GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13484, 10 May 1907, Page 6

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday. The Marine Department intends appoint- |; ■; : ing three surveyors shortly in connection with a marine survey of the colony, to as- : sist Captain Sinclair, *B.N. ■■':'} ; A notice published in the Gazette tonight declares hydatids to be an infectious disease. :•■ . . ... A Gazette notice of the Hon. R. H. fi:;. : ; Loughnan's appointment to the. Legislative Council" appears to-night. ,V The estimated population of the colony, on March 31 last, excluding Maoris ; and inhabitants of ■ . the :;. Pacific :■,< islands, ; > was 913,873,';0f wh0m.484,516- are males and 429,357 females. ; Including natives, the to- *'• v tal "population is estimated at '973,944. A .decree.-nisi was granted to-day -in the divorce case, Harry B. Kennerley v. Annie. % ■'.' Kehnerley. .... ~.""*.■■.,-, "■■'■.■■"". >" The hearing of the appeal of Emily Weiss, &•••;;- ; holder of a wine license, against a conviction recorded against her v,by" Dr. McArtbur, j< ;. S.iit.., for a breach of the licensing laws, was commenced in banco, before Mr. Justice 1 ;■' Cooper," to-day; .It" was stated that no further" evidence 1 in the case would be called; '§, ; ; -l the magistrate's note of .the evidence taken in the Court below- being; available. Mr. Justice Cooper, thought it could .be taken that Mrs. Weiss did not know that the wine ■ she sold possessed an excess of alcohol, .':■■.. though whether she had; made reasonable inquiries was another matter. Decision was reserved. •■ i •-■•: ■ The" criminal calendar of the Supreme ij Court, which opens on Monday, contains a ■ number of serious charges, including, two of murder—one against Claude Paget, of, the murder of a young girl, and the second against Matilda Morris, of Otaki, of the murder of her infant. .* ;j: ■ An Order-in-Coimcil is published in this week's Gazette revoking the former charges for the. hire „of telephones,' and substituting an' annual charge of £7 for business places and £5 for private residences, at exchanges !;' continuously ..open. Where exchanges are not .continuously open the charge will be £5. x.:-. ■'.-:' , Dunedin, Thursday. Eight, men have-been sent from Alex- ' andra railway works -to Gore-Waikaka works. - More men will be sent to Gore as j : v ■soon as' ; necessary accommodation hi.'the way of tents is provided. An inquest was held ]„ to-day, .touching the death of Elizabeth Mason, wife of John Mason,' an' employee of the Union S.S. Company, Greymoutli. The evidence showed that the deceased had been in failing health for some considerable time, and • succumbed to heart failure. \. V The City Council intend to banquet the late Mayor (Mr. Geo. Lawrence) and ex- - Councillor Gore at the Town Hall on the |; 18th inst. - ■ - : ;" "[■■: ';.'.■"" ; ' ; ( ' Mr. Widdowson/'S.M., gave his decision t to-day in-the-application,for ;an order ap- | portioning the cost of an Infectious DisT 'eases Hospital for Dunedin. ; : . He was of opinion, that no order could be made on the present application, and recommended that proceedings be taken de novo. The I, application was. dismissed .without pre- | '. ''frdici. : ...,v,.,;-'y,- -.. '- - v, . m '■■'•:'■ * WSEMM^ : ::'''-■':'' •'"". ■■.■ '■•: