New Zealand Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11818, 15 November 1901, Page 2

New Zealand Telegrams.

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THEFT OF/GOODS F&Oljp". VESSELS. , ,;. - V 7-" ■ WeHingion, NoVMalter 14. 'By the San Francisco mail^he *e«« retary of thd WeUin^toii>"Chiteber of Commerce received arlettef? ir bimlw London f Chamber, of Comaiera&£rtttt« ' ing that active inveStigctibtf-'tla^fce* ing made regarding the pfifertott" of cargoes at London docks. The lloin* Chamber is anxious to receive- from merchants in New Zealand tparticu~ lard: of any robberies oi.g;oo«ta^:iftnd printed forms ax© twine aemt ontV up* on w hicti' ißforwation , of-tl» tfestrip« U«i of rtolen «©4*ss. may y bei*ttt baefc tn boudoir for the assistant* of tfce detective force ,ta«mr. £ ; .. .-■ A, poll of ratepayers yjrks tdkqa today on %c njfoposai. to anply «th« .rating unimproved system tQ eUy, properties. Ili«re.were .6100 voters on. . the vql\; 285$ ©t.wj»«>m vote^, 1201 tor t^e proposal ,&nC39I against-. The system Will c*nieTint© operatic* »exfc Afarek. „. " WCYOMS: THIEF PUNISHED. Wellington, November 15, Mr Justice Edwards sentenced Leo* Natso* to Sti years' hard ■ U-s baur for- bicydo stealing. NATIONAL JNSURANCy COM- ' ■. ;>; > PANY. j^| . ,IAt til* annual meeting, 04-theiiSat, \ ioA») Insurance Company^ Mr J . tr RttfWe. the Chairman of Directors, in, moving 1 the adoption of the report reoojnmenjding a dividend of ls-8d - per ah«ro» said that at , aereral Joint*;- nottkbly- in New Zealand, the Company, had made, no, profit; jit all- . but at other . points , the • Company had done well, ■ thanks to tn^stafl and a hit of luck thrd'^n^rt. Tpfce Compiiny had* not donesofbadly in non-p,aytng districts 'as 3the>s:;> The premium"- income had incjroaaod by nearly. £6000, but ofevSy £i taken in premiums the CompanV^ha# saved for itself aboUt Board placed £10,000 to reserve because they believed they had flLslice'of luck this year,, and were not justified ia distributing. more of the profit:- TOte JfPort j»m adopted, and Messrs J» M. Ritchie and Keith Hanway-were , re-elected directors.' '- " "*'"««^ .' AN APPEAL* CASE/ Dunedin, November 18. In Banco, tho policed t(bpeale<d against the decision ■of "Mr Qrkh&m in acquitting William Hatnmoiid^Oo* veil, who had been charged in 'the Court below with a breach of the Offenßive Publications . *Act." Th« wound of , the abpeal ,w^,thii i&k

Whether itoe publication in question .Was offensive, section "5 of the Act £w£Pg 7 ;thO' Xegislaijure'S' definition. Mr ijnapmari, for. the, respondent, cpntendedJthat the wqrK: was . purely & medidai one, and' that » tne P«lic<? wer^ rigljt if would lie "an offen.ee for * otfpmiedical man. I tb.stidw .it %o aribxher^'medical^najn. The ITudge decided that the legislature was aiming .not «,t the class of books referred to*,: but tto advertisentents and otlier Blatter that character, and dismissed the appeal.