THE DOMINION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12144, 21 September 1907, Page 8

THE DOMINION.

(Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, September 20. Tho ironfounders and their moulders 'have agreed upon a basis of settlement of disputes without reference to the Arbitration Court. The Taranaki football reps, arrived this morning] after a fairly good passage. They practised this morning and play Auckland to-morrow. The Waihi Urandl Junction mine -crushed 3200 tons for £6500 worth of .■old Komata Reefs crushed 2330 tons for £3514. The executive committee or the Employers' Association passed a resolution most emphatically protesting against -any attempt to constitute Dominion Day -a statutory holiday, unless it is coupled •with! Labour Day. The Grocers' Union unanimously de■rcided not to close on Dominion Day.

Stanley Hay ward, a youth of 17 years •of age, stood upon a rusty nail, which -entered his foot, at Mangsre on Friday, -3ind died of tetanus at the hospital io•<lay. At the Police Court Mrs. Margaret Henderson was charged with leaving her child, suffering from scarlet fever, in a vehicle for public hire. The defendant '..pleaded she did not know what the child was suffering from. The case was dismissed with a caution. The Auckland Builders' Association approved of the letter to the Minister -of Labour in appreciation of his efforts towards improving the Arbitration Act, notably the provisioni for making all ■■men engaged in any industry equally liable to contribute to the Union, and -the proposal that secretaries of Unions should be men employed in the same trade. WELLINGTON, September 20. ' The price, of flour hlas. been raised 10s. per ton. it is not anticipated that any rise in the price of bread will be made in Wellington. In regard to the dea-tii of a man, um''known, whose bodiy was found in the Wairarapa Lake, there was suspicion of foul play. Detective Brobe'rg was sent to investigate, but hlas satisfied himself that death was due to drowning. At the inquest a verdict of found drowned •wan returned. DUNEDIN, SepJ ember 20. Four plates of the Maori, the company's new turbine steamer, were dented by the collision with the JCintyns. "The repairs will occupy about four days. Tbe Maori is still in..charge of the eon.tractors, Denny Bros. Flour lias advanced ten shillings per ton making the price £11 Is. Bakers meet next week to consider the price of >bread - HOKITIKA, September 20. At an informal meeting of the Borough Council a programme was adopted for celebrating Dominion Day. The • school children Will muetesv and with the Volunteers on parade, .will assemble in 'front of the Town Hall at 11 a.m. on 'Thursday, when the* King's proeiama-•tion--will 'be recited, the New Zealand flag will be hoisted, and saluted, and a "Royal salute will be given, speeches will * be macTe by the heads of the local bodies -.and clergy, the locial bands attending, and the Mayor declares a holiday to enviable the attendance of citizens. . At the Supreme. Court to day Mr. Justice Chapman 'congratulated the Grand Jury on the-very light calendar presented, which testified1 to the law-abid- | ing character of the people of the dis- j trict. A young man lately employed in the railway service came up for sentence Ho rtheft from the train and persons at Heefton, the conviction being recorded1 on prisoner's own confession. On the •first charge -prisoner was admitted to lavo years' probation, and on two other -charges to come up for sentence when called up' On. The only remaining criminal case was ia charge against an aged for an unnatural offence. The ■ case is Being heard with closed doors. A breach of promise ca*se set down for ' hearing'will conclude the business of the session. '~.,, Ah Foo; who was undefended, was '"found guilty and sentenced to ton years for an unnatural offence, the Judge remarking that the prisoner was not a fit person to be at large. TIMARU, September 20. Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, and Dr. Finch, arrived at Timara to-day to -examine the young man suspected to be suffering from plague. Dr. Mason •declared it was not a case of; plague, but - merely- mild blood1 poisoning, and the patient is now recoverina;. GREYMOUTH!. September 20. The Council decided to fittingly celehrate Dominion Day. The Volunteers, "^Cadets, and Band parade at 11 a.m.. - when the proclamation will be read,' and the flag" consented and hoisted. A ■grand children's gathering" and sports meeting will !be held in the afternoon, and a social and! concert in the even~lTlS NAPIER. September 20. After consulting the Hawke's Bay ■Presbytery, the.Rev. Whyte has decid-..-ed the call to Knox Church, ""Aut-kland^ , „- GISBORNE, Septemb&r 20. In the Supreme Court, James and Leslie.were sentenced to three ■-•months for assault,-arid Puhaka Maka* rinfto sis months For assaulting a woman. A new.trial has been ordered, m .-the case of- W. C. -Whitefield. for^alleg~ed perjury, in which the jury failed to "*" s •' EKETAHUNA, September 20. \ strong branch of the National De- " was formed here last night .after an address by Captain. McNaught. A squad from tihe Eketahuna Mount - -*d Rifles, under Lieutenant Prendeville, "has been selected to recteive the Kinge coloulrs in Wellington oh Dominion Day ■ on behaW of Wellington No. 2 Battalion -of Mounted Rifles. . : As evidence of the iftcreasing value of 1 land contiguous to the- Pahilatua Bor■•■ouKh it is reported that twenty-six ■acrcslof Mr. Hall's 1 estate has been sold -at £4o September 20. A workman named Oscar Levoy fell from the staging of the high level %ridse, 60 feet, tonlay, on to the bank of the raver, sustaining severe injuries "to his spine and neck.