LOWER HUTT COURTHOUSE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 48, 26 February 1906, Page 8

LOWER HUTT COURTHOUSE.

DEPUTATION TO THK MINISTER OF JUSTICE. Tho Minißtcr for Justice (Hon. J, M'Oontui) was intervicAvod bj" « Imgo deputation of Lower Hutt residents this afternoon in reference to tho necessity for increased polite protection and tlio erection of a Couibliouso in keeping vwlh tho importance of Iho district. Mr. Wilford, M.H.R., who intjoducprl the deputation, and tho Mayor of the Hult (Mr. T. W. M'Donald) urged that tho Government slioiikl Itcquire n. central site for a now Courthouse before the price of land became higher. TUoy poinlod out that thu Odtllellows' llnll, in which tho Court business wns bonij? transacted sinco tho old Courthouse had been pulled down, was altogether unsuitable, Mr. M'Donald said' that the Hull ponplo did nufc object to Petono having a Courthouse, but they maintained that tho Hutt, being tho fltvit settled part of tho district, should also have one. Thu Hutt losidents would not object to olio Courthouse for the whole district so long as it was erected at the Hutt. To hnvo it Courthouse at Petono only would be inconvenient ti> people living nl Tnita nnd other places further up the valley. Ho thought tho Government might see its wny to place a Courthouro on the vacant ground alongrid* tho ITutt Post Office. Air. Willord said he thought that that piece of land should be reserved for a to'ephone exchange or tho extension of tho Post Office. Dr. Purdy nnd Mr. Wilkins (tlso spoke. • The Minister, in reply, *aid that he fully recognised the importance, of the district which, tho deputation represented. The representation* of such an influential deputation miift have some v eight in the mutter, He quito saw the difficulty which would occur if thero whs, only one Courthouse, If two Courtliouscb wero built Iho accommodation must bo smaller than if one central Courthouse wax erected. Tho census would shortly bo taken, and it then bo. scnit how much the population had increased. Ho would lay tho views of tkft deputation before- the Government, so unit a decision In the matter might be ai rived at.

An elderly woman nnmod Agnos Burns npplied to Dr. M'Arlhttr, H.M., to-day for an order that her soil) John '.James Burns, should contribute to her support, she being destitute. The dofcndnlit stated to tho Court that ho was ft marriod man with it largo fumily, and that ho was unable to afford .any contribution towards his mother's lnitintentinco. Dr. M'Arthur, however, olicitoll from Burns that most of his family were grown dp and self-supporting, nnd made nn order that Burns should pay ,3s por week towards hi* mother's support. Referring to accounts which tho West* port l'rospoetlng Syndicate ha« received in reference to a, new reef- found on Now Creek, between Lyell and Mo'kihinui, tho Qroy Star «ay» many people liavo raised the question, "Is it Mabille'o rcofV" There appears to bo no reason to doubt that Mamlle's reof does exist somewhere in tho locality, and mny yet be brought to light by diligent Marching. The ci,rcumstniicos attending tho finding of that reef by Mabille }n thenitolvcM are ns lcmarkablo as the incidents related in tho romnnccß of Victor Hugo or Rider Haggtud j and the manner of Mabille's death and that of his wife was su/fl« cicntly tragic to form tho groundwork of a modern novol. Before lowing for Switzerland Mabillo wns importuned on all sides to sell his interest in .tlio reef ho had discovered, or at least leave a minute description of its exact location so that it could bo traced in the event of his being overtaken by any unforonecn calamity. But Mnbilto was proof against all entvoaties, and cheerfully ,»nid good* byo to hi* friends, assuring them that he would roturn safe and sound to develop his valuable dbcovety. « Mo then embarked on his voyage, nnd when tho ship in which ho Railed «truck the fatal rock, he and his wife were placed oti board a lifeboat and would undoubtedly have escaped had not Mrs. Mabillo suddenly toiittmberod, that she, had left a larpo sum of money* behind , her in her cabin nnd insisted on returning to the doomed vewcl to recover her tt ensure. Sho did so, and in tho meantime her husband, becoming uneasy at his wife's long absence nnd fearing Hint something had befallen her, fliso returned lo tho ship. The result was that both husband nnd wife wero drowned, noithcr having time to get back to tho lifeboat befoto tho ve'rtel sank. Thus tho wcnlt'h they had striven »o hard to umavs during Hfo proved tlicir destruction, Had Mrs. Mtu bllle no money to recover probably she nnd her husband would be ahvo to>dft,v. The hidden riches of the Lyell district Would have been brought to light and quartß-rooflna in that district would havo received a fillip whtoh might have converted the now obsmire township of Lj ell into a fiecond Bullartit. A whnvf employee nnmod Robert Rosis mot with nn accident on Jervols-quoy this morning. 11 o was liding on the top of a. double-deck tramcar, nnd leant oVov tho side to look nt some object on Iho road, with the result that his head onmo into contact with n tramway pole, fracturing his jnw nnd injuring his skull. Ho was convoyed to the shop of Mr, Wilton, ohomist, Cubn«street, where hii injuries wore attended to, nftcr which ho was taken to tho Hospital. A lotnrn which has bron conipilrd by tho Auckland City Council, and supplied to tho Chamber of Commerce for statistical purposes, contains! soini) irlleresting figures. On the 31st Drccinbrr last, thn innnbpv of dwollings In 'tho city \uis 7596, of which all, with tho exception of 27, wero inhifbltod. The number of storr-i und warehouses in which no persons hlooji is given aa 1002, making a total of 8688 nimble buildinga. Uurliw Iho ynnr 1005 llui mimbor »f jtbrmils isbupil for new buildings nnd largo additions wim IBGr The total number of prnnils insued, including those for wiinll rrpaiiH, was 863. At (.ho end of the your 61 now dwellings were in coiinse oi crectimi in the city. In a country where financing mostly connisKof borrowing monny to build wild, cut railwiiyn, T (inn iitulcrstatid Iho int. portnnoo ulluched to the Ko-called rabbit "industiy," writes a contributor to the Bulletin, But 1 cinnol I'lithuso over it, simply 'bpcnußo 1 live whom bunny is bow of tho show, carrying m pad tie's of pnslornt lioldinqs arc reducod by half at least, and, the luvmeis have to blhiio their wheat with tho post. The mini realised by tho rabbit export trade, in not a circumstance to tho loss of wealth owing to the presence of too much bunny. The work caused by tho bob-tiiilrd pest cannot count for much either, seeing that moßt of (hn netting N Importnd, and all the poisons uaed niako cash for tho forelgnor. Betides, netting and poisoned bnits arc unproductive work*. lf Dr. DllliysK'H gelflllnu-mlerobo diwtsp flops not completely exterminate the pest, iho r<v suit will pnsßlbly he ii dlscase-i)ioof, nggrcßKivo tyiw of rabbit which will cany on the fight with Iho pctliimeltv <>f n Bus-slnn-Polo. The- solution or 'the rnbbit (itioßlion I* closer settlement and population. Tho 'famous dogs of Oho St. lieriiunt IToKpioe in tho Alprt have just saved a young Italian who wor mnk'ing hw \\»y ivovo» th» pa« und w«b ovcrwholmod by mi ftVfilanohi,