INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10960, 1 May 1907, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.)

DARGAVILLE, this day. A boy aged three years, the son of Mrs Adams, postmistress at Raupo, was : found drowned m a water race.

AUCKLAND, this day, Mr Myers was installed Mayor of Auckland for the second term to-day. He said that the financial transactions of the ■• past year amounted to £492,9Q6, the receipts, excluding loan money,' being £118,585. v This, with loans, made a total revenue of £247,285. The expenditure from revenue was £135,681, from loans £109,940. The total of revenue and expenditure was £492,906. Tlie loans raised totalled £158,700, and loans issued £128>700. The total indebtedness of the city on March 31 was £730,900, against which are accrued sinking funds of £104,375. *"- J An interesting judgment affecting the tailoring triide. was given m the Arbitra' tipn Court to-day, when Rushbraok and Bridgmah, IE. Moore and- J. R, Self, drapers, write fined £5, with costs, for a breach of q clause Of the tailors' award, which provides that all bespoke work shall be dope m the shop of the employer who takes measurements, and that suits solo, as tailor-made should be regarded as bespoke. Respondents took measuremerits for ttuits.Mvhieh were made m a factory, though the Court held on the evidence that the customers were not told the-suits Were not tailor-made. Similar charges against John and George Court, drapers, were dismissed, the evidence showing tlie customers were told the suits were chart made and could not be fitted. In the Sujpreme Court John Lewis, alias Pearce, for the theft of a diamond ring by substitutting & cheap ring for a valuable one shbwn to him by a pawnbroker, was sentenced to two years; William Charles WiH'ams, charged with obtaining money by false pretences at Hamilton, was sentenced to three years. Albert Arthur Noitaian a youth, charged with a breach of probation, was sentenced to two years. I In the case of Henry James Atkins, aliaj^ Dalton, sent from the lower court to be dealt with as an habitual offender, Mr Justice Cooper said there was at present i|o reformatory where habitual offenders might be detained... He could not make ap order as requested. And th.6 gaol Would 'have to discharge nitti. Atkins was sent back to prison to complete the_ten}i of! three months he is now undergoing. I TAURAKGA, this day. ' Replying to k a deputation of . fishermen m referencejito the ©Derations of the new steam traw|er, the Minister for Marine said the interests _«f fishermen would be protected. A line must be drawn within which no trawler must come. Replying to an .application .for a subsidy or loan raised by tht county for bridges, the Minister said personally he was opposed tfr the subsidy system altogether, believing' the Government should lend money for' publio works .'-to' local bodies at 2_ percent, and moke up the difference from the consolidation fund. Tlie counties would . / rate themselves accordingly, and the , money would be. more carefully spent. ' NEW PLYMOUTH, this daVi > Tlie Cusufms duties collected nf New: ■Plymouth.".Ap ril amounted to £2562— iv record month. Last IVpril the atoMhV Was £2718. Every month this year shows a marked intttease; ""'.

