LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, last night. The weather has cleared up, and there is every hope of it being tine for the A.R.C. meeting to-morrow. . Ah a result ot considering' the Landlock c«6c reported to them by the Avondale stewards, the metropolitan committee have extended the disqualification of th e jockey Joseph Sceats from six months to twelve months. WANGANUI, last night. There wa_ glorious weather for the holiday. To-day has been spent very •"■iiietly. WELLINGTON, last night. Tlie Premier has received a cablegram from Sir J. G. Ward, stating he and his party are well, and that he has been appointed a member of the Grand Committee, and thai* the subject of penny postage comes up for discussion next Week. Mr A. R., Atkinson and Dr. Findlay attended in Chambers yesterday afternoon, before Mr Justice Edwards and Mr Justice Cooper, when a definite fixture was made for the hearing of the Meikle Com■mission: The. Commi-asiou will sit at tiie Supreme Courthouse at Dunedin on Tuesday, May Ist, at 10.30 a.m., when the examination of witnesses will be com. meuced. The Government liave taken over on lease the premises of the West-port Coal Company at Wellington, as a going concern, that is, the State becomes owner of the' coal yard6, working plant, and distributing equipment, and enters into bu6m-eps as a retailer of Scute-mined coal The Westporfl Company in Wellington last year turned over about 15,000 tons of coal, and lias a monthly turnover of about 50 tons •of firewood. It employs on an average about 12 men, and owns eight or nine horses and carts. It is announced tliat coal will be delivered for cash at 28s per ton, 14s 6d per half ton, is 6d per quarter ton, and ls 6d per cwt. The Government profoees to initiate the retail trade in other parts of the colony, and in others . to. give municipalities the opportunity of doing so. ? BLENHEIM, last night. In the licensing election petition the Magistrate reserved his decision. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Magnificent weather prevailed for the holiday. ' On Thursday night John Friend, familiarly known as "Jockey Jack," fell from a balcony at the buck of the stage of the C-aiiterbur.y Hall, a distance of thirty feet, while setting scenery for the Stephenson Opera. Company. He fractured his skull, and before a doctor arrived expired. At the inquest into the sudden death of John Williams the medical evidence showed that death was duo to syncope through over-exertion. A verdict was returned accordingly. ' DUNEDIN. ,last night. Tlie weather turned out' fine to-day. Large numbers went out of town, and picnic parties, were numerous. The Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class, including reprer-feiitatiyes from various parts of the colony, went into camp at Tahuna Park to-day, and during the afternoon a business meeting was held. , At a meeting of the Presbyterian Synod the convener of the Committee on Trust Funds reported that the committee had not seen its way to formulate any detailed sch«me for making trust funds available throughout New Zealand. The legal and other difliculties were found to be so 6erious that it was felt that unless the Svuod first of all gave an authoritative mandate in favor of such a proposal, it would be time wasted to thresh out the details of anv suggestion. In the event, therefore, of* the Synod not beiug prepared to give such a mandate, it is suggested that the committee be discharged: In view, however, of possible developments in other directions, the committee recommend the ■'appointment of a small] committee to make inquiries, and to watch over the interests of the Synod in connection with trust funds. Thf report was agreed t«» and a committee set up.