TE ABO FORESHORE CLAIMS. TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 108, 9 May 1887, Page 3

TE ABO FORESHORE CLAIMS. TO THE EDITOR.

Sib— lt is surprising how ready the press and public of Wellington arc to recognise every claim against; governing bodies, and it almost seems as if a claim need only be pitched high enough to be proportionately supported. Various recent instances might

be quoted in support of this, and the process appears to bo going on in respect to the Te Aro foreshore claims. Suroly the damage by reclamation can only be a fractional part of the valuo of tho sections ot land so injnrod, and these To Aro sections possess no special rights in respect to landing of goods. By statute all Harbour Boards have power to control shipping, and appoint landing places within their respective harbours. The To Aro foreshoro is not a legal landing place, and no captain of any vessel is allowed to land or ship goods there, unloss by arrangement with the local Board, and when this has been permitted, such was a special concession, and it is folly to suppose- a right was theroby created. Hence, while tho preferring of claims on this basin may produce passing dreams of wealth, the more certain outcome is law costs and disappointment. I am, &c, ______________ Lex.

The Telegraph authorities at present have the shipping arrival and departure lint posted up inside their temporary premises. This is a great mistake, as when the bnilding is closed the list cannot be inspected by the public. It should be posted up outside, and in full view from the street. Captain Dicker, of the steamer Kiwi, reports that when passing tho wreck of the Wuitaki this morning about half-past 9 tho pea was making a clean breach over tier. She was lying broadsido on to the beach with her head to the N.W. Yesterday was tho last day on which exenrsionista to, and intending purchasers of, land at Manukan, on ihe Wellington and Manuwatu line, will havo s: eoial faoilitios in ordor to inspect tho company's property, which will bo offereil for i-nJe this week. Four carriages were filled, mid upwards of 200 persons availed theuib' lv sof yesterday's trip. An accident occurred in Molesworthstreot shortly beforo 3 o'clock this afternoon. A horse, drawing ono of Soracrville's cabs, bolted with tho vehicle in tho direction of Lambton-quay. The driver, whose name is James Farmer, was thrown off and seriously injured. He was convoyed to Dr. Graco's surgery, where his injuries are being attended to. Tho cab was brought to a standstill inside tho guto of Government Buildings. The acumen and sharp-wittcdness of a police-constablo is at times far more valuablo to him than mere physical strength, as the following shows. This afternoon a constable had occasion to visit the Terrace Gaol for tho pnrposo of bringing thonco a prisoner on remand to the Magißtrato's Court. On reaching Wool-combo-street tho policoman obsorved a man lying on tho road in a, helploss atato of intoxication. The constablo onlistod the good offices of his prifonor, who willingly responded, and who assisted his custodian to oscort hiß companion in misfortuno to tho city lockup. Tho inebriate, on being searched, was found to havo £4 in notes and some Bilver in his possession. We aro glad to learn that the lad Cecil Fredorick Gulliver, who was injured in Tinakori-road on Friday evening, in tho f.ocident which caused the death of Lieut. White, ia now progressing favourably, and his complete recovery ia regarded as only a matter of time. At tho Magistrate's Court this afternoon, before Messrs. A. W. Brown and J. H. Bethnne, Justices, Frederick Annear was brought up on remand. The prisoner pleaded Guilty on Saturday last to tho chargo of stealing a number of fowls, the property of his employer, Mr. Standon, dairyman, of Karori. The accused had been remanded in order that the report of the Probation Officer as to his antecedents might be produced. Mr. Garvoy, the Probation Officer, reported favourably and the Bench released the youth on probation for four months, and directod that he should pay the costs of the prosecution, amounting to 19s 6d, within two months' timo. Alexander Brown, who was arrestod on warrant this morning, appeared before Messrs. A. W. Brown and J. H. Bcthuno, Justices, to answer the charge of stealing an oilskin coat, valued at 20s, the property of Daniel M'Donald, on the 16th April last. The property was missed from the forecastle of the s s. Koronui, and was pawned on the same day at a city pledge office for 7s. Tho arrest and the recovery of the coat was proved by Detective Campbell. Tho prisoner stated in his defence that the coat had been given to him to pawn by a person whose name ho did not know. The Bench sentenced the prisoner to a month's imprisonment, with hard labonr. Mr. Alfred Chenevix Trenoh, a son of the late Archbishop of Dublin, and a member of the well-known London publishing firm of Kegan, Paul, and Co., is at present on a visit to Dunedin, and will make a tour of the colony. A sad fatality ocourred at Sydney on the evening of tho 20th ult. Mr. Frank L. Dobson, a young barrister, took an overdose of chloroform, which he had been in the habit of inhaling for the relief of asthma. According to the Cambridge correspondent of th« Auckland Bell another Baurian monster is spreading consternation through the Waikato. He states that a Mr. Cbas. Paton, a settler at Scotchman's Valley, one morning lately on going to look at the body of a horse which had died the day b«fore, was astonished to find it half devoured, evidently by some enormous animal, as the larger bones were crunched. A night or two after this Mr. Paton's dogs suddenly started barking, and on one of tbo hands getting up to ascertain the uauso, all that he could find out was that the dogs had all run under the house as, if alarmed at something. Noit morning footprints of a. large animal were plainly to be traced across a neighbouring paddock. They are described as having a very large pad with three claws in front. Some ohildren while catching eels are reported to have seen the nionater, and been very mnch frightened at it. From tho style of the correspondent's communication— especially from a statement that an Auckland gentleman was in negotiation for tho purchase of the mysterious animal — we shonld say that tho whole " yarn " is invented. Children htabvino to death on account of their inability to' digest food, will find a most marvellous food and remedy in Scott's Fmdlsiok or Purb Cod Liver Oil with Hypopiiosphitbb. Very palatable and easily digested. Bead the following testimonial :— " I have prescribed • Scott's Emulsion ' in cases of children suffering from wasting and mal-nutrition, and can report most favourably of its good effect ; it has been in each case taken most readily." "W. Fbkkixs, M.R.C.6., Medical Supt., Burleigh Hospital, Eng. Large and small bottles at all Chemists; 4s 6d tnd 2a 6d. For continuation of rending matter see fourth page.