TELEGRAMS. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1908, Page 3

TELEGRAMS. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

PROHIBITION ORDERS. AUCKLAND. 10th February. The deterring effect of the prohibition order is not always ns r\ ulent as the authorities could dc?ire, but occasionally testimony is brought to tho magistrates and police authorities that bear 1 ), oloquont \viinofs to its. efhcacj . Only this morning a «oman, whoso husband was put under the ban twelve months ago, wrote an appealing note to Mr. Kettle saying that the order had uiaclo a different man of her hu^bard. who, when able to get liquor, wa< too weak to resist tho temptation The last year had been a happy one for her, she wrote, and concluded by urging a, renewal of thdKorder at the expiry of tiio year, which is now near completion. AN ESCAPED PRISONER. NEW PLYMOUTH, 10th February, In the Magistrate's Court to-day Joseph Thompson, charged vulli escaping from New Plymouth gaol, pleaded guilty. Ths magistrate said undor ordinary circumstances, as Thompson had broken .gaol on o former occasion, ho would have inflicted a heavy penalty, bitt on account of tho peculiar circumstances he would only sentenco him to the. loss of three months' marks. Whilst flpeing from pursuit Thompson found a Maori lying wounded from ;v fall from a horse, anc^ took the risk of irning to a store- and ffi\ing information. The Maori dioil, and nt the inquest the iury commended tho action of Thompson. SYDNEY-AUCKLAND YACHT " VCLI. AUCKLAND, 10th February ,A further meeting «ns_ held to-day to 'discuss tho proposed Sydncj -to- Auckland 1908 Auxiliary Yacht Race. The impossibility of a number of yrcht clubs bsndinsr representative yachts was recognised, niii] it was considered unnecessary that Hrey sliould do so, the desire being to induce New Zealand and Australian yachtsmen to combine and/ assist by encouraging the race- with (ho view of the building of a seaworthy class of auxiliary yacht which might be used .for . defence patrol and despatch purposes in times of otiorgency. An excellent .race could be obtained from the competition of one or two yachts from each colony. ,Bofore replying to the Royal Sydney Yacht ' Glut's letter it wp.s arrangrd that committees of clubs and interested yachtsmen should meet nqnin to draw up suitable condition.-, and that thov be submit! <>d to car-h of tho intercolonial yacht clubs, for their consideration and further suggestions. ' ELECTRICITY AT, AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, 10th February.. Tho opening ceremony in connection with th& City Council's electrical installation took place this afternoon, the current being switched on by Mrs. Myers, wife of the Major; A FRENCH WARSHIp. ' ' AUCKLAND, 10th February. Thtj French warship Catinaf. armed at Auckland from Tnbiti yoaterdey, and on entering tlio heads fired tho . customary us lute. Which - .\as returned by thf garrison at Fort Caulley. Tho \ ir.it to Auckland will extend over twelve days, after which the vessel le~.ves for Ilobart, Sydney and Melbourne. RIFLE RANGES FOR SCHOLARS. AUCKLAND, 10th February. The Inspector-General of Schools states tn a letter to the National League that ft schemo for tho establishment of outdoor ranges in connection with all public schools is undor the consideration of the Education Department. x DYNAMITING FISH. NAPIER, 10th February.-. Tbroo persor"=, charged at the Magistrate's Court to-day with using 'dynamite to catch fish, wero fiued £5 each and PAINFUL CASES. ' AUCKLAND, 10th February. Two boys under tho age of 15, a Maori anil a lad of European parentage appeared it tho Supreme Court to-day 'for sentence on a charge* of indecently assaulting young girls. The native, Alick" Nathan, whoso offence was committed at Dargaville, was sentenced to sijc months' hard labour, with a recommendation to the 'Governor lo'scnd him k> all .industrial ..school. The 'other offender, Leslie M'lndoe, still in • the Galatea blouse stage, comes -from a respectable family, and had borne an unimpeachable f"hara,ctcr up till this offence. Addressing prisoner, his Honour said: — "It is, exceedingly painful to sentence' a boy for a lirst offence, but if I allowed you to go at liberty. l bhoiild -be holding out to all boys attaining the age of puberty lhat they could, with impunity, commit these crimes on infants, and call others "to assist thorn. But for jour tender jears I would sentence you to the full term .allowed by tho law, seven years, but I shall not do that. I shall sentence you to two years' hard labour, and shall rocommend the Governor to detain you in an industrial school." AN AUCKLAND RECORD. AUCKLAND, 10th February. A sum of £11,C68 4s 7d was taken looaily in CustoniE revenue to-day, constituting a record for the port of Auckland, lbs beer duly collected was £276 9s, aud £300 was rscehed from poll lax on tlircc Chinese. ' FINED FOR SEAL-KILLING, AUCKLAND, 10th February. George Ritchie, master manner, who last week was charged with having two | sealskins in bJ3 possession at the Cascado Ri\er in August of last .year, and 'with' having killed a seal about the same tfrnt*, appeared at the Court .".gain to-daj. v.Tho case had" been remanded to allow of' enro?pccliog Bitchie'i statement thai the seal-killing was to avert the.itanation of the\party of which he made one last w.ntcr. The repori of the oonstable in charge of the Cascade River district stated that Campbell, the on* in command of the expedition, was averse to killing the seals, but Ritchie persisted in tho hunt. Ritchie killed three seals and skinned 'them, 'lhe carcases were left below high water mark, tind tho tide carried them out to tea, and defendant cured and took away two of the fkins wiih him when he lelt Cascade lliver. , The Magistrate said that ho did n&t feel Fitisficd altogether with the account that the' Feals wcro killed for, food. ' On tho thcr hand, tho act certainly did not appear to hai c boen done for gain. It looked a;~ if defendant's sporting instincts had been too much for him when tho srals appeared, much ac some unlicensed nimiod might fire at a pheasant lhat rp'e before him Under the circumstances he would deal leniently with the offence, convicting on pach chaigr> and inflicting a fine of £5 and co^l- in the fir^t, and costs only in thn othor. Ths fine? and costs amounted in all to £7 16f, and dpfendant was allowed two months in which to pay. WHARF LABOURERS' WAGES. DUNEDIX, 10th February The latest moie iv connection with the dissatisfaction that has existed among wharf labourer? for Fome lhn<, Took place latp thi 5 afternoon, when the Union Steam Ship Company filed with ihf clerk of awards reference to thf Arbitration (Joint of a dispute between the company and the Wharf Labourers' Union. The wharf labourers at a recent meeting decided to cancel their registration as a union, and application in that direction was formally tuadp Tho Acl provides, . however, that cancellation, cannot be. ailoWetl whilst a depute is pending. It 13 said that the tK-mand* filed Ly the company" make a considerable concession, both at) to hours, rates of pay, and condition? in regard to i the union. I