LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 20537, 16 July 1930, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In the Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., Oliver John Clunic, of Ranfurly, proceeded against David Murray, of Raufurly, as solo executor of the estate of Arthur Sharkey, claiming 14s Gd, for goods supplied, and £l2 for money lent. —Mr R. King appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr J. P. Ward for the defendant. —The plaintiff, m evidence, said that Sharkey had borrowed the money' in two sums of £1 and one of £lo.—Margaret Holley said that she had heard Sharkey ask Clunie for £lO nt her boarding house, and had seen money change hands.—Mr Ward explained that the defendant bad had come doubts about the claim, and had decided not to pay until the court had given a ruling.—The Magistrate ‘oud that it was a rule in law that ev.dence in claims against the estate of a deceased person must be corroborated. There was no corroboration in the case of the claim for goods supplied or in connection with the two sums of £!• The witness, Mrs Holley, was quite mdevondent, and her evidence comd be accepted as corroboration of the fact that £lO was lent. Judgment would bo given for the plaintiff for £lO, and costs (£2 16s). The defendant had adopted a very proper attitude, added tho magistrate. Two Chinese tortoises were passenon the Manama yesterday (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington). They were intended to provide a touch of home to the Chinese here. After some delays and > much discussion with the agitated Orientals, the authorities decided that it was impossible to admit these amphibians to the dominion, and the long journey ended with the execution of tho travellers. , Tho Court of Appeal yesterday heard argument in the case in which tho Attorney-General,. tho Wairau Harbour Board, and T. Eckford and Co., Ltd., are the appellants, and the Wairau River Board the respondent. The appellants, in February, issued a writ claiming an injunction restraining, the respondent board from prosecuting certain flood protective works in connection with tlie Wairau and Opawa Rivers and in the area under the jurisdiction of tho respondent, and also claiming a mandatory injunction requiring it to remove such works as had been already conpleted. They alleged as a consequence of the said works that the navigable channel of tho Wairau and Opawa Rivers which led to Blenheim was being caused to silt up, and the volume of water therein lessened and the navigation of the rivers and the use of Port Wairau interfered with. Further, Port Wairau would become wholly useless, and appellant board would lose its revenues, and the appellant company would be unable to navigate the rivers with its ships and carry on trading with Blenheim. Tho respondent board denied that its works would have the effect alleged by the appellants. The case came on for hearing before Mr Justice Reed in March last, and by arrangement tho legal question whether or not tho respondent board had power to erect flood works in the Wairau Harbour Board district was argued. His Honour held that it bad, and the appellants are now appealing from that decision. For tho appellants Messrs M. Gresson and A. O. Nathan are appearing, and for tho respondent Mr H. Johnston, K.C., and Mr Churchward. Tho bench consists of the Chief Justice (Mr Justice Myers), Mr Justice Herdman, Mr Justice Adams, and Mr Justice Blair. The weekly meeting of the Radiant Health Club was held on Monday evening. The president (Mrs Brooks) presided over a good attendance of members, and introduced Mr Jones as the speaker for the evening. Mr Jones took for his subject ‘ Self Knowledge.’ All knowledge, he said, was useful, but self-knowledge was the most necessary. Uncultivated men and women were of little use to themselves or to others. If we had gifts and did not use them we might as well not possess them. Gold in itself was not wealth, but represented wealth when it was used. There were many levels of man’s mind. Christian psychology was an important part of self-knowledge. Christ was our greatest psychologist. It was the duty of each of us to really be “ men ” and “ women,” as God created us so. If wo did not respect ourselves we could not expect others to respect us. A vote of thanks was rendered to Mr Jones for his instructive address. The club’s affirmation terminated the meeting.

Wellington’s first private aeroplane owner will bo Mr P. Berryman, who has agreed to purchase Miss Aroha Clifford’s Avro-Avian. The machine is at present at llongotai, and to-day Miss Clifford was to fly it for the last time before she hands it over to Mr Berryman. The new owner recently qualified for his A license. The machine, which is registered as ZK-AAC, is powered by a Cirrus engine. It was brought to New Zealand by Flightlieutenant K. H. J. Hall, of Hororata, to replace an Avian which had crashed. Miss Clifford purchased it from him about the middle of February last.