EXTRA EDITION. LATE TELEGRAMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 7 April 1908, Page 7

EXTRA EDITION.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

INTERESTING APPEAL CASE.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, April 7.

The Appeal Court began argument in the Otekaike case, a case brought by Mitchell and McKellar against the Otago Land Board and removed for judgment into the Court of Appeal. Plaintiffs had been managers for over five years of ,two stations in the Oamaru district owned by Messrs Robert. Campbell and Sons, which in 1907 were acquired by the Government for -closer settlement. Plaintiffs applied for two of the allotments without competition by ballot under section 80 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907. The Board decided that plaintiffs were entitled to apply without competition, and granted the application Bubject to the approval of the Minister for Lands. In January the Commissioner for Crown Lands, Otago, intimated the Minister's approval, but on February 6 the Commissioner intimated that a doubt had arisen as to the legality of the grant, and the*"'plaintiffs were summoned to attend before the Board on February 12 to answer such questions and give 1 such information as was desired. tiffs attended, and their counsel protested against the jurisdiction of the Board to hold any further enquiry after having once made the grant. Subsequently evidence was given and Board confirmed the former decision to make the grant. After a good deal of correspondence between the Minister and the plaintiffs' counsel the Minister intimated early in March that it was not intended to approve of the action of the Board on March 7. The sections allotted to plaintiffs were advertised for open selection, whereupon plaintiffs commenced this action against the Commissioner, claiming an injunction .restraining them from ballotting for the sections, and issued a writ of mandamus to compel them to grant the leases to plaintiffs. Defendants admitted the facts, but claimed that the plaintiffs were not entitled to the grant under section 80, and that it had no power to make the grant; and further that the grant was subject to the approval of the Minister, who had uncontrollable discretion in the matter. 4lt was admitted that the Minister had approved the -decision of the Board, but no lease having actually been granted he had power to cancel his approval. [One of the plaintiffs, Mr W. W. Mitchell, was for some years a Taranaki settler. He had a farm on the Duthie road, and was- the first lessee from the Public Trustee of Mount Royal, now held by Mr F. McGuire.]

A meeting of the ladies of St. Mary's parish is convened for to-morrow afternoon, at the vicarage to reorgansie the working guild. Dr. Campbell announces that he may be consulted at Dr. Sloan's late residence, ■High street, Hawera. Knitting is declared to be a most helpful exercise for hands liable to become Btift from rheumatism, and it is some-tim-as prescribed by physicians because of its efficacy. For (persons liable to cramp, paralysis, or any other affection joi the fingers of that character, knitting is regarded as a most beneficial exercise. A remarkable story from the West Coast bockblocks has' reached the ears : of a Taraaiaki Herald representative •through the most reliable cHanmels. A ■married couple settled there in an isolated spot many years ago. Soon after their arrival they quarrelled, and since tfien, they have lived without speaking to each other. They have reared a large family, and the children having never heard human speech till recently have fl»t learned to speak, Their plight is pitiful' now when they come in contact with their fellow-beings.

Trees keep air pure, remarks a scien- 1 tast, because their leaves . decompose carbonic acid. The volume of the carbonic exUaled by a human being in twenty■fouir hours ib (roughly- estimated at 100 gallons. If a single tree of moderate size were growing where a dozen, or even as many as twenty, men were sleeping, the purifying action of its leaves would ensure that the air was kept quite fresh. . The competitive design sent in by Mr Edmund Anscombe, Dunedin, for the new School of Mines, Otago, has been unanimously awarded the first prize of .ibty guineas by the Council of the Univereity of Otago. Mr Ansoambe is a graduate in the complete architectural course of the International Correspondence Schools, Soramtan, U.5.A.,. having studied that subject fy years under their system of instruction by mail. At the present time these schools teach over -200 different subjects, and have over 1,300,000 students and graduates in different parts of the world, including 6500 in New Zealand. Included with to-day's issue of the Stab is a circular with post card attached, giving a few particulars of their system. Mr F. Carpenter, district agent, who is staying at Somerset •House for a few days, will be pleased to supply further information to those interested. • *• JAUNDICE. This iB a symptom rather than a disease. It indicates that there is some obstruction in the bile duct, which may result from a cold a gall stone, or a thickening of the bile from some other cause. The bile not being eliminated by the proper process, is absorbed in the system and diffused through the blood. It is manifested by yellowness of - the skin and the white of the. eyes, loss of appetite, disinclination for exercise, sleepiness and sometimes sickness at the stomach. There is generally a bitter taste in the mouth, and more or less pain in the right side. Treatment — Take, one teaspbonful Tmpey's May Apple last thing at night, and repeat for three nights. Afterwards take 8 to 10 drops of Impey's May Apple after each meal, till all symptoms have, disappeared. This is s sure cure if attended to in time. From chemists and stores, price 2s 6d. — A3vt. Penrson'a Pepfcwtifor removes that frightful pain in the chest. Is, 2s 6d, 4». _ 0 FRENZIED WITH FEAR are many who develop lung trouble. Dr. Sheldon's N«w Discovery, for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption will cure them. Price Is 6d and 3s. For sale by chemists and storekeepers, Hawera; F. J. Gspper, Kaponga; and C. James, Alton. — Advt.