NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7077, 15 March 1910, Page 1

NEWS OF THE DAY

Contents—3. Voting Contest. i. On tho Land. 5. Notes for Women. \ Finance and Trade—Editorial. /. I/OOal and General—Cables. 8. "Timfis" Couiipetition—Entertain^ men ts. 3. Trouble on the Links. 10. Girls Dismissed—Y.M.C.A. 11. Shipping 12. Current Sales. City— Claims ■!<>• compensation arising out of the la-is of the steamers Penguin and Duco were before the Arbitration Court yesterday. Tbe widow of Cuptain Abram, master of tbe Diico. was awarded 4:500 compensation firom , tho Wellington Harbour Forties Company. The court ordered the Union Company to pay JCSOJ to Alary Hayes in connection with the wreck of the Penguin. Hearinir wa« commenced in the Supreme Court yesterday of the case in which substantial damages are claimed from Dr. Raw-sou by ilvn Leckie. It is alleged that plaintiff has suffered serious and permanent injury throtigh being struck by a. club wielded by defendant. The. CSK9. which created a great deal of interest, was net concluded when the court rose for the day. Judgment was reserved in a cane heard in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday _in which certain officials of a pony racing club are charged with trespassing on the '.BJreatham racecourse. New Zealand—

There was no play at Christehurch yesterday in tile test cricket match Australia, v. New- Zealand, owing to bad weather.

Play was to be resumed at 11.30 a.m. to-day, ending at 5 p.m. Arnsb has received the articles for his match sgainist Barry on the Zambesi river for tho sculling championship of tlifl world.

The champioa will not. sign the articles until after his coming match with Whelch. A woman in the Taranaki district; is reported to have died of a broken heart owing- to the terrors of a backbloeks journey.

British and Foreign— Mr McKenna says that as the Australasian battleships are to be paid for by the colonies, provision for them cannot he made on the British. Estimates. The death is announced of two Natianalirifc M.P.'s, Messrs James O'Connor (VVicklow West) and Timothy Harrington (Dublin Harbour). The London University is convening a Congress of Universities of the Empire, to be held in London in 1912. A measure is to be introduced in the Commons to permit of tho return of verdicts of murder'jn the first or second decree. Clyde engineering shops have refused a request for a 53-hour week. The employees of sixteen Northumberland collieries have tendered notice of u strike against the working conditions under tho '.Eight Hours Act. Sine© January Ist, 190 S, tho British Public Trust Office, business has amounted to .£33,500,000. Tho London Water Board proposes to carry' out a scheme, costing .£6,200,000, to supply London with water until 1941. At the • London wool sales good crossbred-) for America realised high prices on Saturday, and merinos were firm. Prince Henry of Prussia assures his countrymen that Britain offers Germany sincere frieradship, and that the idea of aggressive action has no place in British gorernir" circles. The N.D.L. Lino last year made a profit of .£1,6i4,950, but after providing for liabilities it pays no dividend. A Troves engineer is building an. iron airship which he declares will carry fifty passengers and ten tons of freight. Six weeks' airship manoeuvres will.be-! gin in Berlin, in April. Three persons were injured at Bora-| ated by tho collapse of an aeroplane through the failure of tho engines. The Kings of Bulgaria and Servia are Visiting Constantinople shortly, and it tn suggested a Balkan Federation may bo arrived at. Tho Japanese Foreign Minister is convinced there is nothing in the relations }>etween Japan and America that need rause real uneasiness, as their Far Eastern interests are not inconssitent or antagonistic. * The United Mine- Workers of North America threaten to call a strike' affecting tho hard and soft coal industries unless an increase in wages is granted. The giving of mutual concessions by owners and men averted a strike on the Baltimore-Ohio railroad. Weather Reports, 4 p.m. yesterdayCape Maria Tan Dicmen—Wind. N.. freshbar.. 29.85; therm., 74; cloudy; sea, heavy. ' Bussell.—Wind, N.W.-, fresh; bar., 29.84; therm.. 78; fair: sea, moderate. ifanukau.—Wind. N.. fresh; bar., 29.80; therm., 71; gloomy; sea, moderate. Auckland.—Wind. N., light; bar., 29.80; overcast. Tauranga.—Wind, N.W., . breeze; bar., 29.78: therm.. 74; cloudy; sua, rough. East Cape.—Wind, W., fresh; bar.. 29.82; therm., 73; showery; sea, considerable. Gisborne.—Wind, W„ light; bar., 29.75; therm., 75; fair; sea. choppy. Port Almriri.—Wind. W., fresh; bar., 29.51; therm., 75; fine; sea, choppy. Wellington.—Wind, S., breeze; bar., 29.48; therm., 58; overcast, rain. Castlepoint—Wind. N.W., fresh; bar., 29.53; therm., 74; cloudy; sea. heavy. New Plymouth.—" Wind, N.. gale; bar.,29.55; therm., 68; rain; sea, rough. Cape Egmont.—Wind, J.V., gate; bar., 29.51; therm., 68; ra.in-, sea* rough. Wanganui.—Wind. X.W., moderate gale; bar., 29.50; therm.; 71; rain, misty; sja, lumpy. Gape Foulwind.—Wind, S.W., moderate gale; bar., 2.43; therm., 61; showery; aea, very heavy. Westport.—Wind. W.S.W., moderate gale; bar., 29.44; tberni., 60; cloudy, 1 showery; sea. heavy. Cape Campbell.—Wind, S., gale; bar., 29.58; therm., 53; squally: sea. rough. Kaikonra.—Wind, W.S.W., breeze: bar., 29.52; therm., 59: overcast, rain; sea, modcrate. Akaroa. Lighthouse.—Wind. S.W., light; bar., 29.53; therm., 53; showery; sea, moderate Port Chalmors.— Wind, S.W., fresh; bar., 29.56; therm., 53: rain; sea. smooth. Nuggets.—Wind. S.W.. fresh; bar., 29.58; therm.. 48: showery: s?u, moderate. Bluff.—Wind, W.S.W.. breeze; bar.. 29.64: therm., 54; overcast; sea, smooth. Summary and Forecast.—The barometer has fallen lowest in the neighbourhood of Cook Strait, during the- past 24 hours, and heavy rain has been experienced in many parts southward of New Plymouth and Napier. Northerly winds, moderate to strong, have prevailed northward of Kawhia and Napier, and westerlies, strong to gale, elsewhere. Present indications are for a ■westerly gale northward of and Napier, and southerly varying to southeasterly elsewhere. Heavy rn-iu is probable generally, anil especially on thi> West Coast of the North r?land. and East Coast of the South, with rivers Hooded. The barometer will probably rise fast soon. D. C. BATES.