INTRPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10376, 6 June 1905, Page 2

INTRPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. In tho Police Court James Beckett, bookmaker, was fined £60 and costs on .six informations charging him with laying totalisutor 1 odds. M. H. Quick was fined £20 and costs on the first of 11 charges of sending telegrams to various bookmakers making bets at tote odds. Tlie remaining informations were dismissed. A prosecution, probably the first of the kind m the .colony," instituted by the Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Auckland, was heard m the Poilice Court to-day against Adam Magill and John Logan, charged with failing to file with the Commissioner of Stamps a statement m respect of property m "the estate of a deceased person m wliich they were administrators. The Crown Prosecutor stated that a dispute between defendants regarding duties resulted m the Commissioner having to wait for accounts while the executors fought amoiigst themselves. Mr Kettle, S.M., limposed a nominal fine of lOs each and costs, remarking that deliberate delay on '■ the part of executors would be met by th* infliction of a substantial penalty. Elizabeth Mary Maloney, executrix oi another estate, was fined 10a and costs on a. similar charge. Among the passengers by the s.s. Sierra was Dr Ernest Rutlierford, well known m the scientific world m consequence of important discoveries resulting from his researches into the properties of radium. He as .a New Zealauder by birth. He is now paying a short visit to the colony after an absence of -five years. Professor Rutherford will spaid ibout two months m the colony, returning to Montreal about September next. He will probably deliver a lecture at Christchurch. ; The Divorce Court granted decrees nisi m the cases of Sarah Jane Cole v. Walter H. S. Cole, desertion; Amy Sophia Smith v. William Smith, desertion ; William Frederick Woolmer v. Mary Margaret Woolmer, adultery; Edward Samuel Dent. v. Margaret Dent and Jesse Showe, co-respondent, adultery ; Henry Webb v. Ann Webb and L. Freeman, co-respon-dent, adultery, TE! KUITI, this day. Before the Land Commission the evidence favored the freehold, except that of a settler) within the boundary of the Taranaki land, district, who said that 15 neighboring , settlers were well satisfied with tho lease m perpetuity, but as the surrounding block had been offered on optional tenure they should have the same privilege. Mr J. G. Woolley, the prohibition orator, arrived last ought on the invitation of the Rev. Frank Isitt, liis aim being expressed' as, "No .interference with general politics, but to help to bring about a square issue between the Christian Church and the liquor traffic." He says lie has nothing to do with the man who takes lv's liquor into his own house, his quarrel being with the saloons on street corners, which set temptation m men's way. Mr Willis, M.H.R. for Wanganui, returned by the mailboat. In an interview, he referred to the new process of making bricks of Taranaki ironsand by means of special patented liquid, which completely solidifies them. A small company is being formed to take up a couple of miles of beach, asking for no subsidy from the Government. MANGAWEKA, this day,. BefoTe the Land Commission yesterday Guthrie, a holder of lease-in-perpetu-ity, said he represented the Fanners' Conference recently held at Wanganui, also the Marlon small-farm settlements. Be said that those be represented asked for the freehold and right of purchase for Crown tenants. He favored relaxation of the residential classification of -land. Marshall, chairman of the Rangitikei Council, urged that local bodies should be granted larger borrowing powers, and that the Laiid Board should give local bodies assistance m collecting rates from defaulting settlers. Other evidence- favored the fretehold. WELLINGTON, this day. Fines of ss, with £3 10s costs, were imposed tin's morning by the Stipendiary Magistrate" in three. cases m which shopkeepers were charged; with keeping premises- open. : contrary to the Shops and Offices Act. Dr. Findlay, who appeared for the Labor Department, said only lialf the Europeaus and. none of the Chinese shopkeepers were' complying with the.law, which the Department was determined to enforce. Mr Galbraith has been chosen manager of the New Zealand Rugby football team on it« Australian visit.' ■ ' Ada Jowett, a. young woman employed at Petone Woollen 'Molls, was struck by a train at the railways-crossing hear the mill, her collarbone, arm and ankle being practured and internal injuries sustained. Her comffition is serious. / ' "\ TIMARU, this day. The Supreme Court opened here this morning before Mr Justice Cooper. The calendar is a. light one, there being four cases. Tlie Judge congratulated the district on the absence of any really serious crime. Andrew Nelson and John Wilson, both old offenders, were sentenced to seven years each for forgery. Joseph Morris, for breaking and entering, received six months' sentence. OAMARU, this day The Premier arrived from South by the first express to-day. He was received by the Mayor, Ooiuicillors, chairmen of local bodies, and the Hon. G. Jones. Responding to the welcome given liim, Mr Seddcn congratulated Oamai'U on its apparent prosperity. He was banqueted here at noon, and proceeds to Duntroom this afternoon, where he will be banqueted m the evening, and will siiofequently make a speech. He returns to Oamaru to-morrow, and- speaks an the evening. After his speech at Palmerston last night, Mr Scddon was presented with two .bouquets by the little Misses Atkinson, gjranjddaufghteif:. of the late Sir John McKenzie. DUNEDIN, this day. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Licensing Committee all the renewals , were granted, The police report stated with regard to one house that there were occasional indications of after-hours' trading, and that oho or two other places required strict, supei vision owing to the character of the customers. The second day's racing will -be held on Saturday. * ■ TNVERCARGmL, this *iy. During the night tlie" premises of Jas. Giant, tobacconist, Dee . street, were broken into and. £18 m money and about £30 worth of pipes and tobacco stolen. Entrance was effected by breaking a largo panel m the back door with an axe. -■■''.- WESTPORT, this day. The launch Karamea (late the Snark) on tow of the s.s. Oreti from Pictoni to Westport was left at Totaranui Bay, owkig to the launch towing badly and shipping water. .