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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1626, 29 April 1903, Page 52

In Banco on Friday, the Chief Justice heard argument on an originating summons brought by Martha Fenwick, widow of the late Charles R. Fenwick, of Featherston, against the trustees* and beneficiaries under her husband’s will, for an order praying for further provision out of the testator’s estate, under the pro visions of the testator’s Family Maintenance Act, 1900. Mr Myers appeared in support of the application and Mr Izard for the trustees. Plaintiff’s affidavits set forth that the value of the estate was about £3400. Testator had been twice married, and the whole of tho property was bequeathed to his .children by liis first marriage, subject to the payment of 10s per week to the widow. The widow, who is fifty-nine years of age, had previously been married, and had a number of children by her first husband. Defendants alleged that the net value of the estate was only about £IBOO. His Honor stated that ho would take time to consider his decision. The shag, trouble is being dealt with vigorously by several branches or the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. The Palmerston branch last year killed 113 shags, and hopes this year to be able to organise a systematic raid on the principal shaggeries which are known to* exist on several of the streams. The Eketalluna branch proposes that one of the societies 5 rangers should camp for a week at Mangahao, so that he could make an onslaught on the birds when the young are m tne nests. During last season the Wei l ington Acclimatisation Society sold G 0 rainbow and 90,000 brown trout ova. Ten thousand brown trout were sent to* Samoa. The fry 119,500 of the rainbow and 304 000 of the brown trout. The society liberated in its own streams 353,000 rainbow and 218,000 brown trout fry-