INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10965, 7 May 1907, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

- - !;,■ ", . 'mm — -_. (Per Press Association.) ' Ji. AUCKLAND, this day. ,;; > At the Maori meeting at Waahi tlm principal [incident of Sunday's proceedings was a speech by Henare Kaina.i, M.H;R. i He referred to the tieaty of Waitangi,] M-hich, he said, had never ii*m broken m the natives. So far as they . were concerned it Was still in force, ana '- tlie only .means of getting it recognised by the New Zealand Parliament wits t«. eend a petition to the King. Wl.fi t'm proceedings were resumed yesterday after* noon Mr Knihau riiade further references to tlie same subject. ■'. The Arbitration Court heard further evidence to-day in support of the tramway workers application . for, a new award providing increased pay 'and greatly improyed' working conditions.. The example Jof Southern cities. Was. quoted in support of the demand. for motormen's seats and iglasß-fronted cars. ' v ' ' ; The -proceedings at the Maoii meeting at Waahi to-day Were characterised with intense earnestness. The' Arawas, after deliberatiri§, resolved that they were in complete accord that tlie descendants of the Arawa and Taiifui canoes should unite to obtain a full reaognition of Maori • rights adbdrding to the treaty of Waitangi. Mir KafliaV MiH.R., expressed gratification, and said he was entirely in accord with the union, and said if Messrs .Ngata, Heke, or Parata would not acquiesce the union would not eventuate. [ ' TAIHAPE, this day. The road between Karioi and Ratigatawa iB almost impassable. Storekeepers waited urion the Engineer to urge the haulage of Btoreß to Rangitawa, three " miles frorn Ohakuno; as it is utterly impossible to cart over the road. Provisions' Have almost run out, and the Engineer ji said ' he. would make an, effort to extend the rails to Rangitawa, in order to rail in stores. | WELLINGTON, this day. The yoitng man Eiby 1 , who shot himself yesterday [morning, hud until recently been m lodgings, when he engaged a room at Barrett's liotel. . At 7 o'clock yesterday morning the room was empty. The bed had been iepfc in. Art hour later his bodf was found in bed with a revolver alonj^ side. The body was fully dressed, with tli e arms crossed, and there was a bullet wound in the right side of the head, about three inches above tlie ear. The weapon was a fivjj chambered one, four chambers being fully loaded and one has been discharged. [Eiby had been transferred from*. 'Timaru ajjjoutfiveorsix months ago. No cause is as yet known for tlie dcod. ' When he Jeft his office on Saturday afternoon last he appeared to be in his normal mood. .J, ."'■..■'" Tlie antlunl meeting of the Giles's Association wfis held laßt night. A letter Was received from the Hon. J. Rigg, suggesting that for the future cash - prizes should not be .given at championship contests. No] action was taken. Mr Justice Dennistorij Mas elected president, and Mr * F. B. Sharp secretary and treasurer.. It was decided that in future congresses should bo held at Easter instead of Christmas, and that the next congress be -held in June. A {resolution regarding the reduction of tlie time limit was held over 'till the June nieeting. i NELSON, this day. Wm. Hewitt, driver of the WakapuakaNelson cbjjich, was going out to the Glen on. Friday evening at 6 o'clookj and when near Leagjjr'i. a tall Well-dressed man hailed Trim and got on the box. Hewitt says he noticed Hue man attempted' to rob the money bag, and immediately on discovery the man fitruck Hewitt on the face and jumped off the coach. Hewitt, who js a stalwart tiuslyman, says he stopped ! the horses, followed the man, and had a severe fight with liim. He left tlie man much mauled on the road. The matter was reported to the police, and a man wos seen coming into town the same night; Hewitt proceeded to Wakapuaka, but did not report the matter till next day, but it is supposed the man is still in town. CHRISTCHURCH this day. At the Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Chapriian, un application wus> niade for leave to employ us a clerk Fj H Bruges, w'ho was recently struck oft the rolls tis a k barrister and solicitor j>y tlie Court of Appeal.' Counsel for tlie District Law Society objected, but his Honor' al*^ lowed the application; .' *■ . In the Magistratels Court to-4ay two men, for jiupplying liquor to a prohibited person, were fined £7 and £5 respectively. Thp Magistrate dwelt on the seriousness of an offence of this kind, and intimated he would deal severely with repetitions of ft. ' " v -' The officer commanding the. volunteer district has issued n strong order condemning the conduct of certain volunteer;, at Easter in uiuqupling a train between the wageons and curs, and in making a rope fast to a scat in a waggon of trio tram and to fruit oases on the platform. Apart froni. the qucwlion of inconvenience and possible serioii* accident, such conduct on the »art of voluntoers was a discredit to the whole force. Tlie officei',. commanding tlie battalion anil companies have been directed to prosecute inquiries, with a view to bringing a charge against the offenders. DUNEDIN, this day. One avccVs work of the committee of the now cathedra board resulted in tho sum of £700 being promised to the cathe. dml fiuid. The Outlook'B China famine fund has reached a : total of £898, A destructive' fire occurred tit Messrs E. Ellis and Company's flock mill at Kaikorwi lust night. The gonerul store and stables wei L e gutted,, and the manufactory had a nurrbw escape. The losses ar© estimated at £300, which is covered by insurance in the Guardian office. 'Ten 'married men, with 34 dependents, have been sent by the Labor Department to the'Onrft,Wuikaka railway works. More men will be sent to the same works shortly. Fully hajf a doaen' Dunedin linns nr* having the" Waipori power installed for machinery-driving purposes. So far "12,000 people have inspected (lie KngTish sweating gOods exhibit at the Tov.ii' Hall. " ' ■ The. following sentences were passed by Juoge Williams at the Supreme Court: Donald McDonald, forgery at Invercar- - , gill, twelve: mouths, to commence at the . % expiration of his 'present sentence { Ed* ward Reiderer, theft of gold from, a drecjge, three months. '■ ' Mr Kuianuel, a well-known commercial traveller, of the firm of Mendelsohn arid Son. died suddenly to-day, af[cr a short illness. ' • ■ ' '' (Special to Herald.) The fire on the s.s. Mokoia caused a good deal bf talk, to-day concerning the general question of fires op shim, and incidentally: recalled tho fact that the Commission which was pet up to investi?ate the cause of the recent repeated conflagrations on tlie Home steamers have not added any tiling to the general knowT ledge in these oases. It was a moot point whether wool, tow, or flax was tho cause of the outbreaks, and the chief suspicion lias always rested on tow. Some years igo tne direct lines between here" and Home were so impressed with the ' danger if carrying uncovered tow that they plarj--2d a very heavy rate on it. Advice has been received hero that Hewitt .had; his' first successful mount in Kngland on March 23 at Liverpool. He rode King Edward's five-year-old colt Rarer Sort Sn the Maghull Plate, a weight for age' race, over a mile and a furlong, His mount Was an outsider in n field of seven. Tens were freely offered against Rarer Sort,: which won easily by three engths. I'/ • ' !'