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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 6

Mr. H. Hammond, a popular farmer, wiioi resided in the Coal Creek district, near Apiti, and who some months ago sold,,out: and acquired the Happy .Valley estate, near Wei-: lington, is reported to have disposed of.the' lattor and cleared £20,000... It is stated that ho has now purchased Fiomore estate, about eleven miles from Wangaiiui., -.- .. There has been very little done in tho way of angling yet in the 1 upper reaches of' tlio Mangatainoka. The weather being cold'and wet, and tho water coloured, fly-fishermen' ' have kept away. " Tho only good catches I have heard of," writes our correspondent, "have been made by;men who fished with a worm. This kind common hero now. However, when tho river gets lower and the water clearer-the•"■fly-fishermen will got a chance. Mr. J; B. Mason has'liberated tho usual consignments offish in tho river, the last lot going in on Saturday Inst —about ; 30,000' fry" arid several hundred' yearlings altogether." .i' ; . .': ■■■■'•/•,.•:.:■.:. • A return laid ,oii the table of the House of Representatives yesterday.showed that the number who passed through the gates of ■ the Ghristchurch Exhibition , (including 9288 who attended the Seddon'Moriiorial concert) was 1,5)67,632. The number who entered-tho Ex-' hibition as "■ paying visitors' (not including l season-ticket ,1 - holders)', was '983,621.' The 1 season- tickets: issued totalled' 8123. : 'Nd ; record was kept of the persons/who entered' without payment, except at the season ticketholders' gate, which showed a total admittanco of 98,404. This included, .exhibitors, Ithoir attendants, and, all .other- persons hold-.'• ing free passes. ~..■:■ ■■. ,;,-'., : -. ■.--.•;..,.,-.■.-.■ ,■..,.„.:, Mails ; which left: Wellington by the s.e.' Monowai on September 6, • and.. by ! thp ; Miowera on the loth, connecting at Sydney s ' ,with the Brindisi steamer,"R.M.S. Mongolia, arrived in London on the : morning of the 19th inst. :' •' "''''' - ,: -'"'- ; ' : - ; -' '' : According to a police official in a position to givo.an : opinion), the Habitual' Criminals Act,- which came into .force about twelve months ago, is having a steadying influence on vagrants, and old offenders, generally. About half a dozen offenders have,,been,de-v clared habitual criminals since,the Act came into force, about threp of .these having come from' Wellington'during 1 thefpresent "year. The ; Act is said to tho effect of making notorious' criminals'work who have; not worked for years', and some of tlieniiiave' become so frightened by tiio ■ Act -that they not only,,work,, but,-go out, of;their, way let the police know,what they are working;at.' Thero are said to be more'automobiles in* ' Hawke's Bayithari in any other province'in : Now: Zealand; ! One "Hastings firm'alone has' disposed of sixty cars in the course of three years.,-,. ..,_,.■■-,l i; ,;... 'v T .■;;,.i;-v,';..',....'.", ■, "The.NewZealand-correspondent of the-'Morning-Post '.> tells 'an , interesting story of ■ tho:condemnation of , an innocent: man and ; his vindication, after many "years. '■Hβ ' says:—Dreyfus was: convicted on false , evk deiice in 1894, and not fully Reinstated'till , 12 years later; .Adolf, Beck was similarly wronged by a .British .Court, in,- .1896,'/and/, again" in 1904, and, received, a.free,-pardon; and. compensation .within...a year, after .the. second miscarriage; and Edalji also/.has-'rev ceived a free pardon .within , four /yearsafter a conviction which, whether, right, or wrong, .has now been pronounced,' factory.' But the John ; James Mcikle, who was'found guilty of sheep-steal-, ing' on' perjured .eyidenco, dates from seven ■years'pribr to the conviction of Dreyfus'; and after engaging year by year tho attention of the'Cdurts , arid of Parliament, arid^£nally : of a' special Royal