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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 33, 8 February 1905, Page 4

Evidence was grven in the Supreme Court yesterday that a Maori wrfcnS 7nZr &? FT d on . beha " of a Maori prl' saner, had previously offered to gi v ~ evidence against the prisoner, tellin* the police constable that he had never been to Auckland and would like the trip. The constable oeelined to accent the services of this eligible youn* witness, and when he appeared in the boy as a strong witness for the accused he was subjected to a scathing cross-ex-amination hy the Crown Prosecutor in the end the jury found the accused not guilty, and His Honor, after discharging him, drew the attention of the Chrown Prosecutor to the fact that there was obviously perjury on one side or the other. The Hon. J. A. Tole repUed that he would give tho matter his attention.

Mr J. T. Julian (chairman 0 f Auckland Harbour Board), at lie clos» >f yesterday's meeting, said that as that vas the last meeting of the present Joard he wished to thank member* fo, ;he cordial assistance rendered him sn* ! or the attention paid to their duties luring the past year. It had bean very aleasant to be associated with all thr nembers during the past year, and he lad been ungrudgingly assisted in carrying out his duties as chairman, iv ilso thanked the staff, including the secretary and engineer, for the assistance rendered. They had carried ou*;"heir duties faithfully and weli, and he wished to record his appreciation. o a the motion of Mr Calder, a hearty you Df thanks was accorded the chairmaa for his services. Mr Walker. expressed (lis pleasure at seconding the motion, •specially as he had given the more trouble than anyone else, fa Siover, who is retiring from the Board. :ook the opportunity to thank members for the courtesy they had always extended to him, and for the manner in which they had listened to his remarks Be hoped that the Board would continue to carry out its duties as successfully as in the past. ' Constable Carmody telegraphed to Inspector Cullen. Auckland, to-day from Huntly, stating tha the had arrested a coal miner named John Hughes on a charge of breaking and enterin? the dwelling-house of Annie Gardinerat Euntiy between 8 and 9 p.m. on February 6, with intent to commit a crime therein. Hughes will be taken before a Justice and remanded until the l4tV inst. The withdrawal of the Penguin from survey work was referred to at the meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday afternoon, Mr Pkilson suggesting that the Board should communicate with the Government on the matter. The matter was of vital importance to Auckland, and should not be allowed to pass without protest. The chairman thought it would be well to make representations to the Government on the matter, but it was too late to do anything as far as the Penguin, was v>neerned. Mr Brigham (secretary) stated that he had been informed by! Capt. Dawson that the survey was at an end and done for, the Government having given notice that the subsidy would be no longer continued. Tha vessel was under orders to proceed to Sydney, where the crew and officers would be paid off, and she would then proceed to survey work in the Solomon Islands. He (Mr Brigham) asked if there would be any use in sendino to the Government on the matter, the reply being that there was not the slightest, the orders being final. No action was taken in the matter. Before sitting in the Police Court this morning Mr H. S. Wardell, S.SL, dealt private with three small boys! Two were charged with breaking aid entering the Richmond-road School, damaging seven locks value ' 7/6, and stealing a quantity of stationery value 5/. The affair, according to the accuseds' admissions, had evidently been a holiday escapade, tlie boys breaking into the school and prizing open a desk with a chisel. They had been welL punished by their parents, and after listening to some advice from the magistrate were convicted and discharged, the parents undertaking to pay 28/6 damages. The police charged a hoY ef 14 named Reuben Boden with vagrancy in order to secure his committal "to ah industrial school. Father Buckley told the magistrate that the boy was deaf and dumb, and could not be controlled. If he was sent to an industral \chool he was intelligent enough to pick'uf'i trade. Boden was committed to i 'the Takapuna Industrial Sehooh and an order was made against his father to pay 7/ weekly towards his maintenance. M. de Witte told a deputation that he was neither for nor against a constitution. The sudden death of John Cuthbert McKinney was inquired into by the Coroner (Mr Teasdale) at Otorohanga on Monday, and it was shown that tha deceased had been in the. habit of taking morphia to relieve headaches ant sleeplessness. An overdose caused his weak heart to cease action, and thu» he jdied. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death in accordance. r From the upper waters of the WaK' kato trout have made their way down as far as Huntly, and appear to be fairly abundant. The honour of the first catch, as far as is known (says our Huntly correspondent), belongs .to Mr "Gus." Crowder. who on Friday night last landed a fine five-pounder of the rainbow order. The catch was made with the whitebait phantom. On opening the fish Mr Crowder found that whitebait had been its diet. Oa Saturday the same gentleman had numerous bites, and succeeded in hooking a fine fish, which, unfortunately, eaaiped as it was being landed," taking the bait with it. There is considerable perplexity re fishing licenses, no oi* appearing to know whether or not it is necessary for devotees of the. gentle art in Huntly to take out one. At fishing i 3 bound to catch on, the ruling of the Acclimatisation Society is an* 1 iously awaited. A curious freak of nature hi tha shape of a chicken having three beaks and three eyes is being exhibited hi the saloon of the Huntly hairdresser, Mr J. Brooks. The chicken died shortly ,after being hatched. It is the owner's intention to have the abnormality preserved. A State Control League was founded at Nelson a few months ago, and has issued a pamphlet in which facts and figures are ably marshalled in support or the proposal to eliminate private .pro-"* from the liquor traffic. The "platform of the league is as follows:—1- That the State should acquire by purchase all »' terest in hotels, breweries and stocks ° liquor in New Zealand. 2. That the entire importation, manufacture for 'saleand sale of all alcoholic liquors shouW be under tha control and management of a non-political Board of Commissioners, answerable only to Parliament. ■*• That the profits should not be used tor increasing the fiscal revenue, but t"* all surplus profits accruing from the saw of liquor—aft.a- to providing fo on capital invested, and sinking ton*" should be directly devoted to counter acting the attractions of the bar, by providing healthy entertainment for people. The League desires *«Wjg people be given the right to express tj»aj opinions upon this proposal, eqiwv with prohibition. The union of the Christian E» de *t our societies for Canterbury has an emphatic protest against the proj posal to run an excursion Sunday in connection with the °P elU *f of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, aw. expresses the hope that the WMI ment will resist any and every 3tt ?™** to violate the sanctity and rest <ay* Sabbath. It was decided to !ojf*»J resolution to this effect to the rremier, Minister fc? Railways and man ager of railways in the South IM3*Mrs James Rolleston, late of the Central Hotel, has taken over thi; «£|| Hotel, Princes-street. __*->-'