NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 30 July 1907, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) . .NAPIER, this day. j A man named Wm. Henry Mooney, aged 76 years, was found drowned in' the i inner harbor yesterday afternoon. He i left his .home early on Sunday evening, ; and was seen, about 8.30 p.m. As he < did not return home last . night, search '■ was instituted, wliich resulted m the body being found as above. Deceased was a,• widower, and had been rather strange and i unsettled since the death of his Wife about a year ago. ' i . WELLINGTON, this day. < The Council of the Evangelical Churches • passed the following resolution : "Tliat whereas the law relating to restriction of : conjugal rights proves to be a very short I cut to divorce, which was probaly not m- j tended, it is legitimately desirable that ; the law be so amended as, whilst retain- • ing the right of action for dlimon**/, to prevent the issue of any order, the issue of which would be construed to equivalent to five years' desertion." The Minister for Lands has given instructions to the Land and Survey Department that the name Middle* Island is not to be used m future. Soutii Island j will.be adhered to m all cases. Speaking at a meetinc on Saturday ; evening, Mr McLaren, the secretary of '■ the Wharf Laborers' Union and a prominent labor leader, said that unless labor combines its forces throughout this coun- ; try, it will never be treated with any- ' tiling but indifference and contempt. He next went on to complain with some heat of Dr Findlay's "brutal and callous references to organised labor," and remarked that the -only way to keep the Arbitration and Conciliation Act on the- Statute Book was to see that it was administered m a spirit of reasonableness of conciliation. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Tlie official report for tlie tenth week of the Utility Poultry Club's third egg-lay-ing competition at Lincoln College shows '. that 961 eggs were laid during the week, I making a total to date of 8527. The j highest results for the week were : J. Tonge. white leghorns, 31 ; H. Htirwke, > silver wyandottes. 29. The best totals to date are: .H. Hawkey- silver wyandottes, 261 ; J. Jack-man, silver wyandottes, 261; and Kennedy/silver wyandottes, 255. '.'.'.■" INVERCARGILL, this day. Charles Matthew, aged 14 years, died at Avenal on Sunday, as a result "of bloodpoisoning. Ten days ago he stamped on a board to break it and ran a nail tlirough his' foot. The injury was not thought serious at the time, but it was fatal m result. Nominations for the Southland Coursing Club's inaugural meeting, to be held j on the 7th and Bth pros., total 76 for the ; Maiden Stakes amd 64' for tffe dog open class, which surpasses Dunedin's 58. The latter was much talked of. as a record. DUNEDIN, this day. A man named J. Moore, a miner, wasfound drowned m a deep" stream at Middlemarch yesterday. An eight-roomed two-storey house m Market street, owned by W. H. Sketch, and occupied by Mrs Cassidy, boarding-house-keeper, was gutted by fire at 7 o'clock last evening. - The occupiers of the house we're absent at the. time, and nothing is- known of the origin. A^fire occurred m the sarnie" house a fortnight ago, and at that time the occupiers were also absent. The building was insured for" £700 m the South British office. Most of the furniture was saved. Nothing is known as to insurance on the effects, if any. (Special to Herald.) Dredging returns: Rise and Shine 89 and 26ozs. Rising Sun 70ozs, Enterprise 63ozs, Electric 44 and 35ozs, Sandy Point 42ozs (about eight days), Manuherikia 30ozs (about half a week), Alexandra Lead 18ozs, New Perseverance 18 and 22ozs, Pactolus 53 and 24ozs^ Notown Creek 30ozs. Quotations : Bignell's Notown, .seller 4s;' Electric, 15s, 20s; Enterprise, 5s 6d, 9s ; Hartley and Riley, seller 255 ; Manuherikia, 16s, 225; Rise and Shine, - seller 20s 6d ; Rising Sun, 16s 3d, 17s 6d. The Molyneux river is feet 10 inches above normal at Alexandra. Apropos of the new trawling company about to be established here, £8000 out of £10,000 required is reliably promised. ] Tramway overcrowding is engaging ■ considerable attention at present. The, tramway manager, Mr Alexander, was called upon by tlie City Council to report j re thc purchase of eight large new cars, but he reported that while they would to a considerable extent prevent overcrowding, he opposed the purchase, because the result would be to add to the capital expenditure. Cr McDonald, who has been one of the foremost supporters of the additional large cars proposal, says the Tramways Committee do not consider it would be wise to face this extra expenditure, but seeing that the Electric Power and Lighting Committee are to take over our steam plant, this will mean crediting £8000 to £10,000 to the capital of the tramway department. Tlie proper thing to do would be to put that- money into eight large additional cars similar to the cross-seated bogie m use m Glasgow, which has a carrying capacity of 70. These cars open at the side, and can be kept open m fine weatlier and shut m cold weather. As soon as the Electric Power and Lighting Committee take over the steam plant, he proposed giving notice of motion tliat tlie money be put m extra cars of the type ho had mentioned. Then, again, it was anticipated that they would make from £5000 to £7000 out of the ! tramway service this year, and if tliey i went on at that rate it Avould not take long to pay for the additional cars out of

profits. The amount for the steam plant could be put into more cars, or els e tliey could provide so much for the purpose out of profits.