INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11127, 16 November 1907, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Forty navvies /Wo^kiiig on a cutting five miles: fromcßaurimu are v on strike owing" to eight Australians having been sent to join the original gang. The Australians filled a dray, which, it .is the strikers capsized, l - and prevented .work, continuing. Work, on the sectipn ';is at a jstandstill. Mr Kellari of 1 the Public Works De'fcartinent, has gone from; Raurinui to investigate. • y vV ' At the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr Denniston, Edward McDonald, a young waiter who hit ' anotherV with a tile, was ordered to come' up for 'sentence if called on. His Honor remarked that, if 'V prisoner had not pleaded guilty he would probably haye been, "acquitted on the grounds of great provocation! In the case of Richard Harland, 4S> charged wit.; a criminal offence against his . wn niece, the jury found a verdict of guilty. Counsel for prisoner asked; leave .toVapply to the" Court of Appeal for retrial on the ground that the 'Verdict w f as? against the weight of evidence. The specific question put to the jury by His Honor was; ''Did prisoner believe the girl was over 16?" if 'Yes,' ' hail he reasonable cause for' such, belief?" The. jury had ignored the questions, ' and found : "Wei think there are reasonable grounds for believing that the prisoner knew the; girl was under the age of 16."!' Counsel' Bubsi£|ea that the, jury had practically disregarded the whole, eyidenco except' -the; met; of relationship, which weighed agaiiist him to an undue extent. His Honor said tlie question was, "Was prisoner's intimacy with the family sufficient to justify the jury's finding?" He did not feel quite clear m the matter himself,- and promised to consider it. V ; iZ • TAIHAPE,! this day.At the Police Court, Robert Bunt, ai well-known axeman, was committed for trial for alleged arson. The evidence adduced showed tliat accused's- watch and chain were found on a ledge, and a tin of kerosene had been removed ifrom the washhouse bearing blood, stains. Tliere was a wound on. tlie back of accused's hand, which it was certified by a doctor could not be inflicted by a knife or bottle. Accused said he fell on a bottle. WELLINGTON; .this day. At a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Tennis Association a proposal was made, to send a teairi of ladies to compete at the New South Wales championship m March. It was stated that the Association owed New South Wales players a ladies' , visit, and the opinion was expressed that an early start ! . should '-be made with the arrangements. The meeting (was adjourned for a! week to enable communications to be made with. Sydney m reference to accommodation of the team, etc. A first notice' was given, .by. the post office several months ago tliat ,tinselled postcards would be prohibited transmission through the post unles^Venclosed m coVers. Many cards subsequently sent to the dead letter office because/they were not enclosed haveVas a niatter of . grace been specially delivered to addressees. It is now finally announced that" m future such cards not enclosed iri covers will be destroyed. CHRISTCHURCH^ this day. There were 31,019 passengers carried by the Christchurch trams to the racecourse during the recent C.J. G. meeting, as against 27,552 last year. The show and trotting traffic totalled 41,981 passengers, as against 42,080 last year. DUNEDIN, this day. At a meeting of the Patients and Prisoners' Aid Society, Mr J. A. Torrance, who has been engaged as .the society's agent for 30, years, was presented with a purse containing 532 sovereigns. The presentation was made by Mr Justice Williams, who referred m terms of the highest i praise to the faithful manner m which the recipient had devoted himself to the work|of the society, which he termed the work of his life. Mr Torrance is now retiring, after having engaged m mission work m the city for 40 years. The State school teachers throughout Otago express disappointment at not being included m the Public Service Superannuation Bill. They ask that a clause similar -to, clause 37 m last year's Civil Service Superannuation Bill ;be inserted m the Bill m order to provide for their inclusion. At the Supreme Court Jolurt Hodson petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth . Hodson, on the grounds of adultery with Thomas Barber (cb-respond'ent). Tlie case was defended up to a certain, point, when Mr Hanlon for the respondent admitted it was useless to continue the defence any longer. A decree nisi was granted. (Special to Herald.) Logan Bros., of Auckland, are building a new steamer, delivery to take place at Easter, for the Dunedin-Broad BayPortobello service. She is to be driven by steam. Accommodation will be provided for 400 passengers.In future the city bands will receive a municipal subsidy. The directors of the Union Co. J.ave invited a large number of leading citizens to participate m the trial trip of the Marama on Monday afternoon. INVERCARGILL, this day. Peter Morrissey, Michael Morrissey, and Fernandez Pobar, • bookmakers, were I charged with trespassing on Winton racecourse on November 9.. The Morrissey. were sent to g&ol for two months, and Pobar fined £5 and £2 6s costs.