NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Telceraph.—Press Aasoclimoiij '■ i -,•.•■ .-. ~.,■. ™ ...'" ". ■.'-.' I" ALLEGED NECLICENT TREATMEHT. !".■ .VERDICT FOR ■ DEFENDANT. ' •' .:■"•■ -:- : -: ; - . -,■" ■■".-.'■ ; ' In , "tile Supremo Coort, to-day, before' Mr. : Justice Chapman, and a' spocial jnry '-.' of • twelve, tho hearing was concluded of a casein which William Henry Lean,: of Hastings, l commission agent, sued Dr. Thomas' M'Kibbin, of that for £1000 damages-for Uie, alleged' negligent treatment of. plsintjuV wife," who hail died from puerperal septicaoinia, aftor confinement; ' The 'witnessee. ia- ■ eluded a; number of medical men..7.Defendant said he had'.Had.93 confinement esses in the year .1908, and only ;One death, which was the subject of. the present action, Throe '' other doctors, called for tho defence, -, said that defendant's treatment of the case vcas ' correct. .The jury, after- fifteen.minutes' retirement, returned : a !verdict Jot, defendant. •His Honour entered up judgment for , .do- • fondant accordingly, with costa;;: ~,:,,

SLY CROC IN DUNEDIN DISTRICT! j .... SERIES. OF. CONVICTIONS : ; ■ ■'•' : .■•"■"' !'.•'"■■'.'■'■'.' '.': ■■ Dunodln, July v •■',■-.-'. Firo sly grog cases came , before' the Polio* X Court this morning, 'Mr. Widdowson,' SJrL, ■•'.-'■ presiding. Mary-'iinsey, of the.Coach and Horses Hotel,' Saddle Hill, was. convicted,' and fined 1 £20, and costs £1 4s. 3d.? Annie Esther Tansoy, her daugbtot,'was fined 20«.' / A caao againißt John Tansoy was dismissed. ■ Heary Alexander'; of , ; the'-Globe Hotel, ; Princes; Street Sonthj-' a' bouse whith was .: olosed by tho carrying of rodnction six yean ■■>"■ • ago,i and ia now used as'a'boardinghouse,'' " was fined £20, and costs 7s. James Gibbons, • ' occupier, of : the' Kaikorai 'Junction Hotel, ■ near tho Barnsido cattle JTirds, which loet'. , its' beonse'at fee■ 1905 "pbU, was fined £25, ■■"■■?■'■ with costs Tβ. :- ; ""- ; '- -: ; ----.":• ■■ ■: .- ■•.'.-..■■;:•.;

;■'■' A\CONSTAOtE; STABBED, y / 'Y._-'--- ; -:-- '■•:■.:■ ','..::■■:, BUDOdta,. Jfoht_t •'•■ Canetohle Daobney, stationod at Woodhaugh; was stabbed both above and, below tbo loft ear to-night when arresting k man named Michael Colemanon a chargo of dnmkcnncss ajid , using obscene Mangoage. The .temporal artery wae severed, viad tho oiaetablolost a,. quantity of blood before the doctor arrived. The constnbte'B son, Fred Daubney, aimed on the scene as his father .was staggering away, and seined and held Coleman tall assistance ,an-iv«L A large' knifehas been found; where the bfiray took place. \

A PENALTY OF £26, Auckland. July 2. A penalty of £25 was inflicted on R. J. Gauntlott ai tho Polico Court to-day far failing to declare tho whole contents of 30 cases imported by hrm'ox Star of New Zealand The cases principally contained machinery, but in them' wcro envelopes and other 3tatx>uery not shown on lie invoices. tho value of which was afterwards assessed at £58.

PEACE BOCIETY. Auckland, July 8. Ai tho annual mooting of tho Peace Society to-night, tho following resolution was earned: —"That thia mooting enters a strong protest against the unnecessary agitation going on in Now Zealand for increase m military and naval expenditure, and niodgci itself to support a ( conscience clauso m any Bill that 'may be 'brought forward during next session of Parliament in favour'of compnlsory military training.

WEATHER WARNIHCS. Tirnaru, Jjjy t Tho Mackenzie County Council to-day/ r discussing weather warnings, spoke approm- • tively of tho raconf , issues', 1 acd c \t ill ask the t* Governmonf! ''to hare them distnbiitcd direct v, ' to tho country telephone bureau., and posted for information of nlnholderts, who now get thorn by mail days after issue ' i V NEWS IN BRIEF. '' '"'">"> ' New Plymouth, Joly S. The Customs rotf'onuo collected at this' port in Juno totalled £3245, as against £2867 for Juno of last yoar ' Nolson, July 2 Guy Hill, supposed to bo a Welkngtooian, has been remanded till Monday on a charge of uttering a silvered penny for a half-crown at & hotel