INTERPROVINCIAL MESSAGES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2130, 13 February 1894, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL MESSAGES.

THU WAITEMATA PETITION.

By Telegraph.—Breen Aeeorinlion. Auckland, Fobi-uarv 12.

A sitting of the Judges of the Election Court —Sir .las. Premlergast mui Mr Justice Couolly was held in Chambers this morning. when a certificate under Section 21 of the Electoral Act. 1892, was granted to Mr Jackson Palmer, in order that he might- be allowed tho costs paid by him to witnesses. 'lt is roughly estimated that tho costs in the case arc something like i DEAD VTITH THE DEINK BESIDE ' HIM. Auckland, February 12. Henry Richard Moody, labourer, a resident of ICibikihi, was found dead in some fern at the back of a hotel with the remains of a bottle of Old Tom by his side. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that death had resulted from sunstroke while deceased was under the influence of liquor. A LITTLE GIRL KILLED. Auckland, February 12. Yesterday morning a little girl named Margaret Eileen Rohan, whose parents reside in Church ctreet, Pone-onby, was accidently killed near To Aroha under distressing circumstances. The child, who was three and a half years, of age, was on a visit to her aunt at Waioroiig-omai, near Te Aroha. She was in a curt with her aunt, MrsO’Grady, driving to church atTe Aroha, when by some accident she fell out of the vehicle. The little girl was thrown to the ground with such force that her skull was fractured, and she died shortly aftex--wards. DEATH PROM EATING UNRIPE FRUIT. Christchurch, February 12. A youth named Thomas Wilson, licenseil out from Burnham Industrial School to a fanner at Springston, died at the Hospital yesterday from peritonitis, the i-eault of eating unripe fruit. THE TYPOGRAPHICAL TRADE. Auckland, Ferbnary 12, At tho half-yearly meeting of the Auekland Typographical Association, the board of management expressed great pleasure in recording a continuance of trade prosperity, no doubt partly owing to the increase in the number of orders retained in this city which were previously executed elsewhere. Tho receipts from all som-ces amount to £135, and the expenditure to £2l, leaving a balance of .£ll7. The report continues; — “ It is with very great pleasure we have to again record the good feeling and harmony existing- between employers and your Association, and to express the hope that it may long continue without interruption;”

CONGREGATIONAL UNION. Auckland, February 12.

The annual sitting of tho New Zealand Congregational Union commenced to-day, in the Beresford street Church. Among those present were the Re 7, R. J. Glasson, representative from South Australia, and the Rev R. Day. rex>rosontativc from Now South Wales. The annual report referred, amongst other matters, to the resignation of tho Rev W. Powell, Wellington. It laid stress upon the need for children attending Sunday school to bo taught more thoroughly Congregational principles, and suggested the appointment of a District Committee to look into the matter, PROFESSOR SALMOND. Dunedin, February 12. Professor John W. Salraond, M.A., LL.B., has been elected a Follow of tho University College, London. An election takes place only once in two years, and only four Fellows are appointed. The honour lias been conferred mainly in recognition of his volumes on jurisprudence and legal history. A NEW GOLDFIELD. Dunedin, February 12. News from Preservation Inlet states that at the new rush at Crayfish Island, Bradshaw and party secured 440 z in nine days, amongst tho returns being a 13&oz nugget. A WELLINGTON DIVORCE CASE. Auckland, February 12. At ths Supremo Court this morning, an application for decree nisi for dissolution of marriage was brought before Mr Justice Couolly. The petitioner was Chas. Wm. Bannister,' chemist, in the employ of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at Fiji, but formerly of Wellington ; Annie Maria Bannister was the respondent, and Alfred Percy-Furber the co-respondent. Furber lives at Tairua. Mr Theo. Cooper appeared for petitioner ; the other parties did not appear, and were unrepresented. The petition for the dissolution of marriage stated that on the 9th November, 1877, the petitioner was married by the. Rev Alex. Reid, .of the Wesleyan Church, to his wife, then Annie Maria Bartlett, at the residence of the petitioner’s father at Jolmsonville, near Wellington. The issue of the marriage was • two ' children. On 20th January, 1883, petitioner’s wife left him at Wellington, but joined him at Fiji in February, 1885. After the expiration of three weeks, she again left him, and since that period they had not lived together. Petitioner further stated that for four years his wife had been living with Alfred Percy Furber, machinist, at Tairua, as his wife and has had three children, which had been duly registered by her at Tairua. In opening the case, Mr Cooper brought under tho notice of His Honor a previous petition by petitioner for the dissolution of the marriage, defended by a different co-respondent, and which came before the Chief Justice at Wellington. The Chief Justice had dismissed' the petition. After evidence, the decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage was granted, without costs.