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Evening Post, Volume LXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1903, Page 4

Before Mr. Justice Edwards on Saturday Mr. Jellicoe mude an application for placing a case concerning Joseph Taylor before the Appeal Court. Taylor was convicted of fraud nt tho December sitting of the Supreme Court nt Nelson, nnd is now undergoing a hentenco of imprisonment in the Terrace Gaol. The point which Mr. Jellicoe dosiwd to havo nrtfiied beforo tho Appeal Court wns whether prisoner was a servant in the employ of the l'uponga Ooldmining Company nt, the time of the committing of tho offence, of which he was comicted, nnd whether there wns any evidence of tho offence to go to tho jury in tho indictment mentioned upon the ground that under the provisions of the Criminal Code tho »aid questions of law could be reserved. His Honour said he did not think he had the power to grnnt the application, as it should have been mnde by Mr. Fell (counsel for the prisoner) when tho case wns under trial. As the circuit hnd lapsed, Mr. Edwards doubted his power to revive its actions. Mr. Jcllicoo, after ffome nrgument, obtained loave to mention tho matter again' after ho had looked into nnthorities upon the point raised by his Honour. The Acting Registrar-General (Mr. O. Drury) has issued a lenflet dealing with the result of the licensing poll in November lnst. Ho says that 148,449 votes woro recorded in favour of continuing existing licenses^— including one district, thnt of Clutha, where the v vote (1368) wits for restoration of tho liconscs cancelled at the poll taken in 1899—132,240 for reduction, and 151,524 for no-licenso (including 2245 votes cast for non-restora-tion in the Clutha district). In twentyrino of the sixty-eight licensing districts tho majority of tho voters wns in favour of continuance, in twenty-four no proposal wns carried, in nine reduction, and in six no-licenso wns cniried, but in two of these hitter tho poll on petition wns declared invalid. In twenty-four of tho districts— Maraden, Grey Lynn, Franklin, Thames, Waiapu, Napier, Puhiatun, Hutt, Wnitnki, Onmaru, Waikouaiti, Kaiapoi, Avon/ Lytlelton, Couitcnay, Selwyn, Geraldino, Timaru, Caversbnm, Taieri, Tuapeka, Wallace, Invorcargill, and Awarua— a majority of the votes polled was for no-license, but not in sufficient number to mnke up the three fiffh« required to" carry that issue. v)f the totnl number of persons, 318,859, including those whose votes were informal, 180,294, or 56.64 per cent., were men, nnd 138,565, or 43.46 per cent., wore women. Compared with the polling In the year 1899, this shows a numerical increase of 19,335, or 12.01 per cent., on tho part of the men, nnd 17,702, or 14.65 por cent., on the. part of the women, clearly showing that the latter are now taking greater interest in local option matters than thoy formerly did. The vlatest issue of the New Zealand Patont Onzetto (issued fortnightly by the Registrar of Patents ns a supplement to the ordinary Government Gnrette) contains four pages of reproductions of the plans of inventions of which complete specifications have been accepted. The plans' aro excellently reproduced, though materially reduced in size, and tho illustrations add considerably to the vnlne of tho Patent Gazette. The Nelson Cliamber of Commerce has nsked Mr. J. 11. Cock to act as its representative nt tho fifth Congress of Associated Chambers of Commerc© to be held at Montreal in August next. Tho Chamber has also requested tho Government to authorise an electrical export to examine nud Tcport on certain rivers in tho district in respect to tho possibility of utilising the power for the generation of electricity. Specimens of a very njiccoMful illaminant, tho Kotson light, are to be seen burning nightly in the City Corporation grounds, fronting JPeatherston and Pana-ma-street*. Tho two street lamps erected illuminate a largo area, and give a very satisfactory light. The exhibition on Thursday night was witnessed by the Mayor nnd City Councillors. Mr. T. W. Butcher, of Sydney, who is noting in New Zcalnnd as, representative of the manufacturers, shows abundant documentary evidence that the Kitson Incandescent Oil Light is progressing at Home. For the lighting of a portion of Whitehall, London, tho Kitson tender defeated three tenders of tho Gas Company, and manufacturing firms such es Mir W. Armstrong and Co. "have «Ibo installed in in thoir works. Tho lamps on exhibition have each 1000-candle power, each, it is said, costing Id per hour. There is no underground piping required. Each lamp is complete in itself where it stands. Tho reservoir in the lamp-post contains kerosene, which is forced up .by water pressure in tho cylinder, and is passed into a vaporiser (heated in one minute by means of naphtha.) It is the vaporised oil that is tho illuminantv. Messrs. Barr, Lcary, and Co. are the local agents. On Saturday afternoon tho annual meeting of the Wellington GMs' High School Old Girls' Association was held in the school, Miss M'Lean presiding. The report, which was adopted, showed the funds to have a credit balance of £11 3s 9d. Regret was expressed at tho resignation of Miss Beatrice Cross. Officers for the ensuing year were elected aa follows: President, Miss M'Lean; Vice-Presidents, staff of the' District High School ; Secretory and Treasurer, Miss Sanderson; Committee, Mrs. B. M. Wilson and Misses Benzom, B. Stevenson, A. Taskor, K. Kirkcaldie, L. Brandon, F. Gibsou, A Fordham, 6. Allen, J. Winder, Z. Tabuteau, M. Barron, F. Davidson, and M. Fleming. Votes of thanks were passed to Mias.M'Lean, Miss Ecclesfield, and the Secretary, Miss H. Sanderson. A most enjoyable afternoon was spent in various ways, and a capital concert programme was contributed to by Mrs. B. Al. Wilson, Misses R. Mowatt, Harris, Bendall, E. Richardson. K. Kirkcaldie, J. Davidson, 11. Sanderson, Warburton, and Tabuteau. On Saturdny the senior cricket championship matches were concluded, and tho Midland team's somewhat sensational defeat of Wellington by one run has loft them tho leading team for tho season. As a matter of fact, tho Midland team did not win the match, and the position is a most unsatisfactory one. During Richardson's stay at tho wickets in tho second innings ot the Wellingtons ho was credited on the books With threo runs less than 'ho actually scorod, owing to the fact that neither of the scorers weixs watching the game at the particular moment when he hit tho ball to the bouudary. The Midlnnd scorer snw tho hill "being returned, and asked tbo Wollington scorer Jf it was a hit. Tho laitcr did not know, nnd would not book it, nnd naturally the Midland representative did not do co. When Richardson was out he went to the scoring-box to look at tho book, and noticed thnt he hnd beon given ono 3 less than he was entitled to. He explained this to the Wellington scorer, and tho individual and total figures were increased by three. Tho Midland scorer on his return (he was absent at the time) refused to alter his figures, and tho difference stood until lnst Saturdny, when Wellingtons put an end to the argument by deleting Richardson's throe runs and reducing the total score. That alteration, which possibly was the only w»y out of the position, cost Weilington the match, and perhaps thecham-' pionship. • A general meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Bible Teaching in State Schools is to be hold at St. John's Church on Thursday evening. Publio attention has been turned to the superior taste of Defiance butter. Made only from selected cream. — Advt.