LATE TELEGRAMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9468, 15 October 1907, Page 7

LATE TELEGRAMS.

TPRESS ASSOCIATION.!

WELLINGTON, October 15

The Court of Appeal to-day began the hearing of in re Moore (deceased) and Townsend v. Commissioner of Stamps. The appellant is Annie Quayle Townsend, daughter of Henry Moore, deceased, and co-executor with two executors. Under his will testator, who died at Christchurch on July 7, 1905, in his 93rd 'year, left all his property to his daughter. His estate in New Zealand was certified by respondent to be of the value of £686,158, on which duty of £34,307 was claimed. The executors declined to pay, claiming the value was £253,936, and the balance, '£432,222, was the absolute property of the appellant, having come into her possession before her father's death. Respondent denied this, and claimed alternatively that it was put into appellant's name to evade duty, or that it can^e into her nands as a deed of gift, and was therefore liable to duty. The Minister for Stamps petitioned for leave to examine appellant as to how she became possessed of these moneys.

The whble case was moved into the Court of Appeal' for argument. Mr Skerrett, K.C., and Mr Brown, of Christchurch, are for the appellant, and Mr Stringer, K.C., and Mr Myers for the respondent.

PALMERSTON N., October 15

Mr E. Short, a well-known Romney sheep breeder, has presented a so^d silver cup, to be known as the Short Romney-Marsh Challenge Cap, to the Manawatu A. and P. Association. The cup, which cost 100 guineas at Home, is 17 inches high, 16 inches wide, and mounted upon an ebony ped.j3t/al which brings the height of the cup to 24 inches. The cup is handsomely and appropriately ornameited, and undei the conditions of presentation must be v/on twice in succession or three times at intervals, the sheep to be bred and owned by the exhibitor. No sheep bred by the donor are to be eligible to win the cup outright, though they may compete at any time.

WELLINGTON, October 15

RicJiaixl Thomas, who last week tried to •commit suicide by cutting his thigh with a razor while having a bath, was charged before the Magistrate to-day with attempted suicide, and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence •when called upon. A prohibition order was issued against him.

Ten members of Parliament, headed by Sir Wm. Steward, waited on the Minister for Lands to-day with, the re■quest that the Land Bill should be amended in the direction of freeing 'Crown tenants from the operation of the cropping regulations where they put 50 per cent of improvements on their holdings. The MinasteT, in reply, said the proposals of the Bill when in committee had been enormously modified in the 'direction referred to by the deputation. He took it that the deputation, .required the modification rather than the abolition oz the regulations. He did not know to what extent this could be done, but he would look into the regulations to see if the Government could not be milder in its requirements. CHRISTCHURCH, October 15.

The present epidemic of influenza is severer than usual. It began in May. j Between fifty and sixty deaths occurred fately, being mostly attributable to in- j fluenza and generally through subsequent' ■attacks of pleuro-pneumonia. WAIHI, October 15.

At a meeting of the hospital trustees last week it was decided on the casting vote of the Chairmain to dismiss the superintendent and the matron. Last night a crowded indignation meeting was held, when resolutions were passed unanimously protesting against the dismissals and' asking the Premier and Dr. Valintine- to thoroughly investigate the matter.

WELLINGTON, October 15.

An interesting case in which, the custody of an illegitimate child was involved was decided by Dr. McArfcliur to-day. The father, who had since married another woman, stopped contributing to the maintenance of the child, >now nearly fouT years old, as he washed to look afteT it. He had not once been to see it since it was bora. The Magistrate held that the mother should have the custody of the child, and he ordered the father to pay 7s a week towards ite maintenance.

Nolan, Tonks and Co. are to hold their annual bull fair on Wednesday, XDctober 23. Full particulars will be found in an advertisement appearing elsewhere.

On Wednesday, October 23, Barmby and Cole will hold an auction sale of furniture and effects on behalf of Mr F. S. Malcolm.

Mr J. Gilmour, general storekeeper, Mantua, has a replace advertisement in "to-day's issue. , The merits of the Taranaki udder liniment and Edwards' carbolic veterinary salve are set forth in an advertisement from Mr ohemist, appearing in to-day's issue.