DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2296, 15 September 1908, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

[Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Sent. l-l. The hoar ini' of t.li» charge au uniat Wi!lliam Nopemr Mclntosh, heiulinnstor of the . I üblio School, of having Assaulted John Leatlmrt, a twelve-year-old pupil, by striking him with a cuius was concluded to-day, great inloitstbcing tin ken in the lirocoedmgs. The decision was reserved. Information has been received by Inspector CuUcuv that a sixteent-year-old bov named John Campbell had been killed to-day .at Mu run. b.v\ a tree falling on him. NAPIEH. Sept. LI. At a. meeting of tllie Hawke’s Bay Education. Boaird to-night it was resolved to return to tho Paiiitors Union of AVorkers a letter in which objection was taken to tho Board appointing in instructor in. painting without consulting fko union.

NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept. 14. Tho Central -School' Committee lias taken a vote of tho parents on Biblorending in. schools with the following result: 189 in favor, 14 disapprove, 2 approve of -reading without commeat, and 5 informal. WELLINGTON, iSept- 14. Mr. Riddell, S.M., to-day sentenced David Quinn to three weeks’ imprisonment withiouti the ojitiou of a. lino for using obscene language. Frank Watson, who recently attempted to commit suicide by taking a solution of match-heads, was ordered t<> cotuo up for sontcnco wlien called upon. . . , Tho following is Caplinm Edwin o weather forecast to 3 p.m. to-morrow : Strong winds to gale from tho westward are to. be expected in all parts of the country, and generally with rain; the hartoiuctea" has risen a little In the south. A two-storey six-roomed luous'o at Ivelburn. was destroyed by fire this, ovening. Particulars of. tho insurances are not available as the owner, Air. Thurston, resides in the country. The house was occupied by Louis Alartin. While the brigade was imping with the. outbreak, part- of a. chimney fell on one ■of flino men, C. C. Roberts. Alcdicil aid was summoned', and the man attended to. The nature and extent of his injuries are not known at the time of telegraphing. Tho Alinistcr of Agriculture, contradicts the statement contained in a Press Association telegram from Auckland that he had reconsidered his refusal to suspend the fruit fly regulations to permit the. Hauroto’s cargo to be landed, and that the mile certificate will not bo required. In an interview with a “New Zealand Times” reporter, ATr. AlcNab said he had never .issued instructions that the shipment was not to be inspected, or that the mile certificate would not be required. He has declined to jn- | terfete in- connection with the administration of the rules by the officers of the Department. Air. Alalcolm B. Snoad, tea importer, of Wellington, died yesterday after a short illness. Thirty years ago Air. Snoad was a member of the London Stock Exchange, where ho was held in such esteem that on resigning to take up farming pursuits .in Canterbury the members voted him a handsome present in- recognition of his long and honorable career. The deceased was a native of Aahford, Kent, and- was 73 years of age. After farming in Canterbury lie joined the Government Insurance Depart, ment, but resigned his position to become secretary of the AVellingtou Underwriters’ Association. He leaves a widow, four, sons, and a daughter. NELSON, Sept. 14.

A movement is on foot here to erecta. memorial to tho late Hon. Alberti Pitt, Attorney-General and Defence Minister. A shilling subscription Li being-raised, and it is proposed that the memorial should take the form of .a statue in. Queen’s Gardens. CHRISTCHURCH, Kept. 14. The City Council decided to-night to protest against the proposal to observe Dominion Day as a holiday. DUNEDIN, Sept. 14.

At tho Supremo Court to-day, the City Corporation brought an action against David Booth, settler alt Leith Valley, for the recovery of £2OO damages. Tho ground of the action is that on October 21, 1907, defendant and his servants negligently lighted fires on his property near the corporation boundary, and that the fire spread to the plaintiff's and burned a large quantity of grass and native bush, also about 10,000 young trees. The defence contends that, the fire which- caused the damage did not originate on the defendant’s land, but on the corporation’s property. The case stands partly heard. At a meeting of the Waterside Workers’ Union to-night a resolution was passed to the effect that the 'uuion. has no faith in- the Arbitration Court a-s at present constituted, arid asks for the removal of Air. Justice Sim. A motion was carried sympathising with the Canterbury farm laborers in not receiving am award from the C'oUrt, and congratulating Mr. McCullough on the stand he took. A meeting of grain and produce merchants to-day unanimously passed the following resolution, and sent telegrams to tho Premier l , Alinistcr for Lands, Hons. J. R. Sinclair and J. B. Callain*—“At a meeting of merchants this morning it was resolved to wine protesting against the Noxious Weeds Ball being passed in its present form. The conditions proposed will not have the effect of putting the respondbilty on, grower, producer, or original owner, and the trading community will buffer considerable hardship if made responsible for the presence of Canadian thistle in. grain and, produce. While appreciating the action of tire Government in. attempting to rid the colony of Canadian thistle, we respectfully request the passing of tire Bill by the Upper House he postponed pending merchant being given, an. opportunity of inspecting the full draft of the Bill, as it is likely to be so far-reaching in its effects.” It was agreed that representatives: he sent t-o Well 1 install. to give ovklenc before the. committee. A reply was received from Mr. McNab to-night suggesting that the merchants should communicate their proposals te Air ShirteTiffe, who is representing the merchants in Weilingtonl.

INVERCARGILL, Sept, 14. The Southland Sawmill,ers’ Union on Saturday night -declined to -endorse the Canterbury Trades and Labor Council’® resolution re tire removal of Judge Sim from the Arbitration 00-urt bench, but expressed sympathy with the farm laborers;, approved of Mr, J. A. McCullough’s minority report, and passed a, resolution favoring legislation to compel the Court to makeam award in any dispute before- it. The strike clause in the sawmill ers’ -award was strongly resented, and it was resolved to urge the Government to take from tin-, Court power to ini-er't a provision not uskedl for by either party to a dispute.