LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12464, 25 May 1911, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) DARGAVILLE, last night. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, Rua Were, a native of Tangateroria, pleaded guilty to a. charge of stealing and shooting eleven ' calves, the property of Wm. C. Price, Tangateroria, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Another native, Hone Taka, of the same locality, was committed for trial on a, charge of stealing a bullock, valued at £8, the property of Henry Noyle.

The borough revaluation, just completed, shows a capital value of £211,---766, an increase of £88,131; and unimi oved value £70,978, an increase of £61,529..

WANGANUT, last night. A hot and muff worn by Mrs Melville, who disappeared on Saturday, were today found on a river bank four miles above the town, and foot tracks were discovered leading to the water. LEVIN, last night. Mr Herd man, M.P., addressed a public meeting at Levin thin evening. There ▼ ■>« » big attendance, which attentively f I oM-ed the speaker. He contended thiU '"'c Ward administration during the last live years had not been exerting the same powrr of control as the Seddon sdministrat * «i. There was a general public distrust now, to be shown soon man unmistakable manner. Referring to Hon. Roderick McKenzie's Onunake speech, he said the statement "Government help people who voted for the Government" was one of the. most pernicious doctrines ever passed from the lips of a Minister of the Crown m any British community. As regards the public service, he asked how it came about that the Christchurch Police Commissioner, after being dismissed as the result of an inquiry into his conduct, was speedily back m the public service as an employe m the Native Land Department m the North Island. He also stated that a convicted Australian thief who got into the New Zealand police force and was dismissed on the discovery of who he wa«, was again m public service, this time as a member of the railway service. Mr Herdman twitted the Government on the negative nature of its ■ land policy. Once it was straight out: for leasehold ;, now it was afraid to sfy 'what it favored. He advocated pitting the , public service and 1 the rail: •ways bnder ■ tbe control =of Commissioners.' ! 'Mr* Millar had -striven' hard "'and fairly --to • carry out .his trust, but his ta? k wo« itbo great. Since 1893 the public : debt ."had been increased by 42 million*, and - since Sir Joseph Ward took .office it had increased by -19 millipns, or, four millions a year. He asked hdw "long would the British moneylenders' tolerate • |the rate of borrow ing. Hlavy> borrowing meant heavy taxation, and 'this, resulted m less money being available ' for * investment . m induntries. More "• self-rejiance, more independence, end .lees harassing laws- were necessary. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded him. -.'■•''■' • - ' WELLINGTON.. Iast nigh*. *At • the - Magistrate's Court to-day, William Stanley Wesley, a young man recently from England, pleaded guilty. to foirginjr «the name of Geo. Walker to a' post office savings bank withdrawal Teceipt. and uttering the same, with intent that it: shonjd be acted upon as Accused was committed to 'Supreme sCourt for sentence. In the Divorce Court decrees nisi were pranted m the case of Ellen Wiseman v. Ernest. Wiseman (desertion), William ■Luissford t. . Florence Langford and Noas Morean, . co-respondent (adultery) ; Caroline- Forrest Stapleton v. Percival Ernest Btapleton (drunkenness, cruelty, anjl adultery) ; and Herbert Montage Rosenberg v. Ada Rosenberg (adultery). WBSTPOBT, last night. The scpw Echo has been refloated , at Karamea. She is undamaged.