DOMINION DOINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 12101, 6 November 1908, Page 4

DOMINION DOINGS.

■ l V i : '^’Z'^ : '- ,: - [Per JGtfjmb ' j’iutss ;: : .’ have 'been' advised :ihat lir*; at .'Hpfi^^rpugli; this marinng.v destroyed’ three houses* 'occupied ;: KV 'Steasra Bjiig, 1 Hdllet,and Byrne.,- . Thedninage is oai i mated qt £1,500. and the insurance on. tho hidings at £9OO. ■: - - 1 In tpe case of the m-1 pany v. {hV Collector •of .Customs, Mr Justice Cooper held that thedev cision of the Minister ofCustoms as to .a foreigncompanycarrying, on,business in 1 the Dominion within the meaning of section 30 of the Tariff Act, 19C7, was final • and conclusive. , WELLINGTON, November 6. At the Ottiip Police Court yesterday the ' following bookmakers were fined for trespassing on the' racecourse: charges), £2O on each; Garrity, £2O; Stalling, £2O; Radcliffe,Parkfi, and Cray, £lO each, together with costs (£2 6s) in eabh case. Lynn M'Kelvie, on .tyro .charges of 1 driving a motor car at an exremiTo speed, ■ wae fined £3 breach information. STRATFORD; November 6. i William Paul, a j[jprtcr in the pomnier- . «ai Hotel; attempted - suicide early _ this i morning by cutting his throat with a razor. I No motive is assigned for the act. Ho was removed to the hospital, and. will prob- . ably recover. ■ ■ ■ HAMILTON, November 6. An eight-roomed hone© owned and occui pied by ,W. H. Kelly was destroyed by : fire between one and two this morning. . A Strong wind was blowing, and nothing was saved. The inmates had a narrow - escape. l CHRISTCHURCH, November 6. , In the Compensation Court to-day Mr ■ Justice Denniston gave judgment in the - Custom House site case. Tho Govern- ? ment offered £16,(300 for the property, and : the owners claimed £26,358. The-hearing i lasted two days. His Honor awarded 1 £20,000, with £BBO added as interest on the sum awarded at 5 per cent, from the i day of taking up. The case of the branch post office site is now being heard. | CARTERTON, November 6. At 1.30 p.m. to day a fire broke out at Mari tinborough, adjoining the scene of the re- ' cent outbreak, and three additional houses were destroyed. All belonged to Mr W. 1 Jensen. There were six houses, belonging to the Jenson estate, and five of them have been destroyed by fire. The insurance on the houses destroyed to-day were each house for £250 in tho Australian Alliance and for £SO in the Commercial Union. One was occupied by Mr E. N. King, who lost everything,' and is not covered by his insurance. - There was a heavy hailstorm at j10.30 > to-day, but the weather is now deaf, with . bright sunshine. ’ WANGANUI, November 6. The entries for this year’s show constitute a record, totalling 2,046, or 300 more than last year. ASHBURTON, November 6. A four-roomed cottage in Princes street, ■ Netherby, owned by Mr A. Santy, of ■ Rakaia, and occupied by Mr Denis Brown, was, with its contents valued at £3O, totally destroyed by fire this' morning. The building was insured for £IOO in the Royal Exchange Office.