General News

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3101, 22 September 1899, Page 1

General News

■» In the Wellington municipal elections, out of 4085 male electors on the rolls in the three wards ISS9 voted, and out of 1746 female electors 482 voted. In the case of T. Garrard v. C. J. Badham, at Christchurch, a claim for £20 for bodily injuries aud damage to the plaintiff's bicycle through being run down from behind by the defendant's cut, judgment was given for _.'_ 15s and cos'... The Supreme Court Napier was occupied on .September 10 hearing tho case of Joseph O'Conuell (ex-polic; constable) v, .Sergeant Mitchell, a claim for £505 damages for alleged m diciom pro.eenti ni. Tn. plaintiff was arrested for robbing a man on the Waihors, on the voyage from Gisbnrne to Napier, being then in charge of two prisoners. He was committed for trial, but in the .Supreme C aire -lie jury found him not guilty. The bads of the present action waa ihe alleged malice on t c part of Mitchell. O'Conin-ll conducted hia own cisc. The Chief Justice, without calling on the defence, give judgement for d-. fendaut, with costs. This concluded the sittings. At the Invercargill District Court on Tuesday Judge Ward suspended th-3 discharge of Robert Walker, of 0 ama, farm and sheep doaler, for 12 months. His counsel contended that as all the bankrupt's dealings were through tlie books of the opposing creditor (the N.Z.L und M. A. Co.) it was not necs-aiy that he should personally keep book-i. For the o.h er side, it win pointed out that tho bankrupt had dealings with persons other than the company to the ext.-.t of £400, oi v.hich he had no reco-d, and it was f.r t i.'s principally that his If mor rc-fu ed the discharge. A h.u'se attach il to a buggy bolted up Victoria street, Wellington, on Tuesday. MG>vern (hotelkceper, of Kiiwativ.) and E B. Bell we;e t'nrown vu 1 . M'Ocvern's skill: was fractured, and B -11 had oia uooo broken. At the N7pi»r ;_b.c:t'7ii !..*ard the chni. ....n atate 1 that reduction in the higher sal iries tui.i : h_ >.'mli;ion ot bonuses wei-.; probable, as the board's income promised to be £1000 less. This was due to the decreased att.e tdance, which Or Sidev attributed to the larger a tendance at the C~tholie schoo s, as .ince they had been examined by the bo.u-d's inspectors they had becoma more official. At a meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Counties' Association, held at Wellington, a !--ttcr was ivad Irom the Wadaki County Couiiei urging the siesirsableiirSi of holdi.-g the gene al elections in ta-h county on the third Wednesday in November, instead of the second Wednesday o; that month. The committee resolved to support the propos-d, failing desiied action being taken to hold future elections in Aprih The lonic brought a shipment of valuable live sto.'k to Welli,_;ton, consisting of a tw,)-f.otii Hampshire J),»wn ram, consigned to .Mr Rayoer, of Wairarapa, arid two Kainp-h re D >\vn, one Southdown, two K 'gii-'-h Leicester, an 1 six Siiropdiire rams, all co s gnel to Mr J. Davenport, of Chri<-lch'irc ; i. An !7igli h Shi: « draught horse, purchased in 1. d.msl by Mr Guildford, t-f Waimate, South Canterbury, at a oust of C L _ _j , t'U' luooiiiiig purpo'-'C's, also arrive I by tho v,^„d, a-id i-; iv faiily good co .dido. i, en .-■■ .I--,- ng tin; am. mot ot r>u»h weather oiicou'its-r-.l on the voy..g.\ The shet-p were a7o landed in g'lod co.ul ition. Y\ ith regai'l fo the alleged recent severe treatment of sneep in tra-sit from Wellington t) Lyt elto-, sp ci si endeavors aye being made to prevent a recurrence. The era tan h-ive now been enlarged, ancl the Animals' Protection Society in Wellington, at tho sugL'esti m of t.h.ir s:st.sr b .dy in Chii.tohurch, has agreed to telegraph " Collect when -dioep have been shipped from here to Lytic ton. Amongthe exs.s on thecivil list Wellington is an action i..y Divi i Wilkte against John and Adam Wilkie, who built nnd for a time worked ou the C io'gardie railway, Western Austra'ii. The par. ies are all brothers, and were formerly known in New Zealand. The plainiilT claims that he wns a partner in the contrsict, and reminds to be admitted to a share of the p'r.h't., which are stated to be very large, as much as a quarter of a milli m sterling being mentioned. Tne defendants allege that he was only admitted on c-rlain conditions as to personal behaviour, which he. broke, and it was hi.9 own fault that he lost his partnership rights. A sh<-ckin_: ncci lent occurred in tho Hunter's Hack Hurdle Race at the Ra.igitikei races on Wednesday. On taking the first hurdle iD front of the stand, Stilts, ridden by Nelson M'Rtie (a weli-known ger.t'eman ride;), struck the hind o und foil, oming down on tho rnier, b calling its own neck and killing M'Rie, whose in ck was broken, and the .skull smisoed in. The j.w was al.-o broken, and it is be.iev.d ths jagged edges severed the jugular vein, causing jets of blood to issue. Young M'Rae had intended giving up riding. He wa? to liaYQ been married next week,