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Colonist, Volume XLIV, Issue 10012, 22 January 1901, Page 2

"Cbimiltat. Chabges. — Yesterday at the Magistrate's Court, before Mr H. W. Robinson, S.M., the charges against A. J. Leggatt and R. Snowden were further heard. Mrs Millard, who had been too ill to appear at the previous sitting of the Court, gave evidence that she had attended the young woman named in the case when she was ill, and ihat she believed the young -woman had a miscarriage. Mr Harley (on behalf of Snowden) cross-examined the w'tness as to the relations existing between the young woman and Snowden. She stated that they were lovers, and were keeping company. The young woman told witness that they were going to have one another. That the young woman's father objected to Snowden, but for why was not told witness. At the request of Mr Harley, Mr Fell put in seven letters and a post-card that had passed between the young woman and Snowden. Both of the accused reserved there defence, and were each committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court sittings in March. The bail in Leggatt's case was fixed at, himself in £200, and one surety (Mr R. B. Jackson) in £200. In Snowden's case the bail was himself in £100, and his father in £100.

Bictcle Accident.— On Sunday evening, about a quarter to nine, Mrs Topliss accompanied by a lady friend, was riding to the Port on her bicycle, when, at Auckland Point, a young man, who was riding without a light, came into collision, causing Mrs Topliss to have a fall, whioh resulted in her face being much bruised and scratched, and compelled her to keep to her bed yesterday.

Pbobate.— Yesterday, on the application of Mr Harley, tbe Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr H. W. Robinson, granted probate ol the will of Joshua Bird to Malcolm Bird, Charles Armstrong Bird, and Ada Mary Bird, the executors named in the will.

Trawling.— The steam trawler Doto went out on Saturday, and was engaged trawling on the usual ground, but got practically nothing. When the nets came up they were covered with " slime, and there was an absence of shell, etc., so that it was concluded that the nets failed to reach the bottom owing to the slime. Mr Ayson, the Inspector of Fisheries, is expected to arrive from Wellington to-morrow to take charge of the steam trawler Doto, which is to be employed in experimental trawling on tbe east coast of the North Island from Napier to the Three Kings.

Five Judges, constituting the Court for Crown cases reserved, decided that a newspaper competition, in which the purchasers of the p&per guessed the winner of a horserace, was an infringement of the Betting Act of 1853, and confirmed the conviction of the proprietress of " Sporting Luck." It was shown in one week she had paid nearly £50^000 into her bank, so it must have been a very profitable thing.

The Berlin Chamber of Commerce have openly declared that the hope once aroused by the advent of electric lighting, that it would tend to diminish the danger from fire, has not only been rendered illusory, but that, on the contrary, electricity has rather increased than diminished the danger.

The 'Lyttelton Times' says i— Mr Martin was held in such high esteem in Wellington and in the South Island that several of the newspapers declined to publish the particulars supplied .of his fall until they wefe fionfirmed by the editor of this journal.

A Hartmpool dealii i.* purchased an old print for threepence and sold it to a woman for sixpence. Upon getting it home she removed the back to clean the picture and out dropped seventeen £5 notes. She told her neighbours, and upon it coming to the ears ol the dealer who sold the woman the pictures, he sued her in the County Court for the recovery of the money, but lost his case. Another instance of carelessness^ in the use of firearms was furnished during the hearing of a case at the Dunedin Court last week; when it was s,hown that two boys, who wefe rabbit shooting, shot a ytfung lady in the groin. Medical men have, so far, failed to extract the bullet.

Labor in the Taranaki district is so scarce that many settlers are offering 10s per day for bush-fellei'S, and Is 3d per hour for road work.

The last execution by the axe in England was that of Lord Lovat, who, on April 9th, 1747, was beheaded on Tower Hill for participation in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.

Dubing the past two or three days Messrs F. H. Wood and Sons, of the Wairarapa, have sold about 4000 sheep from various parts of that district lo South Island buyers.

A recohd output of cheese from any factory in New Zealand has been" established by the Kaupokonui Factory (Taranaki). The shipment of cheese from this factory, going forward by the next boat, represents a total of 1500 cases, of the estimated value of £4500, and this is the produce of a factory for a fortnight only.

The • Christchuroh Press ' correspondent at Sydney states that Mr Ssddon has received some new titles in Australia. Mr flassall, the New South Wales Minister for Landsj referred to him as " My friend, the Right Hon. Didk Seddon." Sir William Lyne spoke of him as " The King of New Zealand," and " The Czar of Russia in New Zealand," and he was afterwards introduced as " Sir Richard Seddon." On another occasion he was introduced as " Sir John Seddon." But it was in the crowd that you heard the New Zealand Premier queerly described. One called him "The White Maori Chief," others called him " The Fat Premier," and others " The Jolly Cove in the White Umbrella."

