WARNING A DEBTOR.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 48, 25 August 1905, Page 6

WARNING A DEBTOR.

CASE BEFORE THE NELSON COURT. [B? TET.EGBAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NELSON, This Day. Some days ago Geo. Gilbert, agent for the Retailers' Protection Association, was prosecuted on a charge of circulating a printed letter warning a debtor of being posted if he did not pay his creditors, and making a final demand for payment. The charge was that thu paper bore no imprint. The defence was that it was purely a commercial paper, and not a paper within the meaning of the Act ; that it was not- dispersed or distributed iii the sense of circulation ; and that it was feasible for anyone to use either a typewriter or printer's type for suving time in letter writing. His Worship reserved his judgment. To-day the Magistrate held that the defence was irresistible, and the case was dismissed. The paper was held to be a business communication, partly written and partly printed. The Magistiuta said he- was fully alive to the fact that in the hands of unscrupulous persons a paper of the nature under review would be used to work harm, but that matter was not for him but for Parliament to consider. AFFAIRS m TONGA. ■» . ftiy telegbj to.-— press association.] AUCKLAND, This Day. Fiji papers contain particulars of the visit of the High Commissioner to King George ot Tonga. The Commissioner conveyed to King George the leply of the Imperial Government to King George's protest against the deportation of Sotekei, the late Premier of Tonga. Regret is expressed that the King of Tonga, even for a moment, thought of breaking his promise of 18th January, ' that under no circumstances can the Imperial Government allow promises to be broken ; and if those promises were broken the result would be thfe immediate deportation of the King of Tonga, but the Government believes, now tint its wishes and intentions are known, promises made will be faithfully kept. The hope is expressed that the King of Tonira and his Ministers may long continue happy,; and peacefully administer the affairs of Tonga- with the advice and under the protection of the Biitish Government. DIVQBGE CASES. [BX TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. At ths Divorce Court decrees nisi were granted' in the cases of Ada Mary Collins v. Alfred Collins for desertion and John Samuel Brighonse v. Lillian Harriet Brighouse for desertion. GENERAL TELEGRAMS. ♦ • • [PRESS ASSOCIATION.! CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Scottish Society of New Zealand, at a ''ceilidh" (fireside meeting) last •night, read letters from the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Kinnaird, forwarding subscriptions to -the fund for thesociety's kilted cadet corps. The society sent congratulations to the Earl of Minto on his appointment as Viceroy of India. 24th Augiist. The- balance-sheet of the New Zealand boxing championship meeting shows a. credit of £84. At the annual meeting of the CanteTbury Chamber of Commerce the retiring President, fMr. H. Quane, referred to tho decrsase of bankruptcies in the colony, and made out a strong case for completing the Midland railway. Mr. A. L. Parsons was elected president for theensuing year. The Tramway Board has decided to obtain the best legal opjnion possible, with a view of appealing against the decision of Mr. Justice Williams that ■tramway "special work" — points and crossings — are dutiable. It is considered a hardship that such a deciaion should act retrospectively. PALMERSTON- N., This Day. At a meeting held last night, a Country Workers' Association waa formed with t<he object of establishing in different centres of th© colony bureaux to afiord information as to 'the work obtainable - r to pTomole legislation ; to improve living accommodation for country workers ; to improve t'ho social standing of workers, and to promote a good feeling between employers and employees. Officers and general committee were elected and ths executive empowered to draw up rules and regulations. Palmerstan was selected aa the headquarters in the North Island. Meetings are to be held in different centres tit an early date, by Mr. A. J. Carr, organiser. WANGANUI. This Day. At the Police Court this morning, art offender was fined £10 (the full penalty) for procuring liquor for a prohibited person. CARTERTON, Tim Day. A fire last night destroyed Berrill's timber mills. The lot-s is estimated at £400. The insurance on the stock and plant is £100 in the New Zealand Insurance Company. The alarm was given by t<he Maslerton train sounding its whistle. AUCKLAND, Thh Day. Edward James Warm, holder of a packet license, charged with selling liquor from the steamer Kotiti at .the Wai•pu Wharf, Was fined £20 and costs. TIMARU, This Day. 'Mr. W. Jeffries, ex-banker at Temuka, and a candidate for the Geraldine seat in .the Opposition interest, addressed 'his (■ first meeting of electors 'at Temuka last evening. He had a large meeting, tJio' Volunteer Hall being filled to overflowing. The speaker' was accorded an appreciative hearing. He announced himfcclf as a straight-out Oppositionist. A hearty vote of thanks was passed, the candidate asKing that any fiirtheT expression of confidence bo reserved for the polling booth. Last week I remarked (writes our Otaki correspondent) op the abnormal number of -deaths that had occurred in tin's district during the previous few weeks. Since then, five moro adults (one European jmd four Maoris) have passed away, the lMt x one being Hira Maeka, an old chief of the Ngatinwa tribe, who took an active part in the Taranaki war of the 'sixties. He used to t«ll*m«ny inteiesting tales of those stirring limes, one incident being especially worthy of mention. During the battle of Ngutu o to Manu he and another nutive espied a British soldier sitting on the side of a hill at the edgo of the bush. They took refuge behind a tree, and tried to shoot the isolated pnlccha, but thoy wero observed by the solitary enemy, who presented his rifle at them' every time they moved. Growing tired of their position, they ultimately arranged that one should make n detour and shoot him from the rear, while the other engagqd him from the shelter of the tree in front. Tho poor fellow wa& duly despatched in this manner. An exumination of his body explained the reason why he made no attempt to get away; he was shot tluougli both hips; it wns also discovered Hint his rifle wns empty, and thnt he hnd'not a. single cartridge left. Him was a staunch Te Whiliitc. His remains have been removed to L Waikanae, where a tangi it being held.