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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 17, 20 July 1898, Page 4

The fnne.ni! of Hie late Mr. Geo. Priend, Clerk of the Ifonse of Representatives, is to I;i|{e |)!:ii;e jit \\ o'clock 10-morrow morning. 'I'lie inif;rmenl. i^ to be in;ide in the Karori ('i-met'Ty. Mrs. J-Viend has received UlO tollowine; s\mpathetic letter from the Premier : -- " Wellington, 19th July, J9OB. Dear Mr*. Friend --Jl. was with deep regret thai. [ ]e;init of the. death of your limbaml 10-.iav, :'.ii(J. (\n behalf of the Government, I ofl'er yon aiid your dairrhter our lie.-irtfelt wynipathy in your sad bcicnvemeiit. Always courteous to tlm^e who were brought into eoiif-tc!. with him, and painstaking and accurate in hi-* wu-lc, .Mr. J'Viend wh* highly e.slpfii.ed during the 4 1 xo.trs h« was iu'ilio public service, '.in of which were spent as an olliccr ol the, Ilouveof Repre-onlritivfts. JJy his death the. colony ha* lo^t, a valuable servant, whose place, a« Clerk of the House, it will, I feel Mire, be difficult to Jill.— Believe me, )ours binceruly, 11. J. SiiOUON.** An es>p"{'inHy hard case which came bf>-foi-e tho HeiH-voient 'IVustpes j'eplcrday was of a uoinaii uho stated that her sole food Ihatd;n liad been a dry cru.st. Her husband h,id been laid by with rheumatic fever for .some time, there was neither food nor liritif,' in the house, and the rent (7s per week) could not be found. Fire, rations, and 5s a week were granted for one month. The wife of a soldier who came to t he colony between 30 and 40 years a^o also applied for help. She said her husband was now an old man, and at Auckland a short time ago had been refused work on the ground of old age. A pension which was due, to him had never been received, so ho had no mentis of subsistence. Help was granted, and "that's what the country does for him." Hie desirableness of extending Church pervices to outlying portions of St. Thomas's parochial district has been recognised. Regular evening services are now hftid at Worser Bay and Island Bay, and the vicar hopes soon to begin services at Berhampore. At Worker Bay, chiefly through the energetic action of Mr. J. W. Davies, a tection contiguous to the beach has been acquired upon which to build a church-room, and a site has been obtained at Island Bay and the erection of a churchroom begun. Thomas Collins, who instituted an action, against Emily Davis for alleged Rlander, has discontinued the case, and judgment has therefore been entered up for defendant, with coats. In the adjourned civil action Thomas B. Ellison v. William Adams, a claim for £58 13s 2d, Mr. Kenny, S.M., yesterday afternoon gave judgment for plaintiff for £25 and costs £3 4s. Mr. Atkinson was for plaintiff and Mr. Menteath for defendant. Wellington is to-day enjoying spring weather. .From the telegraphic weather chart we gather that moat other parts of the colony are equally favoured, though heavy rainy weather still hangs over the extreme North. Canterbury, Otago, and Southland have had another night's pretty hard frost, j Marlborough's ranges received another coating of snow, and the central districts of the North Island report a fair and frosty night, with a bright morning. Blue was the prevailing colour of the sky everywhere in the colon} 7 tliis morning. Argument was taken by Mr. Justice Ed« wards to-day in connection with the Dannevirke case of Wyeth v. Kitto. Kitto obtained judgment) against Wyeth for £6 Os 6d. Wyeth afterwards paid that amount, leaving the co9ts (15s 9d) owing A distress warrant for the amount of the debt and costs (instead of the costs dnly) was issued, and Wyetb/s horse, cart, anc harness were sold. Wyeth claimed damages for this, and Kitto pleaded that he was not to blame for the issue of the distress warrant for an excessive amount, and he relied for a special defence on the protection afforded by section 189 of the Magistrate's Court Act.. 1893, as the suftrnions was issued more than three months after the illegal distress. The matter came before Mr. Turnbull, S.M., who gave judgment for the defendant with costs, on the ground that the proceedings had, not been commenced within the time limited. This judgment was now appealed against. Mr. Justice Edwards dismissed the appeal with costs (£7 7s). Mr. Young was for appellant and Mr. Skerrett for respondent. Among the property found in the possession of a notorious criminal who was arrested a few days ago, and who has since been convicted, was a large bundle of new clothes-lines, seemingty stolen from outside some shop. The police require an owner J for this property, and also for the small cabinet which an old offender was this morning convicted for stealing. In the Banco Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Edwards, an order was made by consent for a dissolution of the partnership between Jessie Langstone and Walter James Hunt, and the Registrar was directed to take a statement of accounts. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs on the Magistrate's Court scale, was entered up by Mr. Justice Edwards in the case iv which Yee Fun sued Cuing Wan for £44 175,. money lent. Mr. W. L. Fitzherbert, of Levin— a native of Lower Hutt— has been admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court. The Education Board has placed Mm Mousley in charge of the Alfredton School, and Mr. E. , J. Howell in charge of the school at Mangamaire, near Pahiatua. The appeal by Messrs. Veitoh & Allan, of Cuba-street, against the decision of Mr. Kenny, S.M., in the case brought against the firm by the Wellington Operative Tailors' Union for alleged breaches of an award under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, was argued before Mr. Justice Edwards to-day. The Magistrate had held that Veitoh & Allan were obliged to pay full price for extra pockets, even though they were not put in by the employes, and this decision was appealed against on the following grounds: — -(a) Because plaintiffs. did not prove the commission by the defendants of any act which in law amounted to a breach of the industrial agreement ; (b) because upon the true construction of the agreement defendants were not bound to pay their workmen for extra pockets which the workmen did not put in, but which w ere put in by machinists ; (c) because if the defendants were bound to pay their workmen for tho extra pockets, then upon the true construction of the agreement the defendants were only bound to pay tiie men one-half the stun mentioned iv the agreement under the heading of "coats." His Honour reserved his judgment. The Wellington Plumbers' Union will meet this evening, at 730, to consider the Conciliation Board's award. Sir ltobert Stout will deliver a lecture, entitled "A Night with the Planet Mars," in the-Tarunaki-street Schoolroom to-morrow night in connection with the Wesley.-m Literary and Debating Society. The lecture will be illustrated with numerous diagrams. Admission will be free and a collection will be made. St. Paul's pro-Cathedral choir will not hold its usual practice this evening. The Women's Social and Political League has removed lo 21, Willis-street (New Zealand Natives' Association's room), and intern Is to open the new meeting place with a social gathering. Meetings are to be held fortnightly— alternately a political night and a social eveniug for members and their friends. Teeth accurately and scientifically fitted by atmospheric suction from £3 3s per set, at the London Dental Com puny, Mee's Buildinga, Lambtou-cnaay,— Advt,