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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 106, 31 October 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL ♦ Th© erection of tho lighthouse on Karori Rock, Cook Strait, will, it is expected, bo completed in June next. The light, which will bo of 2790 candlepower, will be visible for a distance of fourteen miles. In the interests of the health of tho Natives, the Government of New Zealand has prohibited the importation into Niue Island, Cook Group, of certain perfumed spirits and perfumery, except under conditions set out in a Gazette notice issued last night. This restriction is made because it has been found that the Natives drink the perfumed spirit, etc., on' account of the alcohol which it contains. Mr. J. S. Evans, S.M., Nekon, viho is chairman ot the Westport Harbour Board Commission, is at present in Wellington engaged in the compilation *f the report with Meeers. William Ferguson and Gerald FitzGerald, civil engineers, th© other members of tho ComimWon. Mr. JEvans presided at the criminal sittings of tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, as Ml 1 . RiddelTs hands arc pretty fulj of work just now. No arrangements have so far been mad© to fill the place on the Bench left vacant by the death of Dr. M'Arthur. Last night's Gazette contains amending regulations under the Fisheries Act of 1908, providing that "no person taking any trout alfected by any disease shall return such trout either alive or dead into any water wherein thero aro trout, or leave it on or near the bank or margin of any such water. Any per.eon committing a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a fine of not less than £2 or more than £20. Notwithstanding anything contained in any regulations heretofore made under the Fisheries Act, 1908, it shall be lawful for any person to buy and sell fresh trout and smoked trout taken and branded by or under the direction of the Department of Internal Affaire." Travellers by road or train between Masterton and Carterton cannot fail to be impressed with the fact that tho harvest from tlfe acres of gorso which now bloom in the bed of tho Waingawa River is going to be disastrous to the farmers '''in the district, says the Wairavapa Age. For some reason or another, the Government has left it to the discretion of local authorities to proclaim gorse a noxious weed. The consequence is that, while the Wairarapa. South County and Featherßton County have it scheduled as noxious, the Masterton County shows no concern inHhe matter. The Age urges upon the Masterton County Council the importance of taldng action in this matter. If it fails to do so, it says, it will be incumbent upon adjoining counties, for the protection of their own ratepayers, to move Parliament to have gorse placed upon the first schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act. v Regulations for physical education and military drill are gazetted. It is provided that at least one period of not less than fifteen minutes during school hours in each day should be devoted to physical drill ; and, in addition, a breathing exercise should be given at the close of each hour or lesson period in every class of the school. In public schools in which there was, prior to Ist January, 1913, a duly equipped Junior Cadet corps or detachment, such corps or detachment may be recognised for tho purposes of instruction in military drill under the following conditions : A corps Bhall contain not less than forty-eight boys who are pupils of the school^ a detachment not less than ten; provided that if any corps or detachment shall ' for twelve months fall below ten the corps or detachment shall be disbanded. No boy shall bo included on the roll of any corps or detachment who is less than twelve years of age, or more than fourteen years of age, untesß he is "still on the roll of the public school, or, in tho case of a district high school, on tho roll of th© primary department of such school There must be a qualified instructor on tho staff of the school in charge of the corps. For the purpose of this clause an instructor shall bo held to be qualified if (a) he holds a commission in the Defence Forces or in the Senior Cadets; (b) he was gazetted as an officer in the Junior Cadets before 1 Ist January, 1913. Pellets or cartridges, as the case may be, may on application through the Education Board be issued to any recognised corps or detachment that is provided with the necessary equipment for target practice. There died in Blenheim recently an old man who had made a will some three years ago, leaving about £7000 to two relatives — a brother and a nieceliving in Ireland. When he was dying the man expressed a desire to Richard Webb Jenkins, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, to alter his will. There was not time to make a fresh will, and so deceased (Samuel Hoggavd) gave Jenkins an order on the Public Trustee (witnessed by the secretary of the Hospital Board and a nurse) for £2500, the money to be received and applied by Jenkins in paying certain charities. The old man died the next day, before the order which Jenkins drew could be presented. In event of his surviving his illness, it had been arranged between the parties ,that the money was to be held in trust by Jenkins until the death of tho deceased. The Public Trustee, however, refused to take cognisance of the order. As a sequel, the Full • Court of the Judges of the Supreme Court was to-day asked to determine tho following questions: (1) Whether the document was a will; (2) whether it was a valid donatio mortis causa, inoperative by reason of nonpayment in deceased's lifetime. The Court comprised the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), Mr. Justice Edwards, Mr. Justice Chapman, Mr. Justice Cooper, and Mr. Justice Sim. Sir John Findlay, K.C., and Mr. Hoggard appeared for the plaintiff, Richard Webb Jenkins, and Mr. J. W. Macdonald (solicitor to the Public Trust Office), with him Mr. F. E. Kelly, for tho defendant, the Publio Trustee. The Public Trustee is the oxecutor of deceased's will under a will dated 4th April, 1910, whereby he. appointed the Public Trustee executor, and, after setting apart a sum of £100 as a legacy for the choir of the local church, gave the reserve ot his property to his I brother Thomas and a niece. For some time before his death on/ 27th August, 1913, the Public Trustee acted as his agent. In his argument Sir John contended that the document was in reality a codicil to his will, appointing the plaintiff trustee. After hearing the arguments of counsel, who stated that it had been arranged on both sides, if the Court so ordered, that tho cost of proceedings should come out o^ tho estatej the Court intimated that judgment would be reserved. New standing orders were adopted by the City Council last e\ening. The Mayor complimented Councillor Atkinson and the Legislation Committee on their careful and painstaking work in the drafting of the new orders. The Government has accepted the services of tho Ngatapa Defence Rifle Club, Wellington military district. > The "knotless veil-holders," for' keep, ing your veil tidy; easily adjusted, simple and effective, always ready; at Is od, 2s 6d, and 3s 6d a set. Kirkcaklie and Stains, Ltd.— Advt. Furniture removed, packed, and stored by reliable men. Ask for estimates. The Colonial Carrying Company,' Ltd., 107-109, Customhouse-quay. Shipping and Forwarding agents to all parts <& tho srorld.-Advfc, " ~' " - ,