One of the early journalists of Melbourne used to tell how retribution overtook him for a penny-a-line fiction. He lived in a suburb of London, where he owned a small house. Thing 3 been dull, he held a meeting in his own house, put his brother in the chair, and carried some most strongly worded resolutions as to the insanitary condition of the neighborhood, garnished with startling facts as to prevalent disease. This he wrote up as an indignation meeting of citizens, and it was accepted by four papers, so that for his day's work he made £7 10s. This was highly satisfactory, but not so the sequel. His ''revelations" had been noted by the sanitary inspector, who visited the neighborhood, and ordered many improvements. To effect what was ordered on his own property cost the penny-a-liner £10.

Dr. Charles H. Shepherd, of Brooklyn sa y S : _« The success of the Turkish Bath treatment for rheumatism has been phenomenal. Of over 3000 rheumatism cases treated here, at least 95 per cent have been entirely cured or greatly helped. Some who were treated 20 years ago have stated that they have not had a twinge of rheumatism since. Very few have persevered in the use of the bath without experiencing permanent relief and cure,"— Professor D. Urquart, in his " Pillars of Hercules," says :— " Where the Vapor Bath is the practice of the people there is no disease of the blood or skin. All cases of inflammation are subdued. Rheumatism, sciatica, or gall stone cannot exist where it is conscientiously and sedulously employed as a curative means. As to consumption, that scourge of England, that pallid spectre which sits by every tenth domestic hearth amongst the highest orders, ■is not only unknown where the Vapor Bath is practised, but is cured by its means."— Remember, the Quaker Bath is the most modern and perfect Turkish Bath Cabinet made. Price 30/- and 35/-, sold by F. CPettit, Waimea Road, Nelson

The Vatican authorities have decided (says the Melbourne "Argus") to destroy their magazine of arms. Ever since the Pope was deprived of his temporal power the arms of the Papal soldiers have been stored away, to be in readiness for future use whenever the head of the Church is reinvested with sovereign authority. As that event seems to grow further off than ever, and as his Holiness's lethal weapons are getting out of date, a council of cardinals has decided that the whole armoury of slaughter should be disposed of. It was found later on that they were so useless no one would purchase them, and it has therefore been decided to burn the wooden parts and to sell the metal for old iron, out of which may some day be evolved the Scriptural ploughshares and pruning hooks.

If the Ameer has been a close student of Russian aggressive methods, he will learn with grave misgiving that some of the St. Petersburg and Moscow papers are charging him with hostile designs. History shows that this sort of pretence has almost invariably preceded every fresh endeavor of Russia to extend her Asiatic territories. It is perfectly true that Abdur Rahman has latterly done all in his power to increase the fighting efficiency of his regulars ; probably too, the number of soldiers on the frontier has been increased. But the provocation came from Russia. The Ameer took alarm. But he has never departed from a purely defensive position ; he calmly waitg for that "unprovoked attack" which, under his treaty with England, would entitle him to claim British help.

So much attention has been directed towards the heroes and heroines of the South African campaign that those in other parts of the Empire have to a certain extent been overlooked. Yet the courage and (endurance shown by the English women shut up in the beleaguered garrison of Kumassi have rarely been equalled. Outside Mafeking and Ladysmith were enemies certainly, but white men for all that, speaking our language, and showing themselves honorable foes. Outside Kumassi were bands of savages, and the falling of the place was more than anyone dared contemplate. During the months of the siege the women showed themselves courageous and enduring, and, with the charming and brave Lady Hodgson at the head, organised soup kitchens, arranged little impromptu dinner parties— by savingjpart of the rations from the day before— managed hospitals, and neither murmured at hardships nor showed fear of coming horrors. Sir Frederick Hodgson has lately been appointed Governor of Barbadoes, where Lady Hodgson will, of course accompany him, and the change should be a grateful one after the trials in Ashanti.

The 'Evening News,' Sydney, says in regard to the application of Eucalyptus in influenza :— " We have to exercise caution to get an article freed of its stringent con stituents, or cisc it will prevent the excretion of the disease-producing germs. A preparation known as Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extract was found to be the only refined one, and proved to be possessed c highest germ-killing qualities." — Dr. H. _T. Hart, New York, says :— " It goes without saying that Sander & Son 3 Eucalypti Extract is the best in the market. It is an excellent local application in inflammation of mucous membranes, and will cure influenza, diarrhoea, diphtheria infections, fevers, etc."— Insist getting Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worttu'ess oils. |