DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2272, 18 August 1908, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

[Press Association.]

AUCKLAND, August 17. The question, of oxidisation and other defects on the ferro-concrete works was again before the Harbor Board to-dav. A full enquiry will be held on Friday, and expert evidence tendered. The Government and Parliamentary party left Auckland to-night for Wellington by the through express, expecting to reach Wellington tomorrow night about six o’clock. Sir Joseph Ward stated that the visit would be long remembered by all New Zealanders who had taken part in it, and it was, lie said, eventful and historical. In all fourteen cases of desertion from the battleships were reported t 0 the Auckland police. Eleven have been accounted for, and the others are supposed to be “lying low.” It has been estimated that the men of the American fleet alone spent at least £20,000 during their stay in Auckland.

\ [SrF.ctAT. to “Times.”] AUCKLAND, August 17. Mr. J. McLachlan, M.P., is still in a very critical state of health. The Parliamentary train leaves at 10.20 to-night, and should reach Wellington at about 7 p.m. to-morrow. NAPIER, August 17. s At a. meeting of farmers held at’ Hastings to-day. under the auspices of the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society, a discussion took place upon the small bird nuisance, and it was resolved that the several local bodies, including Borough Councils and Town Boards having jurisdiction in Hawke’s Bay County, be urged t 0 exercise the powers conferred upon them by the Birds Nuisance Act, 1891. WANGANUI, August 17.

About six o’clock this evening an infant, apparently about three months’ old, was found in a coal-box at the rear of an unoccupied house in Campbell Street. A man working in a garden heard cries about three o’clock, but did not take any notice, thinking it was a neighbor’s child. As the cries continued, however, lie made investigation, with the result that he found the child and took it to his wife, who is acting tho good Samaritan. The child is dressed in .a. long white gown, and is well wrapped in flannels and a white shawl. It is healthy looking, and well nourished. The house where the child was found is near St. John’s railway station, and the police think tho infant may have been deposited by some ono who came by the train.

WELLINGTON, August 17. Tho following i 6 Captain Edwin’s weather forecast to 3 p.m. to-mor-row : Northerly strong to gale at all places northward of Lyttelton and Hokitika, westerly strong to galeclsewhere, and ra.in generally. At the Supremo Court to-day Gustav Rudolph Frccken, who hid pleaded guilty of stealing a bicycle a.t Dannevirke, was sentenced to twelve months’ hard labor. Jas. Aladder and Henry Alather, found guilty of breaking and entering premises at Kelburne and stealing goods worth £25. They were remanded for sentence. Jas. Smith, charged with stealing two watches and a chain, was also found guilty land remanded for sentence. No hill was found in the case of Patrick Ryan, charged with indecent assault-

CHRISTCHURCH, August 17. The City Council to-night adopted the bye-law making it compulsory to number all theatre seats and to issue tickets to correspond. A largely attended meeting.of the Canterbury branch of the Associated Society of Railway Servants was held yesterday for the purpose of considering the position of the strikes of 1900 as to their back time coming for the purposes of superannuation. Strong fooling was shown at the action of the Executive in not taking advantage of Sir Joseph AVard’s offer to allow tho Society to buy in their back time for £looo. and it was decided to send delegates to all the branches in the Dominion to place tho position of tlie strikers before the members. DUNEDIN, August 17. A special meeting of the Otago branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was held yesterday afternoon, when Alessrs Cameron and .Watson, delegates from the Canterbury branch, addressed a gathering of the different departments on the question affecting an offer to accept the sum of £ISOO for tlie purpose of making good for superannuation pur|loses tlie time lost by those men concerned in the strike of IS9O. After discussion, it was decided,. “That tho Canterbury delegates be heartily thanked for their addresses, and that in the event of the executive proceeding with a ballot the branch will do all in its power to bring the same to a successful issue.”

At the Supreme Court to-dav the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case against August Erickson, charged with receiving property knowing it to be stolen A similar case against Robert Wells was proceeding when the Court adjourned. Mrs. Cameron, wife of John C. Cameron, manager of the jewellery department at D. Benjamin and Co.’s died very suddenly this morning. Dcccaseu, who had enjoyed the best of health, woke at an early hour apparently in her normal state, and conversed cheerfully with her husband, but shortly after six o’clock complained of pains in the head, which increased in intensity, and losing consciousness sho passed away before medical assistance could be mnnmoned. There is reason to believe that cerebral affection was the cause of death. Deceased leaves a. family of five sons and two daughters.