DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2523, 9 June 1909, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

A BOYS’ HOME. (Per Press Association.) ELTHAM, June 8. The memorial stone of the boys’ home, being erected by Envoy Jenkins as a gift to the Salvation. Army, at a cost of about £4OOO, was laid yesterday by the Alayor of Eltham. A PRESENTATION. WELLINGTON, June 8. Air. G. V. bnannon, who recently retired from tho position of Chief Customs Expert, after 21 years’ service, was to-day presented by Air. R. Carter, Secretary of Customs, on behalf*'of tho ollicers of tho Department "throughout the Dominion,, with an illuminated address and a silver tea service for Airs. Shannon. COOKS’ AND WAITERS’ UNION. A deputation from the Cooks’ and Waiters’ Conference waited on the Alinister for Labor with a request for assistance in ameliorating the lot of workers at their calling. The speakers strongly condemned the conditions under which cooks and waiters! had to work. The Alinister said the hours mentioned were, to say the least, unreasonable. Ha w'ould lessen them, if he could do so. As to the condition of the workers, that was of supreme importance. .He had seen in backyards in Wellington conditions simplv revolting. The matters would receive consideration by Cabinet. A BANKRUPT’S LIABILITY. The question of -a bankrupt’s liability W'as involved in a civil action in which the Te Aro Loan Co. sued G. B. Lusk for £29. It appeared that Lusk, while bankrupt, signed a promissory note in renewal of a promissory note given before he was adjudged bankrupt. Dr. AlcArthur, S.M., held that the original note was a debt payable in bankruptcy under section 320 of the Bankruptov Act, and an order of discharge released bankrupt from that debt-. Judgment was entered for defendant. NEW ZEALAND IJEAIP. .The returns of hemp graded in the Dominion during Alay total 5476 bales, an increase of 1114 bales on the corresponding period of 1908. The henip graded for the twelve months ending 31st Alav totalled 75,470 bales, a decrease of 39,474 bales for the twelve months. FOUR ALARAIS OF FIRE IN ONE NIGHT. CHRISTCHURCH, June 8. No fewer than four alarms! of fire occurred last night between 11 o'clock and 1 a.m. One was a false alarm. The only one at which there was any damage was an outbreak in George Street, where the damage only was slight and was principally caused by water. ILLEGAL GAAiING. Five young men were each fined ten shillings and ordered to pay costs, for having been found playing ‘‘banker” on a recent Sunday in view of a public place in Sydenham-. THE THREE-CARD TRICK. To-day Patrick Dalton and J. Arthur were charged with conspiring to defraud Henry Uru (a Maori) of £lB by means of the three-card trick. The alleged offence took place on a train between Kaiapoi and Christchurch. Both accused (who pleaded-not guilty) were committed for trial. Bail was allowed in £IOO each. THE TAILORING TRADE. . The tailoring,trade dispute was opened before the Conciliation Commissioner, Air. Triggs, to-day. Clause 12, safeguarding tailor-made work as against factory made, and aiming at firms advertising “made to measure” suits for three guineas instead of ready-made, was referred to the Arbitration Court. HALF-HOLIDAY FOR RAILWAY SURFACEAIEN. WESPORT, June S. The Westport branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants is agitating for a grant for a. half-holiday for surfacemen. The movement is receiving very general support from branches of the Society throughout the Dominion. The executive has laid the matter before l the Alinister for Railways. OAMARU HARBOR. OAAIARU, June 8. The Harbor Board to-day decided to accept the tender of J. Lothian for dredging the harbor, at a cost- of £10,833, on lines of tlie scheme formulated by. Mr. AY. H. Paterson and favorably reported on by Air. J. Blair Mason. In carrying out the work the Progress will be utilised as a stationary dredge. ‘ v AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. ~TDTA.ru, June 8. The Education Board to-day took a definite step iu regard to an agricultural instructor, resolving to offer the post of instructor to Dr. Hillgendorf, now of Lincoln College, at a salary of £4OO a year. The Board feels safer in undertaking this with the new capitation regulation for the purpose, and several local bodies promise subsidies. AIEASLES IN TIAIARU. An epidemic of measles is reported from the Timaru South infant school. This school escaped when the other borough schools were a fleeted a few months ago. • AN ACTION FOR DAAIAGES.

The civil action, Selbie against Shaw (2) and Manchester, involving a collision with carts and a motor car, closed to-'dav in the Supreme'Court, after a four days’ sitting. Justice Dennistou reserved his decision.