DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 88, 2 June 1911, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

BOX SMC. (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, dune 2. The New Zealand Boxing Council, at its last meeting, dismissed Rudd s , v ,..i ~gainst di.-aiimhlication by the ; iw'.c’s' j»a\ Af-s iciafion, and decided tliat Iho Association was justified in its a;ti;;n; and further, in view of what occiiired in ihe ting in ilie Riidd-iflackmoi e coldest, neither men are to l.e given iin i her matches in New Zealand, ei l.e allowed to identiiy themselves will) the spoil in the Dominion. The eftuned recommended that the New Zealand championships he hold at Invoicargill on duly llth and 2.lth. '(’he Queensland Association' reported that Australasian championships commence at Brisbane in September. BANE OF ME Vi ZEALAND. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, Juno 2. The directors of the Bank of New Zealand, iir submitting the balancesheet ior the year ended 31at March, ■ tata that -the profits, after making prn is ion for expenses of management, had and doubtful debts, donation to provident fund, and bonus to staff, arc .£355,270. Erom this has to 1)3 deducted interest on guaranteed stock £IO,OOO, making £015,270. Of this sum the directors have allocated in reduction of bank - premises and furniture 220,000, leaving balance of prolit for the year £205,270, to which has to be added balance from last year £01,13!, totalling £359,-105. Prom this has been paid dividends on preference and ordinary shares totalling £OO,OOO, leaving available for distribution 2209.105. This toe directors ivnposc sboidl be dis nosed ol as follow s.Dividend at I per cent, on preference shares £20,(100 (making 10 percent, for year), dividend at 0 pyr cent, on ordinary shares £30,000, banns at 3 par cent., -:m ordinary shares £15,000 (making 15 per cent, for the year). transfer to reserve fund £200.000. making the reserve fund £1,(100.000: balance to lie carried forward £31,105. SLY-CROC SELLING. (Per Press Association.) Mastcrfon, dune 2. Emily Haviland, on a charge of keeping liquor for sale in a no-license area, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment in the Magistrate’s Court co-day. 'l’lie liquor was found by the police in a hole in the floor under accused’s bed. AM ASPERSION ON WAIHi. IXACCURATE REPORTIN’G BLAMED. (Per Press Association ) Waihi, .luno 2. in reference to the reported aspersion east upon Wailii by Mr Poole, the local organising secretary of the No-license League hap received a letter fron) Mr Poole staling that the report in the Invercargill “Times” of Ins speech at Invercargill was inaccurate. SUICIDE BY OLD-AGE PENSION EE. » WALKS INTO RIVER. ,Por Press Association.) Hokitika, Juno 2. This morning Charles Cox, an oldage pensioner, and a resident of Greenstone for many years, was soon to walk into the Tcremakau River, near Knmara. He was drowned.