TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8834, 14 July 1905, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Plill PItKSS ASSOCIATION.; AYKLLINCTON. duly 14. At the fourth day's sitling of llm Uarnier:,' Union Coiil'ereuee this illuming il was resolved : "'I hat. the (iovorniuenl, he ur;;e(l to briiif, forward as s "• 1"»< sil.lc the legislation promised lliat would provide for ellieieiil, car marking"; -lliat the Small Birds Nuisance Act 1m amended so that towns should pay all e,,iiitahle share of the expense with llm countrv in the destruction of Hinnll hirdn." Mr Uileluc, Secretary (o the Agricultural Department, who was thanked lor Inn presence, (said that the (Jovornniont intended this session to introduce a H Is Inanimation Hill, to enable the Department to examine, seeds and publish the rcsiillu of such examinations. Tim Department win* also asUinn l.'arliauu'iil for more inspectors for hlipjitu and fruit. The Farmers' t'nion r, an:,. ! ; ' IT '' lln> .Minister for Ivlucalion he rriiue.sled to divhle tlie present. Ivliical ion Hoard dmiricts into sine> elecloiates ;" "that, tlio Conference urc,e upon ihc ( iovcrnnient the necessity of tlio consolidation of local «o venniient law on the lines laid downjiy various county council eonlorencos." Tim liual resolution curried was that u universal <:hurge hu made lor the iiwi of telo phone, communication irrespective of distance, and. tailing seciiriun ihiH, chargen shall liu for the use of u lelejillolU! on the actual distanca) by Ihc) most, direct, roille. between one station and another. The Conference closed at 1. p'clock. The Premier receive* a deputation from til" Conference, at 5.30 (his afternoon.

DIJNKDIN. July 14. Two private individuals gave evidence) before tlio Police (.'ommisiiion this morning. Onu said lir h:iw n eunsUbhi drunk ilt Smith ))uiK.'diii three years ago, and hoard lliu sergeant tell t.hi! conslablo lin would sco him in two houi'ii' liinu. The other complained that tin; polico would not ta,kn up lier ca.so. 'J.'wo constables gave ov '" deuce denying what M'Donald siud in regard to older hands being implicated. CURISTCIIIJUCII. .July 14. The weather has cleared, and there in now bright .sunshine, hut tint streets are bo out ii)) with tramway construction opera, lions, that many are inches deep with mud, which will lake a, long time lo dry. The tramway Keel ion from the city lo Kiccarton in making rapid progress, and I ho contractors are conlidcut Hint they will have it ready in time for Carnival frallii: in November.

The Canterbury iloxing Association decided lo favor an amendment of the Polico Offences -Act in th<:> direction of giving pro per recognition lo the Now Zealand Itoxing Association. The Association expressed the, opinion that the law dealing with boxing (should not be pari, of tho Police Of. fences Act, but a. separate law altogotlior. AUCKLAND. duly 14. Regarding the evidence of ox-Oonstublo M'Donald before the Police Commission. 1 hat lie heard thai Auckland was the worst. place of I lie, lot in reuard lo Ihcl'ls, In hers of the Auckland force have expressed this opinion thai, the Coinmi:>sioii should insist on obtaining the source of M'llonald'u information, with a, view lo sifting it to the bottom. Inquiry among llic lirniß whose' warehouse keys .arc deposited in tln* watchhoiise elicit no complaints or suspicions regarding llie Auckland force. t Arrived.- Sonoma, from Sydnoy ; lirithh Monaich, liom Svw York, Melbourne, and Sydney. TJMAHU. July 14. At the conclusion of the business at i\w Polico Court hero this morning, Mr Mobs Jonas, J.P., took strong "xii'ption to a statement made by a witness before the Police Commission in Diuiedin, suggesting that, thieving was going on by the polico force in various towns, including Tiniarii. Mr Jonas thought it nionslrons I hat, nucli a ; suggestion should he made. lie had lived in Tima.ru for 35 years and had never heard a word against the polico. They had always been above suspicion, and hn wished to express his opinion that the polico were honest and straightforward wherever lie had seen I hem. DAR(!AYIU,K. July 14'. A serious gun accident occurred nt Hit in. lo a lad named Harry Rogers while handling a weapon in si milkshcd. The gun went oil', and his hand was blown away. It is feared that a pellet also penetrated his brain.