INTERPROVINCIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11123, 24 July 1907, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Paul Marie, chef at .the Tiffin, and Emile Debabnan, a young man cook, just engaged, were badly, scalded this morning by the explosion of a steam chest used for oooking food. The report of the explosion and screams of the sufferers brought assistance. They were attended to and then renioved to hospital. Neither man was very seriously hurt. • James ': Paul Huckstep, a single man, aged about 40, was found dead, hanging from- a tree at- Newmarket, this afternoon.--" '•'■■' '•■■..-''■'."■' ■ WANGANUI, this day. ; , The sheep returns for the year ending April show the West Coast of the North Island,? including the district between Mokau and Waikanae, provided more than half of. ths' total increase for the-'year in the number of sheep in the colony, the increase being 381;788. . -' " A large number of local residents are leaving to-morrow for Sydney to witness the Webb-Towns sculling match for the championship of the world. PAHIATUA, this day. Charles Eruson, of Pongaroa, was fined £50, in default a month's imprisonment, for sly-grog selling: Notice of appeal -was given. WELLINGTON, this day. ' William Jas. Pollock applied to Mr Riddell, S.M., for leave to lay an information against Arthur Beeson for defamatory libel under the Criminal Code Act Amendment,; 1901. Application was refused without prejudice on the ground that the -Magistrate was not satisfied that Beeson was a man of no substance, and unable to pay damages in a civil action. ' In the Te Akau block case, Mr Morrison, on behalf of plaintiffs, showed cause, why the Supreme Court's power to prohibit, not the Appellate Court's, was not taken away by the Act of 1895. He contended that in spite of) sections thereit? where the Court manifestly extended its powers, jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to prohibit was not taken away. Arbor Day is being celebrated quietly in Wellington. Trees were planted at the Training College and Kelburne Parky the Mayor taking part in the proceedings. :Mr Payling, Mayor of OhrJstchurch v in ah interview with a Post representative, gave an indignant denial to statements made in the press, regarding the municipal abattoirs at Sockburn. -He explains they are under the sole management <5_ a Government veterinary surgeon, and there is also a committee,: whose special duty it is to deal with matters in connection with the abattoirs The committee make frequent visits' of 'inspection, : and anything requiring attention is promptly dealt with. All meat killed must be stamped with the Government brand before it can be taken away for consumption. The buildings are constructed on modern and the best approved principles, special care being paid to cleanliness. Mr Payling asserts that every care is taken to keep the abattoirs clean and wholesome. Since they were established they have: been in., spected from time to time by qualified experts, who had. spoken in terms of praise, of the arrangements. To-day the Conciliation Board commenced hearing the. dispute filed by tlie Wellington Bakers' Union. The Employes Union intimated through one of its representatives that it objected to the presence of Mr Oolb'ns on the Board, as be was secretary and a member of the Workers' Union, and also objected to outrageous demands filed. If the demands were granted, half the bakehouses in Wellington would, it was stated, have to close. No matter what the Board decided, it was the intention of the employers to take no notice of the Board and to fight the mat-, er out before; the Arbitration Court. The chairman warmly protested against this decision of the employers and of the unfairness of the remarks made. Eventually the. employers' representatives withdrew. - - , . ■ - *.'■■■ . CHRISTCHURCH, ' this day. The only notice taken of Arbor Day in Christchurch was the granting of • a holiday to schools. No tree-planting was done. Farmers complain of the dry weather. Showers have fallen occasionally the last three days, but not enough to satisfy agricultural . and pastoral wants. To-day is beautifully fine, but cold. DUNEDIN, tliis day. Local electric engineering firms intend ■■ taking a cue from tlie Hon. Mr Millar's remarks to yesterday's deputation, and will supply him with particulars in the way of differentiating between electrical i appliances and electrical machinery. < John Love Brown, aged 45, fitter at i the Government workshops, died suddenly } at Caversham yesterday. A death certi- I ficate was given, buti the whereabouts of 1 liis relatives are not known. It is sup- i posed they belong to Whangarei, Auck- I land. • , * (Special to Herald.) - J Less than 20 years ago the Te Ahau i was a favorite passenger vessel in the in- ! tereolonial service. To-day this vessel i makes her finst appearance in Dunedin in 1 the humble capacity of a West Coast col- i Her. - — 1 Work is particularly brisk at Hillside i workshops just now, and there is every - 1 likelihood of night shifts being kept r go- i ing till the end of the year. Another < large order has been received for wagons, i Since Mr W. A. Lloyd held his anti- 1 Chinese meeting in Dunedin the trend of ] the movement has not escaped the notice i of the Chinese merchants and hawkers of i the city, and as far as the situation can ? be ascertained it seems very likely that 1 they may take some trade step by way t of retaliation on those who wish to re- i strict their business. They have discus- i sed the matter a good deal of late and (says - the Star) it fs reported on very good u authority that they haye talked over the . question of . refusing to supply green- j grocers who may happen to make them- r selves prominent at Mr Lloyd's meeting at the Garrison. Hall to-morrow evening. The matter of each Chinese vegetable dealer under a bond of £20 each (presumable to some central Cliinese com- C mittee' or society) to carry out the boy- 1 cott rigidly, hag also been maintained, i but as yet everything is in a more or less t nebulous condition. What seems certain i is that after the reports of to-morrow's i anti-Chinese meeting appear they will be s discussed at a subsequent meeting of the 1 Chinese,, who will finally decide whether t retaliative measures are to be proceeded.! with or not. a