BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22041, 25 August 1933, Page 12

BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS

SOUTH OTAGO

(Feom Oub Own Correspondent.) BALCLUTHA, August 24." CHARGE OF ASSAULT. The sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr H. J. Dixon, S.M. was prolonged until 6 p.m. with the hearing of a charge of assault brought by George H. Farquhar, of Warepa Mr Grigor) against Charles Burnby (Mr Walter), in which £3O 5s was claimed tor assaulting the plaintiff, and breaking his collar-bone at Warepa on June 12. ltie sum included medical expenses (£5 5sJ. The defendant counter-claimed for, £l7 10s, damages on account of the ,plawtm poisoning a .block of land to which the defendant had the sole Tight. The plaintiff, in evidence, said that defendant called at his place on the date named and accused him and his sons of poaching. The defendant had, witness claimed, used abusive language and struck at him, ana when they Jincled and fell withers right arm was broken, so that he had been incapacitated from work during the. .six weeks he had been laid up—Charles Farjuhar, a son of the plaintiff.gave evident on similar lines. He said that his father had not laid poison on Gordons Place. Witness had laid two poisoned carrota there, and had gathered up ; 10 dead rabbits' on the Sunday morning. James Gordon, the owner, had witness permission to go on the rabbiting. That was > before the rise in the price of skins. He did not have' Gordon's authority to lay Walter said the - defence was that defendant had the sole right to rabbit <m he farms of Gordon Ross and MarshalV and he believed the Farquhars w*re interfering with his business.—Evidence on hSiS was given by. Charles Burnby. was also given by William Ross, owner of one of the farms oyer which Burnby had been given rabbiting rights.—Judgment was given for plaintitt for £2O, with costs (£4 19s). . On the counter-claim judgment was Riven for defendant in the claim (Burnby) for £5 10s, with costs (£3 13s). , OBITUARY. Mrs John Kinder, who died at-her residence at Roslyn, Dunedin, ov i Tuedav aged 86 years, was buried at Balclut'ha Cemetery to-day. Mrs Kinder was the widow of Mr .John Kinder, who, was a successful gold miner in the fifties an Australia and later » n , otag f ° o H in P duca ties He was much interested in educaton and most of his family had dist nguished educational careers. Mrs Kinder wafa daughter of the late Mr James, Nelson, of. Lovell's Flat. There was a family of sis sons and four daughters. Mr and Mrs Kinder retired to live in Balclutna in" 1901, and Mr Kinder" sen., died about 20 years ago. In 1926 Mrs Kinder and daughter went to live in Dunedin. She was a devoted adherent of the Presbyterian Church. She. is survived by Mr William Kinder (OamaruK Mrs Jasper Clark (Lovell s Flat),. Mrsi Orr Campbell '.(Dunedin), Mr Tom and Miss Jessie Kinder (Dunedin). Ihe service at the graveside to-day conducted by the Rev Dr S. W. Cume (Dunedin), and the Rev. Roy Alley (DunG Mr William Marshall, of Warepa, who died at the Balclutha Hospital on Wednesday, at the age of 76 years, was an old resident of the district. In his early years he managed a property for Mr William Patrick, Taieri, and coming to Clulha, was manager for the late Mr John Shaw, of Finegand. He later

farmed there on his own account, befoi removing: to Rocklands, Warepa. whei he resided until his death. lhe d< ceased took a keen interest in the we fare of the district. For years he wJ on the directorate of the South Otag Freezing Company, and he also took a interest in the Clutha and Matau A. an P. Society (of which he was a life men; ber) and other bodies. He was a firs class judge of sheep and a breeder c Romneys. He leaves a widow an family of two—Mr David Marshall, vetei inary surgeon (Hawera). and Mrs T\ Benson (Warepa). One son was kille at the war. TRANSPORT BOARD. A meeting of the No. 9 District Licens ing Authority for motor vehieleß was hel< in- the Clutha County Hall to-day. Th chairman of the board (Mr A. I. W Wood) presided and with him wer Messrs J. Preston and W. Blackie (mem bers). Mr H. L. Gibson (district rail ways traffic manager) was also present oi behalf of the Railways Department. Man;

of the applicants for renewals l of licenses were represented by counsel. The following licenses were granted:—J. M. Hoare (Edievale), one vehicle; J. -A. Henderson (Kaka Point), bne vehicle; A. Reid, jun. (Kaitangata), two vehicles; J. M. Coulter (Kaitangata), one vehicle; A. Illingworth (Kaitangata), one vehicle; J. Searle, A. Dreaver (Owaka), three vehicles; R. J. Roger (Owaka), two vehicles; J. G. Divers (Waipahi), one vehicle: Cunningham Bros. (Romahapa), one vehicle; Somerville Transport Company (Waitepeka), three vehicles. The sitting will be ■ continued to-mor-row.