GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 16, 19 July 1900, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

[FItBSS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 18th July. Mr. Brabant, S.M., in dealing with the case of a youthful criminal to-day, said juvenile depravity seemed to be on the increase in Auckland. Some cases coming before the Court 'showed the criminal instinct in a marked degree. In the present case a boy of twelve stole a pair of boots and wrote a letter to a secondhand dealer purporting to come from his mother asking him to -purchase the boots. The President of the New Zealand Natives' Association, together with the President .of the - Auckland ' branch, telegraphed to. the Premier as follows: — "The new flag just introduced is most unpopular. Suggest' instead either that hoisted at Ko.yorii.reka in. 1834, with the addition of tiie J&ck,, qr'a white ensign with the additior^/b'f three stars, one in each corner, representing the three islands of New Zealand. Either would be distinctive, historical; and popular." DUNEDIN, 18th July. The Supreme Court has been engaged for two days with a special jury case New Zealand Refrigerating Company v. •New Zealand Shipping Company, a claim for £1500 damages for breach of contract. The case arose out of shutting out lambs from the Waimate. Plaintiff claimed for loss of market, expenses of storage, etc. The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff, awarding £588 for storage and £145 16s for loss of market. Leave was given to defendant to move for a reduction of the damage for loss of market. CHRISTCHURCH, 18th July. A strong south-wester, with frequent showers of sleet and snow, has been blowing all day. Communication with the West Coast is still interrupted. NELSON, 18th July. Dr. A. J. Leggatt, charged with performing an illegal operation, was remanded till Friday. Bail was allowed, in two sureties of £50, and accused in a personal bond of £100. NAPIER, 18th July. After an experiment extending over two years the Education Board has decided to dispense with the services of the truant officer. Paora. Ropiha, a very influential chief, who in troublesome times did good service to the Europeans, is dead, at a very advanced age. A tongi on a large scale is being held near Waipawa.