LATE TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 79, 23 May 1911, Page 6

LATE TELEGRAMS.

BREACH OF PROMISE. (T r Press Association.) Hamilton, May 23. At the Supreme Court yesterday in a bieach of promise case, in which Alice Beatrice Barker claimed £551 damages against Walter Bird, both <jf Waihi, a vwidict was given icr plaintiff for £25.

FIRES.

(Per Press Association.) Gisborne, May 23. An eight-roomed house at Waerc-nga-o-kui i, owned and occupied by Mr. Carlycon, slicepfarmor, was destroyed by firs. The house was insured for £<loo iu the Victoria Office. The furniturs was uninsured. Rsefton, May 23. Tho first- firs for four years occurred this morning, Wills and Co.’s large drapery and grocery store on Buller Road being burned to the ground. Owing to economy in water due to dry weather, tiro 'water was glow in corning. There was a heavy loss, as tiie firm was carrying £7OOO worth of stock, which was insured for £IBOO on'y, £3OO each being in the Standard, South British, New Zealand, Victoria, Norwich Union, and Phoenix offices.

A '/ 'COffJpSLSATJON COUNCIL. ’.if ». _ p , THE TRAWLING INDUSTRY. (Per Press Association.) Napier, May 23. A sitting of the Conciliation Council was hold to-day, Mr. Hally presiding, to "hear an application hy the employers in the trawling industry for a variation of the terms of the agreement in the direction of per nutting freedom of contract. The employers contended that under the present award it was impassible to conduct the fishing industry at a.profit, and unless a modification was agreed to the boats would have to lay up, and a number of men bo thrown out of work. The Union would net agree to freedom of contract, and, there being no prospect of n settlement, the -casg was referred to the Arbitration Po.ilrt.;;.' '.

THAMES SCHOOL Of 7 MINES. (Per Press Association,) Thames, May 23. Mr. P. E. Davis, of the' Waihi Company, has bean appointed electrical instructor to tire Thames School of Mines. GOLF. LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP. (Per Press Association.) .; • Wellington, May 23. Tho New Zealand ladies’ golf chainpronsliip- wil l bo played at the Wellington. links cn October 27th. THE CENSUS. (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, May 23. .The latest figures to reach the Hon. D. Euddo give the population of Me two islands, of New Zealand as follows:—North Island, 1011, 543,396; 1906, 473,895, increase 99,501. South Island, 1911, 141,258; MOO, 396,108, increase 45,150. Ihe rotai population of New Zealand has adruiced Lorn 800,003 to 9? 1,051. the ligutcs are still incomplete, but the returns to come are small. The relative positions of the two islands ->u d Mr. Buddo, Ima altered since 'ae list b.uch of returns reached nim. The ddloG - r r c b; the increases A >le North and South Islands was 2i,T-:.- - ' ~ ‘ " "

THE DEFENCE SCHEME. , ■ .(Per Prpss,Association.)| Gore, May 23^,

mill it \V!i3 lli» St IHJJStI'P cf aJV." n’o’.u’io! com mc v I’ ; had yrt sera ;n tlto Dominion. Mo oppressed plcasnro .u the cof tho men. In a.i add; oso to tha fiiixcnc ho caid a mountain ont a! a molehill was being made nut of vis;' tl; ii:.;lir.iiitl question. lie :;a.v no raccan why son? m oadsts \vho wished to be together should nr.i be i> deed togedher. At Andda.id i-hc-r.v- was a Catholic eon;p.idv, at Darmdin Hih rniau cadets, and in Munocria and Invercargill they were, couddr: ing tho formation of a Prccb;, tcJ'ian comiuun. Ha had no objection to til it, but it could only happen in (in !;inr c.euires, a;> in (no couuli >■ companr'S they trained all denominations togc