LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 9

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

.'Ppi- Press Association.)

WELCbIN.GTO'N'; last night. | The chairmen of ' the various Military Service Boards met -at Wellington today: The^ discussed sevei v ar poiht's that have arisen m the course of their work, i with the object of securing uniformity ; of practice m dealing with certain classes of appeals. They conferred Avith tbe military authorities regarding some matters',' 'ahd tal&b'ftiet members of the, Nati9nal Efficiency (Rdard; '• 7 The chair- 1 men had found • that* ' many appeals brought .before -them >m the«'yarious dis- 1 tricts raised questions- thatVbelonged to the Domin-'on Efll,cieiicy Board. Mr Myers '(Minister foj 1 Munitions) attended the conference,, arid the Defelice Minister also met the -cliaiMiert 'during Ahd! day. HAMILTONi'Iast night. At the Magistrate's - -Court; in< the charge against David Morgan Leckie, alias. Moi*gan, ; Constable Maher, of Taumarunui, said 'lie had takeri* a statement from accused, m which- the latter alleged that .deceased had as^ulted him without ■p^o-vocatio'ri, and" liad kicked him wlien' dcAvn. When, m the 'hotel, deceased; made a savage- b^y^^at- him, and m serf-defence he picked: up what he took to be '"a sodawatet*' bottle and struck deceased. Accused was committed for trial at the criminal' sessions of the Supreme Court <at Hamilton. AUCKLAND, last night. A charge of publishing a seditious utterance m a pamphlet entitled "Men and Marbles," was made against Harry R. Urquhart, M.A., at the JPplice Court to-day.' Defendant ipleaded guilty. The ' Crown solicitor said the pamphlet was a diatribe against' conscription: - TDefendant said he liad no idea except that he was telling the ti*ue teaching of/ Christ. Tlie Mig'i-frite said 'he" had ho difficulty m decidin-:*; to cofiricV. -but iii view of defendant's jjood character and obvious sinceriity, the question of penalty Avas difficult. He reserved his decision: