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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. * The cafco relating to the Golden Grid, the maiiagers of whicli were in December charged with conducting a ieeraingly respectable restaurant as a brothel, and on withdrawal of the plea of not guilty were merely convicted by tlio Magistrate (Dr. M'Arthur) and ordered to corns up for sentence when called upon, was brought under the notice of the Minister lor Justice yes-teiday by a deputation of i Wellington ministers, representative of tho various denominations. The minist- ] ciX hud pieviousiy passed a resolution expressing their deep rcgxot at the Magistrate's mode of dealing with the case, and calling upon the Minister for Justice to take some notice of the matter. The Roy. W. J. Elliott introduced the deputation, and the Rev. W. C. Oliver, after quoting the editorial remarks which appeared in the Evening Post on 17th December, said that in his judgment the conclusion of the Magistrate was calculated to foster thLs sort of offence. The Rev. J. Dawson brought under the notice of tho Minister other cases in which the Magistrate had, in the opinion of the deputation, failed to do his duty, and the Rev. Newman Hall emphasised that this was not a Puritanical movement on the part of tho ministers, but that there was n public feeling that justice had not been done in the case under notice. Tho reply of tho Minister was of a negative charac.ter. He contented himself with, emphasising the fact that it would be a serious act on his part to interfere with a Magistrate in his administration of justice. The deputation expressed it* disappointment with the result of the interview. 'Although tho rails for the tramway along Upper Willis-street are being carted to that thoroughfare, some months will elapse before s a^ start is mads to place them in position. The feeders to the direct line between Newtown and Thorn* don will bo constructed before the Upper Willis-street extension is taken in band. The financial position of the Board of Governors of Wellington College and the Girla' High School is now more satisfactory than at any other time in the history of tho institution. The fees received by the Board last year amounted to £5236. Those for the first quarter of the present year arc expected to total between £1800 and £1900, £1200 of which will come from students ab the college. On a recent voyage of the s.s. Wainui from Groymouth to Westport a young man caused some consternation by dashing out of the saloon and jumping on to tho rail of the vessel, with' the apparent intention of going overboard. His efforts were, however, frustrated by Mr. Backstrom, chief officer, who promptly caught him by one his ankles and. hauled him on to the deck. It is stated that tho man was suffering from a seriI ous illness, and was proceeding north on I tho recommendation of a doctor. Tho cases on the list for the criminal sossions of the Supreme Court, opening i iv Wellington before tho Chief Justice on Monday next, are as follow : — Peter Stephens, breaches of the Bankruptcy Act; Patrick M'Keegan, indecent nssault ; Edward Wintor, indecent assault ; Thomas Nicholla, theft; Charleß Edwards, Albert Erdman, James Wiggins, und John Glan, theft; William Nicholls, assault and robbery ; Hemy Holland, theft ; Esther Knopp, concealing birth ; Karl Jellenmr, wounding with intent. Both Sir Alfred Cadman and Mr. M. Farmer King are now in Wellington, having visited Taranaki and Parapara, and also Mokau, in the interests of the English company which is being formed to work certain ironsand deposits in the colony. Mr. King considers that the prospects ahead are very good, and it is understood that on his return to England shortly tho capital of the company will be increased to ono million sterling, and active M'ork commenced in real earnest -with as little delay as possible. An instance oi how easy it is for mistakes to bo mado and perpet uted was mentioned by Mr. Chapman in the Supreme Court to-dny. For twenty years a local business man had a lease of certain property on Lambton-quay, and that lease for various reasons — mortgages, etc. — passed through the hands of probably every solicitor in the city, and, of course, through tho Land Transfer Office. At length, when a new lease was to be made out, Mr. Chapman's partner was instructed to prepare tho document on the same lines as tho expiring one. Not till then was it discovered that the land described in the lease was a property in- tbo vicinity of that which was supposed to be leased, and on which tho lessee for all those years had curried on business. Both properties belonged tv the same owner. An application by Mr." Jellicoe on behalf of Young Sow for a writ of prohibition to restrain the police from enforcing an order made by the Magistrate, forfeiting certain liquor seized during a raid on a Chinese shop, was argued before the Chief Justice yesterday afternoon, Mr. Myers appearing to oppose. Tho person convicted for selling liquor without a license was Ah Wong. It was alleged in support pf the present application that tho goods were the property of Young Sow, and that the evidence showed they were never in Wong's possession, but in Sow's, and he was no party to any proceeding before the Court involving tho forfeiture of the goods. j Judgment was reserved. The evidence given at the inquest held yesterday afternoon on tho body of the late George Wilson -showed that deceased was suffering from consumption of both lungs, and that his heart and other organs wero also diseased. Wilson, who was 56 years of age, had been in Wellington for about three years. Dr. Ewart advised him to enter the Hospital as an in-patient, but he declined to follow tho advico. BetM'cen two and threo. hours later he was found on the steps of tho out-patients' office, and he died before ho could be taken into tho Hospital. A verdict of Death from Natural Causes was returned. The first issue of the "Law Almanac and Legal Memoranda," edited by Messrs. W. A. Hawkins, Doputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court, and W. Samson, bar- j rister and solicitor, also of the Court staff, was published to-day. \ Kivki'aldie's great summer sale opened to-day, aud as usual there was a tremendous rush for the bargains. v In this issue, on page 7, attention is directed to a specially attractive lot of walking skirts, blouse*, and underclothing,— Advt.