NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 34, 4 November 1907, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

, THE.iTE ARAI 'ESTATE: t<.'"-? • OWNER AWARDED £106,502: '••:■;.! 3 •'») ' [BY' TBUMUAriI.—PIIEB6 ASEOCIATIOX.] V\ V Cistiorne,. November 2. In tlie T.o...Arai compensation .e.Ko l . k i&l}£; owner, , tho-Ho:i, Randall Johuslojij •. vw\ awarded £100,502,' 'the..claim,- boihg£127,000;- .:•■■•• :" ' : •H. ' '■> -r;_.-:>V : -?^ The lessee was awarded £7io7y>[ l j" , ?J<^^ Each -award• includes, costs. a]lo.wed;ana ;&••— deduction: of £3'-t7-l■.is iin'ndp from "L|ip.:6svj)Qv'%r3. !iwardfar, , :.tlie.goodwill;of.leasQ,Jiavitig',tw L o,;..C; Hilda half, years! tO ruu. : ■' ;:-ch - ; v:.l The Cliipf;Justice regretted-;tliat-itho>award*»>' was not iinaiiiinoiis'i' Miv ing the owner) being a dissenting party, con-;, sidering tnir'ambtint'-below the , ,selling."VaJ)) e while ~Mr. Mathowson, for. tho Crown/, ro-' liict'a'itbly agreed to the amount..fixed;, so" . that, there might bo an award.. .His .-.Honour, „• was'not surprised at this disnßroonionfc,' a|£"_ the values given by experts.*'were irreconcilable, the average value lor the 'claimant being £130,000, ■ While;.that ofM-esnoli'dbhtta valuers was £101,000;,' Ono': of the Govern, liiont- experts fixed the value.at £07,000.

. . TOHUNGAISM. . ....:,....-..._-_. SEVERAL DEATHS DEPORTED, . ; , ;*• '■'.'■'■ Foxtcpv Novenibei'..-..2. ..,v>.i Tohungiiism is.said to borifo nfc Mo'uUiiti,--'] a few* miles from lievo. SB'rcffii' 'deaths '. pro,irj reported''as the rp'sult' of. the ~ '. Two, infants, suffering .from influenza,. , it is alleged, dipped in cold water.-. 'On\ *iod-' on Thursdays-night; the other ;iies:m~a\j>recnrioiifi condition. ■• ' " : '' A-leading Native has entered a vigorous protest, and this morning communicated : ..... with the police. The followers- of tho,;two tohnncas this morning removed' the dead body "of the child and tho living 0ne , ...t0 , ;:;" another pah a few miles away; Thei police*--', and a medical man will visit the locality this afternoon. '•'■" '" '.'' .'. .' '' V ''.''"'"'V.'| ' '■ ■; .. FATALLY- CRUSHED.- ..'i.-ji..^■»-...• ■' •.' .., ; • VVc3tport,-, ! Novcinbbr.;2.; : j;., ia .J' .Victor Johnson, a married niiin,'biit r ing no family, died in tho hospital''this , ' 1 "' , V .morning as the result of an accident in tho .'■ West-port Goal Company's--mino-i at Dennis-^ , -..,- : ton uii Thui-sday. Md was about to prop '-J' up tho roof when stone came away and badly cnisliod -him. , ; < ■ ' : ,".;;■".... '"' '■ '•"■•'' "-■ ■■'-' ••*■• RETIREMENT OF A MAGISTRATE. •'Napier, November"! 2;'';j\ Opportunity was taken at: the Court; to take formal leave of Mr. Brabanty S.MV|'; . who is retiring from his magisterial ;dutios.-r.j., There was' A- . full ■ attendance ', of,!', tliOi ' Jjiuvj!. Mr. Cornford, Crown Prosecutor, expressed on behalf of tho Lav,' Society, their best ..wishes for Mr'.' Brabant's enioymenfr-of his 'well-earned retirement after thirty-sis years'. , active magisterial work. In .ackiYowledgm£ ■;', the'compliment, Mr. Britbu'nt mentioned tliafs- , ' , - 4 '- lie wan-tho oldest occupant of the Bench in Now Zealand, and tho oldest native laud court judge. ....- • ;.,:".;;'.v T s.;. ... •. .. -. -.H-r-.r.l IN CHMSTCHUECHi' • ■"• ••■:'"-'.'■ .:.'-.,' Christchurciv Novomber.,3iV Tho Anibulaucc Saturday collection yesterday realised' a total of £262 2s. Cd. This docs not include the amount collected at- ■■ Sviimiei', and by members of■ tramway.cbrp , nor hytliosfa'who , took'lists. 1 - " ■'-'■'■■•'■•' "': x.k - —_ , !;i-,:>.i;ii/.-.i:.J. '' A FORMIDABLE LIST. ," ! : '^- , ; :"■ ;i ' : •■■■■> Aucltlanil, Novembor 2. ; '.'-' ; "' ._ William Crombie, a youth about 16, blinked ' rather--sheepishly in the dock when throo' ; - of liaviiig..stolen a horse, of having assaulted with intent to rob, and of having robbed a person of fivp,shillings, were read.' *" \io murmured in a very' small voice that ho hndviiothiug-.to ,say. ■ > stated), thskt--, y, Cromhie's parents -rogarded.. Jitin ...aSi'/ijicor-.tJ: rigiblo, and'would have nothing to do with him. Accused was remanded until "Wednesday. , . : . ; .-..:' • ::.."■;- , ~- •■- ";;-. v Ai-:"?.'irj ,„,.....,.A NEm..SYSTEiI. ~ > .„„,.,.,-.. '.-•••'"" Auckland, November' 2." ' iSomo time ago, ,Mr. Claude Purcl.as, ot Penrose, rnpreso'irt-od to tlio- PostinastorGoneral the advisabloness of adopting the systoin. whereby.. tOl.egrojphiq 1.-'^ v, ecl i% ill 1 !. 1 '^w^d i as>>v k w..n.*j.CS»"' I sJftws«n>tn^p Now lcar, could bo sent out printed oil ;i pictorial cards, tho.senders simplyvindieatini; ' the address, and, natiiro. of ..tliev.cqn) dgsjr.cdi ,jVv Tho Dopartmcnt basoiow wntton;;to say it will instal tho system,shortly. ...-j." -.^■•}^. . ■■ -.iui'.i: ' - .■-, 1 1.).' i...i .. ,'i\oV*r \illnl*^»fc. BUTTER; EXPORT.-il .*."'.'...'..".1. .Auckland, .November 2. Tho butter export for thfrYo'rtuight onding on Friday includes ?559 b,oxos by tho ; Cprinjjjij.rt for transhipiiVont'tfl tho Ar'iiwa'at.\Vellington •* for Lpiid.on, ,;300 ;for South' Africa r -"2"o(Mor«in7 tho South Sea Islands,, . . .. ;r'.''.! '.iiu&i. ' When golf.;:oeases,.to bo-a' sobial-'ga|no ! , i: "» when its' rewards .avo sjfwcially whon medals take tho place'of horiesV'ple&"""" sure, tho parno is doomed.—" Golfing.'^