LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1440, 5 October 1899, Page 36

LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

" . - " CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Ik a divorce suit heard to-day, iii which a decree nisi was granted on the wife s petition, it came out in evidence that the respondent had told the petitioner before he married her that he had three children, after the .marriage seven to "the"">ionse. ■*:'' . " , / ". . : ■■.:■£.' man was to-day fined £1 for taking a bottle of whisky aboard H.M.S. Mildura . without obtaining the captain's permission. At the Suoreme Court to-day a man was 'awarded £25 damages and costs against a 'farther for the seduction by the defendant of.the plaintiff's daughter, who was a 'servant in the defendant's employ. Ihe Judire said that the action of the parents in leaving a vcung girl practically alone -with a man who- had already seduced another girl prevented the giving of sub•stsnlial ..damages. . -WUiiain Adens. a resident of Addmg- *"• tonwas found drowned* in .ue Selwyn river yesterday. Deceased, was sixxffivevoars of age and of eccentric habits. Her Was last seen where the body was / fotuid on Saturday night. . W -B'l-ank Hoult, a single man, sixty-four ' years of age, a farmer at Broomheiri, war- found dead in his yard. A: the inquest en the boy Davis, who -/as burned to death last week, a verd'ct was returned that tne fire was i bv a badlv-built chimney. A rider was added that all chimneys should - be -inspected by a competent public officer before being closed in. r AUCKLAND, Monday. Tho hews from Tanna -evidently refers to fcbc death of one of the three £resbyteri&?i missionaries —the Rev William "vYVtt, the Eev Alexander Gillies or the Itpy Q. H. L. Paton. Mr Watt is a veteran missionary, he being first staat Tanna in 1869. Mr Gdhes arrived there in 1897, and Mr Paton was apnointed in the same rear. Mr Watt, whV:e wife died in Tanna a few years ago, is known to be experienced in the ways • of the natives. Mr Gillies is accompanied by his wife. Tb=> Boyal Commissioner, Mr Percy Rmiihi Survevor-General, commenced a sitth>" at the Crown Lands Office to-day to hear a case under the Reserves Disposal *xvl Enabling Act, 1838, under which Mrs Douglas claims from the Crown for errors anc" mistakes of the Native Land Court, by which she lost her interest m the Okaraa and Waiharakeke blocks, valued at «£SO';O and ,£1822 respectively, or a total ot {■A<i 322. The case has been many times lifr-i'3 Parliament, and a special claiise iva=i inserted in the above Act to authorise the nresent Royal Commission. The case is V-Vely to last for the rest of the week. The San Francisco mail steamer Moana has a large and valuable cargo, consisting of .£150,000 in specie and consignments ot kapok, tin, hides, etc. From this port p.hr> consignments of flax, hides, produce, etc. The Bank of New Zealand ftbipped to San Francisco thirteen boxes • of-cold and bullion valued at A voung man named Richard (. pleaded guilty at the Police Court to havink uncustomed goods—to wit, one iimgusn ha--—in his possession. The defendant was seen by a Customs officer leaving the ififeai»e* Tomoana with the bam under jus cost " Inquiries elicited the fact that he ■had not paid any duty on it. The Collec,'tar of Customs, who prosecuted, said theie v?aVa considerable amount of petty smugKlin"'from these steamers. It was done partly by collusion with stewards and firemen on the steamers, and owners were Sous that it should be suppressed. The., defendant: was fined £1 2s 9d, being the : value of the ham, plus duty, in default one month's imprisonment with Haiti - '' la Wifliam Hutchinson, of Hutchinson v B-otiers Huanul. swallowed three false W.h wliVn eatinjg a lemon. Inflammation'folio wed. An operation was per-"f-med but :bf. pufFerer succumbed. ■ f^ ll,oa ' ' AUCKLAND, Tuesday —At a meeting of the Harbour Board a • ieUer war- received from Messrs Mc- * Arthur and Co., who notified having shipped in the steamer Hawke's Bay part of the machinery for the Calliope dociv. More was to be sent by the next Tyser steamer, leaving about the middle ot - .September. A duplicate set of specifications and drawings as approved by the ' Admiralty had been despatched, and Mr Metcalfe,' engineer for the Calliope dock also wrote forwarding drawings ot the proposed workshop. The Board decided to approve of the plans, and forwarded " them on to the Admiralty for confirmalCMr F. E. Baume addressed a meeting - of Auckland electors to-night, and re- ' ceived a vote of confidence. He an- ' "trounced himself as a supporter of the present Ministry. He said he would leave the questions of prohibition and federa- , tion to be decided by the people. C "Mrs Yates. ex-Mayor of Onehunga, ■ who was recentlv re-elected to the Borough Council, made things very lively '*at last-night's meeting. She protested th.pt fbe could not get her resolutions seconded, and that she had to fight for f-.vfch'e ra£epnyei*s single-handed. Mi'- S .Yates insisted on being addressed as ■•-.: "OonucilLor Yates." and respectfully. -•The Mavcr (Dr Erson) said he must ask - t-biv members- to address each other-as ■''Council The minutes were read ,l;v the Town -Clerk in a high-pitched 'voice, drowning an equally vigorous pro- : ' by Mrs Yates about an alleged irre- '' CTula.rity. The Town Clerk got througuh, ji'-.d the minutes were confirmed. - ~" DTJNEDTN. Monday. .'••'.■ : John "Stewart, a farmer at Woodside, in • the Taieri district, was found by his son in a stable yesterday with his throat cut. Little hone is held out for his recovery. Richard Benjamin Hill, expressman, of. Caversham, was returning to his "home about 11.30 o'clock last night when an unknown man attacked him, r-tabbing him in the left breast with a pocket-knife. ' The wound is not likely to prove serious. _." „ y£ James Bevin. labourer, of Kaikorai,

