INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13315, 18 June 1907, Page 6

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Par Pr«sa Auociation. GISBORNE, June 17. Mr T. A .Coleman, secretary of the Ka-t Coast. Native Trust Board, has been appointed to -succeed the late Mr Hardin"as Commissioner. NAPIER, dun:- 17. A bankrupt named C. H. Kemp, who I h»'{ bwrn in business as a hoteikerper, mail contractor, carrier and sawmill owner, was to-day committed for trial for failing to keep proper books. CHRISTCHURCH, Juno 17. Snow still lies in the shadows, and there has been -more or less frost since it fell. There was ;i heavy frost yesterday morning, and thick ice on the pools, and heavy frost this morning. Skaters are getting ready for probable sport on the rivers immediately south. OAMARU, June 17. At the Magistrate's Court to-day Margaret- Andrews was convicted of selling liquor in a no-licenso district, and fined 10s and costs. I ho case was the. result of the police raid of April 26th last, when a quantity of concealed liquor was seized. The defence was that the liquor was hidden by defendant's husband for private use, but the Magistrate held that the hitter's evidence was not credible, and considered that the circumstances pointed to sale. INVERCARGILL, June 17. An interesting compensation case was decided by Mr McCarthy, S.M., to-day. Albert Stevens claimed £175 from Paul Brown, of whom lie alleged lie wk an employee. Brown owns a llaxmill, and the claimant while sawing wood for the mill engine sustained severe injuries to his hand. Respondent- denied liability for i-i.lii [>ens;i t ion tlm lof ill - Ael. ;> that S'.cv lIS w;c ; not ;t:i . nip'oye • !iul a con-

tractor. By agreement Stevens and another were to -be paid' £2O per toil for fibre turned out by the mill, they paying running expenses. Blown kept an ,f ye on the work at the mill, and had engaged men. ' Claimant understood that he was covered bv the accident policy. llie question was' whether the agreement was a contract. The Magistrate held that it was, and gave judgment for respondent with £lO 16s costs.