NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By; TeleeraDh.^PrcssAraoclatlonJ

•■;■', INTERESTING,WANGANUI CASE. ; : - .'■' •'' :■ : ■ '"-'' ■ ■••'■"'' •' ■ 'CS '~ "':'■ '.- ■' ; ;" EIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH' ' WAitfGAfltri*- '■.' ,; : ; ■■■;:;.,:; kaceCouese.; ( - ; ; ; : s- : ..:/;,";:: "' ■ ■ - :• -ytenßanui, NoTembet 19;" •■Mr. Justice , EdwardsV deoision!wais';,'giventins morning in the case in which the trusteer of the Wanganui Jockey: Club sued for the : roebvery of davnnge for trespass alleged to-lave :'■■ been committed" by suburban ; residents acrosfthe club's riicecourse.-'.Defendants denied •thai the racecourse was in possession of the plain. . tiffs,, and justified, their, acts as; bfeing;in ithe exercise .'-of. the public right of passage over tbV course., , ; '-, ~.,-.. . .-■•■ ■v■" ■ ; ~;■ -..-■. ..7 .■■;.//■;■ '■ His Honour said it was not necessary.:or ex« pedient to attempt, to determine whether 'or; ; . not .plaintiffs, had proved their title,. or : who- i •thor defendants had established . of passage across-the land. ■ It was certain that .; for over half a century the public had, until '";' recently, passed unchallenged, across the land; but : whether the attendant circumstances Were ; ' suohas to establish a public, right he. did not , find, it necessary.!to discuss. -The .'persons ■; in' '■ possession •of the course are; the stewards. of ■■•; the Wanganui - Jockey , Club, and ' plaintiffs' claim was based, not upon tlio possession of the , stewards,-but upon their office as trustees/and ' plaintiffs must,- therefore, fail in' their aoKon.'■•"■ Theymust bo nonsiiited, with costs ,upon the " lowest scale;-.-.-• ■■;•■■--- • : . ;.;",. .■ : /,:} ■'■■ '■■

.'"'.".; .MINING VENTURE BLOCICED. ::'.'/ ■■■ ' THE WATEE-POWEE'EEGTOATIONS..: •' : : (4; " ; ".'':' ■'.:'■'"" :■■' Holcitika, NoTember-'U/-\'l%6 prpmoters of the';KimUrToaroha ssEdt ; cate, which proposed to generate elcctricaj. power.for 'the purpose of pumping ■■ water:.to■■:"', work "a large auriferous area "of" ground in .this. district,! havo received cables from'. Lbn« don- stattng. that the water-power. conditioM imposed by the Governmomt iuadq.it impossible for them to undertake;ihe flotation of a; compaiy in. England.. Dr<. Tichelmaam (qhairmaa ■ of the eyndicate) has; telegraphed tothebMii. : :f ister for .Public "Works,, stating- that the syndicate had.consequently abandoned "the scheme,' and asked for the refnrid of the , 'iMO deposited-,■':. in necordanoe >rtth the conditions... Great dieappointment and much feelirig are rnanif erted . throughout- the district : at'.the-tr«atmonf,that .'.- the promoters have received. Tihey. spent oyejr, : jEIGOO in; preliniittaries. ■" Further public'.meei.'' ings of protest in connection with the matter are to be held in Hobtaka and throughout th» district. SUDDEN DEATH. Auckland. November 13. A man named John Pnmblo died suddenly at East Tamab last night. Deceased - waa' concerned in a slander action at the present sittings of the Supremo Court, ibout which he was greatly woriied, and it is suggested that tho worry and anxiety which He Jias ouffererl raaj have hastened his' death. « Dr. Pabnt l<«»n<! unablo to grant a certificate as to ' wse of death an inquest will bt he. supreme; court. Auckland, November 19. At the Supreme Court to-day Mark Monzies, a coloured man, was found giulty of assault upon a girl of 6 years of age, sentence being dofeirod. Eichard John Yeoman was also, found guilty on two charges of assault upon little girls, sentence being likewise deferred. WHISKY AT ASH BURTON; ( Ashburton, November 10. Harold Edwin Curtis' was to-day fined £S for receiving an order for whisky in a no. license district. NAVY LEAGUE.' i , Foilding, November 19.' Mr. C. W. "Palmer, secretary of the.Wei. lington branch of the British Navy League,' lectured hero last night on tho objects of the league. A local branch was afterward? formed. s