LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10446, 26 August 1905, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Per Press Association. HAWERA.; last night. An elderly man named Reuben White, a well-known settler at Te Roti, haa becn .committed to tidal at the next sitting of tho New Plymouth Court on a cliarge of carnally knowing a girl aibout 15 years of age. No evidence was taken for the defeuce.

WELLINGTON, last night The Navy League is arranging with the banks through the colony to observe a special holiday on October 20, which is to- 'be observed as the centenary of Trafalgar Day. Wi Nera, a Native Land Court Assessor, who died to-day at Porirua, was •a grand nephew of Te Rauparalia and the most direct relative of that famous warrior.

Wm. Redmond, licenseo of the Island Bay hotel, was to-day fined £10 for Sun'duy trading. As defendant's record was •good, no endorsement was ordered. The schooner Emma Sims has been •oliartered by a Wellington syndicate to -proceed to the Tlu-ee Kings, where an effort- is to be made to secure troasure valued at £17,000, which went down in the Elingamite. The -expedition will start at tlie end of next week.

The telegram from Nelson of August 8 on liarbor matters wae worded in- such a manner as to oonvoy a wrong impression. (1) Mr Marchant's report did not condemn the dredge and plant designed by Mr Leslie Reynolds. The dredge is reported on as doing all the work for which it was designed, namely, removing and delivering within the liarbor the material within the proposed channel. Mr Marcluint merely expresses an opinion that it would have beeu better to liave .a strong dredge to deliver the material outside the harbor. On this point expert opinions of commissioners differ, but the matter is one hi no sense relating to the insufficiency of the plant for its -purpose. (2) Mr Marcliaut did not i-ecommend "drastic alterations" in Mr Reynolds' scheme. On the contrary, in effect his report is to advise the Board to revert to Mr Reynolds' scheme, from -which the Board had departed. BLENHEIM, last night. The citizens presented Mr Thomas Orr, "Union Steamship Company's manager here, with a token of esteem in the sliapo of a silver salver and a purse of • 144 sovereigns. Tlie Mayor, Mr E. H. Pcny, made the presentation, and referred to tho recipient's; service of 20 years in the colony ana 14 years in Blenheim in the employ of tl„ Union Steamship Company, liis active connection with cricket, music, and church work, and his reputation as a gentleman. Mr Orr remains ia Blenheim. CHRISTCHURCH, last night Mr Geongc Lambie, 17 years manager of tho Union Steamship Company here, was, on the , occasion of his retirement, presented at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce with a purse of sovereigns. Eulogistic references were made to the woi-k done by Mr Lantbic, the chairman, Mr A. L. Parsons, saying that his retirement meant the loss to the community of a very capable, a highly efficient, and an extremely ipopular officer. The weather is not, too promising for ♦the football match, Australia v. Canter"bury, to-morrow. After two days' fine -weather, light but -steady rain fell this ■evening, and seems likely to continue. The students responsible for the re•ctnt.broaches of discipline at Canterbury College were dealt with at a special meetJng of the Professorial Board this afternoon. ' Four student- implicated in •entering tho girls' cottage, and nine in tampering "with the college clock on degree day, were each fined £1 and ordered to make good the damage done. Those students responsible for the destruction of the tablo and locker doors in the students' room wore ordered to make good the damage. A man named O'Connor was 1 run over by the Sumner train, receiving injuries which necessitated an operation. The subject of "Neglected Cliildren and the State" was discussed at a meeting of wornem A resolution was passed ui-ging tl» establishment of cottage nomes and provision for proper maintenance, :supervision, and education of illegitimate •children. It was decided to thank Mr Taylor, , M.H.R., and those who voted ■with liim for endeavoring to expunge the elauso in the Electoral Bill, preventing -women being eligible as members of tho Legislature. Benjamin Baynea is announced as an Independent Liberal candidate for Avon. Complete arrangements liave been made to advertise the New Zealand International Exhibition throughout the world. A copv of the official notice regarding the exhibition has been sent to every principal newspaper in tho world, and every merchant and manufacturer in the -world, and supplies of the same aro being forwarded to agencies of suippivg -companies, to all banks, merchants, and .hipping agencies in Japan, China, India, •Ceylon, and Straits Settlements. Distri"bution in Canada and the United States is • fully provided for, and supplies sent to all British Consuls in foreign ports, as well as all foreign commercial correspondents of the British Board of Trade. The High Commissioner of New Zealand .in London has received a large sup. ply for distribution in Great Britain and the Continent of Europe, and lias also been asked to have the official notice translated into French and printed and circulated throughout Europe. Mr Hogben, the Inspector-General of Schools, has informed the homo industries committee of tho exliibition that the Education Department is prepared -to provide exhibits which shall do representative of recent educational methods,' particularly the work of manual and technical classes. OAMARU, last night. A five-roomed house situated at \Vainnakorua, -the property of the Otago Education Board, was destroyed by fire on Thursday. The fire is supposed to have been caused by an ember being blown ou to the hearthrug. There was no insurance on the contents. The house was valued at £200, and the contents at £65.

An enquiry wa4 lield to-day into the circumstances connected with a fire that took place in the shop of Robert Walker on Sunday morning last about 11 o'clock. The verdict was that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated, but jthe -jury were satisfied it had not been smouldering from the previous night. .