MIRAMAR BEACH.

Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 133, 3 December 1906, Page 8

MIRAMAR BEACH.

« TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — I should very much like to bring under tho notice of you and your readers a .suburban complaint. Probably you aro not aware that tho dwellers cf Karaka and, Scorching Bays aro very much troubled with the sand carts. I am told that certain carters are allowed to take sand from and outside tho Government ground of Scorching Bay at a minimum of cost, thereby causing much damage to the only road round the bay, and leaving the iuhabitans to face, escaped sand and holc3 all along their route. The question is, Can tho Borough of Minmuir allow their vatcpayers to bo inconvenienced and their track destroyed for the benefit of a. Wellington contractor? On our side, we r.rc trusting to the borough to kc°p our beaches and roads intact from outsiders. I need hardly say all visitors to Karaka Bay expect to have a road they c.in walk on, and a beach to enjoy a mild picnic. I havo frequently noticed tbpt tho cand is taken 'below and above high water mark, and truat that the Harbour Board, as well as the Miramar Borough will take isome steps to remedy the nuisance in question. — I am. etc. FIAT JLfSTIIIA RUAT CCBLUM. Wellington, 27th November, 1906.

The mcinbeio of the Arbitration Court bkve returned to Wellington, after an absence of fifteen days. During their absence they have held sittings in Masterton, Dannevirke, Palmerston North, Wangunui, Napier, and Havrera. Tho country list was cleared, tho court having heard and dealt with some 90 matters, including about fourteen workers* compensation cases, also three original disputes. Amongst tha lrst-iiaincd was the coaclimakers' dispute. Daring its travelling the court found it necessary to sit as lato as 11 p.m. in order to cope with the business brought beloro it. A committceman named Gibbs and an ex-commitlceman named Ross, of the Wellington Working Men's Club, -were the informant anduefer.dant respectively in an assault case heard befoTe Dr. A. M' Arthur, S.M., to-day. Tha trouble arose out of tho dismissal of a servant of the club. His Worship fined Ross £3, with £1 14s costs, and directed him to enter into his ovn recognizance in tho sum of £25 to keep the peace for three months. 'lho annual cutter rase of the Pelono Naval Aftillery was rowed on Saturday afternoon> and was won by P. 0. Ferguson's ciew. There were three heats, tho first and second being over a three mile couToe, and the third (final) over a courso two miles long. A stiff northwesterly wind was blowing. The first heat was between a crew under P.O Cruickshank, with. P.O. Hardham as stroke, and another under P.O. Knight (Leading Gunner Home stroke). Tho boats kopt well togetlißr for a good part of the distance. Cruickshank's then forged ahead and won easily. The coxswains in the second heat were C.P.O. Finlay and P.O. Ferguson, whobe strokes were Leading Gunner Knight and Gunner Treioain respectively. Forguson't cutter won by a length and a half. After a short spell the final heat was Towed between Cruickshank and Ferguson, the latter winning .by three-quarters of a length. Captain Freeman acted as judge, and Lieut. Price as starter. One of the cutters was lent by the Wellington Navals. Tho delegates from tho contributing local bodies in the Wellington and Wairarnpa Chairitable Aid District met this afternoon to elect six trustees to represent them for tho ensuing year. Mr. A. W. Purvis acted as returning officer, and Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.IT.R., was voted to the chair. It was intimated that the Rev. J. Kennedy Elliott would not cock re-elec-tion, f he following were elected : — Mrs. Darvnll, and Messrs. A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., G. London, H. Cook, J. Wakobam, and Martin Kennedy. Mr. Hogg, in returning thanks, said he thought tho balance-sheet and annual report would show that so fur from luunchmg into extravagant expenditure, all the expenses had been very materially decreased, livery endeavour had been made to curtail expensas, and at the same time to help necessitous cases. Thero had been no complaints for a long time about the management, and he did not think that n better manager could be found than Mr. Purvis. Mr. J. Smith (Pahiatna) complained that when ho was a member of the board he had to give up his Bent no his expenses were not paid. Mr. Purvis said that the payment was stuck up' by the Audit Department because the amount allowed by the Act had been exceeded. Mr. Smith wa» the only momber who had ever claimed expenses. Tho Act waa clew that no more than £5 could bo paid to any member for travelling expenses in any one year. "Somo tradesmen have enough faith in cheques to remove mountains," said Dr. A. M' Arthur, S.M., to-day when committing to the Supreme Court for sentenco n young man named Edwaid Hughes, who had plendod guilty to two charges of forgery. Evidence in the first cose showed that accused obtained a blank cheque-book ut lho Bank of Australasia, issued olio cheque, purpoited to be signed by A-. J. Dutch, to an employee. of Mr. Garrett, butcher, MoleswoilhBtrcet, and obtained £3 103 in cash. In tho next case it was shown that accused obtained a blank cheque from the National Bank, To Aro, und issuci it to Mr. Pritchard, grocer, Courtenuy-place. This cheque was for £4, and also was signed A. J. Dutch. Accused bought some goods valued at 3s 9d, and, presenting the cheque, received £3 16s 3d in cash as change. Mr. W. A. J. Dutch brass founder, deposed that the signa-' turcs on tho cheques were not his, nnd that ho had occasion to know accused, whom ho had not Eccn for about twelvo months. Accused was represented by Mr. P. Jackson, and was euniinitted for sentence as stated. 1

