TELEGRAPHIC.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 146, 19 December 1908, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC.

..■ ♦ ' ; [PBKBB ASSOCIATION.] I ; •■' AUCKLAND, to-day. Mr E. W: Alison, ex-M.P. jfor Waitemata, was entertained by; a -large . gathering, at Devonport. ; He was presented wjth an ; illuminated address in recognition of his,, past services, and . a silver tea. set and ■tray for Mrs ' Jtlisiii. '" Mr Alisofe ,'m a speech, expressed the; hope that his retirement from politics, would;, ibo 'only tempoi-airy. .... ..Many expressed regret at Mr Alisoii's. retirement; •'and said they regarded Mr Phillips, his successor, as one of the most : promising of.politi'cal;colts. :~ : ' ' ■' ' . WELLINGTON, to-day, In the case. ofs.Wm. Jehlanson Sparrow, a habitual. .criminal, anipplication for writ of habeas corpus, Mr Justice Chapman ruled that the Legislature ■ intended that statute to be retrospective, and the rule was ■discharged. 'This means that prisoner will. remain in custody. [Jenlcinson was declared to be an habitual criminal in respect of an offence which was committed before the date on whioh the Act Avas passed.]