NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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■ CLAIM FOR REFUND. : • ; '' '. Invercarglll, June 11. Judgment was; given" bythe Magistrate to-day jn .the case of C..-Sutherland (Bluff) and C. and AV. ■ YounK (Wellington).- .Plaintiff clainied a refund of £39 7s. 4d., tho price of five-thousand cigars, which,' lie alleged,, were dumped "on him by fraud. '-The order for the" cigars-' was said to ' have been taken by Mr.'Montague, traveller for Young's and the cigars •came to hand-during Sutherland's absence- in England, his wife -paying for them. ; On his., return, ..Sutherland' de-' nied. having ordered the-cigars, and ■.•-.in-stituted-proceedings. ' The Magistrate found the facts, ill. Sutherland's favour, but 'did hot imnute fraud to' Montague, believing that thero had-merely ■ been a', mistake. Ho could not, however, give judgment'for plain- \ tiff, as 1500 of • the .-'cigars had been sold for £37 10s., arid plaintiff was very;'little out of pocket with 3500 cigars still on hand. Plaintiff could only rescind now. on' terms disadvantageous to himself.. It . would pay him better ,to keep the cigars, or send them to auction.' Judgment ; >yas given for defendants, with £5 3s. costs.. " ALLEGED SLANDER. \ Napier, June 11.Cases in which; Mr. H. B. Lusk, barrister, sued Mr. Ewen Macdonell, inspector or police, for £1000 arid £500, damages ■ for alleged slander and libel, have been settled, defendant publicly apologising. ! > / THE GISBORNE TRAGEDY. /' Clsborne, June 11. v Walter Symond was charged at the Police'. Court this morning that he did feloniously shoot with a revolver Mary Agnes Peterson, with intent in so doing. to kill and murder her.' Prisoner was not supphrted by coun-; • sel, and on the application of the; police'• was remanded till Friday, . June ; 19. There has been an improvement, to-day in'the condition of-"tbe" girl ; Petersen, andr the medical attendants .purpose'igiving her.i time to thoroughly' recover , from Vthe: shock before operating to take'the bullet from'tho skull. .' : ..';':'. .. ■'. •.■ ■ •';■ IMPUDENT . TTIEFT.'. ; ' - Clsborrie, June'll.. ; A thief coolly, entered tte 'Poverty. .: Bay Club last evening and- weiit into. thebar »nd helped-himself to the contents of."tho till. So was observed ; by: the steward; who, with several' others', pursued him.; ; He threw a, handful of, coins .in "the! faces of hisVpursuers, and "jumped a : hedge : and ■ got away; • Several overcoats■'wore .taken,.' and it:; is, presumed the thief had accomplices who got . v these away. : V K

: ■ THE,; NIMROD'S COMMANDER.' ■ /'. : . ■ - Christchurch, Juno 11. • Mr/ Kinsey,; the official-representative:,in ;New Zealand of the -British Antarctic;■ Expedition ; of, 1907,-states that'-lie'.has - coriio to.'an agreement witli Sir Jairies': Mills by which oho of the. Union ( Company's officers will take command "of; (iioNimrod.ori; Her next voyage', to the Antarctic .on December' 24. Tho ; officer .selected is Lieutenant/F. RV Evans, R.N.R. .'. Ho Had command ;of the Koonya and charge of the; towing- ar-' rangements.: on the Nlmrod's ,trip in January last. ; ; BURROWS 'AND , HIS iRECORDS.', -V ; Duned|n,'Juno 11. ■Tom Burrows.started a-club-swinging! psr-. form'auco' of- 65 hours' 6 .minutes, which wJU 'be: a worldls record, at 6 o'clock-this' morning. . ,He intends .to fifiish -at : 11'; o'clock- on Saturday night. ;-. -;/;•/::•/:/'•. ■■ ALLEGED FORGERY OP'- A CERTIFI- ' : ■■■ CATE. • '/-''. V. : ' Auckland,' June 10. : PublicaUcntionhas'reccntlybeencalled to.'the .:pVqseqi!itipa'. : ''t)fi!.a' sotithefn resident'. for • the forging - of. a' school.'.'certificate /in. applying 'for 'a position "in; the Civil Service;'' At the ■.meeting'of/the ; Auckland' Education Board .to^diiy;.'the . secretary Tejort«d' that . a' certificate .- (for standard y)';';' accompanying a .similar application,.-Had'been returne4jby . the Department , for - examination, regretted to''report it bore: clear evidences of-forgery- in; the signature 'ofthe head-. master:'' The-:date' of} tho- examination • was i incorrect, and -the •.•boy/had.."neVer 1 been "a pupil of' the school mentioned ;(a suburban ' one). ■It was decided - to; reply •to - the': Railway Department- accordingly..'■'•'. y v ■■ ..,./. . ESCAPING FROM GAOL. - ' ; ;-'■■ Christchurch, June 10. .