The slander case of Degrcgorio v. Dellabarca was to have come up for hearing this afternoon before his Honour Mr Justice Cooper and a jury. As result of a conference between counsel (Mr Wilford for plaintiff and Mr Beere for defendant), a settlement was arrived at, and intimation of this, was made to the court. The following sales took place on the Wellington block Exchange today :— Wellington Gas (£5), £9 10s; Talisman Consolidated, £1 12s. Mr. Exlcy, chairman of the Board of Directors, vill represent the Wellington Woollen Company at a conference of -.ew Zealand woollen manufacturers at Christchurch to-morrow. Enquiry at tho office, of me local company to-day brought a reply that the managers were quite in the dark about the scope of the conference. The meeting had boon convened hurriedly by the Dunedin manufacturers, presumably owing to the high price of wool. Probably one of tho principal objects would bo to endeavour to terminate the "cut-throat competition" between the various proprietors of mills in certain lines. An interesting gams for the Diamond Buckles was ployed on the Newtown Bowling Green on Saturday between 1 Prince and Roberts (holders) and Brackenridge, senior and junior, of ths Victoria Club. The holders won a fine match by 16 points to 12. Tho following games were played on the Petone GTeen en Saturday:— Alexander, Hay, Wylie, Southgate (skip), 18, v. Elvines, Carter, Melhuish, Renai (skip), 13. Johnson, Cook, Colquitt, Findlay (skip), 25, v. Morris, Palmer, Johnston, Henry (skip), 21 Udy, Dcs, Rev. Thomson, Castle (skip), 29, v. Firth, Gray, Russell, Gilmour (skip), 15. Barlow, Wilkinson, Wilmshurst, Reid (skip), 19, v. Cowie, Jones, Mothes, Coles (skip), 17. Huskiscon, Lowin, Mnrsden, xloTne (skip), 22, v. Warnss, Rennie, M Arthur, Dr. Stewart (skip), 10. Young, Rennie, sen., Ca<stle, Alexander (skip), 25, v. Mori is, M'Conchie, Colq,aitt, Findlay (skip), 10. Dr. Stewart, Lowin, Wylie, R-annio, jun. (skip), 24, v Huskisson, Udy, Renai, Palmer (skip), 23. Ferns Badges—Challengers, Hay, -ilclhuish, Barlow, Southgate (&kip), 28, v. holders, Cooper, Gilmour, Wilmshurst, Marcden (skip), 12. Champion Pane — Mothes, Coles (skip), 23, v. A.. Russell, P. M'Aithur (skip), 18. Hutchinsbn. Carter (okip), 20, v. Rev. Thomson, Henry (skip), 16: : An interesting paragraph connected with that pereuially fascinating subject, the blending of butter, has come fromLondon at the request of the Commerce and Industries Department. Mr. H. C. Cameron, New Zealand's Dairy Produce Commissioner, has forwarded a return compiled by tho Board of Agriculture giving a list of, .the factories in England and Scotland in which butter is blended, re-worked or treated by any process as distinguished from creameries or dairies in which butter is churned from rniik or cream, "From this," writes Mr. Cameron," it is learned that there are 88 of these blending factories in England and 4 in Scotland. In a few instances the local authorities, from whom the information "was obtained, made no return when asked to do so. It is therefore possible that the number of blending factories may be slightly greater than tho figures given. There are approximately in England 21 margarine factories, and in Scotland 12. The bisl 1 - rf H*o i-'—kl. ing factories are in the south-west counties ; there am 1^ 111 i-wuvu. Tho four in Scotland are situated in Aberdecnshirc." 