LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1150, 21 November 1904, Page 3

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS

By Telegraph,—Press Association. Auckland, this day. Captain Mateeson, of the Jessio Craig, interviewed at Dargavillp, said the Kincluno was strandod <:, the same spot bb was tho Bona eighteen f ars ago. It was decided to beaoh hor to save the crew, who were all safe except Captain Paterson, who rnet with an accident in tho surf by which his leg was slightly injured. ' The vessel is hi»h ami Bnnggod up. The orew havo been paid oil'. Nothing will be decidod re salvago till tho arrival of Captain Munro on Monday, The hull is insured for £2500, and the

o .rgo, owned by Stewart Bros,, for £2OO C.ptain Matheson considers /hat if tho gather koops fine there is every prospect t: gotting tho vessel off. NGAPUHI-RIMU COLLISION

Thefourt of Inquiry in the NgapuhiRimu collision cons'irnd the s»oond officr of the steamer for want of yigilenco, and ordered him to pay tho costs of tho inqitir •. They roturnod all tho certificates. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION In the claim of Anne Elomon, fo r £4893 compensation for land takon for th° now water supply area in Auckland, th° Compensation Court awarded £I9OO. Th° olaimant was an accommodation house keeper near the Nihotapu Falls,

SUPREME COURT: THE JUDGE ON TRIVIAL CASES

At the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Edwards, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said he considered that a too narrow construction had been put by Magistrates on tho Summary Jurisdiction Act, particularly in such minor offences as tho theft of small articles from dwellings or from vessels in port, or thoft of Btnall sums by dorks from tho employers. If these cases were dealt with summarily a largo sum would bo savod to tho country in the cobl of needless prosocutions in tho Supreme Court. He pointed out Miat many cases of breaking and entoring would, if common sense wore exorcised, appear simply as thefts, and suggested that the law should bo amended to prevent trumpery charges boing treated as at prcsont.