. ' William/Bell, the -prisoner..; who.! ran' awajr from ■ Lyttelton 'Gaol oil Sunday'last, ULi was recaptured after ' ai" short/'.run, was brought up before Mr. 1 H. ;\V. Bishop, S.M., in the Magistrate's Roem ■ at ■ the Lyttelton Magistrate's ' Court./.this' .'.'.mprning, -.'-.arid ; charged with having attempted- to escape from'legal custody; On the usual question being- put' to him as to whether; He ' would be 'tried'-in the .-Magistrate's'-Court^',he. replied; that 'heWished to be 'tried-by a - jury. : Mr. Bishop asked tlie , gaoler'(Mr. .Cleary) if there had' been anything-, in the irian'3 conduct recently .to lead him;. tO : think; that Bell was insane. Mr.'• Cleary.: replied,that > the man's conduct had been somewhat' pecu-. liar. . Hel had- been seritenced .to three months'"imprisonment on'- two . charges,;', the/ sentences to be cumulative. , Mr. I Bishop ordered, the accused to; be; remanded-sine (lie imordPf- to have Him- fufther: exammed as to his'-mehtal-condition.-:' • /./'/;' ' The - place on - the''roof; of the- Lyttelton Gaol where thb prisoner Bell .recently climbed over lias been. protected by interlacing; the failings with - barbed ' wire,-. so. as to . prevent any 'future' attempt, qf'-th'e-kilid. ■ ; ;; ; • ALLEGED ILLEGAL: ; ' ' ; Auckland,.June 10., At the/inanest on .May 'Collins'.the jury returned a. verdict that death /was; due lo septic peritonitis,' caused^'by, an.illegal operation.' . '' ; '. THE KING'S BOUNTY. Christchurch, Ju'ne""li; . : 'An interesting -event occurred in /,Christ* \ church on Tuesday evening when tho wife * of a resident ;of ' Sydenham presented her , husband with triplets, two boys arid a girl. Tho mother and children are all doing/well., This is:.the third, case of triplets in- New' Zealand this year, a Maori woman in. Taranaki 'and an' .English woman .in tho Marlborough Province having, qualified, tor,-tho King's bounty.'. . '\.'- . MUNICIPAL G \S\\ORKS . Christchurch, June 11; • The local Council nas. .aeciaea 10. estaolish 'municipal gasworks! at:Sumner at an early date. ' /' ' -_Cj.. ' . CASH COUPON SYSTEM. ; Christchurch, June 11. '

' At a meeting of. master bakers to-day it was decided that the"timo was not yet ripe for tlie adoption, of .the, cash coupon system, but that the'matter should-be kept prominently before the. public. CASH IN ADVANCE Wariganui, June. 11. ■ Owing to difficulties with sonio of tlie small building contract6rs in connection with timber for backblock 'schools, ' ' tlio. llangitikei Sawmillers't - Association, .i_.wh.ich' practically controls; the.: timber supplies' of., this; coast, recently decided that-all:tinihw;.for.Educa-tion Board contracts must Jja : paid ' for- by the board in advance.. liv.rtiiiKcqiionce. thu Board will in all. probability ..hinnidor ways and means ,of undertaking its own-building operations for country.schools iaatx-p.d of letting thorn by, contract. ■ . • .■ . v ■ t NEWS IN. BRIEF. ■: ;■ : ' Dunodin.i June 11. . The number of ontries for the an;:yal;s]iqir. in connection with the . Dnnodiii . Fanciers' Clubj. exceeds last year, tlip totaV 1)92. . The Prime Minister has; advised the Moderator .■ of the -Presbyterian" Aseonib! v r , that; in future; Presbyterian * ministers /.rill. bo, permitted to visit men-of-war -.vhen in pert. Christchurch, .time 11; Tlie Cahterbiiry Accliiriatisiitioi; ?»iiety is making arrahgemcuts ; Ui nt-ooiy*. -tlie famous Warnham Park ntuti wc» <wuiig hfciiit and; three stags for; aceUia'atiuittus lui.'-.tbu district... , 1 .