DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 30 September 1913, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

THE WELLINGTON TRAMS. [Per Press Association.] Wellington, September 29. A very satisfactory report regarding the working of the Wellington City trams has been prepared b;v the Tramway Board. ' During the ? past 21 weeks over 11,000,000 people Wvere carried over the city'lines, an intense of 300,000 compared to the figures of the corresponding period last yeafs.. The revenue shows an increase'* of £5372, and the working expenses a decrease of £932. friendlTsgcieties. I Wellington, September 29. The question of the right of the central federation of a number of Friendly societies to receive certain contributions from branches was argued in the Supreme'Court to-dhy. Plaintiffs were the trustees of Court Sir Charles Napier of Foresters, Hawke’s Bay, and defendants the'District Court of the btime order. The questions advanced were: (1) Can a friendly society. alter, its rules so as to impose on a member or a society the amount of benefits actually received under tbe existing ruler'-of the society• (2) Can a friendly society by the alternation of the rules fe-" pure a branch society to transfer contributions of a separate and distinct fund to another fund of the society having the objects and purposes not different in their general nature and naterially different in a practical .cope from the first-mentioned fund rnd,(3) Wbecbqr these questions are mt questions affecting the constitution of the sociey and the fundamental rights of members and branch societies. The amount involved is about £7OO. After ] a rgument, the iase was adjourned in order that the hhicf Justice might ascertain the portion in the Court .of .Appeal. AN ILLEGAL RAFFLE. " . • w —- : :iIH; Haw.era, jSepfemoer 29. ' A, W. Gillies, chairman of the? ‘ ! . Smith Taranaki Winter Show Com--1 pany' tvasj tb-day ( againstl,;or li'alihg breach of t'lie ' ’laming Act in that he had, on bqfijdf ( ( uf'fhfe cdrapiauy, 1 a lottery at the''last .Wi.Q.ter.Slmwy l>y. raff ling a motor-ear. He pleaded guilty. Counsel for the defence stated the company had acted in good faith, and m honest mistake had been made upon a point of law. Counsel for the Crown pointed out :hat no ; f x’aud iWae-dpiphtOd agalffet > .'crillies, / A ,£ 10 T wpsimposed, and Mr.S'tuari Ennis, .whp sold the ticket in the ■;]ffle,’ v iyag ffned £Lf,ui,) ‘ « . .{. , H ■i. -rwi'i litt/i ■ i | THE NO-LiC£NBE QUESTION. Palmerston North, September 29., A representative d?P, option from •cho No-License League waited on the Hrime Minister. Mr E. H. Grabb said that the No-License Party considered that they were Idboring under a disadvantage in having to take a chree-fifths majority. They did not . ant to bring forward any other question, except a reduction in the majority, He would make this a test ques- i tion at next election. Mr Massey c,aid ,fchat he was not able to give a definite answer, but within a fortnight or three weeks the Government would make an announcement as to whether i Bill would be introduced this session. It would not be made a party neasure. Members would not be ask- j id to break their promises, to the electors. A GIFT TO AUCKLAND. , Auckland, September 29. A gift of £9OOO has been made by i Mr A. M. Myers, M.P,,to the city, for the purchase of land between-jpueen street and Grey street'in the jiegrt of the city for a public park. The gift vas accepted by the City Council tolight, and the action of the Mayor in inquiring nearly eight acres with the uoney was approved. It was decided that the new domain should be called “Myers Park.” A special meeting of the Counicl, which accepted the gift, was enthusiastic about the project, ’beers being given for Mr Myers. MOTOR-’BUSES for TIMARU, Timaru, September 29. The Borough Council to-night, after j 1 month’s trial, decided to purchase an . Vrgyll-’bus chassis and call for tendws for three more ’busses. , ,