DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1914, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

PANAMA EXHIBITION. [Pee Association.] Wellington, February 26. Representatives of A. and P. associations and chambers of commerce from all centres of the Dominion conferred with Mr Massey this morning on the subject of the Dominion's representation at the Panama Exhibition. Mr Massey stated that the Government had voed £15,000 towards the project, and the New Zealand court was • now being prepared. He considered this a unique opportunity to take advantage of the recent changes iu the American tariff. Delegates assured Mr Massey of hearty support in his proposal. NEW HEBREW SCHOOL. Auckland, February 2G. The foundation-stone of the new Hebrew School to be erected behind the Synagogue at a cost of £IBOO, was laid to-day by Mr N. A. Nathan. in the presence of a large gathering. ALLEGED GAMING HOUSE. Wellington, February 26. George William Boshor, occupier of a tobacconist's shop in Cuba street, was arrested on a charge of using the place as a common , gaminghouse. The police found betting paraphernalia, consisting chiefly of "double charts," on the . premises. and Bosher had £37 10s on him. He appeared before a Justice of the Peace,, and was remanded on bail of £IOO.

CROP AVERACES. Wellington, February 26. The following are the estimated average yields of variotfs New Zealand crops for the current season : Bushels per acre: Wheat 32.33. oats 41.03,°barley 38.31, maize 54.30, peas 33.57. Pounds per acre: Ryegrass 503.64, cocksfoot 220.48, chewings fescue 282.31, red clover 174.21, white clover 123.74. Tons per acre: Potatoes 6.7, tur nips 15.19, mangolds 31.12. INFANTILE PARALYSIS. /Wellington, February 26. A, Gazette notice to-night declarer infantile paralysis, or pyhomyelitis. an infectious disease under the Public Health Act. A MARKED MAN. Auckland, February 26. Another instance of the far-reach-ing character of the recent labor trdubles in the matter of their reac"tlioli'on tne' life of in remote places, came before, the Police Court this morning, when a barikrup. name.'] William Thomas Martin, aged 31, in admitting that he obtained credit by misrepresentation, pleaded ir. extenuation of Ins wrong-doing, that ho bad a wife and three young child ieu to keep, and bad bad to fight for them with Ins ba«k to the wall, in coiiHt-quence of his being a ''marked" man because oi his altitude durjng a strike episode. Mi K. C. Out ten, S.M., said that he bad long ago decided, in eases Oi fraud under the Bankruptcy Act, that there must always be a term of imprisonment imposed upon conviction. People who lost the creditors' money in this way, though not dishonest ■'hi the ordinary sense, were a great detriment to the community. They went > into business in which they' used someone else's capital, H thero was a loss it fell on the creditors; if a gain it went to the benefit of the other person. It was a case of "heads I win, tails the other fellow loses." His Worship was really sorry to impose imprisonment in this case, but it was necessary .in the interests of the community. Defendant would be sentenced to a month's hard labor. A PECULIAR CASE. Wellington, .February 26. A peculiar ease came before the Wellington Land Board. A man who had been in business in Wellington for a year had made money, and decided that be would like to go in for the farming life. He took up a fine section of Crown land in the Wairarapa district, and paid half-a-year's rent, and with his wife and family entered into possession of the property. Ho built a comfortable wharo, fenced the land, and carried out other improvements. All at once he and bis people took their departure from the district. According to the statement marie to the Land Board,'-.the selector and his family made a hurried exit, leaving most of their belongings behind. The neighbors found the man's horse tied up and the breakfast things on the table. When the selector took possession of the land he was full of enthusiasm but after n wlnlo he found the life was harder titan he expected, and it was stated he had also been chaffed a good deal about his experience. The Board recently called on him to execute a license of his section, but he had not done so, and it was decided to instruct the ranger to report upon the case.