Goriimission , ," , - remains in its' twentieth yenr-'still-'unredressed.' ' Again, New Zealand loads-the : way." s >; This extract prefaces in the ■"LinlitHgowshire'.Gazette,", a lengthy account of the Meikle-case, wliicii has, lately; attracted a good; deal- of attention in, ,G -reatr. Britain; having been;made the, sub-' ject, of editorial .comment' by tho ."Glasgow, Herald" and other journals. ,:i'i ! The annual conferenco : of delegates , of-the LlpyaJ .New. .Zealand.,Asspciation ,-oft i His ■Majesty's Veterans, of,-which His .Majesty the, JKiug, is patron; and jHis Excellency , the Governor president, met' ai-,the,.Tow.n Hall, at 10 a.m. yesterday. The delegates, represented, ' Wellington,',Ma stertorij'Tafanaki, and, Westport./' After'a' number dealing'witt the cdiiduct'or. the affairs of . , tho Association had been ,:dealt with, the following* officers were elected for'the'ensuing' year:—Life vice-presidents Coloriel'Newalli' C.B. (vice Major-General: Sir George MTiitmore); .committee, Captains,- Hamerton and T... .Urwin;;': secretary: and .'treasurer, Mr.; S. Stidoiph; trustee, Mr'... R. Tingoyi ■ and. , sympathy was expressed; -at ~.tiwi resignation of Captain Hamerton as .treasurer owing to'ill-health.;'A vote of.thanks was''passed''to the honorary ■ general secre-, . taryi Mr. S. Stidoiph, for his services, which '' compliment' was "also 'passed -'to' ,: the vicepresident of the' Wellington I, branch, Mr.-'R. Tiugoy.-. ■■ V■"■■'''!■,';■'..'■■"' '^ •"■'.' ~ , '■■-■,■'■• Tho' Wellirigtoii Golf Club had, ; a,;rather . unpleasant day for .the, ladies' tournament at Trontham yesterday. Mrs. Bidwill was beaten ■ by- Miss Lucy and 6 to play, and' to-day Miss Brandon is to play Mrs. .Lees in, the final, round. .. , -.The bogie handicap competition was won by Miss Brandon, 1 down, with Mrs. Lees,;> 3 down, second.. A medal handicap competition,will bo played',to-day, . ;" '-~.,,, ..Tho best laid plans "gang aft agley,'.' and so. it lias proved in the case of tho will, of tne late George Adams, ,of "Tattorsall": sweep .consultation fame. . Remembering, ap-. parontiy, that lip made his fortune out of tho, confidonco ropqsed in him by the. pub«: lie, ho. set out in his last will and testament (says tho , Sydney "Telegraph") to. leave, something to public charities. , But, instead, of naming in tho documonfc specific charitable objects to which he wished a percent-; . age of the future sweep earnings ~to.. bo: applied, ho made : tho bequest, in -general terms, sogeueralt as, to, become,, hi tho opinion of Mr. Justice Street, who, had the construing of the.will, too.vaguo to,.warrant tho Court giving effect to .it.,,., The trustees wore..empowered by the will to devote moneyto philanthropic and benevolent, purposes, and the point \yas, successfully; taken before his Honour that inasmuch.as a gift:could, bo philanthropic or benevolent without being cliaritablo,, the beques); became, .void fr,om uncertainty,' as tho trustees .could;. ..expend money oil a laudable enough .object, which would not, ho.wovor, bo' in the.interests.of charity.' Excellent as was the testator's intention to offer incenso at tho. shrinp ..of charity during the years to comp in which the big sweeps may still bo running, the Court has held that it cannot be,.and that the money must bo devoted to otlier purposes. A bequest to the sweep employees was attacked, but his Honour has hold it to bo a good one; ;'■ " '. : ' "■'"■■ Mrs. EtJicl K. Do Costa, LL.B. (nco "[i« Ethel'R. Benjamin of Uuncdiu), after practising for some years in that citjvhns; coin', monceil practice as a barrister and. solicitor in No. 0 Nathan's Buildings, corner Grey arid Featherston Streets, Wellington. Mrs; :Do Costa i has the distinction of being the only lady prao. tising at tho Bar in tho Dominion, Intending clients can depend on prompt and caroW itten. tioE at Mrs. Do Costa's hands. :l '" '■>•' : > :