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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 82, 4 October 1904, Page 4

Mr. H. S. Wardell will temporarily fill the office of Stipendiary Magistrate a* Auckland, rendered vacant by the resig. nation of Mr. E. C. Bloinfield. At a meeting of the directors of the Thomdon Bowling Club yesterday Mr T. Rose was elected President and Mr C. A. Hickbon Vice-President. Messrs. R. J. Collins, J. T. King, and E. Trevoi Gould were appointed a Match Commit tee, and Messrs. T. Rose, C. A. Hickson, and J. C. M'Kerrow were appointed a Green Committee. It was decided that the green should be opened for play for the season on Labour Day, the 12i!i inst. Invitations were received for the members* of the club to attend the opening of the Wellington and Victoria greens on Saturday next, and were accepted. The sequel to a collision in Cambridge* terrace recently between a cab owned by Alex. T. M'William and a Corporation 'bus, near a tram . left standing on th« street, led to M'William suing the Citj Council for £4 for damaging his vehicle The case was heard by Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., who reserved judgment until thisr morning, when he. decided the case in favour of the Corporation, and allowed it £2 11s costs. In the course of his judgment the Magistrate said it was not ne cessary to enter mte the question of rula of the road in reference to passing tram cars.. He considered the driver of the cab, in driving round thp. corner of Cam-bridge-terrace at the pace he did, contributed' greatly to fcne cause of the acci* dent. Mr. Herdman appeared for p.ahi" tiff and Mr. O'Shea. for the Corporation. It has transpired that before he left to return to England, Dr. Wilson, of the exploring ship Discovery, received a proposal that he should be engaged by th© Government to do work as a naturalist among the birds of the colony. In a letter which he has sent to a friend in the colony, he expresses his willingness to undertake the work, and adds : — "Be sides doing more solid work, I want tc produce a book on tho beasts there tnat overy one and any one may read and know as much as possible of the kiwi, the kakapo, pukeko, tui, sea lion, sea bears, sea elephants, and penguins. Why not? The islands are all handy, and 1 should visit them. There is in tho Macquane Islands alone enough to fill a volume, and why should they not mako reading for the million every bit as fascinating and as instructive as tho wild animals of the desolate forests of North America? I must have time to work out the results of the South Polai expedition first, of course, and ifc pro> mises to be a good long business." In his quest for cases of ill-treatment of dumb beaste, the Inspector for the Society for the Prevention of- Cruelty to Animals recently found two decrepit horses at Lyell Bay, one of which was, on his representations, immediately de stroyed. The owner made no objection, and it cost the Society £2 to kill and bury the horse, which was more than the animal was worth. The case is a typical one, according to the discussion at yesterday's meeting of the Society. The owner of a horse which is suffering from "ill-usage or disease cannot be compelled to destroy* it, and if the Society determines to put the animal out of ite misery it must do 60 at ite otrn cost, ami it has no means of recovering money it expends for the purpose, it has to rely upon being recouped by the fines inflicted if the animal killed has supplied ground* for a prosecution for cruelty. In the case under notice the Society has decided to consult its solicitors with a view to re* covering the £2 burial expetises. The Committee of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association has completed arrangements for the judging of the various sections at its show, to be held during the first three days of November. The following is the list of judges :— Horses : Thoroughbred saddle and ponies, Mr. Thomas Morrin, Auckland; polo ponies, Mr. Harold A. Russell, Twyford; harness, Mr. John Mitchell, Studhoim Junction; draughts, Mr. Archibald M'Nicol, Clever, den. Cattle: Shorthorns and Polled An. gus, Mr. Robert Hay, Christchurch; Herefords, Mr. Alexander M'Kenzie, Featherston; Jersey, Mr. C. Day, Ta. mahere. Fat Stock : Mr. F. BaircL, Sheep: Lincoln, Mr. Hugh Campbell, Havelock N. ; English Leicester, Mr. J, Sowden, Dunsandle; Border Leicester, Mr. J. M'Crostie, Southland; Romney, Mr. Alexander D. M'llraith, Rakaiaj Southdown, Mr. H. Pannett, Spring, ston, Shropshire, Mr. Rupert Parry, Timaru j Hampshire, Mr. J. Stuckey, Opaki. Pigs: Berkshire, Mr. W. R, May, Nelson ; other breeds, Mr. A. Muir, SpringstQn. Poultry: Light breeds, Mr, John Casey, Khandallah; heavy breeds, Mr. C. Canning, Eskdale. Pigeons, Mr, F. Fitzgerald, Wellington. Dogs: Collies, Mr. John Harrox, Pahiatua; other breeds, Mr. Alexander C. Bramah, Wellington. Other Sections : Farmers' butter, drinks, home industries, Mr. T. D. Cummins, Wanganui; horticultural, Mr. Tuomas Horton, Pahiatua; needlework, Mrs. Harriette Crawford, Mir^mar) military events, Captain H. H. Brown, Wellington. As a result of the visit of the Rev. Charles Hargrove, M.A., a Unitarian Society has been formed in Wellingtonwith, a substantial number of foundation members. Arangemente are to be made for holding monthly services, which wilJ later on be di ly announced. Mr. Har« grove leaves to-morrow for Auckland^ and will deliver his farewell lecture, entitled "The Story of Unitarianism in England," in York Chambers to-night. The Scenery Preservation Commission, ers left for Hawera on Saturday. Thej' will return to Wanganui in a few weeks. One outcome of the Commission's sitting at Wanganui is that the Government haa notified the owners of the Brunswick Gultv adjoining the railway line that it intends to acquire it. The inter-univereity tennis tournament of next Easter is to be held in Welling, ton, and representations were accordinglj made to the Wellington Lawn Tennia Association with a view to securing the Wellington courts for the occasion. At the annual meeting of the Association on 26th September it was decided that "suitable provision" would be made for the tournament. At last night's adjourned meeting the Association definitely granted the courts for the occasion. Since its last fortnightly meeting th« Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has received the following sub scriptions: — Rev. H. van Staveren, Mr K. M'Donald, and "3402," 5s eacn; Mr. J. P. Maxwell, 4s; Messrs. W. H. Nasb and E. J. Hill, Rev. and Mrs. Dumbell, Kindergarten, British Woollen Co., au<? two friends, 2s 6d each ; total, £2 6e 6d The British Museum has received c handsome cast of one of the most remark able "finds" in the East (writes the Loudon correspondent of the Melbourne Argus). I refer to what is known as th» Laws of Khammurabi. The original consists of a large column of blacT' diorite, and is now in the Paris Louvre. It war found a short time ago by M. de Morgan, on the site of ancient Susa, the Shushao mentioned in the book of Esther. The code of laws inscribed upon this column are a thoasand years older than the lawr of Moses, and two thousand years older than the laws of the Indian King Asoka,. There is a remarkable similarity between these laws of King Khammurabi and the Mosaic laws. At the head of the column is a representation of King Khammurab' receiving the laws from the old Baby lonian sun-god, a scene which reminds us of the Biblical narrative of God ani Moses on Mount Sinai. Gold Leaf Butter is the standard ot quality. Obtainable only from the Fre^» Food and Ice Co. —Advt,