DOMINION ITEMS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12239, 12 June 1909, Page 7

DOMINION ITEMS.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, June 10. The Immigration Office has been advised that the lonic, due iri Wellington on Monday, is bringing 110 passengers (62 adults and 48 children under .%2 years), nominated by relatives, and 61 adults and 4 children selected by the High Commissioner. Of these 48 are domestic servants, 26 of whom are for Hawße's Bay, and 16 farmers, 2 farm labourers and 21 women who are coming out to rejoin their husbands. The capital of the passengers referred to above ranges from £1000 to £25. INVERCARGILL, June 10. The Town Council has decided to call for application for the position of an Engineer who will devote the whole of his time to the work of the Borough at a salary of £400 a year. CHRISTCHURCH/ June 11. The Christchurch Licensing Committee granted '11 transfers and 44 re newals. Two renewals were held over. Eleven wholesale licenses were granted.

The Selwyn Committee granted two temporary transfers -and 12 renewals. An apjffiff,tion made for a license for an IioiBBBI Mount Somers was refused, Mounfjflfers being a portion of the AshbiirMl' 'electorate during No-license there, but inythe last re-adjustment was included in Selwyn. The Committee felt it had no power to increase the number of licenses in Selwyn. Last Monday Richards' Vaudeville Company, now appearing: at the Theatre Royal, was, severely criticised by the "Lytteltqn. Times" for what it termed the "coarseness, vulgarity, and suggestiveness" of Ted Kalman's "turn." Today Kalman lay in wait for the critic, and assaulted him at the door of the ci Times" office. The criticism had the effect of causing Kalman to be more cleanly on the stage, and he resented this. The critic was not severely injured

HAWERA, June 11. Mr R. McNab had a packed and enthusiastic house last night. At the close of his address a resolution was unanimously carried affirming that any system of national defence worthy of the name must recognise the absolute necessity of military training and marksmanship for every able-bodied adult of suitable age. Parliament was asked to legislate accordingly.

ASHBURTON, June 11. ■Ai the meeting of the Ashburton Licensing Committee to-day applications were received for general licenses for six hotels, viz.. at Geraldine, Orari, Rangatata, and Aruhdel, which previously were in the Geraldine electorate, but which, owing to alteration of electoral .boundaries, are now in Ashburton district. Mr Raymond appeared for the applicants, and argued at length in support of the applications. Tho Committee, after retiring, held that, under sections 8 and 38 of the Licensing Act, read together, they had no power to grant the licenses.

WELLINGTON, June 11

Early this morning the discovery was' made that the shop of C. Smith, drap^ ci", Cuba Street, had been flooded through the bursting of a high pressure filter. It is estimated that the damage to the "stock is between £700 and £800. Ex-Mayor Hislop and the Mayor (Dr. Newman) are engaged in a verbal duel about last year^ financing. At last night's meeting of the Council Dr. Newman said, the Council could not shut its eyes to facts, however ugly, but must work so that the finances could be put on sound business lines. He then mentioned that the overdraft on 31st March was over £45,000. A loan of £15,000 raised for abattoirs had been diverted to the payment of an old loan under another head. The large overdraft is explained by the Council pushing on with expenditure on works in spite of the ratepayers' rejection of loan proposals last February. Mr Hislop declares that the abattoir loan was not diverted, and the matter is still under dispute. The city's revenue on general account for the current year is estimated at £142,627 and the expenditure at £141,----497.

FEILDING, June 11. Tho case in which W. Clarkson sued A. Porter for £100 on a promissory note given as part payment for a motorcar concluded last night. The defence was that defendant was drunk when he signed the bill, and therefore was not responsible. After a lengthy hearing the Magistrate decided that Porter was not drunk, and judgment was given for plaintiff accordingly.

AUCKLAND, June 11. The "Star's " Ohakune correspondent reports there was a. big eruption at Ngaruhoe at 7 o'clock last night. The flare from the mountain lit up the country for miles around. There was a heavy report, accompanied by a shot. Tho barque Kaiulani, which left Newcastle for Honolulu on April 15th, has been signalled as being towed into port with a broken rudder.

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