DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

[Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Sept. 18. At a meeting of the comniitteo of the New Zealand Shipowners’ Federation this afternoon .it was decided to strongly oppose the proposal of the Islands administration to grant a subsidy to a steamer carrying a crew of Chinese, to run between iSamoa and Niue, as the resu-lt would be that Auckland trade with the Islands would be destroyed and handed over to German -and American merchants in Samoa. NAPIER, Sept. 18. The Arbitration Court to-day bear'd evidence in the general laborers’ and engineers’ disputes, blic further hearing of which was adjourned to AYangaiiui. Application was made to -add Hawke’s Bay employers to tho farriers’ award, and evidence was heard in the matter. The Court’s sitting here has concluded, and it will next sit at AA r anganui on Tuesday. - WANGANUI, Sept. 18. An Ashburton message to-day stated that a carrier was fined for failing to account for liquor he bad taken into a no-license district. It was added that this was tho first case in New Zealand. This is an error, a similar case having been heard at Raetilia some time ago. AYELLINGTON, Sept. IS. The following is Captain Edwin’s weather forecast to 3 p.m. to-morrow : Aloderate to strong southerly winds generally, hut changing to the northward at all places southwards of Kaikoura and Hokitika after 5 a.m.: the weather will he fine in all parts of the Dominion. Brigadier: Bray, of the Salvation 'Army,. has -arrived in AA’elllington to take up his residence in New -Zealand. He has been appointed to take charge of all the Army’s social organisations in New Zealand. In this kind of work Brigadier Bray has been particularly successful for many years past ip Australia, and in particular with the handling of inebriates and reformatory boys. In New Zealand the Brigadier will have under his care the Palcatoa Island Inebriates’ Reformatory, the Prison Gate Homes and Aletropolitan. This is the first time such an appointment lias been made in New Zealand. The Brigadier is accompanied by Mrs. Bray, who- took an active part in the severe pioneer work of the Army .in Australia, when it was new anil far from popular. The conference of.tho New Zealand Post and Telegraph Officers’ Association, at present sitting in AYellington , passed the following -resolution to-day: “This conference of the New Zealand Post -and Telegraph Officers’ Association places on record its sympathy with Alessrs Cummins and Schmidt, members of the Association, in tho unfortunate position in which they were recently placed by being falsely accused of theft and forgery, and hereby very heartily congratulates them on their happy -and full ac-.qu-ittal. The conference -also expresses indignation at the harsh manner in which they were treated while under _ arrest, and trusts that never again will any of its member's be subjected to such star chamber methods. The conference aiso hopes that the real offenders will be detected .and given punishment for the original offence and- for the crime which they committed in having innocent parties arrested,. and the conference asks the Department for an assurance tliaf in future before officers ate arrested the Department shall have reasonable evidence against them.”

.. n HOKITIKA, Sept. 18. At the Supreme Court, in the case against Octavus.Foote for assault and robbery at Denniston, Mr. Justice Cooper directed the. jury to acquit accused. This concludes the criminal business for the present week. Tomorrow will he devoted to civil business. The hearing ;of the perjury charge against Connolly, in connection with the AAtestport murder, ha* been fixed for Monday. It i s likely to last for ten days or more. Subsequently the Otira railway station robberv case will be proceeded with ■ CHRISTCHURCH, Sept.. 18. I lie -hearing of the cases in which Andrew Ewart Hariris claimed £IOOO from tho executors of the will- of E. A Peacho, deceased, was concluded today. The claim a lore out of in juries received by plaintiff, a coal miner, whilst engaged on the defendant’s property at Mount Somers. The jury awarded £6OO, but certain law points have to he argued.

DUNEDIN, Sent. 18. At the Police Court to-day, Mr. AA’iddowson. S.AL. gave judgment in a case in which Henry Peter Johnson was charged with having exposed wild ducks for sale out of season. It was admitted- that the defendant exposed tea-1 for sale after the season closed, and that the birds wore brought from Australia, but would not admit that they were game imported under the meaning of the Act. His Worship held that it must be proved that individuals of the particular species of game killed were imported into and turned at large in the district where the killing took place. The case was dismissed.