. The case was adjourned for argument at a future date. HOTEL LICENSEE FINED DUNEDIN, May 19. Alexander Gray, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, was -convicted of selling liquor to a prohibited person, and fined Os and costs. AN UNUSUAL DEATH DUNEDIN, May 19. William Champion, aged forty-two, who had been ill, whilst suffering from a fit of delirium rushed out of his house this morning, jumped over a bank, and badly dislocated a knee. Two doctors attended him and administered a little chloroform, which Champion did not take very well, and ho was allowed to come out of its influence. The knee was set without an anaesthetic, and Champion died shortly afterwards, it is supposed from shock. NINE MONTHS FOR THEFT HAWEEA. May 19, At tho District Court sittings, Robert J. Clarke, on a charge of theft, was sentenced to nine mouths’ imprisonment.