THE OHINEMURI COMMISSION

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1909, Page 8

THE OHINEMURI COMMISSION

In chambers to-day, before Mr. Justice Cooper, Mr. F. E. Baume, K.C. (with him Mr. Blair), applied for an order moving the case Cock v. Attorney-General and another — an endeavour to upset the commission, with Judge Sim as Commissioner, appointed by the . Government to enquire into certain allegations of bribery in contaection with the Ohinemuri Licensing Committee of June, 1900 — into the Court of Appeal for hearing. The grounds advanced were that important and difficult questions of law were involved, and it was desirable they . should be decided by the higher court. In ' granting the motion, his Honour said he agreed with counsel as .to the desirability of having all tho judges present when the case came up. Ho would endeavour to expedite its hearing there. Counsel for plaintiffs are instructed by MeßSi-s. Parr and Bloomfield, Auckland. Messrs. Martin Chapman, X.C, and D. M. Findlay are retained for the defence. Once again the cadet parade ! At the meeting of the local Education Board yesterday Mr. J. G. W. Aitken introduced the subject. He informed the members that there had 1 come to his ears a story concerning a recent parade at Newtown Park where the cadets were on the ground all day, and as a result exhibited marked signs of physical fatigue. Thus tired and worn, the youngsters had to march home. The speaker pictured! the strain on the nervous and physical system that must accrue. Captain M'Donald ridiculed the story, and contradicted every allegation in it. On the great day the corps had luncheon, an excellent one, at Mount Cook, where the teacher-officers in charge, said the speaker, eulogised the general arrangements (including the lunch), not once, but several times. The Hon. A. W. Hogg supported the defence. The cadet parade at the park was a particularly attractive feature, he said, the action, discipline, and general efficiency of the boys combining to form an excellent show. The narrator of the story did not return to the attack. Owing to the diversion of passenger traffic from the Dnehunga-New Plymouth route to the Main Trunk express, the Union Steam Ship Company and tho Northern Steamship Company have decided to reduce their steamer fares between the places mentioned. On and after the Ist April the new fares will be as follows (the old rates being in parentheses): — Between New Plymouth and Onehunga. — Saloon: single, £1 (£1 11s) ; return, £1 15s (£2 7&). Steerage : &ingle, 15s. (£1 Is) ; return, £1 2s 6d (£1 J.&). Between Wellington and Onehunga — Saloon : single, ±12 (£2 10s) ; leturn, £3 15s (£4 ss). Steerage : single, £1 10s (£1 15s) ;• return, £2 12s 6d (£3). In future there will be only four steamers a week (two of each company) instead of a daily service as hitherto.' The Unioa Company's s.h. Takapunawill be withdrawn, the steamers maintaining; the new service being the Rotoiti and the Northern Company's Rarawa. "So long as places are kept clean, I don't see why people should object to the keeping of fowls," wrote an indignant suburban dweller to the City Council. "Dogs und cats are objected to by jome people, and even babies can be a uuisance to their neighbours. Stables are allowed to be alongside of houses, if kept clean, and if poultry yards are kept equally clean that should be all the council need trouble about." The letter continued, at some length, to object to the recent by-law stipulating for six-feet of clear space between fowlyards and neighbouring sections, but the council decided to "take it as read." An application to find sureties to keep the peace was preferred against John Larnach by Eliza Jane Dyheberg in the S.M. Court to-day. After hearing both sides of the story, Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., dismissed the information without prejudice, allowing costs £1 Is. Francis John Fitzgerald was charged with disobeying an order to pay 10& per week (arrears £3 6s) towards the support of his illegitimate child. He was sentenced to 14 dayfe' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended as long as he pays 2s 6d a week off arrears. Miss I. Dunn has been appointed librarian at Greytown in the place of Mies Robinson, rs«igt}cd. ' {