NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 579, 6 August 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Telegraph.-Prceo /tgsnclatlon.l DENIED THE BET. '.. Tlmaru, August 6. John Laing Smith was'charged' in tho Magistrate's Court this morning -with-' the., theft of £1 from Andrew Brown, a farmer, -. at Geraldine.- The prosecution alleged that Brown put £1 on Laghmor in tho . first race" at..-the. Hunt Stcelopohaee- on, July 29. Laghmor-woii, and accused .denied knowledge of- the bet. The defence was that ac» ousL'd acted as clerk to R. H. Snuiii, . andmado no bete throughout the day. -The ticket produced by Brown belonged neither to It. H; Smith nor to,accused. Die-.magis-trate fined accused £3 and costs, ■ and ". ordered him to pay Brown back .the. £I,'in fault one. month's,.imprisonment. ..,, HOME FOR DESTITUTE CENTLEWOMEN. . Christchurch, • August 4. In connection with the M'Lean Institute, established under the will of' Mr. Allan M'Lcan, to provide a horned for destitute gentlewomen, the annual statement of re-' oeipts and expenditure shows:—GoneraJ account: receipts for year totalled £7092 Us. Ud., and the expenditure £7682 12b. lid., leaving" &- credit balance of £309 19s. The chief item of revenue is £7942 14s. sd. received from the trustees of the M'Lean ostato,' the'principal payments being the purohaeo of Quamby, £4600; sinking hinds established, £1050; furniture and fittings at Quamby, £715 10s. 5d.; salaries and wages,. £269 10s. 7d.; preliminary expense* re purchase of property, £266 Ss. yd.; painting and repairs. at "Holly Lea," £248 6a. ( "SAW THE AIRSHIP DISTIMCTUY." Dunedin, August 5. TheKelso correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times"' has been • informed by several people that they hare seen the airship which was recently reported to have been in that district, amongst the number of informants being several Duncdiri tradesmen working about six' miles from Kelso. ' They state . that, on' Jury 24J they saw the airship distinctly.. It oirclod round, several times, 'and . then went, in ; the direction of,tbo Hokonni mountains,,returning some honrs later and sailing, towards tho.Blue Mountains.., Its lights were also seen on Saturday; evening, anditis stated a noise as of some machine was also heard. ' '■'... ■', A BOTTLE ON THE BEACH. Auckland, August 5. Following is a copy of- a message found'in a picklo- bottle by the caretaker of Brown's Island (tho bottle Was washed ashore ye*- . terday):—"3oth May, 1909.-Barque Saint Etna, Noumea lo ! Chili, leaking. No food. Off New Zealand, coast, in sight. Captain dead. Send help for God's sake. Signed, Hi Coboy." Investigation into tho message ■ from tho sea appears to prove conclneively that the affair is a hoax. The bottle bear's the label of a Now. Zealand firm, and tie cork is almost new. • ' ~ :. OHARCE OF BIGAMY. Chrlstchuroh, August 5.This morning, as a result of the inquest on ia' child named Meayers, • which' was 'held yesterday, Station-Sergeant Johnston, • and Constable Jackson mode some inquiries regarding the father. It is alleged that investigations revealed tho fact that he bad been married.'twice, arid had four children b,y his first! wife, and one by his second wife. The man, who gave his name as Johii . Whitford,. was arrested on a charge of bigamy.. ■'..'■■ ■".'.■ . '

- CRUELTY TOiPfCTS. Auckland, Aogust 5. 'At t!be Police Court Daniel Byan, butcher, was fined £2 and costs, for : having cruelly illtreated five pigs by splitting their, ears. Mr., Cutkdi, S.M., said forty-five- butchers had ! ;eenti: pigs to • the abattoirs, and'< defen* dan<i ; >was Ao'onlyoiw-who .had found ;it. necessary to adopt ear-splitting as a metihod of •identification.!:- He was .of ■ opinion; Wiat defendant had acted cruelly, though perhaps unintentionally. ■•„ ', . , ....... ■ •...> ~ -NEW s.i'j.' !' Auckland, Auguet' , 5." ( ■Another batch of immißrantß, ; totalKiig 140, arrived from England by -the steainer Devon lato last night. Forty-eight T of the number arc for Auckland, 35' for Wellington,"' and 25 for Port Chalmers. The no\v arrivals] are chiefly-tradesmer., with a foW fartntors and domestio servants. ' ■'• ■ '■.'- ;; -'"