CEMETERY ROBBERS.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1889, Page 3

CEMETERY ROBBERS.

«, TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — I felt deeply grieved on visiting my little Bon's grave yesterday to find that a visit had been paid to it by that despicable thing, a graveyard thief. I had obtained, at great troublo, a fine white pansy-root, and it was just loaded with blossoms, and would have been all Hummer, but it in gone, not one scrap left. I Bhonld like to ask you, sir, can anything be dono to prevent these robberies? It is not only the valno of the plants taken, bnt the grief it costs for anyono who have their dear ones there to see, after weeks of attention, our little bits of plants and flowers— our last tokens of love and affection— gone, stolen, and evidently no redress. In conclusion, I will only add that if wo lay our hands on the thief we most certainly will havo our redress. Hoping you will kindly inaert this, I am, 4c, Hakiuet Geahy. 147, Upper WilliB-ntrcet, 7th October, 188' J.

Several interesting letters to the Editor will be found on the fourth page to-day. The Native Minister returned from Marton by the late train on Saturday night. We understand that the question of raising the Koranui will bo disousfed at a meeting of the Underwriters' Absociation to-morrow. The sporting action of Donne v. Mandel, which was conomenoed on Wednesday last and adjourned in order that the plaintiff might Bnpply farther particulars of demand, is set down for he-irincf to-morrow. Mr. H. E. Dix, a resident in Lorne-strcet, had a very unpleasant experience yesterday morning. At about 6 o'clock he heard a. (Treat smash of breaking glass in a room on tho_ ground floor, and on hurrying downBtairs to sou what was the raattor, ho found two large panes of the front parlour window completely htna3hed, and several large piecra of rock, which had evidently been thrown through the window, lying in the room, intermingled with fragments of broken glass. There was no ai-jn of the perpetrator of the outrage. Tho police, who aro investigating the matter, are understood to have a clue to tho culprit. Mr. L. B. Linklater, accountant to Messrs. Bell, Gully, and Izard, returned to Wellington yesterday after a six months' holiday trip to England and the Continent. Mr. G. Stead's horse Scots Grey arrived overland from Napier on Saturday, and was taken on to Canterbury by tho s. a. Tarawera this afternoon. The horse, which was in charge of Boylo (Mr. Mason having remained in Napier), looked none the worse for bia efforts at the Hawkn Bay Meeting. The usual number of applications to be relieved from jury service were made at tho Supreme Court this morning. Of the grand jurors, Mr. C. A. Baker was exoused on the ground that he wai a witness in one of the ca-ta; Mr. F. Allen, general manager of the Colonial Insurance Company, because Mr. Harbroo, the local branch manafor, was already in the jury-hoi. Mr. J. C. Harris' abience wai explainc d a 8 being dne to illness. Mr. J. Jack sought exemption on tho ground that ho was interested in one of the cases to bo heard, but his Honour merely declined to excuse him, and simply told him that he had better lc ive the jury room while the case in quntion was being considered. As to the common jurors, deafness wast sufficient ground to relieve Jlcisra. T. Eiddler and &. Bnrko from * orvico ; honourable old afo exoused Messrs. A. M'Carthy and George Avory ; and Messrs. W. Burrows and P. H. Arrowsmith successfully put in tho plea that tboy had bron served in wrong name i. Mr. John Irwin produced a medical certificate, and was allowed to go, ai was ako Mr. John Nekon, one of the crew of tbo_ s.s. Waibi, ai his vessel was to If we port in the afternoon. Mr. Alexander Mil'igan, blacksmith, asked to be exempted becauto his business required his attention, but his Honour said that if that ground wore allowed thoro wore many other jurors to whom it would apply. A football matoh was played on Saturday between the Terrace and Taylor's School, which rcmltci in a win for the former, after a very excitin? game, by a gcal to love. Tho Terrace got over tho line Eeveral times, but Taylor's School, not knowing the proper rul'3 of football, disputed' the referra's decision. For the winners, Glover, Smith, and Soffe, played a good game, and for tho losers B. Staples, Barolay, and Holmes. A piece of gross larrikinism was porpetratr d at the Lower Hutt between Saturday night and thiß morning. The shooting ran^e used by the Heretiunga Linrht Horse is situated at the mouth of tho nutt river on tho lowry E^y-roid, and tho targets used aro an ordinary iron ono and a wooden dummy for markin? purposes. Early this morning a cottier pissing the ran<je found that both targets had b'on dislodged from their position. The stiys of the iron target had been ont, and the tirget itself removed some distance from its poiition. The dummy target had evidently been chopped down with an axe. Tho police have their eyes on some larrikins who were observed in tho neighbourhood on Saturday night. ~A seaman belonging to tho s.s. Eotorua narrowly escaped a serious acoident this morning. The man, who had apparently beon imbibing rather freely, was proceeding along tho wharf to his vessel when he stumbled and slipped down between the wharf and the steamer Omapere. With some difficulty he was extricatod from his perilous position, and handed over to Constables Moore, who took him in charge for drunkenness. The seaman sustained a nasty cnt upon his head from his fall. What might have been a serious cab accident occurred toon after midday yester- / day in Aurora Terrace, the steep thoroughfare opening from Wellington Terrace, near tho Wellington Club. A lady and gentleman were being driven home from church by Moloney, tho well-known cabman, and in going up the hill the horses became restive, and getting their heads down-bill, bolted. The passengers managed to jump ont, and Moloney also leaped off the box on finding that he oould not stop tho flight. The horses dashed madly down the steep grade till they reached Wellington Terrace, and there ono horse became detached, and jumped over a fence to a level Eome ten or twelve feet lower, while the other horse and tho cab remained in the street. Much to the surprise of all bystanders no serious damage was caused to eithor steeds or vehicle. At to-day's sitting of the Magistrate's Court for oivil business, Mr. Robinson, 8.M., gave judgment for the plaintiffs, with costs, as follows:— W. Epps v. A. S. M'Gregor, M.H.K.. .£9 17s ; Wellington Loan Co. v. H. G. Hankin, .£49 lls ; game v. A. H. Brind, £80 10s ; W. H. Back v. A. Patterson, 19s lOd; G. Goldstein v. P. Kearney, £1 4s 2d ; Official Assignee (estate of W. Clark) v. W. Crutchley, £5 2s 4d ; A. Lindsay v. J. Mnndy, .£l4 Id ; E. W. Mills & Co. v. H. Arnold, .£2O 17s lid ; J. Jones v. A. Smith, £4, 8s 6a; F. Le Nowry v. W. H. Corneal, JBl lss 3d. In the judgment summons cases of Johnston & Co. v. C. Cudby and another, .£B9 l!)s, and G. N. Horaand v. C. Waohlin, £13 Is. his Worship, after hearing the defendants' statements, declined to make any order. The case of T. K. Maodonald & Co. v. Trustees in the estate of James Martin, inwhioh the plaintiffs claimed £36 17s 6d aB commission on the sale of certain property, was heard before Mr. C. C. Graham, 8.M., and judgment was eventually given for the plaintiffs for the full amount of the claim, together with £4, costs. Mr. Jelliooe was for tho plaintiffs, and Mr. Treadwell defended. For continuation oj reading matter tea fourth VIUJB.