INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10095, 12 March 1909, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(Pfs Press Association.) WL'LLIXGTOX. March 11. Dr Jl'Arthur, S.M., heart! cases fur the enforcement of industrial awards to-day. The l'atea Shipping Company was fined £5 for not paying the sailors of the Kapiti within the time fixed by the award. The defence was that a breach had been committed really for the convenience of the men, whose homes were in Wellington.. and who had been paid there. Judgment was reserved in the case against Humphries Urns, for employing a jionuniouist carpenter. It was stated for the defence that the man concerned w.ts a skilled staircase hand, and it waf submitted that while every staircase band is a joiner every joiner is not a staircase The nautical assessors at the magisterial inquiry into the loss of the Forrest Hall near the Xorth Cape arc Captains \Y. J. Heed, and J. Adams, both of Auckland. To-uighfs Gazette announces that theShipping and Seamen's Act of 1903' has received the royal assent. The .season for deer shooiing in the dis- ; tri-.ts named is given as follows:—Otago. | April Ist to May Bth: Jlawkes Hay. , March 20th to April oCth; Wairarapa, April Ist to May 15th : Waitaki, April Ist to May 51st. Hares cease to come under the provisions of the Animals "Protection Act m the Otago district as from March 4th. * The Trades and Labor Council to-night passed a ivsrduticn urging the Government to pas-! on with the public works authorised; .-,o as to relieve the unemployed ditiiciilty. A supplementary wool .sale was held here to-day, necessitated hy the heavy offerings at the fourth sale of the season last month. Two ihousand hales weiv offered to a large attendance of buyers. Bidding was spirited, and prices averaged a farthing to a halfpenny over the February rat«.s. The range of prices was: Medium halfmed 7.U1. iuediuiji crossbred 6UI to 7id, inferior cro.-sbred 41d to 6d. bellies am! pieces o-.i to stained pieces ami Nicks to 2.td. d>?ad 4d to s£d. cralchin::s 2d to cAd. Jajnh ibest) 6|d to 7id, iamb (medium) od to 6UI. lamb (inferior and sucdy) ojrd to j^d. I'he lily Council 10-Jiigiit appointed Mr Maughan Harnett city organist at a salary of £240 per annum. He is to give an average of one recital a week. The Mayor said Mr Harnett had just concluded a conti act with the Council to give forty recitals for 200 guineas. 'ihese had yielded a surplus of £BO. f The Government has decided that the Mount Cook Barracks shall be converted into a Dominion museum. Tenders for the necessary alterations, involving about £lo : CvjO. are to lie invited immediately. The Government has decided to institute proceedings against a .newspaper, under tiie Gaming Act. on a charge of puhiishing particulars of totalizator betting. The p.r.ic-'cilingi will be in the nature of a test case. DCXKDIX. March 11. Sinck I'".\.v!iani::> sales: Sailor's Jieml 12; 6(1. W.'.-tj.oit Coal £5 2s 6d. Xew Zealand lVrihiml Cement (new issue) lis D'.l premium. cinnsTcnritcn. March 11. A disturbance occuned on the late ex from Duncdin which arrived here at 10.p.m. A man giving the name of •iohu Swanson. evidently a swa-_r_rer. boardtH' the train at Hakaia. An altercation ar.se between him and other passengers. and a rough-aml-tumble ensued. •>wanson. who was under the influence of junior. produced and opened a large pocket knue. and put the other passengers to flight. When the train arrived at L hr:stc hurcli Ho was arrested on a charge of bein- drunk and disorderly. ACCKLAXD. March 11. A statement, ha.- been published to tieeheut that the Department of Industries end Commerce ha.- been advised oi n possible market in India for Xew Zealand r»t----fim-d sulp-hur. liuoiirieo made in '-omuie''iial ciivh-s yosti-rday. however. went to show that >he Dominion cannot compel" v. iih I f aly at;d Japan. There is first of a!! t ; -*-• "Uiiviiity or i dining Rotorna sulphur, win h is so mil of puinho that there no cheap way oi rinsing it. an I the cost oi iaV,r }£ great in ai.v ca>e. As for W aite island sulphur, the island i> uu-ii'-ahhy to live ur.a;. It woi-!;l j,.. to iheai, Kcight. Tie; sulj:S;»jr shipped away from Xew Zealand • < principally used lor the e;-aracc.iou of sulnhuj ie acid. JM IKJTIKA. March 11. At the Supreme Court to-day before Mr Jus t ice Cooper. Annie Andcis.m. hoarding-hoi:<e-kc:'j)er. Moan a. wa> at quitted on two of forgery, but tlicre is stiii another cnargo pen.iiug. Howard Kob.-on v.*a> lotuid not guilty on a < of breaking and entering at Jsurnett's Face, iiear W eitport. i-fi last. cr.suonxK. March 11. The Supreme Court civil business i> i;ro«ceding. Mr ,Jast«',e l-.'duai-ds del/\t-red i lengthy judgment in the case of Conn.-II v. the Gish-,n:e Times Company, a claim i"r £373 <lamag alh-gcvl * libel, wron--inl d!>mi->al. a;.d money due. I'huuain v.a.- iior:->rirtefl on all three counts, with co-is according to ecalc. His ifonor said joain ti IV oinelet.oy misundeisto.id iii< i: gilts, with an tin fort una te i onsequence, I but -aid no;hing appeared in the trial to | reff-M-t <,n his cluira<-ter or preclude his ; employment tn his vocation, j 'i ne dead body of a newly born female child was found in a house in town last id_'!U. An inquest was held to-day. when tie.- veroi.-t was homicide without* intent, owing to confinement without medical | supervas!on.

