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

An old-age pensioner admitted U*oto ho Stipendiary Magistrate on iSuturday hat in a iicriod of about four years, luring M-hicn he had drawn pension ia he full amount (£18), he had been, pay. ng off instalments on a piece of proper* ,y. He had pnid £15 down for tne prowrty, and £2 10s a month, and had ately completed the paying off, the total iayment« being £117. The property be-< ng now his own, he had mentioned 10 in lis present application for renewal; ho lad not dteincd it necessary to mention he property in connection with pre» now renown Is, because it wns not then iis own. The pensioner's wife, who mar* -ied him nearly two years ago, deposed hat sho had given bim £21 of hex nonpy. The Deputy-Registrar (Mr. $\ IV. Mansfield) stated that pensioner, who leals in coal, lind bought eighteen, toiu jf cnnl recently from ono company.- Mr, Mansfield n sited the Court to order pen* >ioner to refund tho pension paid, £72. touching on the question of refund, the matter entered another phase when <ioner, who hnd been asked why he did not produce his deeds as he was ordered to do at a previous hearing, admitted Hint ha hnd mortgaged them to eomo rme else for £15 fiinco the matter wu iirst raUqr] in Court. Tho application whs adjourned till 2.15 p.m. on Friday, for which dote the alleged mortgagee will be subpoenaed. The Tailorenses Union has filed thre» applications against a local employor for tha enforcement of the award of tha Arbitration Court in their «trad«. The defence in the case Police v. Read, in which defendant is charged with keeping a house for the purposes of betting, w»w entered on before the Magistrate this morning. Mr. Skerrett appeared for lwad, who, in bis evidence, said he baa occupied his shop in TaranaVi-street for nino years. On occubious he had had a "book" on big racing events, the limit being £5 to Ib. Betting had to bo confined to customers, and lie did not know he wns breaking the law. Ho know when, the probationeri camo in thnt thoy wero police officers, and accepted their money on tho understnhding that he was to "geti it on" with a bookmaker or the totalizator. Denied that ho had been betting with outside persons. He carried on a legitimate business as a hairdresser, Various witnesses gave evidence that ia their opinion betting wns not carried oa in Read's shop. In addressing we Court, Mr. Skerrett urged thnt before a conviction could bo entered tho Magistrate must bo satisfied thnt the shop was Habitually used ns a betting house. His Worship convicted Read and fined" him £5, and 7i costs. Tho Petone Tonnis Club on its visit to Otaki defeated the Otaki Club by 17 sets to 4, or 112 games to 76. The following ar« the scores, Petone being mentioned first in each case :— Kirk v. Winchester, 5—6, 6—5, 6 — A ; Jackson v, M. Simcox, 6—3, 6—5; Dr. Perry v, D'Arth, 6—l, 6—l; Reid v. Simcor, 6—5, 6—l; Lilly v. Whitehorn, 6—l, 6—l ; Manning v. Rawson, 6—4, o—6, I—2 (unfinished) ; Kirk and Jackson v* Winchester and M. Simcox, 4—6, .6—2, 6—4 ; Dr. Perry and Reid v. Simoox and D'Arth, 6—2, 6—3 ; »Manning nnd Lilly v. Rawsoa and Whitchorn, I—6, 6—4, 5-6. , ■ "Might I be permitted to aak" (write* "Dorset") "why Wusser Buy is dialled Worser Bay?- This Bay, I understand, once belonged; to the lute Mr. Hebberleye, a Weymoutk man, who spoke the dialect of bin country. I spent the earliest yean of my life with Dorsetshire people, and I kuow of no such word in their dialect' as ,' Worser.' When Mi\ Hebberley " was pilot people would ask him 'How is the weather?' 'Oh, wuss and wuss,' or "wu* ser and wusser,' meaning that it was worse and worse. This is only ono ex«mple how the word was used, .but ahowa ow tho old gentleman came to be known as 'Old Wusser,' hence Wusscr's Bay." The* semi-final and final heats of the Price Fours were rowed on Saturday afternoon. In the semi-final, C. W. Nielseu (stroke), H. Green (3), R. Black (2), F. Easton (bow) defeated H. Jones (otroke) W. Evans (6), R. Duff, (2), and J. Arnold (bow) by three-quwter* of a length. I'he final was decided between Ncilsen's crew and Q. Spencer (stroke), G. Player (3), C. Redding (2), E. J. Reau (b6w), who had drawn the bye. A closely contested raoo resulted in C. W. Nielsen's crew drawing away at the finish, and winning by a. length. The Rev! J. W. Collier, this year* deputation on behalf of ihe Australasian Methodist Missionary Society; opened, his campaign ia Wellington yesterday. In tho morning he occupied the pulpit at the Molcswortk-strect Church, and took for his subject, "The Romance of Missigns," basing his remarks on Actoxiv., 27. Beginning from its infancy, in 1822, he Briefly told of the spread and success of missionary enterprise among tho island* of the Pacific, and related how the work was carried from Tonga to Samoa (where he himself laboured for seventeen years}, by Samoans who visited Touga, and were impressed by what they saw and heard thoro. Before they returned home thoy presented a request to the mission authorities for nn agont to work amongst them, with the result thaUthey were, accompanied back by several Tongan volunteers, and when the Bey. Peter Turner was sent to Samoa as the first European agent, he found the ground well 'broken, and the people preparing for missionary effort. After three years the Mission House authorities recalled Mr. Turner, but to such purpose had he and his predecessors worked that when he left there wcro some 13,000 converts to Christianity. Mr. Collier also preached in Wesley Church laafc night. Mr. Collier, who has an interesting story to tell, 1 - and an entertaining way of telling it, is to speak to-night at the Molesworth-street Church. Othor meetings aio also advertised. Tho efficacy of gn» as an illuminant And for cooking purpose* was illustrated by tho Wellington Gas Company at iia premises in Courtcnay-place on Saturday evening. The big show-room was brilliantly lit, and a special diaplay wwi mado of gas stoven, which the company is at present offering on exceptional terms. There was a largo attendance of tho public during the evening. A few residents of the Upper Hutt luive lately beon endeavouring to form * branch of tho U.A.O.D. in that district and succeeded so well thnt on Raturdaj last the officers of tho Poneke Lodge, together with Bro. Boh'l, P.S., racifio Lodge, were invited to visit the Uppar Hult for the purpose of advising ia the mutter, and nlso to give information as to tbo benefits and objects of the Society. A hearty welcome was accorded the visitors, nnd jvt the subsequent meeting, presided over by P.D.P Bro. B. Ck Davit* (Poneke) an address m-«s given by Bro. Bold on the benefits and advantages conferred by tho Order of Druids It was then resolved to establ^h a lodge, to be called Mungaroa, and Bro. 1?. Mnwlnnoy, a local member of the P-nciflo Lodge, undertook the duties of Provisional becretary, and more than sniftifcient names were at onoo put down, nnd "several others were handed in n» having definitely promised to join. It w^s also announced that a gentleman h«d otf.-red tho lodge a room for meetings gr.tii, for about twvlvo months. A heart v u.tr *.f luanka was accorded the visitors for their attendance and information.nnd ia responding, Bro. Wynyard, P.S., promised thnt the Poneke Lodge member* would render the new lodge every uossible assistance in giving it a good start, Such refreshing deliciousncss as you Hnd in Surnturn Tea is pure delight without alloy And the tea is pure— guarap-| teed not blended.— Advt.