INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12465, 26 May 1911, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.)

"' ';..':• AUOKLAND,', thii day. The Hon.^ T.M ackenzie \Vas waited on. by a deputation of Government supporters, and asked,, m the event of Taieri being cut out m the redistribution of electorates, to doniest' the "JTorthern seat. He said it was' only fair tio /his t . constituents- at Taieri to take rio "action until the 'electorate-, was., actually * cut. ,tn any case, he would do[ nothing : until he. had discussed the position; with .' his colleagues. • ;,.' Sharemarket '.business : May Queen, Is i sd; Sylvia, ss; Occidental* A^d, 4d; Victoria, lOd ; Watchman, Is 6d ; Hauraki. 2s4d; Bendigo, 3d; Golden Cross, lOd; Tairua Golden Hjlls, Is ; 2d ; . Tairua Mines, Is 8d; Talisman, 50s 9d; Waihi, . 63»; 63s 3d; New Zealand Insurance, 87s '6s; -.Northern Coal, .10s" 6d; -.■■*.' . WAIROA, this day, At the Magistrate's Court to-day, a Chinaman, was cpriyicted on -two charges of. "sly-grog selling, ,ahd was fined £50 and -costs £22 16s, m default one nionth and fourteen days' imprisonment respectively, Qri a charge of supplying liquor to a Native for. consumption fiS the p'rentises, the same accused -was fined "30& and costs 9s 6d, iri default fourteen days'- imprisonment, the sentences to hecumulative. * NAPIER, this day., , Writs . haye beep served on, George' Nelson arid the Hastings Tribune' by H. lari Simson, claiming £3000 and £2000 respectively for alleged ; libel contained m a letter recently published. The case's cprrYe on for bearing -at the Supreme Court next month. ' i FEILDING, this. day. . Mr Newman, M. P. for Mnnawatu.iin a post -sessional address last night, criticised the Government for increasing taxation. He said the census was disappointing.! ' The ; popujat^iipri „' had not 'i'ea.ch'ed ' a million' yet. "' "lndustrial stagflation' ,ii\ the IJominipii wjfis' caused by harassing/ labor I'^wsV , If the Opposition party got into , power, v the, .first thing .they 'would do would be to reduce taxi tion. . . ■ ■', MASTERtON, this day, '. The Collie Club opened, the liipth annual trial's yesterday, \yheh a match fqr heading, bring back, and holding was won by Curtis' Tip; WELLINGTON, this day, A number of third-class -passengers by the -Manuka "evaded the Custonis arid immigration, authorities at Sari Francisco, arid the captain .and purser werfe called .on tp explain. . Just before, the vessel left again a report was, published that they were taken to gaol, but th)s is. deniefi. Ten stewards apd Iwb firemen deserted at Saii FraricisQO, the former being tempted by' an offer of . £l 2 per, month on Alaskan steamers. Thomas Hoult, of Feilding., was fined ,£36 ill the . Magistrate's Court for eyacling duty, on. goods, to the value. '.of £12, consisting of gloves, cigar's, cigarettejs, a set of harness,, arid a ring. Ihe. "find was reduced to. £9, and the goods ordeV--ed to be confiscated. BLENHEIM, this day.; .Obituary: William Benni Parkejr, ,J;P.j. aged 73. He arrjved ip. NeV Zealand m 1861, and had., resided m Marlborough since 1864, - He leaves 'a widow and five sons. „ OAMARU, this day., At a meeting ' held last evening,.; tpe North "Qtago Mounted Rifles decided "to disband, on the ground that it was impossible' to comply wijLh the territorial regulations m regard to, the number of parades. .... , . j . DUNEDIN, this day.In the case Smith v. Smith, m which Mr Justice Williams had taken tinie, his Honor to-day held that, condonatiori was not . proved. .The petitioner (the wife) was ther^fp*^ erititleid tjr) a decree nisi to beco'm-i 'absolute m three moritps.' Costs were allowed oh tlie lowest scale.