INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11127, 29 July 1907, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

.; .. , . , : ..'. ♦• ' — — — ? y\:'v y(i (Per Press Association.) I WHANGAREI. this day. In the Kiripaka coal min.es on Siaturday a line of skips.by some means became detached irom the cables, dashed; down an incline and; 6verwhelmed a, young man named William; Bentali; Who was working at the bottom. His .wristr was broken, head much, cut, and other injuries inflicted, froni which he died in hospital. . AUCKLAND, this day. At the half-yearly meeting of tlie Auckland Gas Co. a, dividend! of eight shillinga per share was declared, 'absorbing £14,429; There was . carried forward £3969. MAR'iLN, tois day; ■ There was a-; strong outburst of feelirig at Mao-tori on Saturday ; night, between ten o'clock and midnight, when a crowd numbering; about)- 200 hooted Constable FitzpatricK ; for,' his action •in a* recent Ucensmg case at. Martori Ckmrt- A' great noise was kept up, and" stones arid eggs thrown, about. Several windows were; broken at tlie police . statiori, ivhich was at, the tone only occupied by the '■ ; anv stable's wife, who naturally was much alarmed. : ..Two local residents who endeavored to reason with tlie mob. were hustled and quickly silenced- Constable Fitzpatrick was shouldered out of the way several : times, but did not get; alarmed'. Much cred't is given to the constable for his self-restraint: arid plucky hearing . in what almost amounted to a- riot. ; iFETLDING, this day. The. Feilding Star says a: writ has been issued by A. Barton, late manager of the Bank of Australasia here, on; behalf of himself and all other shareholders in the Hawke'si Bay; Timber;-; Company, ...Ltd., against the Bank of Australasia, claiming: moneys alleged to be due; in connection with transactions of the bank with Rich : ter,_Nannestad,'ahd Go. arid the Tipiber Ctompany/, and also on account ot , the directors of the Timber: Company, joined as co-defendants; The case will^probably bi heard at the September sitting of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North. .'■?;■..' ■.- y.-' WAIROA, this day. To encourage the volunteer school cadet movement Mr Jolrn Hunter Brownj'Whakaki,' has given £200: r to be invested for all time; . the interest being devoted to cash prizes for shooting competitions for the; Huraariua, Mounted Rifles .and^ Wairoa school cadets^ •'.';'.. ; "" . -^ . " Heavy rain has fallen since , Friday; There was a continuous downpour yesterday. It is showery to-day. '.. The. drivers are flooded 1 . : - NAPIER,; this day. : The School Journal came in for some strong criticism.at the anrnial meeting of the Hawke's Bay Teachers'.- Institute. It was. stated that a promise "bad been made by the Minister for Education that the Journal should take the place of all books except jthose required -for : ■.;■ the teaching of reading and arithriiatic. This it had heen. found totally, unable to tdo, and; the' result was' that lteachers had beeri forced to fall back. on the old series of books; "Parents had naturally coriiplained, but r the teachers were helpless in the matter, as the Journal was to cover nothing like a" satisfactory course ofv instruction.; -\ v *-:."'" The steariteij .Red Hill, bound ; from Cbronel, Chili, to Wellington, put: into port; yesterday short of coal - - '- ' : ; Heavy arid continuous i rain;. fell, yesterday, arid it is feared: it ■will prove dis--astrous to;.lambing. The weather>sorfar has been most unfavorable,' arid' the percentage of. lambs this year; is ■ likely to be much ;belo.w last yeat's^ecorfrV :; v V.WELLINGTof ■^Bis^day! -' .The Hon. !Mr. Millar has' to receive no less Wian nine deputations to-day, mostly on tariff, matters. They are' supposed to begin at 10 and go on .till 4 p.m At I meeting of delegates of the various. Automobile, . Associations, held to day, the tariff proposals were discussed, and it was decided to recommend that the preferential duty be 12£ per cent instead of 20 ; that in regard to tyres;British makes be given preference of'; 12A per cent., and -that there be "a- duty of 12i per cent on all bodies. A deputatiori was appointed to -bring the resolutions under the notice -of the Minister for Customs.. The. meeting also decided to- forni a New Zealand.*; Autoiriobile Association, the ; head quarters to be in Wellington, although general meetings will be held Jn any other centres'. In reply to a deputation of tradesmen which , asked that the duty be retained on motor-cars, the Minister for Customs •said it had been ' already intimated by the Preriiier that while, the chasse of a car would be .admitted duty, free the ordinary car would pay duty as before. The. whole matter was to be discussed by Cabinet at an early date. "Later in the day a deputation headed by Mr Hislop, Mayor of Wellington,; intimated that a New Zealand Automobile Association had been founded that day, and that it approved of the policy of fostering native industries, and was prepared to support the imposition of a duty on bodies of cars to the extent. of 12£ per cent. .What they were most anxious about was tyres, of which the bulk cariie from Europe. The viewas to bodies of cars was combatted by Mr Scott,, an importer, who contended that bodies for motor-cars would still have to ; be imported, and that English makers would , not fallow, full rebates for bodies when supplying only chasses 'arid engines. The Minister in reply indicated that the coachbuilders' request for a duty would be acceded to, and -that he considered the point as to tyres was not worth troubling over, seeing that special concessions were made to colonial customers by Continental makers. He considered a • 12£' per cent duty on bodies insufficient. _ It should be 20 per. cent to maEe it. uniform with the duties charged on other vehicle bodies. - A deputation to the, Minister for. Customs' representing importers of typewriters, protested against a proposal to put a preferential duty of 10 per cent, on all typewriters manufactured outside tlie British Empire, asserting that no standard machines were made in England, arid that blie preferential tariff would simply mean an increased cost to the public who used typewriters. The Minister replied that he did not see why tlie Government should assist to feed! the American market, and it seemed to him that if British capital was invested in some of these concerns the capitalists should take steps to have the machines; made- in England;, besides, he knew from invoices he saw that various American manufacturers made up for preferential tariff handicaps by; giving wholesale purchasers "a preferential fication" to counteract tlie advantage given; British traders. However, he would lay the deputation's request before Cabinet. Four men, Gycjl Cosgrove. John Hamilton, George Ferris, and William Robert Sinclair, were before the Court to-day on various charges of burglariously entering premises and stealing goods and money. Accused pleaded not «uilty, and were remanded till August 7th. TIMARU, this day. Between 7 and 8 last night a house at St. Andrews, occupied by Constable gerald, Mas completely destroyed by fire. No one was at home* at the time. The constable left home at 7 o'clock, when there was no sign of fire, but at 8 o'clock the house was destroyed. Incendiarism is suspected. Tlie house was insured in the Royal Office for £275, and the fruniture with the New. Zealand office for £100. The constable estimates his loss at. £150. ~ DUNEDIN, this day. An old wood arid iron building in Glen road, Caver sham, used as a feQmongery and manufactory, was burned down yesterday. The fire arose by means of sparks from the boiler, communicated to scraps of wool lying about. The insurances on the building are -£350 on the stock and plant and £350 on the machinery, and contents £150, all in the Alliance Assurance office. Dawson arid McKechnie's sawmill at Ratanui, burned- down on Friday, was uninsured. The loss is estimated at £400. Tlie Dunedin Fire Board appointed Mr Cray Cliairman and' Mr Arkle to .represent them, at the Wellington Conference. * GORE, this day. George Munro, not Murray, charged with burning fifteen stacks yesterday, was brought before Justices and oremanded0 remanded till Friday. — — —■ — _— ■ i