i)r Mason, Health Ofticer. is ;it present M.vtiii; Ciilioni'j. ill tuniu-ctiun with tin-«iii(jc-ntic or tyjiKuitl. ut which ;tt pic-scut ilu-r-j ;i 10 23 cases in tin- hospital. To|!f :i mo; tin- Cuimei! i:n.i cxa ii, ■];(.' tliii t soon .suit;iiile sewerage would he adopted for the town, lie the adoption im<* of tin; sealed i ;:i: system. and ch.-ser attention by tlie Hiu'!i<ip:i{iiy. lit- wiif address a public m.-uin:: to-nigh?. IXVKKCAIiCILL. -Marcli 10. I lie trustees o| tlie late J. 1\ '1 hoinsou. '" suit against tin* members of the County Council, asked for an interpreting section 116 of the J.-'uh-Ait. and declaring wheth >r jbuntifrs were liable to gravel certain r.»ads laid out by tliem in lite subdivision "i .suburban land in Jnvercaririlf. Plaititdls alleged that they were bound Inlaw to form tho roads, but- not to gravel t.'iv-ui. and defe'idant* contended that- the 'iieaning of the word "form" in the Act was to make the road and finish it bv gravelling. The judge held that there -j fl:->liu' Hon between the words h/iitting ;ind gravelling when used in connection with read-making. and interpreted the action "ii i.ivor of iff.-?. Mr 1. Neave. barrister, moved for the i>sueo{ a writ of certiorari to remove tiie conviction of I'iank I'olf for slv-grog selling into tin: Supreme Court, with a view to having tire conviction quashed. The gnaind ot the - a pplication was that the serviYe of the summons was unreasonable in that it was served, on Poll's wife during iVtf's absence in .Dunedin. so that I'off comd not be advised of the issue of the summons, and did not hear of it until the <:ay of the trial after lie had convicted. The judge held- that as the <:a<a?ne before the magistrate, the magistrate was justified in supposing that i'off .knew all about it. The application was ivn-wl.

March 11. \ deputation from the Kducaiion Hoard w «";ted ui t ho Towti Council to-night asking lor a contribution towards the fuiul for supporting evening technical classes. At present the funds werji insuiHcient to mainUun and conduct the classes, and they have to he maintained and conducted ;>r t!;e e.xpcnse of the public school classes. The deputation explained that- local bodies in centres contributed freely toward* this object-, and thoy suggested that the Invcrcargill Uorough should contribute ?ay i/JCO a year-. The Council referred the matter to the Finance Committee.

Some time ago tlio Health Officer wrote in the Bormigh Council romplainine of the defective drainage for the new building?. The matter was referred to the Council's inspector, who -reported that the Health Ulhrnr must" bp laboring under a misunder-i-tahdiug. At to-night's in-eetiug the Health Officer, wrote tn/il {,i 2A usw houses erected during the year only ono was drained satisfaetorilv and in acc-ordancc uiui the hy-Jaws. lie «il-so stated th.'it of the large- number nf plumbers and drainlayers *vorkinir in Invercargill not one I:cvn?od as required by the-by-laws, and only one had a temporary permit. Me impressed on the Council the necessity for

carrying out the by-laws strictly. The Couneif referred the matter to the inspector and engineer to report. In relation to the drainage question a-report from the borough gardener re work in Puni Creek, which flows through the town, was interesting. For purposes of repair, the creek is being drained, and cartloads were carted away "of material, inlcuding rotten vegetable matter, dead cats and dogs, and other things. The Borough Council to-night considered a letter conveying a resolution of a meeting of Christchurch ladies in favor of petitioning Parliament to restore for a time the system of State free immigration of single women for domestic service, and askins lor the assistance of the mayoress in .ailing a meeting to discuss the matter. The Council received the letter sympathetically. and' left the matter of making arrangements in the hands of the mayor.