Tlie. exports Of butter and cheese for the eight mohthjj, September to April, exceed lialf a million pounds m value. STRATFORI), this day. Mr MassejjA addressed a large' meeting here last night, when a resolution was passed that., the- meeting desired . to ox- : press the opinion that no Land Bill can be considered satisfactory that does iiot provide for v the option of the freehold system of hind tenure. . MASTERTO-N. thi* day. A phenomenal rainfall of tWo inches thirty points was registered for the twenty-four hours ended 9 o'clook thiß morning. This downpour, the bulk of which fell last night, is the heaviest recorded for some years. , It is still rairtJWELLINGTON, '.'-tify day. Admiral Fa wkes is expected from the West Coatt jito-morrow, and will join the flagship 'Powerful* which has arrived from Lyttelton. During his stay here he .Will be entertained by the citizens. The war vessels, are expected to leave for Auckland hi tlie middle of next week. A boy named Kerrigan, three yeans of age was droWned m the Waikutiae river. ".In© Council of. Defence has decided to adopt the Imperial drill book for. use by the New Zealand Defence forces, and >att order for a large number of books has been cabled to London. The. Customs revenue collected at Wellington for "April shows an increase of £17,149 6s 9d as compared with the corresponding month of last year. . . , ";• An application wa» mhdo to Mr Justice Button to-day oii.behalf of, the New Zealand Law Society for an order nisi to remove tlie peine of Robert Moncrief Quthberteon. formerly of Cbristchurdh, but now of South Africa, from the roll. Tlie ground of the application was that Outhbertson had been ,'couvic.ed m ISIOS m the Orange River Colony of theft. An order was granted, palling upon Cuthbertson to show cause within 60 days after service Why lie should hot be struck off. ■ BLENHEIM, this. day. B. N, Barlow was filled £2 and costs at the Police Court for shooting game, 'wild 'swan, out, of season. Perpy Holmes, ■an accessory to the act, wasfined £1 and .costs. Tlie latter was a member pf the Acclimatisation Society committee. .CHtoSTOHURCH, this day,Auctions arc held daily at the Exhibition. Courts that were specially erected for the ||ispl ay exhibits jJt,considerable cost (ire being sold foi- little moro than . firewobd prices. Tlie materials «omprising the Maori pa were sold 'yesterday at disappointingly low prices. A reporter yesterday interviewed rnjiily business .people lln the -city tfihd found 'a unanimous opinion that the prophesied slump after- t|ie Exhibition shows no sign yet. Business is as brisk and money as freely spent l)& before the Exhibition opened. Visitors having now gone, tlie hotels, of course, find business- slacker, but, this is the only direction m which a slump is indicated. It is iwiderslood that m the case of D. C, Mcliityre being arrested ut .Monte Video, wlicrd' lie should arrive to-daY dr to-morrow, Detective Md'eveney will be sent out to. bring him buck to Christchurch. Mcllcveney and unother] detective have conducted the investigations m connection with the charges to. bo preferred against Mclntyre. The man Sniithers, whose real name turns out to be Hchir, who attempted to murder Mrs Nellie Jackson m Moorbouse Avenue a few weeks ago, was before the Court to-day on a cliarge of attempted murder. Tho case, had been repeatedly adjourned owing to Jackson's. serioiw condition, but she had now sufficiently recovered to gis-e evidence. It wjll be remembered that Smithcrs tried to out his own throat after attempting the m"_nder of the we-nian. The hearing of the case was lengthy. Prisoner i was committed to trial. I '.-•■ ;

s DUNEDIN, tliis day. The . police received- tyord last evening of the< death pf Allan Mcintosh, a well-' known mirier of Blue Spur, who;died very suddenly* yesterday afternoon, while at work m the Deep Stream Company's claim, about 17 miles from Waipori township. Deceased, it is said, had been suffering from heart disease for some time. He had been a resident of Blue Spur for many years, . He was about '61 years of age, aiid leaves a wife a»d large family. Deceased had been under medical treatment. __, The vital statistics for Dunedin for April are: Births 130, deaths 69, marriages 63. INVERCARGILL. thiß day. In reply torepresentotionsiby MrHanaii re the Satuiday half-holiday; Mr Millar said : "I am simply carrying out the law. Having strictly enforced both the Arbitration and Shops Act, it is imperative to Bee the Factories Act observed, especially seeing the matter lund been officially brought under the notice of the-' Department." Parliament, ho added, would meet next month," when an amendment might be made, but m the meantime he- intended to strictly enforce the law. In the Police Court this morning Margaret MeAuliff was charged on two informations with unlawfully selling whisky m her. boarding house m Invevcargilf. Inspector Mitchell stated that two witnesses for the prosecution could not be found, though they had been , subpoenaed, and on his application a warrant was issued for their arrest, and the case was adjourned till the afternoon. There are also two defendants charged with assisting m an unlawful sale of liquor, and three others with being found on premises whero liquor was seized. These cases were also adjourned.