NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Uj i>80^111100.)'.. ,' ;• ALMOST-A : DISASTER. ; ,; \ EXPEESSTEAIN. HAS A LUCKY ESCAPE. T .- '. ; ." '..•'■, ' „ Auckland, i ' The express to-Eotorua is said to have had a lucky escape from disaster, this, morning. '. P'Vu a . na -, 60m0 ■ t™<*» of' a special goods ' thZnh alkat? w ,- ro der - a,led nt Whangirata w> mam hne points, so-it is aUeged, feß cf^ nl °*cd,. Wtangarata is a non-Sp station, for. the express, and if the Knprial the result would doubtless have been a calamity. ,' !; ,; TRAM BOARD MUST PAY. • • ' ~r V ,,. .ChrUkhurth, September 23; ~ Mr..Haselden, S.M., gave judgment:to-day, in the case Peter John Carroll v. tho Tramwav. Board Plaintiff claimed X6O lor damages 'sus. tamed on July 16 through a gig in which plaintiff, was driving being.'struck by a'tramcar.-' Ina magistrate fpund'thedriyer guilty ofnegli. genco in not applying the brakes when ho saw plaintiff in trouble with a. frightened horse ' that had backed tbe ; gig iDto the wheel of a' meat van. The gig got, locked with tho van, and part of it was on the tram-line. His Worship, found a verdict for'X4o against the Tram-, way Board,;whose oScer was in default '.'-.'. ■:; •■ ■ ■.■APRQTEST.Vv;;;. : ;U r :' ; ': : ;'.-: ~-.': Dunedla, September 23. •\t a meeting of the -Mothodiet Conforenoe Committee, on temperance and public morale to-day, tho following motion was carried: -."This committco joins .in' the protest 'against having the dignity and morals of. the.whole Dominion' associated with the opening of Tattersalls'Ciub in spite of the spirit of lecont legislation, and of the fact that a very largo section of' the public holds Tattersalls Sin abhorrence." -'A ,' motion was also carried protesting against the granting of"licenses in. the King Counter,. •.' !■ :. -I: ■ ■/AN UNUSUAL CASE. .;> . : h :;. ! '":■ ", : .'■•.'■'•' Gfsbqrne, September 23.. , At the' Supremo Court;' before -Mr.: Justice hooper, an unusnal case is proceeding. J. , " P.' Wilson and his wife (pee.lfiss Harding) are ; suing the trustees of the lato Ji Harding'for specific performance. The! ■-■ sub-" . : mitted by counsel (Mr.. Burnard), la .. that. Harding! promised the young couple a houKe as a'wooding dowry. The: house waa built," and Mr.' and ' Mrs. : Wilson went ■ into possession. Subsequently ,Mr. Harding died/. without- - having '■ executed ~ ■'transfer. : :,\ ;;' ; . :; - ; THEFT OF £235. \. ;[■-'■:.; ■■■■'■', ■■■'-. •-.■.'■■ -Dunedln, September,'iS.'Charlos J. Lindley, who -was ibronght back i - from Australia, and pleadod guilty to the tiieft of i>2235, 1 the property of; the .trustees of''the. v lato .Andrew.Lees, was sentenced by Mr., Justice Williams this.morning-,'to nine montha*, imp'risohmont. :,.■'-•■.;'. ..■■,. ,-.: ■',' ; '-.,'■'