THE FFLAXBOURNE ESTATE. TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 57, 9 March 1905, Page 6

THE FFLAXBOURNE ESTATE. TO T HE EDITOR.

Sir — 1 am instiuctcd by Hir George ChuWl, ou behalf of t.ic claimants in the Fla.vi) urno cate, to enter r.n einphatii! protest ng •nst tho publication of the interviow wit i the Hon. T. K. Maudonuld, Asdcssoi i>.; the. Crown, which appealed i your i«!n ; of the 28th February, while i, i." caM; wo) sub jmlicc. My clients pieler this Hither than to biu.j the publn »u..i under tho notice of ti.'i iSuM.Cine Ooi.'H :n «(. contempt of Court. 1 urn iH'.e*\-aiily prec.uded from any reply ti ,\ir. iduuelnnu'.' < r to nuy comment whai-Xvcr upon v. . . ;-. d inu-t u.tutent my. e!t \ i,h \ /in Mn' .al .ig.Luisl what. I t 'ms : (Li .c ie " ''agj. . iioUition ot Ms . iv T'hieh Coibids ■ j.hnieviis vi)!.; .' .. „ • 'bile .-tib pidi.:.-— ' .in 1 , 111.., c. j. >ivKHr;,;i:. WrtL-.^iwii, -\,h v :.\.\ ' l \^. [mc .kv aA.w o.i ..: \ ; :. -„,! to pub\vli . ■';. ; -'k-.a-.-v\ - .>'<•.■'. pn. test" !'••» •_■> C.,\'i>. i.; _>'■> ».>•'.. .w ' for coii1.T..; v ,o ..1 ie; ,-!.. .-\\ .iv.t lvfcis. Our i-..' 1 .Uioii v.iij i.hi .o i.i good faith and i.i > !.«.t \. o i.Oj' '.ell to bo tho public in-tv-rt H, v.id v; i\o\:,u have been giml lo fi\o enuul i übiic.t/ to a similar stnlenuiit on Iho oui.. hide. The comments in question leltiled lo the proceedings of iv defunct Couit, and weio mado not. by oui selves but by a member of that Couit. Ah the oiiginnl tribunal was "funotus ollicio," iind a new one had not yet been called into being, wo aio nnnblo lo see that any eeuiiempt. caii havo been committed either of the elead or of the unborn ; but, technicalities apait, wo certainly had no eleMie to violate (he spirit of the iu!o to which Mi. iSkeiiett appeals. J

A Salvation Army wedding iv Wellington this week attracted a good deal of attention. The bridegroom was Mr. Daniel Do S. Johiuiim, of Wellington, tho biido being Miss Mary Firth, young' cst daughter of Mr. John Filth, Chrihtchurch. The ceremony was perforated by Stnif Captain Jl'JjCod. Aliss Minnie itawker aviis bridesmaid, and Bandmti3tor Wilson acted as best num. Mr. W. J. Cannon, eon of Mr. J. C. Camion, of Dunediu, was married at St. John's) Church yesterday afternoon, by tho Rev. Dr. Gibb, lo Miss Jane Thomson (eldest daughter of Mr. T. Thomson, of Wuihi). Aliases Isubelhi und .Towsio Thomson (ni.sters of the brido) nnd Misses liiicy and Brcndu C.vnuon (sisters of the bridegroom) «ero bridesmaids. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. 11. M 'Master, and Mc»m.>. R. Hood nnd C. Giey wero grooinHiucn. Cuba -Hi root was tho scone yesterday of a collision, when n trnmcar knocked into i»r. Flygcr's van, rolling tho horso over, and intficliug injuries to tho animal and dnmago to tho vnn, estimated by Mr. Flyger at £18. The Tramways I fend Oflice has ns yet no information concerning tho collision. Dr. Bell, Government Geologist, who roeontly visited Tnrnnnki, is much improssoel with tho prospects of the company which is boring for oil near Now Plymouth. He also thinks thcro is a groat future ° boforo Iho local ironsand industry,