TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 744, 3 December 1908, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THAT ASHBURTON BREWERY. Wellington, December 2. In reference to protests against the proposed erection of a brewery just outside the No-license district of Ashburton, Sir Joseph Ward has replied that whatever the law requires the Government will carry out. The Prime Minister has intimated his opinion that whoever is responsible for the proposal is acting unwisely, lie is satisfied that it was never contemplated, where the- people had dcided in favour of No-lic-ence, that practically a defiance of the law should take place. It is evident (says Sir Joseph) that such a brewery can be legally erected, but he has no hesitation in saying it ought not to be done. He is determined that the will of the people shall be respected, and if a brewery is erected on the borders of Ashburton, Parliament will be asked to le- . gislate to prohibit such a thing. THE WEBB-ARNST CONTEST. I wauiga-uui, lyccfciuwer m. Although, vie i»fcoo-Ai-usc race lor, ! tho sculling ciuuupio-nsinp 01 the world. 1 is w> uiKtJ piato m a. loi-uuguvs -«<"»; * iou tuts luuu msc.j, comparatively 1 liitUe interest jus being inaniieswxl »y ■ the- public. i>ot/ii men aio training 1 satisfactorily y and are in the piuK or condition, unties say WebJO must ' win. RETURN.OJ}' WHELCH. 1 Wellington, December s*. i Whelc-h, the Canterbury scuiler, wao ' was deieated lor the Australasian scul- . ling championship by Thoro'Ughgooa, returned to tne aominion by the Marama to-day. l^uUUliSlib JJUIt bJiAUAii UiOiiiifc ! Auckland, .December 2. • I jj lye persons appeared before me ' bupreiuo ooart t-ms ilioi'iiiiig ana were ! seuuencea lor suxuai ©ffeutrcs upon ■ cuuurt>u. am- Jiitst-ice juiwards re- ! maiKeu upon vue increase or this crime, anu uoiwxi that tne aast two ' granu juries nad avcoated most drasvui punisiiineut. iteginald VViiliain 1 t>wvice, onargeci with' attempted assault on a littie gul, was senwinped to Mjven years' 1 liaid labour, wuh. two uoggmgs ot 25 lasnes. Prisoner add«l, "And may you drop stone dead berore you pass another sentence." xie was pi'omptiy removed irom the , Dourt. — - 5 In sentencing Heni-y Thompson, i found guilty of ten olt«nces of indecent exposuire ,the Judge said that ! the offences were most disgusting and ' so serious tiiat they were made indictable so that the punishment of whipping might be added. By a curious > oversight of the .Legislature it was not in 'his power to order that punishment, because the Crimes Act says that whipping sJialll not be ordered or any offender over 16. The extreme penalty was one year on eaok offence. The J udge ordered two months' imprisonment for each offence — ;a total of 20 months' imprisonment. OBJECTIONABLE LITERATURE.. I uhristchui-ch, jDecember 2. | Having heard argument in the appeal of Kx. ltauKin, oooKseller, against the conviction oy a magistrate tor selling immoral literature, his Honour 'Held that the deiendant should have been given the right of saying whether lie wished to be tried by a jury, and he Quashed the conviction. UUATJO. OJ! Ai\ OLl> COLOMifcJx. Napier, December b. i A very oid ldenmy in the person of :Mr (J. T. ianmn passed away tills morning. The deceased, who was born in Ireland in itfiJU, arrived in tne colony in l«ol and settled ill this ■district. On the formation of" ithe I'rovincail (Joiincil he was apoginted (Jierb; which poeiton he held tall the abolition of the province, when he was appointed cderK and treasurea: to the County Council, a position he iheld for nearily thirty years. DELIRIUM TREMENS CASES. Nelson, December 3. ■ The Charitable-aid Board last night ' rescinded its resolution admitting delirium tremens patients to the hospital^ and gave a general order that no such patient should be admitted in future ; and if delirium tremens developed in a patient already in the hospital, . thap patient should be promptly removed. It was resolved to write to the Government absolutely refusing to treat such patients, and recommending the erection Of a padded cell at the police station. ' The Chairman said it was largely the fault of the police that delirium tremens cases arose, as it. was their duty to see that publicans did not ; sell too much liquor, and that the ; liquor should be of good quality.