COURTS AND OFFENCES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12051, 19 December 1906, Page 7

COURTS AND OFFENCES.

Auckland Supreme Court

(Per Unified Press Association). AUCKLAND, December 19. At the Supere Court Judge Edwards sentenced Harry Taylor, for indecently assuiting a girl at the Grammar School ] playground, to three years' imprisonment.

A first-offending drunk was this morning fined 5s and costs at the Police Court, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. The English cricketers leave'Taumarunui this morning lor the \\anganui iuver trip to Wanganui, by special boat. There are 22 in the party. • A building almost adjoining the Castleehn .boaraiugho.ibe, 1 ami couo.sung ox a large room and a Kiteuen, wus destroyed by nre tnis morning, 'i'ne place, winch was owned by Messrs Russell and Higne'i, was, used as a sensuie house, and was, at the time of the me, tenanted by Mr t. A. Harkness and lamily. Tne are commenced at the kitchen chimney, and sgeedily reduced the building tv asiies. All the effects of the occupants were safely removed. Mr Alf. Bayly, the veteran Taranaki football exponent, who recently disposed of his Toko properties and purchased a sheep run near Yvanganui, where he is to reside in future, is to be entertained at a complimentary farewell smoke concert at the County Hotel, Stratford, on Thursday. Presentations are to bo made from the Rugby Union, of which Mr Bayly is the retiring president, the Stratford Racing Club, and the Taranaki public. The function promises to be an immense success, and will probably be the most representative re-union of oldtime and present footballers ever held in the province. The Advocate records the death of Mr Charles Godfrey Esam at Mar ton yesterday jnorning, after an illness extending over iB weeks. By his death Marton loses one of its oldest and most respected residents. The late Mr Esam was born in Yorkshire and came to New Zealand in 1879 — 27 years ago. He landed in Auckland, and it was not long before he came to Marton lo reside. He qualified as a solicitor in England, and on his arrival in this district he went into partnership with the late Mr T. R. Cash. In 1887 the partnership was dissolved and Mr Esam commenced practice on his own account and has successfully conducted the business ever since. As a member of the Masonic fraternity Mr Esam was attached to Lodge Ruapehu, of which he was a Past Master. He was also companion of the Ruapehu Royal Arch Chapter, and will be accorded a Masonic funeral. A message received by the Tourist Department states that the New South Wales team of bowlers will leave Sydney for New Zealand on January 16th. The tour will be for pleasure principally, but the party includes some bowlers of repute. On January 2nd the visitors will play at Auckland, and then they will spend a few days in the Jlotorua district. They will go overland to Wanganui, where they will be engaged on the 30th, and they will arrive at Wellington on February Ist, playing two matches on the following day. They are due in Christchurch on the 3rd, and will stay there for four or five days. They will depart homewards for Sydney from Wellington on February Bth. Weather conditions over the- whole of the North Island anu the northern extremities of the South Island, were very fair this morning, the sky being either blue or blue with passing clouds. Over the re- [ mainder of the South Island the conditions were overcast or gloomy, while at Invercargill rain was falling. The barometer and thermometer ranged from 30.06 and 68 deg. respectively at Auckfand to 30.00 and 68 at Wanganui, 29.9 and 62 at Wellington, 29.74 and 80 at Christchurch, 29.43 and 66 at Dunedin, and 29.58 and 50 at Invercargill. The Wanganui Flying Club flew the ninth race of the season, and the first Federal race, from Russell last week, the winning bird turning up in Mr W. Wakely's Taipo, Mr W. Dow's Sweet Nell being second, these being followed by the winner's two other nominations, which were placed third and fourth respectively. Fourteen out of the sixteen birds nominated completed the 330 miles journey, the time taken by the winning bird being 12 hours 5 minutes, by the second bird 12 hours 20 minutes, and the third and fourth 12 hours 47 minutes. A valuable thermometer and barometer combined has been presented to the club by Mr T. H. Nixon, of the Criterion Hotel, and it is the intention of the clujb to mak" the race for this a long one, probably from Timaru. Last Saturday's race for Mr Hatrick's trophy was postponed till after the holidays. Mr Stanford, S.M., yesterday heard a claim of J. P. Gore-Martin to recover ,£lB from Smallbone, Grace and C, Wellington, for a typewriter. The facts ..of the case, as stated by the claimant, were to the effect that in March last he was appointed agent for the Hammond type, writers by Mr A. M. Bathv, representative of the defendants. The price of tbs Hammond machines was about .£26, and one of the machines, almost new/ was ticketed in a window of an agenf as being for sale for £18. This the representative considered would injure the sale of the machines, and instructed the plaintiff to procure the machine. This the plaintiff did and applied to Bathie for the JlB, but the application was not recognised. A similar application was made to the defendants in Wellington, but they also refused to pay tie money. Their' evidence, taken in Wellington, was to the effect that they had never given the plaintiff any authority to buy the machine, nor did they accept any responsibility for the same. The S.M. gave judgment for €ne defendants, with costs.