TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9590, 24 July 1907, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(P«B PBKBB AgiOrIATION.) WELLINGTON. July 24. Jtrr rayliiiß, Mayor of ChrinU'luireh, in an interview with a Post reprnsiMUalive, <;avo an indignant denial to the statenuait* liKtido in 'tho Christch-uroh PrtM3» the municipal abattoirs at Soekhurn. Tho abattoirs, he explained, ere under the sole managemeait of a Govcnuneut vetoriiHir.v surgeon, and there is alw) a coininittee whose eiKHiial duty it is to deal with matters connected with them. The committee make freiiuent visits of inspection, ami miythins ncquiring attentaon is ]>rom|>tl.y dealt with. All meat killed mu»t lo blam)>ed with tho Government brand lK'foro it can be taken away for conMimptinn. 'l'he buildings flro coiißtrnctrtl on modem and the best approved pr'neiphts n|K-eial e.vre brang paid to cleanliness. Mr Payling nxsorts that every care is taken to keep Hie abattoiis ole-'in and wholesome. Since they were established they have been inspected from time, to time by qualified experts, who haxl Kpokcn ill terms of jiraiftu of the arrangements. In the Teakau block ease before th« Appeal Court, Mt Morrison, on behalf of the plaintiffs, shewed cause why the Suinvine Court's power to prohibit the Native Appellate Court was not taken away by the Act of 1835. lie contended that, in spile of sections therein wherein the Court, manifestly exceeded its powers, the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to prohibit was jiol token away. William Jas. Pollock applied to Mr Kiddell. S.M., for leave to lay an. information against Arthur Ik-iwm for de.famalory libel under the Criminal Code Act Aiiioikliihiil, 1901. The .application was ivfuwd, without prejudice, on the ground that hi« Worship was not satislied that lleewni was a man of no sulistance and unable to pay dainagiw in a. civil action. Arbor Dnv is l.eing ei'lebr.'ited quietly in Welliwjton. Tn«t were planted at tho Training College and the Kelbiirne Park, the Mayor taking part in thi> proceedings. HUN BUI N. July 21. The local electro-engineering firms inleinl taking tho cue from the lion. J. A. Millar's remarks to yesterday's deputation, and. will supply liim\vith particulars as lo the way of <l.iirereutia.ting l>ct\veen electrioal appliances and electrical machinery. John ]*>vo Brown, 45 years old. a filter in the Government workshops, died suddeulv at CaTOrsham >-*-slerday. A death certificate has Ixim given, but the where.■i.lwuts of his relatives is not known. It is supposed tkit they belong to Whaugarei, Auckland.