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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 104, 29 October 1909, Page 6

To-morrow morning his Honour Mr. Justice Cooper will pass sentence on John Wm. Chadwick, who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to a charge of forging and uttering. Decision was reserved yesterday afternoon by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the case East and East, land and estate agents, v. Ernest E. Middlemiss, farmer, a claim for £40, and a counterclaim for £93 15s. The litigation arose over a land transaction. Returns for September show that the arrivals in New Zealand were 2682 and the departures 2317. The figures for September, 1908, were arrivals 3992, departures 1821. During the last quarter there were 727 arrivals from the United Kingdom and 1810 from the Commonwealth. There were 1871 departures for Australia. On Monday next the first issue of the reduced-total concession tickets, for fides on the corporation tramcars, will be made. The prices for these will be one-half those charged for the present style of concession tickets, and there will be a corresponding reduction in the number of rides which each ticket will represent. After a vigorous speech opposing a motion to establish a separate and independent Labour Party in Parliament, a delegate to the Trades and Labour Council was found, when the question was put, to be voting with the "Ayes." He was twitted by another delegate with inconsistency. He -retorted that he was really strongly in favour of the motion — "but not in the way you are, Mr Blank, not in the way you are." Tho cryptic allusion was evidently understood by the delegates, who laughed heartily. A rise in the sinking funds was the welcome news given to the Harbour Board yesterday by the chairman, Mr Wilford. The growth from 31st March last to 30th September was £4753 18s 3d (an advance from £101,903 8s 6d.to £106,657 6s 9dJ. Mr Wilford said that these funds were in a satisfactory position, and were t growing. He desired to congratulate the board on the fact that though the rate of interest, £4 Us 2d, for the last six months was not high, the properties on which the money was lent were satisfactory securities, and the funds were in a healthy state. Yesterday evening a man named David Brogmus went into the shop of a Chinese, and called for tobacco. He was served, and left without paying. A constable gave chase, and overhauled him, much to his strongly expressed disgust. In the Magistrate s Court today, he was charged with the theft of the tobacco, and also with iifijng obscene language. Sentences of fourteen days' imprisonment for each oSfence were imposed, the terms to be concurrent. A woman, a first-offender, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 10s, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. * Speaking at the Magistrate's Court, Auckland (telegraphs our correspondent), Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., advocated that magistrates should be empowered to have cases where only questions of fact were concerned heard by juries. It was to be regretted, said Mr Kettle, that in such cases the court had not the power, either on its own motion or at the request of one of the parties, to have Uie facts heard 'by a jury of four men, or by the magistrate and two assessors. At present" the question of fact had to be determined by one man (the magistrate). "However," said Mr Kettle, "it is a responsibility I have taken for a good many years, and one that I suppose I shall continue to take, unless the law is altered or the parties take cases such as this to the Supreme Court, where they will get the advantage of a jury." A young man of respectable appearance named John James O'Connor was brought before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., to-day, on a charge of stealing£l9 17s 2£d, the property of George Toogood and others. Accused, accord ing to Chief-Detective Broberg, had been in the employ of Field, Lucki'e. and Toogood, solicitors. One night he had occasion to return to the office, and it was then that he took the money out of a cash-box. When taxed with the offence by his employers, accused admitted his guilt. He had been con-> victed in the Supreme Court on four charges of forgery, and had been admitted to four years' probation. Mr. Broberg considered that accused's lapse was due to weakness. In inflicting a sentence of one month's imprisonment, the Magistrate remarked that he would have to punish accused as a warning to others. Legal argument concerning lost luggage claims, brought against the Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., in connection with the wreck of the steamer Penguin, occupied a great deal of the time of Dr. M 'Arthur, S.M., yesterday. For the Union Company, Mr. Leyi contended that section 293 of the Shipping and Seamen Act clearly exempted defendant company from liability for goods lost through faults and errors of navigation. Counsel also urged that a passenger carried goods at his own risk, unless he paid freight for them. It was argued by Mr. Treadwell, for claimants, that the section of the Act referred to dealt only with merchandise, and did not extend to passengers' luggage. Travellers' samples, he said, could not be regarded as merchandise. Further, if negligence by the company was clearly proved, there could be no doubt as to its liability under the Act. The only question was whether there had been negligence in the management of the vessel whereby the accident occurred. Dr. M'Arthur reserved judgment till next Tuesday. "It is not safe," said a delegate, discussing the question of military training at the Trades and Labour Council, "it is not 6afe for a woman to be out after dark without an escort." "Non- , sense ! rats !" cried other delegates. The speaker gave an instance of the conduct of soldiers from a garrison town in England, where the Connaught Rangers smashed every window for a distance of a mile from the barracks. Another delegate said that his experience was that garrison towns were better conducted than others. Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., yesterday afternoon, Johanna Jepson sued Charles Howard for £4 10s for board and lodging. Judgment was. for claimant for £2 10s, with costs (£1 145.) Mr. Brandon was for plaintiff and Mr. Jackson for defendant. "The bootmaker," said Mr Warren, of Dunedin, at the Trades and Labour Conference yesterday, "gets £77 a year on an average ; the brewer £128 a year. Yet one thing is a useful commodity ; the other is not." "Question!" cried g delegate. '-Yes," said Mr Warren, "the most necessary man is always the worst paid." Xmas parcels for abroad. Get us to forward them. Our service is most reliable. We pack in cases and send direct by steamer. The New Zealand Express Co., Ltd.— Advt. Financial authorities all agree that tho immediate prospects of the Dominion are much brighter than has been the übo for some time past. Wellington has felt the full force of the depression, and will doubtless get entire benefit of the improved condition of affairß. The firm of 0. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street, are fully prepared for a record season, and are now showing, a splendid collection of sunchades. in all the very latest styles and colourings. It is really impossible to de-f-cribe these goods, but tho prices range from 2s lid to 255. You are- advised to inspect these goods at onco.— Advt.