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Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 133, 5 June 1902, Page 4

Some sharp passages between counsel uud some' appLuue in tiie body of the meeting-hull — .ippUuse which was at once suppressed by the Oiidirnidii — were diverwlyiug incidents aunng ihe lieariug of the Coronation license application by tho Wellington Suburbs Lii-ejisijig Committee yesterday. Mr. (Juliy in vain appealed to tLe memorialists' counsel tc waive their objection to Mr. Cudby's adjudication upon the caee, and eventually the week's adjournment of all buirinebs not dealt with was arrived at as the best way of temporarily meeting the <tuorumlesß position that arose througt the retirement of Messrs. Cudby and Cotton. The adjourned sitting will taie place next Wednesday at the Lower Hutt, beginning at 10 a.m. A suggestion that the Bench should sit in Wellington was met with the reply that the Act gave no power to the committee to sit out of the district over which it had jurisdiction. ! Judgment was given by the Chief Justic this morning in the case of Anstee v. Hunkms, an action claiming damages, 01 m the alternative that it be declared that the defendant is trustee for the plaintiff of all the right and interest acquired by him in a leasehold situated at Palmewton North. The claim m based on the allegation that the plaintitf consulted the defendant (who is a solicitor) professionally, that he gave him in hit professional capacity information "I*? • , leaaeu °ld and the terms ob which it had been offered for Bale to him. and that in breach of his duty the defendant purchased the property for himself. The plaintiff, eaid his Honour, sent another solioitor to enquire if the defendant would lend £350 on the leaseL? l(i rr if P urclla ? ed - That was not, in his Honour's opinion, making the defendant his solicitor, nor retaining him an Buch. Previous to that the defendant had himself been negotiating for the purchase of the property, and had made an offer for it. Under such circumstances he did not see how it could be said that the defendant owed any duly to the plaintiff. Judgment must be for the defendant, with costs as on a judgment for £300, with £3 3s for secoud counsel and disbursements, and £5 5s costs for interrogatorieß. In introducing his address before the Arbitration Court yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. A. Kennedy, local manager of the Union Company, said %c "had no intention whatever of iesurrecting the dead ashes of the 1890 strike and matters in that connection." He asked the Court to take with a grain of salt many of the statements made by Mr. Young «s to the tyranny which ho implied that the men were subjected to by the Union Company's offioers. He (Mr. Young) argued upon the principle that as no good could come out of Nazaretii,,so no good could be done by the Union Company. Mr. Kennedy added that he did not intend going into figures, like Mr. Young, but that the latter gentleman's estimate of the effect of the Federal tariff on the trade of the Union Company was "t>o hopelessly at variance with actual facts as to be almost deplorable." Mr. Kennedy hinted at what might ba brought forward when the Dunedin phase of the dispute was before the Court by adding— "I do not propose to give Mr. Young the satisfaction of knowing yet what the figures are (with regard to tho Federal trade), but 1 con assure the Court that it will be convinced when we reach Dunedin." Great difficulty is being experienced by the Christchurch Cathedral Chapter in suitably replacing the spire shaken down by the Cheviot earthquake. It is understood (says the looal correspondent of tie* Otago Daily Times) that substantial donations have been promised towards the expenses of re-erection, buo the trouble^ is to decide on the method of re-erection and the material that should be used in the portion re-erected. Information on the subject has been sought from, almost all earthquake-ridden countries in the world. It was thought fchat some idea of the proper course to be pursued could be obtained from the structure of spires in those countries. A curious fact, however, is. that in no earthquake country is there a spire noarlv so high as tfcat in Christchurch, which reaches to about 200 ft from the ground. ' The Star ut&tes that it is generally recognised that to carry out the work in brick, in view of the "fact that the spire :has ijeen brought down once aud has been _ very severely shaken on another occasion, is quite impossible. Wood, Bteel, copper, aluminium, and other substances have been suggested. In regard to the metals, however, it is found that there is no reliable- information to go upon as to the effect' of the atmosphere at that altitude. Investigations have shown that "the air iibove Christchurch at »n altitude of 200{t is often impregnated with canEiderab:* quantities of salt carried from the open eoa on the east, and this has to be borne i« mind when the question is being considered. It is roughly estimated that the cost of reerection will b& about £1000. Another instance *of the necessity for improved means of communication in th* back country was placed before the Act ing-Premier yesterday by a deputatior from Feilding, which was iniroduced b\ Mr. Lethbridge, M.H.11. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Corrie (Chair man of the Kiwitea County Council), Mitchell (Chairman of the 'Cheltenham Dairy Factory) and W Morton (Chairman of the Kimboltun Branch of tho Farmers' Union). They a^ked that a Hying survey and an estimata of tha cost, should be mndo for a. railway from Feilding to Apiti. Tbe land i<y ba served, they stated, comprised 84,000 . •acres, and wua rated for pastoral purposes at about three-quarters of a minion sterling. Owing to the low price of wool, however, the land could not profitably bo used for pastoral purposes, owing to tho great cost of caning produce to the railway, which pi-evented settlers there from competing with settlers iv more favoured Districts. Tf after the !>urvey the Government could not see itn way to construct the railway the local body might do so, and thy» relieve the roods, which at present had to sustain a very heavy traffic The deputation having pointed out Uio advantage to settlement which would accrue from such a railway, Sir Joseph Ward promised to bring the matter before Cabinet. Th» ballot for the Windsor Park Estate, which has been acquired by the Government and cut up for closer settle* ment, took place at Oamoru on Friday last. The method of conducting the ballot (euys the Mnil) wns responsible for a large amount of dissatisfaction, but few of the successful applicants getting what they wanted. In some instances this was more or less rectified by exchanges between the successful ones, but tho Government witl • c^rtninly, in deference to the very strong fetiing thnt has been aroused by tfce pre«"ent system of balloting, have to deviso 80*112 raore satisfactory procedure. Theie were 385 application* for the sections in the v<<ri* ous groups, those for each group were as follows: — Thirty for sub-Uvj.-inn 1, 3 for 2, 16 for 3, ]£) for 3n, I?q for 4, 8 for 4a. 5 for 5. 53 for 6. o.^ 22 for 6a. Met of the successful wnliiWes are residents of the Oamaru district. The Convalescent Home Trustee* fciet yesterday. Present — Me^damcs Jo«M>li (in the eh:ur), Gradv, ard Braudon. M ; <<s" Coa'tes, Mesdames Barron (Treasurer) a T> d Newman (Secretary). The Matron reported that thirteen patients had boen, received and eight discharged. She acknowledged with thanks the following gifts: — Mrs. Tripe, clothirg ; Two-gajv ment Society, clothing ; Mrs. C. Joimston, cokes and books ; Government House, papers ; Messri. Warnock tin 4 Adkin. -pieces of cretonne, «tc.