TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 10016, 5 December 1908, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Per Pbkss Association.) WKLLINGTON. December 5, Representatives of the Friendly Soiii,.. ics and the Rritish Medical Association 'iave arranged an agreement which i„ •oported to be mutually satisfactory. '|'| u , principal clause is that in the event of 1 disagreement between 11 society or ; , iranch and its medical ofliecr, or i>otwi'i>n 1 lodge and members of the liritish Medi::al Association, the matter be tiulmiittuil to a conimitlee drawn from the local dj. vision of the New Zealand hriincli, ;u»l the society or branch concerned; if ()„, committee fail to agree, the matter t 0 be submitted to arbitrators, one to hj,, appointed by each party, the arbitrator* to appoint an umpire, who, in the event of their disagreeing, shall be called upon to give his decision, the decision of t) m arbitrators to be binding. • the lixing o |' fees is on the nrinciplo of the I'reednni of contract between each lodge and its <| w . tor. ciiiasToiiuncii. December 5, The conference between the delegates representing the Olago, Southland, ami Wellington Outre* affiliated to th,. x,, w Zealand Amateur Athletic Association Wjls held this morning, nine delegates lieii'iir present. Mr A. A. Pnnpo was 111. tho chair. II wan deckled to set. up an cxeou! live to administer sport in Iho Dominion consisting or Dr Newman, Messrs 11. \y' M'Neliy, J. Dawson, \V. Coffcv. V. lions' 11. Daviies, A. Mnrryfl.lt, V. W. Lai-kin' and \V. 11. Pollock. It. was also decide,! to write the Amateur Athletic. Union of Australasia detailing the cireunisluncM leading to the holding of (ho conference an<l requesting recognition of the executive as the governing body in the- iiilminislm. lion of amateur athletics in the Dominion It- was further decided that the next championship meeting be allotted to the Southland Outre. The eonfcreiiw wan the outcome of the recent deadlock lm. tween the Council and the alliliukvl centres.

I'tinners and gardeners ano beginning l„ complain of the want of rain. In November the ra.infal.li was .721, mid for thi> whole the year to date the figure j H 21.772. 'J'hLs is several inches below the' average, and but little rain can be looked for between .now and harvest. Si ill f w | holds out fairly well, but. a- good kliowtt would be welcomed by everybody. AUCKLAND. December 5. At (he Supremo Court to-day a decree nisi was granted on the application ( i[ John Bowdeu, ticket collector, from Maud Kfaine on the ground of misconduct will) John llouley. The parties were only married in February last, but tin- wife w<i„ a confirmed dipsomaniac. Cecilia. Synion was granted u decree nisi from /"lurry Symon on (he ground of misconduct. WHAKATANK. December 5. Only a. few slight earth tremors occurred last night. MASTERTON. December 5. The recount of the licensing poll given a majority for no-iicense of ol 2-stii. The grounds of a petition against tlm validily of (lie poll are that Alaslerton was a district imd no Gazette notice wn.» published us required; that }>crsoaiN voted who were not adults and had not bwn in the Dominion. 12 months nor in tho district three Jnonths; that the- population has increased' 25 per cent, and voters should .have had a proposal, lo increnso licenses placed- before thorn; (hat nbscntoo votes woro re<:ordcd and there :is no power (o issue such permits; that many irregularities occurred, particularly iby the exhibition of placards and by fresh voting papers being issued to voters who had spoiled their conies; that one booth was not. opened' until half an hour after (ho proper time. It is also alleged that persons tinder age voted and that some voted who were, on the roll for other electorate!, No date is yet lixod for the. hearing. INVERCARGILL. December 5. At the Supreme Court a girl eighteen years of age, the body of whose child was found on the road some distance from Winton, was sentneed to six months' probation for concealment of birth.