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Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 82, 7 April 1902, Page 4

Before the Stipendiary Magistrate this morning, a well-attired man named Isidore M. Cohen, for whom Mr. Herdman appeared, pleaded guilty to thefts from his employer, Joseph Zachariah, of sums totalling £8 6s; also to several fhaige-s of having obtaiued money from other people by ialbe pretences, the sums totalling £9. Mr. Herdman promised. lestitution. and said accused had been a member of the South African Light Horse, and hud in this manner anticipated the arreurs ot pay due to him, which, of cour&e, w,as a very improper thing to do. He a^ked for probation. After hearing the statement of Mr. Zachariah, His Woiship said lie regretted sending to gaol a man who had not been previously convicted, but hu could not admit to probation where then; Mere so many charges. He passed sentences, some consecutive and some concurrent, amounting in the aggregate to six months' actual imprisonment. An Auckland sawmiller who parsed through Wellington on Saturday 011 his way back frcm Melbourne aud Sydney expresses the opinion that tie imposition by our Government of an expoit duty on white pine logs and flitches is in, the best interests of' the New Zealiuid timber industry, as it will have the effect of btoppiug the sending away of baulk timber to be cut up in Australia for butter-boxes. During the pait few months a considerable quantity of white .. pine in baulk has been exported to Melbourne and Sydney, which has meant that the profit on the labour of sawing it into retail sizes has gone to aYmtmlui instead of to New Zealund. During his visit to Australia the Auckland miller made a close examination of Queensland pine, the use of which for butter-bi>xe-> has been advocated of late by certain members of the Federal Parliament. Oui informant says that the pine grown in Queensland very qlosely resembles kauri in appearance, and in his opinion it is almost as durable. Its market price is nearly as great as that of kauri, and he cannot therefore see how it can compete with New Zealand white pine, the price of which is so much less. This morning the case of Aaron Phillips v. the executors under the will of the late Henry Phillips, being: a claim by testator's brother, as a destitute person, for maintenance, came again bcfoie Mr. Haselden, S.M. The details have been reported. His Worship said: — "In my opinion Aaron Phillips is not at present a destitute person within the meaning of the Destitute Persons Act. He is 63 years of age, but beyond a little indigestion he has apparently no ailment. He may not be able to earn full wages, but that does not imply that he is unable to support himself by his own labour. It is therefore unnecessary for me to deal with the other points raised in the case, but in order to avoid unnecessary expense I *will adjourn the matter for three months. And in the meantime I suggest that the solicitor for the executors write to the beneficiaries, the children of Aaron Phillips, and ascertain if they are willing to pay the passage of their father back to America, or whether they are willing an order should be made on the fund which would bey coming to them under the will." - The question of the exemption of the troopships Devon and Kent from harbour dues, though they carried cargo on behalf of their owners, was brought before' the Premier on Saturday afternoon by a deputation from the Harbour Board. The Chairman, Mr. H. Beauchamp, after stating, the facts as already published, said it was the principle they desired to have settled. The Premier explained that under the terms of the contract, harbour fees were not to be charged upon goods * carried for the Imperial Government. If they were charged the Imperial Government would Jiave to pay them. If, however, they took additional cargo, they should pay harbour dues, and should sot have an advantage over other steamers, this was a matter outside the Government, but he thought that the Harbour Board, in claiming fo» such ordinary cargo, was within its rights. Here, of course, it was a trial shipment of fronen meat to South Africa, and whether the Board took ''into consideration such n matter as helping the trade of the colony 1 was for them to decide. As. to the arrangement with the proprietors of any line of steamers which the Government might subsidise, there would be no such provision in the agreement as that nov objected to. The Government would pay a given subsidy. The steamship owners in considering the matter would no douot conclude they would have to pay harbour dues as for cargo-carrying steamers. He looked upon Harbour Boards as part of our Government, and it would be a mis"take for tho Central Government to infringe on their revenues. The question of helping to get our products to new markets was one for the Boards to act upon voluntarily, .and it was not for the Government to force them. Mr. Beauchamp pointed out that the Boards had no power to make exemptions from the payment of dues to any line whatever. He thanked tie Premier for his assurance that nothing would be done to prejudice the revenues of Harbour Boards. Judgment was delivered by Mr. Justioe Williams this morning in the case of Cole v. the Public 'Trustee, in which the question to be decided was whether the late George Cole was married to his alleged wife, Ellen Maria Cole, and whether she and her children were entitled to his estate in priority to the claims of his next of kin. His Honour said in all the English' cases where a marriage had been presumed from cohabitation or repute, it was in "cases where the marriage had taken placo long before the present system of registration^ was adopted. In the present case beyond all doubt the parties lived together ' as man aud wife from about 1878 to 1890, and were always reputed to be man and wife. The children were registered as the children of George and Eileen Cole, but several dates were given as the date of the marriage. The Rev. Mr. Cannell had no recollection of having performed the ceremony, and His Honour referred to the entire absence of any record of the marriage being in existence either in the Registrar-General's Department or in the record of marriages kept by Mr. Cannell, and the improbability of Mr. Cannell failing to include it in his list and of the local registrar failing to record the certificate, the' issue of which was required by law. He regretted he had to come to the conclusion that a marriage was not solem* nised at all, and he decided therefore that the deceased died intestate and Ellen Cole was not his widow. His Honout made no order as to costs. The annual meeting of the' parishioners of St. Paul's is to be held in the SydneyBtreet Schoolroom on Monday, 21st inßt. Nominations for three Synodsmen will be received the same evening. The arrival of the now ehlp Athenio brings O. Smith more novelties and special lines which deserve your Retention., 200 fawn jackets in sac or semi-sao are to be Bold at 19s 6d, and are well worth 30s.— -Advt. Imported special lino of millinery, toques, and bonnets are to be sold at 15s 611 to 30s, nnd would be cheap if gold at from 30s to 50s. 170 Indies' mack* in newest shades nnd newest colours marked 15a 9d to 25s.— Advt. O. Smith's special all wool Amaton Cloth, 80 pieces in nil colours, double width, to be sold at 2s 3d per yard; 300 Wool Shawls for ladies or babies from 2s 6d to 25s each.— Advt. O. Smith's selection of furs is im« mense. Fur necklets and fur muffs i* & great range of prices ; cheapest in tht city.— Af''*