DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2499, 12 May 1909, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

THE WESTPORT HERDER TRIAL. [Per Press Association.] CHRTSTCI-iniCH', May 11. Th© lion ring of the charge against William Connelly, in the W* Aport murder ease, has been fixed for Monday next. OLD MAX BURNED TO DEATH. WHANG ARE!. May 11. An account received by the xiolice re the death of W. Child, an old resident of Maungako-ramca. states that dereßSMp* not was destroyed by fire. The remains of the victim were found among the ruins yesterday. jA RAILWAY ACCIDENT. "NELSON, May 11. A thirteen-months-old child, named Hennah, was knocked down by the train at Toitoi Valley to-day, and sustained a fracture of the skull. Tire child is making favorable progress. THE MISSING CANOEISTS. Dragging operations for the recovery of the bodies of the occupants of the missing canoe, G. W. Ligcubrand and a lad named Harry Jacviio, was continued yesterday, without success. EXPORTS FROM NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON. May 11. The total value of the chief items of export from New Zealand in April was £1,552,755, an increase of £400,000 over the exports during April, 1908. GALE AT WELLINGTON. A sou’-eastorly gale, with heavy rain, is being experienced here. Vessels arriving report a heavy sea in the Straits. The Monowai took 18 hours on the run from Napier. Other steamers are delayed.’ -T FIRE AT SEATOTJN. An eight-roomed house at Seatoun, occupied as tea-rooms by Mrs. Fabian, whose husband owned the house, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. No details regarding insurance are available. A SOUTH CANTERBURY SUICIDE. TIMARU, Slay 11. Matthew Driscoll, aged 73, was drowned in a pond at Levels .on Sunday. At an inquest a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. Deceased wasi a well-known farmer and a director of the Farmers’ Co-operative Association. GUARDING RAILWAY CROSSINGS. PALMERSTON N., May 11. The conference of Chambers - of Commerce of Hie East and West Coast today resolved —“That owing to the serious loss of life at railway crossings, the time has arrived when the Government should -appoint crossing-keepers to guard the railway line in busy thoroughfares.” ./ ' i , ; A CHARGE OF SMUGGLING. INVERCARGILL, May 11. At the Bluff yesterday the chief steward: of Hi© s.s. Opawa was arrested and charged with smuggling boots into the Dominion., .

SOUTHLAND EMPLOYERS’ ASSOCIATION.

Tho Southland branch of the Employers’ Association decided to confirm the resolution recently passed _by the Advisory Board protesting against the inclusion of preference to unionists clauses in industrial awards. It was also decided to recommend employers to observe June 3 as a. general holiday in preference to May 24th.