LATS NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11056, 23 August 1907, Page 3

LATS NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Per Press Association.) ( AUCKLAND, last night. Interviewed m regard to Dr. Bakewell's statement to a Herald reporter, Dr. Chalmor Purchase absolutely denied that he had, after examination of Dr. Bake well, discovered, as allged by him, anything ia the way of a cancerous growth, whicii according to Dr. Bakewell was subsequently cured by hypnotic suggestion. In the Supreme Court to-day Sarah Selina Westney, of Opotiki, sued Francis J. Hahn, of Auckland, for an injunction, or £200 damages. 'Die case was a somewhat unusual one. Plaintiif is the owner of an allotment m Auckland, on which is erected a dwelling with windows on the, southern side. Defendant, who owns the adjoining allotment, erected a wall, and it is claimed that this wall has'obstructed or diminished the light Centering tho dwelling^ which' light" had "been enjoyed' by plaintiff for tlie past 40 years, thus rendering it dark and less fit for habitation. Plaintiff claims that the -value of the property, has accordingly been diminished, and seeks an injunction to restrain defendant from, continuance of the obstruction or an injunction compelling defendant t-o have the wall pulled down or so altered m construction as not to interfere with the free access of light; or m the alternative £200 damages. Defendant denies that the wall obstructs or diminislis the light. After considerable evidence, Mr Banford applied for a nonsuit upon the ground that plaintiff had failed to proved her right to access and use of light, and the case was adjourned for argument on the points raised. WELLINGTON, last night. Tlie secretary of the General Port Office is informed that messages to New York and Boston can -be accepted via Eastern as usual. . They can alsb be accepted to other places m tlie United States at senders' risk and subject to delay. Messages to San Francisco con be accepted via Eastern and Manila at a rate of 6s 4d per word. To-night's Gazette notifies the following appointments : Mr H. W. Brabant, S.M., to be Chairman of the Napier and Hawke's Bay Licensing Committees, vice Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M. ; Rev. Nicolas M. Maloney to be manager of St. Joseph's Industrial School, Wellington ; Lieut. - Colonel Alfred Headland, Otago Rifles, transferred to active list unattached. The Gazette notifies that the Government has forbidden the registering, forwarding, or delivery of correspondence for the Botanic Institute, Sydney, tlie Cooper Drug Company^ Sydney, Arthur Hale, Castlereagh street, Sydney, Harvard Remedy Agency) 'Sydney, Dr. Martin, Hyde Park, Sydney. A deputation from Dunedin, headed by Dr. Truby King, asked Mr McGowan, Minister for Justice, to close certain houses for infants m Dunedin, on the ground that the babies there are not properly or adequately fed. A baby had been taken from one of these homes and kept for some time by the Society for Promoting Health of Women and Children, and the deputation alleged that the infant improved considerably under the Society's care. The Society, however, had not the necessary legal status to retain the baby, which was now back m the home from which the Society had temporarily rescued it. The Minister undertook to consider the matter carefully. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The foundation stone of the municipal tepid batiis was laid this afternoon. The sitting of the Agricultural Implement Board, to inquire into the allegations by local implement manufacturers of unfair competition on the part of the (International Harvester Company, has been adjourned till September 16th. The matter was to have been inquired into on Monday. OAMARU, last night. Tlie Rain-making Committee being advised that the conditions were favorable, exploded bombs to-day at three points m the district. Light rain fell, but rain of a similar character was falling at the same time m other parts of the district away from the radius of the explosion, so that the test was again inconclusive. A young man named Alex. Russell, a farm hand, lias disappeared, the only article of his property that he took with him being a razor. Tlie police are trying to trace iiis whereabouts. He had been depressed for a few days. — . dtjneDlN, last night. Tlie Supreme Court was occupied all day with the case against Thomas Millar, charged with areon. Eighteen witnesses were called for the Crown, and . the defence was then entered upon. Accused, m evidence, gave an emphatic denial to the statement that he had purchased phosphorus at a chemist's shop at any time. Tho case was unfinished when the Court rose. , , , INVERCARGILL, last night. Tlie list of cases for the criminal sitting of the Supreme Court, commencing on Tuesday, is very light. Frank' Coutts and Martin Campbell will be charged with attempting to dissuade a witness from giving evidence m a licensing case, and Stanley Gill with committing perjury m m ajfiliatiop case. ,