1 TheTe was a persistent rumour current to-day that there had been a narrow escapo from a very serioue accident at tho Kilbirnie tunnel owing to the collapse of some timbering. From enquiries made on the scene this afternoon it app9ared that there was a very slight foundation for the report. On Saturday afternoon there was a, small slip, but practically no harm was done. Owing to some misunderstanding on the part of the authorities, the nurses did not arrive at the Basin Reserve gates yesterday lo receive contributions to the Hospital Sunday Fund until some time after the' bands foregathered there. Two young lady collectors, the Misses Hugo, noticed the mistake, and promptly took up a stand at the gates with collection boxes, with tho result that they collected £25 8s 2d. The informations against. Emily Weiss, holder of a New Zealand wine license, charging her with having sold wine of a higher proof spirit thun she was licensed, wcro mentioned by Mr. Findlay in tho Magistrate's Court this afternoon. Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., it seemed, reserved his decision in the case, and adjourned the reading of the judgment on Mr. Tringham'n application until to-day. Mr. Findlay this afternoon applied for permission to allow Mrs. Wetes to withdraw her pica of guilty, stating that she had no idea, of the far-reaching effect of a conviction when sht entered it. His Worship said he could not grant the application at all. He had looked into this case very caiefully, and seen the seriousness of tho result of his adopting such a course. He withheld judgment this day week till Saturday, and he anticipated what counsel had lo say. He could not, lie said, alter his judgment. . He was certain of. the merits ol this ca£«s, and that hie conviction so far was a correct one. The results which were down in the Act in black ani white, he 'said, must follow. 'Mr. Findlay said the more certain his Worship was of the case, the ir»(.r« iiicumhait it was on him to nllow the defendant to withdraw her plea, so that the conviction should not rest on a piety which was put in under misapprehension. Eventually the matter was adjourned until to-morrow morning, to give counsel an opportunity of citing authority in support of his contention. Tho Rev. W. J. Eiiott, formerly in charge of th? Thorndon Methodist Church, who has been granted a respite from his ministerial labours at Hokitika, arrived in Wellington yesterday, and will remain here for some time. Mr. Ellio-tt was ill for &oir.a months, but is now in a fair way to recovery. Mr. C. H. Forte, of tho firm of Tripo Bros, and Forte, dentnl surgeons, who had been suffering from influenza for sorao weeks, has recovered from his illness. A musical and dramatic entertainment in aid of tho Kelburno Church Bell Fund, will be held in tho churchroom, Upland-road, next Thursday evening. The socond wool salo of the season by the Wellington Woolbrokcrs' Association is announced to be held at the Town Hall on Fiidoy noxt at 2 p.m. Mpssr?. Sidoy, Mooch and Co. draw attention to the auction salo of household furniture and effects of houeo in M'lntyroavonuo, off Hawker-street, to-morrow. Notwithstanding tho threatening aspect of tho M-ca.t.kcr yesterday morning * good nuinbor of people traveliod by train lo tho lomi of Tawa to inspect tho 173 sections to bo Bold at public auction on Monday niClit, 10th iiiFl. Tho auctioucors, Mcssro. Macdonald, Wilson and Co., ndvertUo thai, froo railway tickets aro still boing issued to intending buyers, which aro availablo tor any day. Their offieeß will bo opon to-morrow night from 7.30 to 9 o'clock for the purposo of issuing tickats to thoso desirous of visiting tho sections on Wednosday, on which day tea and light roireshmonta will bo provided at tno central homestead on tho ground.