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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1908, Page 6

When tho case of James R. Foster v. Arthur Wheatley, a claim for specific 'performance, was called on in tha tsupreme Court this morning, before Mr Justice Cooper, Mr Bunny, for the defenda,.v, asked for an adjournment. The defendant, he said, had filed bis schedule, and it was necessary that the case should stand over to all-^v the Official Assignee to intervene, 'j^.t case was ordered to stand over till next sitting Testerday afternoon, at the Magistrate's Court, tho Johnson ville Co-opera-tive Building Society' sued F. Schlaich for £5, commission on shares alleged to have been sold by the society to another member on behalf of defendant. For the defence it was arguod that the society';, offu-'Gi-s had not been instrumental in effecting the sale, and that defendant himself nad done all the work t connected theiuv:ith. After hearing evidence on both sides, Dr. M'Arthur reserved his decision. Mr. Toogood appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Jiindmarsh for defendant. The evening session of the Congregational Union yesterday was devoted to Us hearing of addresses on various subjects. The Rev, A. E. Hunt, Timaru, spoke on temperance. None, ho said, were more competent to speak 'on the evils of the dnmc traffic than doctors and cleigymsn. The physical degeneration was revealed to the former, whilo the latter knew of the spiritual demoralisation He appealed to his audience to do all in thoir power to save-' people irwn temptation, and .o discharge their moral responsibility, when tho day of voting came. "Sabbath observance" was the subject of a discour&e by the Rev. I. Sarginson, who declared that in the name of religion thare should be -no coercion. The whole point was that ihe babbath was made for mail and not tho man for the Sabbath." The Hon. G. Fowlds uttered a strong denunciation (printed elsewhere) of the gam. blmg evil. -. Before Mr Riddell, S.M. at the Magistrate's Court this morning, Herbert Edwin Hamilton Bird' was charged with, stealing a lady's costume, valued at £4 10s, the property of Thomas Major Shore. On the application of Mr Yon Haast, who appoared in defence, accused was remanded until Monday next, bail in o'no surety of £20 being allowed. For usinjj abusive language, Jlobert James Christopher Seal was fined 40s, with 17s costs, in default seven days' imprisonment. ChrislJopher Scott, who was proceeded against for alleged forgery, was remanded until Wednesday afternoon next. ' George Schofield and Norman Campbell for drunkonness were each fined 10s, or as an alternative ordered tb. undergo 48 hours' imprisonment. For disorderly conduct whilst drunk, John Clark was ordered to pay 40s, or in dfifault xindergo 10 days' imprisonment. Two first offending inebriates were each fined ss, with tha alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment. The polico made a raid on -alleged gambling premises in Greymouth on Sunday evening (writes the Press correspondent), and ks a result forty-one Chinese were arrested on charges of being found in a common gaming house. The appearance of the police in the saloon itself caused a -great uproar. Fully fifty Chinese wejre present, many of whom made a desperate rush for" the money on tha tables, while others made for the doors. At one exit a Chinaman fell, with tho result that several qthem were brought do>vn at the foet <>f a constable who arrested them forthwith. la the meantime the panic in tho 'saloon had subsided somewhat, not, however, before a number of the men had made good their escape. The remainder were assembled, and marched to the police, station, then two Chinese ' merchants were sent for, and, with their aid, the Chinese were identifiold and charged, but were subsequently admitted to bail. The, accused were .brought before the Magistrate's Court next day and remanded till Friday. The grenadier in his' bearskin and the general in his plumed hat are now quite overshadowed by the huge feathered hpadgear which many Englishwomen have taken to wearing .(writes a London correspondent).' The feathers are piled on in long denso bunches, flowing backwards, and on tall ladies the effect is formidable, and often amusing. The new fashion is intensifying, both in London and Paris, that familiar old worry from which matinee audiences at theatres and concerts have long suffered,' In Paris the other day an attempt was made to form a league of managers for the suppression of the matinee hat, but ii failed through the vefusal of three of the manageis to assent to the 'boycott. They were afraid 'Cf a decline in, their receipts. Playgdeis arc no'wj threatening various violent devices of their own for getting rid of the nuisance, and are being encouraged by some of the newspapers. A journal which took tho lead, in trying to bring .the managers into agreement is offering a 'gold medal "to the' spectator who, before the end of the present theatrical season, having .been, annoyed by a woman's hat, shall have made the most row." The methods of tho English, "suffragettes" are to bo iml tatcd, and it is believed that if the offending matin?e women themselves remain obdurate, the managers will have to take necessary action in order to pro* vent recurrent interruptions of their plays. ' To all who are about to make theh wills, and especially to Quakers and to Socialists of the "anti-militarist" faith, there is .some useful instruction in a verdict given by Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady in the Chancery division of the High Court (writes a London correspondent). A certain Robert William Beard, the owner of valuable freehold estates in the county of 'Stafford, loft at his death a considerable share of tha property to two of his nephews, on condition that they should not enter tha naval or military forced of their country ; in the event of this condition ha. ing ignored, the estates were to pass to others. The nephews accepted tho inheritance, and set about at the first opportunity to get rid of tho condition by a legal decision. And they have succeeded. Whether they desire to enter either the navy or army does not appear. Butßut as they are both rather beyond the usual age for undertaking seivice, it it more piobable that they had recourse to the High Court with the object of relieving themselves of T thc reproach of holding property on condition that they shirked citizenship duty. Mr Justice Eady had no hesitation in declaring the stipulation void. "In my opinion, ha said, "there can ba few, if any, provisions more against the public good and the welfare of the State than one tending to deter persons from entering tha naval or military service of the country. Such a provision strikes at the very se- 1 curit.y of the State, which must depend for its protection against external enemies on the armed forces of the Grown, both naval and military; and the Ivw looks not to the probability of public mischief occurring in th& particular instance, but to the general tendency ot the disposition. If Conditions imposed be really and in principlo against Ihe public good, and clearly and directly opposed i:o the public welfare, they are ouitainly void. Salus republicae suprema lex." At the semi-annual sale, Elbow Mou3quetaire Suede Gloves, in heaver and brown shades, usually 6s lid, now Ss lid a pair. Kirkcaldio pnij Stains. Lin)it6d,~-Ad\tfc ,