TELEGRAMS

Southland Times, Issue 15033, 30 August 1901, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

♦ New Zealand.

[Per United Press Association*.] AUCKLAND, Acq. 28. At the Police Court Walter H. Dawson, Chemist, was charged on the information of the Inspector of Buildings with not being the holder of a certificate from the Inspector that such house was provided with proper means of escape in case of fire. This is the first case brought under clause 318 of the Municipal Corporations Act of 1900. The case was adjourned. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of Admiralty House took place yesterday afternoon at Emily Place, the work being performed by Mr Alfred Kidd, Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, and the Mayor of the city. Invitations were sent to members of both those bodies to witness the ceremony and a'so to the foreign consuls. ;Atjo. 29. In the divorce case Charles Fox v. Margaret Fox and John Henpath the jury dismissed the case with costs against the petitioner. Patrick Loughrao pleaded guilty to-day to attempting to break into a shop at night and to having skeleton keys in his possession. He had been in gaol, with scarcely a break, for seventeen years. The sentence was five years, the maximum term allowed by law. At a meeting under tbe auspices of the Cycle Roads League a resolution was carried expressing a strong sense of indignation at the conduct of the Premier in refusing to assist Sir Joseph Ward to make the Cycle Boards Bill law this session, especially in view of tbe fact that he is introducing legislation which the people are fighting against. The resolution further requested the Premier to take up the bill and make it law this session, aa he has been petitioned by many thousands to do. WELLINGTON, An;. 28. The Wellington Education Board met this morning to enquire into statements made by the Inspector here before the Teachers' Salaries Commission. As, however, the evidence given before the Commission is not yet available the enquiry was postponed till next meeting of the Board. Ab a meeting of the Executive of the Queen's Statue Fund a letter was received from an eminent English sculptor that he oould furnish a good bronze statue with granite pedestal for £2000. It was resolved to obtain a sketch of the proposed statue, and, in the meantime, to endeavour to obtain further subscriptions to the funds, which now amount to £1628. The Builders' Conference having concluded ita session the delegates waited on the Labour Bills Committee to-day, and James Grey, of Christchurch, gave evidence on behalf of the Council on the Factories and Conciliation Bills. It is reported that the Government will shortly work as a State colliery the Westport Cardiff mine, which the Crown resumed some time ago. Advice has been received that the Stillwater Hotel, 19 miles from Greymouth, has been burned down. It was insured in the Phoenix office for £1000. Aug. 29. Robert Martin sued the Shaw, Savill and Albion S.S. Co. for £50 damages. Out of 40 kegs of white lead shipped by the Aotea 19 were not delivered and were found in an almost irrecogniaable form. Tbe vessel had met with a hurricane and plaintiff contended that the damage was the result of bad stowage, but the case was dismissed. At the Supreme Court Henry Wray sought to recover £260 damages from the Union S.S. Co. The plaintiff while employed as a painter at the patent slip tn July fell through a bunker hole and sustained severe and permanent injuries. The hole was made while plain tiff was working on tne steamer, and he was not informed of it by anyone in the employ of the company. The defence was that Wray waa well aware of the position of the bunker hole ; that all precautions were taken by defendants, and if plaintiff had used ordinary care the accident would not have occurred. The jury returned a verdict for £130. Stay of execution was granted for 14 days. The annual meeting of the Institute of Accountants was held to-day. The follow ing were elected members of tbe Council :— Mr J. Scott (Wellington), Mr W. Gnndry (Christchurch), Mr W. Bruce (Auckland), Mr W. Brown (Dunedin), Mr G. Hirsch (Palmerston North), Mr E. Liffiton (Wanganui). Messrs S. T. Leary and R. Duncan were promoted from the aasociateship to the fellowship of the Institute. The Education Board has decided that, as two inspectors are sufficient for the work of the Board, Mr Lee (chief inspector) shall retire at the end of the year. Mr Lee has been 28 years in the service of the Board. Douglas Gordon's reason for scratching Advance, the favourite for the New Zealand Cup, is that he found after yesterday's gallop signs that his wind was affected, while the back tendons have a suspicious appearance. It is feared that long distance racing for Advance is a thing of the past. GISBORNE, Aug. 28. At tbe Magistrate's Court Charles Smith, hairdresser, was fined £10 and costs for carrying on pawnbroking business without a license. MrH. G. Price, draughtsman ofthe local Lands and Survey Department, has been transferred to Wellington, and is succeeded by Mr J. <*» Clare, ofthe Napier office. HAWERA, Af«. 2H. Another body ha? been washed ashore from the wreck of the Liuie Bell, supposed to be that of Keiner, a Mulatto. GREYMOUTH, Aug. 29. The Hon. James Kerr, M.L.C., was buried yesterday afternoon with Masonic rites. The weather was boisterous and rainy, but the funeral was the largest ever seen in Greymouth. The Hons. Mr Seddon andMr Walker represented the Ministry, and the Hons. Jennings, Rigg, and Feldwick, besides friends from Wellington, were also present. All the local bodies were numerously represented. Many came from Hokitika, Reefton, and every part of the Grey Valley, and never in the history of Greymouth has there been pu great a demonstration of sympathy and rep pec I.

•^—f— —— —— —— — — —— l— WANGANUI, Aug. 29 Two fires occurred here, one at 9.30 last evening and the other at 1 a.m. The first was in a shop in some rubbish under the counter, and was easily extinguiahed. The stock was insured for £100 and the shop for £150. Tbe other fire was in a private residence, the family narrowly escaping and losing all their furniture, which was insured for £200, and the house for a like amount. CHRISTCHURCH, An;. 29. James Dolan, until lately a fireman on the Tarawera, was charged at Lyttelton with attempting to commit suicide. Two men found him in the water and got him out after considerable resistance on his part. Mr Bishop, S.M., said it would be much better for accused if he were locked up out of harm's way for a time. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. McLean, the Eyreton murderer, will be executed on Saturday morning. At the annual meeting of the Kaiapoi Woollen Co. the balance to credit of profit and loss was shown to be £7349. A dividend at the rate of 7 per cent was declared and £349 carried forward. DUN'EUI^, ar<;. is. Dr Waddell, who leaves to-morrow for Europe via Sydnej', was presented by a section of his parishioners with a purse containing 281 sovereigns.