INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 6046, 11 September 1894, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(by telegraph.) * (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. September 10. The Trades and Labor Council appointed a deputation to wait on Mr Reeves to urge him to legislate on the Chinese question this session. The 3 Council strongly protested against the 3 action of the Railway Commissioners in " forbidding railway servants to affiliate with any other body, and it was decided b to place the matter before the Premier. i DUNEDIN. September 10. Another batch of boys were fined to-day 1 for snowballing. There is no clue so far to the robbery . from the office of the Dunedin Jockey Club. The cash taken amounted to L 132. There was a cheque for L 237 and another for L 6. The keys of the office have not been found yet. A breach of promise case—M'Growther v. Kennard—which was to have come on ' to-day was settled out of Court. AUCKLAND. September 10. Owing to the success of the children's flower show, the promoters have decided to have one next year, and are distributing bulbs and plants to the unsuccessful competitors, to encourage them to persevere. \ The Rotorua hotelkeepers are making great preparations for the opening of the Rotorua railway, which, it is reported, will be done formally by the Premier. A hotel is to be erected near the Government sanatorium of 50 rooms, and other ' establishments are enlarging for additional ! tourist traffic. At the football practice match between 1 the Parnell juniors and seniors, Kay Tapper collided with another player, his head being hurt, and he was rendered insensible. He was removed to the | Hospital, and is now conscious and recovering. The Auckland Draughts Club has been formed. Mr Peter Oliphant is President. INVERCARGILL. September 10. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of Jas. S. Young, the boy fireman, who met with a fearful death through a bush locomotive leaving the rails and falling on him on Saturday last. The safety valve and the whistle were torn from their seats and the boiling water poured over him. The driver said that he was going at the ordinary speed dowu the bank with steam shut off, and pointed out that had the speed been great the timber trolly would have crashed into the tender, which did not happen. The engine had no brake. He braked down the hills with the valve gear. District Judge Rawson gave judgment 1 to-day in Montella v. the Golden Site Company (Wilson's River), claim L 202 for trespass on the river claim, and for the erection of works which dammed the back water on the plaintiff's. The question to be decided was practically what constitutes a river claim. For Montella it was contended that he was entitled to the river bed and banks between his pegs, the stream having a curve at the claim. His Honor held that the bed of the stream was like the bed of a canal; its actual bottom width, without reference to the ■ depth of water in that bed, meant the width of the stream at the ordinary level. The effect of this decision is that Montella is a trespasser if he steps upon the banks of the stream, and might be sued for damages by the Company if he deposited debris on the banks, defendant's reeling holding being on both sides of the river. Judgment was for defendants with L 32 costs. The possibility of an appeal was mentioned.