NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 600, 31 August 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Br - Telegraph.—Press AejoeliUlon.l "THROUGH A MARRIACE CEREMONY.* THE PASTIES FROM WELLINGTON. cisbome, August 30. At tho Magistrate's Court a nonsuit was , : entered in tie caso- in which Elaio Lindergreen sued Nathaniel Burgess, boarding- . housekeeper, : for £46 for wages aa a domes- . tie servant. . Plaintiff, ' in her . cvidcnco,, . slated that sho. had gone through a mar- v , riage ceremony with defendant at WeJlmgton, /-the ccrcmony being performed by a man Who wafe stated to be "Dr. Henry,' . from tho Registry Office, and sho catno to Gifcboroe with him a 6 his wife, 1 but eubeoguently learned that tho ceremony was v Bogus. Defendant denied that buoli a cero- ~ mony had taken plafco.ln applying for . a, nonsuit, plaintiff's solicitorsaaa ho had ob*tained otner evidence'. Tho Magistrate said> , : .y he had no alternative but to nonsuit plain* tiff. ■■." A SAD OCCURRENCE. ! Chrlstchurch, August 80.' , A girl, aged about twenty years, attempted ' suicide last night at'tho Manchester Street , Bridge over the Avon. She wan noticed by . ■ a young man, who saw her climb on to-.the railing of the bridgo and fling herself into if j; the water. Ho followed; into tiro'river, and? .-! :: pulled her to tho shore. This morning sho appeared at the Magistrate's Court to answer. a charge of attempted, suicido. Sub-Inspector p.;. M'Grath said that, as i far as bo could dis- )r cover, t'he girl had had a severe illness some .-v ...;■ years ago, and since then hod been subject t .. . to- fits of melancholia. , She waa living wift. .- her parents, f Mr: W. R. Haseldon, S.M., ... said that ho would not address • tho girl in -, , public, bat would leave.that,matter to her • v family. Sho was convicted and discharged. • 'v

INDUSTRIAL CASES, Palmoi-ston North,' August 30. At the S.M.',Court F. Hall, on tha '/: information of tho inspector of awards, was fined s £s for paying less than' tlie award .• rato of pay to 11. Thompson and R. ! Crumt, - each of. whom, was fined 10b. for acoepting: v . less' than' .tiib.'award'- rates. F. Hill was also /'■ fined lessor slims, " with coste, on three charges of preaches,of tho- Factories Act, -\ viz., failing to keep a proper wagce book, ! failing to pay tiio wages ot four workmen, / . and foiling to keep a register of employment. )1 ; '. - ; v THE STRINCER-NORTON CASE. Chrlstchurch,' August 30. Mr. Justice Donni6ton, in the Supreme • Court to-day, delivered' a lengthy reserved judgment in tho case Norton v. Stringer, an application for a new: trial of tlio action in . • whioh Mt. Stringer (Crown Prosecutor) obtained judgment for £2000 damages, against Norton for libel. . His Honour rcfu'Bcd Nor- ,> ton's application. •' . .. ~ ARBITRATION AND MR. SCOTT. Inveroarglll, August 30. Tho- Southland' Employers' Association lias , resolved to--support .Mr. W. Scott's, candidature for the vacant position of employers' ~ representative on. the Arbitration Court. ,