NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7067, 3 March 1910, Page 1

NEWS OF THE DAY

Contents—1. Home Rule for Methodists—Ex-con-stable in Trouble Upper Hutt Echoes—Raised to tho Peerage. 2.' A "Wild Peer's" Property. 3. Wairarapa—Maniuvatu. i. Finance ami Trade—. Editorial. 5. Alleged Fu,'..se Ueturus of Income— General Cables. G. The 'Turf—Voting Competition. 7. Notes for Women. 8. Entertainments—Public Opinion. 9. Snipping. 10. Sale of Crown Lands—On the Land. CityWilliam McDerniotfc (formerly in. the police force) has been committed for trial on several charges of forgery. Messrs Beaueha-tiip and Milne are_reappointed directors of the Bank of i\ew Zealand. A young rca-n named Ray had his neck broken' through falling from a horse at Lower Hutt yesterday. The cigars, tobacco, and opium seized on tho cable steamer Patrol have been relumed, the Customs authorities deeming ERat course advisable under tine cir(.'umetitnocs. New Zealand— The hearing of fls.e eaie in. which partners in (lie firm of Bowron Bros, are charged with making false returns of income for taxation purposes was continued at Christchurch yesterday. The c-a.se lor the prosecution is concluded, and 31 r Skerrett. K.C., will open for the defence to-day. Lord Kitchener's report on the defences of New Zealand has been submitted to the Government. Tho Field-Marshal witnessed manoeuvres by Hie military forces of the Auckland district. Two heavv explosions caused serious damage to the Upokongaro Hotel, near "VVumranui. yesterday morning. No one was injured, but the buiUlins was consi derablv damaged. . It id believed the explosions were caused By a man (now missing) who liar) a dispute with the occupants of the hotel and had threatened them. . ' The Manawntu Amateur Athletic A»--sociation. held its inaugural meeung yesterday .wlioiv Wellington competitors were the principal winners- , * At the congress ,at Dunedin. of the Socieiv Promotion of the Health of %£Li and Children ."i.™*^ 1 ??" was adopted favouring prohibition of the sale/of india-rubber "comtorters for ba ThoHon -T. Carroll is securing inforwill he taken to deal with him. British and ForeignMr Herbert Gladstone has been created a TtoS and" the Hon. Ivor Guest a B The n re are rumours that the British Government will bring down * K et covering two years and cabling ill , Lloyd Oforge to pacijy .Irioh members with modified whisky duties 1, j \. Pease, iChanoellor of tna •Duchv of Lancaster, was elected imoVposil for Rotherham (Yorkah.ro). Mr P H. Illingworth has. been appointed'a Junior, Lord of the and. Mr C. P. Allen a Charity Cornniis:Biwice 9 Bigham and Deane, giving «virlfnce before the Divorco Commission. contmne^^e 6 Ranting of legal stations, as leading to imm°iallty. Judgment wa« PnrW n r liable for the London, sales opening SSi«SI 229 000 bales have been ee lt Monfe Carlo. Souft and M ?o r 3 beat De Cug"s and Kitehio for the tennis doubles championship. The last dfraft of Chinese labourers was sent home from the Rand on MondWi hundred miners are working to rescue the hundred persons buried. m the Wallace (Idaho) tnowslide. Several parsons were killed in a landslide at Bui-ke, a neighbouring town. _ Inquiries made by the captain of a. passing steamer indicate that the vessel reported to have been seen in November by Marion Islanders was too small to have been the Waratah. ' ■ The Federal High Court has refused leave to appeal in to cases of the miners' delegate! who weTe fined .£IOO each on charges of instigating the strike at Newcastle. Much surprise has been caused at Sydney by the dismissal' of free labourer, who had worked coal on tue wharves during the crisis, and their replacement with unionists. Bush fires in the Verran district of South Australia destroyed 50,000 acres of grass. * Not a single Australian tender was received r for the supply of 20,000 telephones advertised for by the Federal Government. Oa-po Maria Van Diemen.—Wind, N. 8.. fresh; bar., 30.05;. therm.. 76; clear; sea. moderate.. Bussell.—Wind, N.E.. breeze; bar.. 30.01; therm., 76; fine; sea, heavy. Ifanukau Heads.—Wind. N.E., breeze; bar., 30.08; therm., 72; overcast; sea. smooth. Anokland.—Wind, N.E.. light; bar., 30.08; Hserm.. 75; fair. Tauranga.—Wind, N.E., light; bar., 30.10; therm., 73; fair: sea. moderate. East Cape.—Wind, N.E.. fresh; bar., 30.05; therm., 76; cleax; sea, moderate. Gisborne.—Wind. N.E., fresh; bar.. 30.10: therm., 74; fine; Bea, smooth. Pott Ahuriri.-'Wtad, N.E., fresh; bar.. 30.16; therm., 72; fine; sea, smooth. Wellington.—Wind. JT. breeze; bar., 30.03; therm., 71; fine; sea, smooth. Castlepoint.—Wind, N.E.. breeze; bar.. 30.03; therm., 68: cloudy; sea, heavy. Cape Earmont.—Wind, N.. light; bar.. 30.02; thorni., 74; fine; sea, moderate. New Plymouth.—Wind. N.E., light; bar., 00.02; therm., 77; cloudy; sea, smooth. Wanganui.—Wind. S., light: bar.. 30.15; therm., 79; flue; sea, smooth. Cape Farewell.—Wind, X., light; bar.. 30.07; therm.. 75; cloudy; sea, moderate. Capo Foulwind.—Wind. JT.E., fresh; bar.. 30.01; therm., 69; oloudy; sea. moderate. Westport.—Wind, N.E.. breeze; bar., 30.02; therm., ■ 73; overcast: sea, considerable. Cape Campbell—Wind, N.W.. strong; bar.. 29.97; therm., ,74; cloudy: sea, rough. Kaikoura—Wind. N.N.E.. light; bar.. 29.82; therm., 72; fine; Bea, swell. Akaroa Lighthouse.—Wind. NJE., light; bar., 29.60; therm., 74; cloudy; asa, smooth. Port. Chalmers.—Wind. N.; light; bar., 29.60; therm., 68; fine; sea. smooth. Nuggets.—Wind, N.E., fresh: bar., 29.54; therm.. 70; fine; sea. moderate. Bluff.—Wind, N., strong; bar.. 29.54; therm., 70; flue: sea, moderate. Summary and Forecast.—The barometer has continued to fall, and especially in tho south strong northerly winds havo prevailed, with warm and changeable weather. Shower 3 have fallen in both the extreme north and south. Present indications are for northerly winds, strong to gale, generally, but especially southward of Kawhia and Napier, where a change by the wast 10 southerly winds is due after tweuty-four hours. Cloudy and wet weather is probable generally, but especially south of Kawhia and Napier. D. C. BATES.