fell from the roof of the Union Company's old office in Liverpool street to the pavement, suffering serious injuries. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. - A dispute has arisen between the Dunedin branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners - and master builders of Dunedin. Ninety-five employers are cited under an application to have the dispute referred to the Conciliation Board for settlement?. The men ask. inter alia, that the rate or pay shall be Is 4Ad an hour; that on all works the employer shall provide a properlysecured place for the safety of the employees' tools, and also necessary sanitary conveniences;-and that the number of aporentices and improvers _ together shall not exceed one to every three competent journeymen or fraction tne nrst three employed, all apprentices to be leeallv indentured for five years. ' DUNEDIN, Tuesday. A "no license" meeting was held tonight under the auspices of the Council of° Christian Churches. Despite cold. rainy.weather, about 600 persons attended. The first motion, carried with only one dissentient, was to endorse the platform of the Council of Churches in relation to the local option poll. The second resolution was, "That this meeting pledges itself to vote ; no license' and ' reduction" at the forthcoming local option poll. and urges the electors to do the same.'' This was carried unanimously. In the Divorce Court to-day, _ Alice Jane Inder (nee Laraoeh) _ obtained a rule nisi in her suit against- William Francis Inder, solicitor, or Gore. The parties were married In 1392, and in IS9B Mr? Ir.cef found an incriminating letter, which led to her husband's being watched, witu the result that positive evidence was procured concerning his improper relations with Kate Gallagher. The respondent did not appear. Mrs Inder was granted the custody of her child. The IS'ew Zealand Collieries Oil Syndicate has mircha-sed Shackle's Castle Hill Coal Mine for £IB,OOO. Mr Jttaucue, schoolmaster at Shag Point, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. At the inquest touching the death of James Bevin, a verdict was returned that the deceased died from injuries suffered through accidentally falling from a building. The deceased a fracture of the left arm, and of the fourth rib on the right side, an injury to the lung a fracture of the nasal bone, a compound fracture of the thigh, and a simple fracture above the knee joint. Fears are entertained for the safety of Thomas Auld, one of the enginegreasers of the Talune. He went .aboard at seven p.m. or. Sunday to get up steam in the donkey boiler. He was seen at 9.30. and nothing has been seen of him since. The police intend dragging where the Talune was lying at tk» wharf. NEW PLYMOUTH. Monday. At the Supreme Court sittings Edward Willi-:.*, charged with, killing a. cow with intent to steal the carcase, was found guilty and admitted to probation. He was ordered to pay the value of the animal and the cost? of ' the prosecution. Arthur Bland, for cattle stealing-., was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, the Judge refusing probation, as the accused had set up a defence and committed a second crime bv swearing false!?/. jfcfln the Divorce Court a decree nisi was granted in the case Isabella Soffe v. Joseph Soffe. The narties xvere married in December, 1886, and in August of the following year the respondent cleared out. He was 'in America "for some years. On his returning to the colony divorce proceedings were instituted. The respondent not apnear and costs were given against Soffe. " The petitioner secures the custody of the child of the marriage. . NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. Mr E. M. Smith, Liberal candidate for the New Plymouth seat, addressed a large meeting in the Theatre Boyal to-night, and had a good reception. He expressed himself as being strongly in favour of the Government, policy. A vote of confidence in the Government and in Mr Smith was passed. The Customs duties for the September quarter were £5352, as against £'4821 for the corresponding period of last year, the imports £17,030 as against £14,774. and the exports £17,540 as against MASTEETOX. Tuesday. Constable Worthington, who burst a blood-vessel on the brain on Friday night just as he was going on duty, died early this morning. Deceased was twelve years in the A..C. Force and ten year- in the police. He leaves a widow'and two children-