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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 130, 29 November 1904, Page 4

I LOCAL AND GENERAL. * To-morrow will be St. Andrew's Day, and in honour of the day the Government offices, the banks, and the law and insurance offices will be closed. The colonial mails which, left Melbourne by the R.M.S. Ormuz on the 26th of October, via Naples, arrived in London on the night of the 26th inst., on© day early. In the hospital yesterday there "were 90 male and 72 female patients, including 12 fever patients. On Ist December last year there were 94 male and 61 female patients, including 11 patients in the fever ward. The Court of Appeal has been adjournjourned till 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Ist February. Judgment in the important riparian rights case, King v. Joyce, is not yet ready. The Seddon-Taylor libel case will begin at Christchurch on the 13th December. Dr. Findlay and Mr. T. W. Stringer will represent Capt. Seddon. Sixty witnesses have already been subpoenaed. The Land Purchase Board has purchased another portion of the Tablelands Estate, South Wairarapa, amounting to 2600 acres, which will be opened for selection under the name of Hikawera. Mr. Sim, of Dunedin, Mr. M'Calhim, of Blenheim, and Mr. D. M. Findlay will act for the Government in the Flaxbourne compensation case at Blenheim on Thursday. A verdict of accidental death by drowning w-as returned at an inquest held yesterday concerning the death of Charles Terry, 25 years of age, who was drowned in the Ruamahanga River, near the Kahautara Bridge, last Friday. The Minister for Justice is considering the question of establishing sittings oi the Magistrate's Court at Petone, the matter having been brought und?r his notice of the local Borough Council. The Council will probably wait on the Minister to supplement its written representations. The following were the chief items of expenditure in connection with the hospital during the past fortnight: Accounts £773, salaries £305, and wages £173. The credit balance is £1665. On the Nurses' Home account, the contractor was paid £3272, and accounts took £320. The receipts were : Balance £286, loan Public Trustee £3500, donations £77. The election of six Councillors to compose the first Council of the new Borough of Miramar is to take place to-morrow. The candidates are Messrs. J. Brodie, C. J. Crawford, M. T. M'Grath, G. J. Perry, H. E. Richards, E. J. Searl, W. C. Stephens, T. Wardell, and T. W. Witt. The polling-places will be the offices of the late Seatoun Road Board, Hunter-street, Wellington, and Hearn's Kiosk, Worser Bay. The newly-formed V.M.C.A. Swimming Club got off three heats of a 50yds handicap at the Te Aroha Baths this morning, with the following results :— First heat: W. Fear 1, R. P. Staples 2, L. Parton 3. Second heat: H. Hart 1, C. Dickenson 2, G. Falconer 3. Third heat : W. Elgin 1, H. N. Holmes 2. The final I will bo decided next week. j A young man of reputable parentage ! pleaded guilty before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., this morning to a. charge of indecency in Mount -street v about the 22nd inst. On the application of Acting-Chief Detective Boddam accused was remanded for sentence until the 2nd December, in order to give the police an opportunity of making further enquiries about the case, [ One first-offending inebriate was convictr j ed and discharged. Mr. A. Smith, who was drowned while bathing at the mouth of the Tukituki River last Sunday, was a married man with two children. He was only 35 years of age. His wife was on the beach and j witnessed his struggle for life. Allan ! Jones, who had gone in, to bathe with | Smith, and who was rescued when in* a state of collapse, is a son of Mr. W. B. Jones, one of Hastings' leading business men. From enquiries made by the Wairarapa Daily Times, it appears that there is every prospect in Masterton of a water famine, should the next few months be arid. The paper points out to t,he Council that a report obtained some time ago conclusively showed that something should be done to enhance the supply. There is _ plenty of water in the Waingawa River, even in days of drought, but Masterton's water intake does rot ' touch this stream. It derives its flow from certain springs from which the river is known to have receded. The charge of sheep-stealing against Thomas and Malachi Bond was continued in the Supreme Court after we went to press yesterday. After the two principal witnesses for the Crown had been examined', the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Myers) said he recognised that he could not ask the jury to convict on such evidence, and he did not propose to call any more witnesses. Mr. Justice Cooper agreed that Mr. Myers had taken the proper course, and directed the jury to acquit accused. This was done. Mr. Skerrett defended. The only charge remaining on the criminal calendar is that against Hugh Austin (supplying a girl with a noxious thing), wnich will be heard on Monday. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society has replied to the Petone Borough Council that the Society has no power to declare the waters in the Korokoro Stream (where the Council's reservoirs are situated) protected. It was suggested by the Society that the Council might follow the plan adopted by the Wellington City Council, which would not allow any one on the reservoir ground without a permit. The (Jouncil decided last night to prevent fishing at the reservoir. The weekly meeting of the Pioneer Lodge, No. 11, was held in the Rcchabite Hall on Monday evening, Bro. A. D. Thomson, C.T., presiding. The members of the Northern Star Lodge, Petone, paid an official visit, and filled the officers' chairs for the evening. The sisters of the Lodge at the close of the business provided an agreeable surprise concert, party. An excellent programme was provided by Sisters Morris, Clare, Hankin, Lucas, Henderson, M'Ewan, Pepper, Collins, and Hyde. Refreshments were handed round during the progress of the programme. Lieutenant-Colonel Loveday has returned to Wellington from a visit of inspection of the cadet corps in the Taranaki, Wanganui, and Hawkes Bay districts. He reports a marked improvement in the drill of. the boys. He is inspecting the Hutt and Petone corps to-day. On the 17th December the Governor and the Pre- \ micr will inspect the Second (Wanganui) Cadet Battalion, and on the 22nd Decem- i ber Colonel Loveday will act as judge of the competitions of the Taranaki district ( cadets at Stratford. The firing for the North and South Island shields must be completed by the 10th November, and the returns must be sent in by the 17th December. J One hundred and fifty dainty white Jap. »ilk blouses, being all faithful reproductions of the latest Parisian styles, and purchased in London, are now on offer at attractive prices at Kirkealdie | and Stains, Ltd.— Advt.