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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7607, 2 December 1886, Page 2

:f — - ■ - ! [P?tt UNITED PUIiSS ASSOCIATION.!}^, : t Auckland, Wednesday. '* At a meeting of the city schools com--1 inittee to-day a resolution was earned to ' the eflect that separate school accommo- . dation be provided at once for tho "purpose of bringing into practical operation the compulsory clausos of the Education -Act, and that a truant officer loe employed. Tho mission schooner Southern Cross reports all juiet at the various islands that were visited. The whaling at Norfolk Island is reported poor. Tho Southern Cross was in company with H.M.S. Diamond at, .Santa Craz Island. .The ,' Diamond was bound for Sydney via Solomon Islands. * • ': Tigridia is scratched for the Auckland ' dip, and St. Ives, St. Clair, and Fardin-' gale for all engagements at the summer meeting. . ■ . . New Plymouth, Wednesday. The decree in tho case of the Harbor Board versus the Siriking Euiid Commissioner was' settled "according to ■ Judge ' Ward's judgment yesterday 'in the Sujsvemo Court. This morning the Har-. , hor iioard have had, refunded to them', by, . tho Jndge's ruling, some £20,000, which ; goes towards the construction of works. . - '. Wellington, Wednesday.;" ; ,'- The following arc the.ainoiints.ofCus-- -,i\ toms duties collected at V tho principal V ,. ... ports in November £21,542 s > '. ■ ISaj Wellington ,£ 17,598 175 ,7 d; Lyttel- ••■:< ton' , and VChristclHUchj \ ilTiOlG^ls/.Gd •^ ;

. Dnnedin, £23,191 7s sd; total for the colony, £99,351 4s Srt. The Kaipara return is not to hand, hut will not make a ' material difference. The following were the amounts received in the corresponding month last year :— Auckland, £24,959 Is 9d; Wellington, £17,560 SslOd; Lyttelton and Christohmcli, £13,710 0s Od ; Dunedin, £22,799 13s lOd ; total for the colony, £100,609 12s Id. The beer duty collected in November was as follows;— Auckland, £1056 18s 7d ; Wellington, £448 10s lid ; Christchurch, £909 3s 2d ; Dnnedin, £10S7 19s 2d; total for the colony, £4813 6s lid. In thesame period last year the amounts received were — Auckland, £1081 ISs 2d ; Wellington, £419 6s 8d; Christchurch, £9n5 los; . Dunedin, £1043 ICs lOd ; total for the colony, £4876 3s 2d. The deficit on the estimate for the eight months of the year is £4709 8s lid. A point of importance under the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act was decided by Mr Justice Richmond in the Supreme Court in Banco to-day. A .motion was made for a writ of prohibition restraining the Resident Magistrate at Gisborne and Mr Wilson, of the same place, hotelkeeper, from further enforcing an order .made by the said Resident Magistrate under the following circumstances :— On the 17th of August, ISB6, Wilson obtained judgment against John Robert Hurrey, of Makaraka (the nlain.tiff in the present case), in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Gisborne for the sum of £22 16s Od. On the 19th of August a judgment summons was issued against Hurrey in the Court below and duly served. At the hearing, objec- • lion was taken that defendant had A not been tendered his expenses to fk enable him to attend the Court, and thai there was no evidence to show that he had means to satisfy the debt: The Resident Magistrate overrnled the objections, and made an order for defendant to pay the amount claimed, with costs of witnesses' attendance, Court fees, and also solicitor's fee £2 2s, or in default to be imprisoned for 30 days. The grounds for the order of prohibition were that the Magistrate had exceeded his jurisdiction in ordering Hurrey to pay solicitor's fee ; and also that the order made by the Afagistrate was bad, as there was no evidence that Hurrey had means to pay the debt. Mr Edwards appeared in support of the motion, and asked his Honor to decide the point as to whether the Resident Magistrate had power to allow solicitor's fee m such a case before discussing the other point, which went into the merits of the case. After hearing argument of both counsel, his Honor decided that a prohibition order must bo granted on the ground urged by MiEdwards. It was not, therefore, necessary to decide the other point. At the settling to-night on the Wellington Racing Club's meeting the following were the principal amounts paid : — Hill, £152; Hoskins, £118 15s: Gentry, £95; Tailored, £85 10s. The total paid over was £650 15s. Chuistchurch, Wednesday. The report presented .at the annual meeting of the North Canterbury and • Ashburtbn Charitable Aid Board to-day slated that there were 370 persons receiving relief, hesides 100 children in industrial, schools. • To-night the Rev. J, H. Habens delivered a comprehensive address, giving a history of the-progress ot Congregationalism iii Now. Zealand, specially referrinjr. to the establishment of tho_ Union, before which the address was delivered. Mr E. P. Barnes, who made the highest aggregate score in the match with the Australians, is to be made the recipient of three souvenirs from admirers of his play— a bat from Mr A. M. Ollivier, a . guinefa from Mr Samuel Stewart, and a trophy from Mr Bergli. ' . This morning a saddler's shop at Lincoln belonging to Mr J. F. Finn, was burned down. It was insured for £250 in the Phoenix. The cause of the fire is unknown. VOn' Saturday evening a seven-roomed .house 1 at Springston, belonging to ' Mrs Mary Elizabeth Smith, was destroyer 1 by fire. It was insured for £275 in the Royal. The furniture, all of which was destroyed, was insured for £200 in the Equitable. There have lately been complaints_ of children being seen in a state of intoxication, and the pojice have decided to take proceedings against two publicans for supplying liquor to boys. 'A rumor was circulated here to-day to the effect that Thomas Hall had burst a blood vessel and had dropped down dead in the Timaru Court-house. The rumor had no foundation in fact, and the excitement that it raised soon subsided. Timaru, Wednesday. • At the annual meeting to-day of the South Canterbury Charitable Aid Board Mr John Jackson was re-elected chairman. It was decided to take legal action against the Waimate Council for the recovery of the balance of that Council's contribution. D.unedin, Wednesday. At the inquest to-day on the lad Percy . Smith, who was killed by tailing from a cliff, a companion who was with deceased at the time stated that Smith had climbed a cliff from which ho had seen two birds ily, slipped, and fell. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The" settling on the Dunedin Jockey ' ' Chili's spring meeting took place to-night. The amounts paid over were— Stead, £230; Stephenson,£2l2; Hon. G.M'Lean, £212; F, Hohbs, £100; R. Brown, £140; P. Butler, £110-: R. Mason,- £100; Fleming, £S0 ; Blackham, £80 ; Queener, £80 ; Sheemin, £70 ; with smaller amounts making a total of £1598.