NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Tolegraph.-Prejß Association.) . 9 —: ;■.< ETHICS OF DEBT COLLECTING. '. Invercarglll, August 24. Thomas Lewis, of Lewis' and Co., drapers, was to-day fined 10s., with 73,.- • costs, for a breach of tlio Police 'Offences' Act in having scat to a debtor notice which was likely, by reason of its wording and, appearance, to cause any person ignorant of, the lair to beliovo that it had legal effect. Tho col- ■ lector who delivered the notice was similarly fined. This is believed to be the first case of its kind in Southland. DR. HENRY'S MISSION. ■ ■ ■: Cisborne, August 24. Dr. Henry's mission closed hero today after a.three weeks' visit. Dr. Henry and Mr. Potts were enthusiastio- ■,• ally i'arewiUled on the wharf on.leaving - by the. Wimmera for Napier. The ex--penses of .the mission here-were £140, the-amount being subscribed, and in ■ addition a substantialthanks-ofEering of nearly £100 was handed to the mission- ' . aries.' " " ' ' ■ '•,. ' BLACKMAIL. . -LETTEKS HANDED ' ..:■■..■ Auckland, August 23. In- a cas» heard in tho Supreme: Court in which a. young man was charged vriHt". ; a sexual offence, it was stated, h»". was a victim of personal weakness. ~H< had beeii in communication _ with "quacks" in who , professed" ta euro such diseases. Correspondence was handed to the Chief Justice, who, after perusing it,•• remarked that , the lettel contained a deliberate attempt to black- ; '. mail the young , , fellow. He suggested that it should be forwarded to the Commissioner of Police in Sydney. Ac-, cusecl's counsel stated that £1$ had beea ■ '•...' extracted from • tho young man. AN O-OTLKER OF PftWIATUA. »" ■ . "'.HOW'.TO LINK IT TO?. .'" :'■ Pahiatua, August 23., ■'A largely-attended public meeting waj ' " held Inst .night, convened by Mr.'David Crewc, ex-llayor, ■to urge the construction, of la "railway from- Pahiatua to Pongaroa, and the harnessing of the.Ma.'knri Stream to - supply hydro-electrical' energy foi railway and other purposes. At the close of an address by Jlr.. Crewe, the following resolution was carried unanimously:—"ln tho opinion of ■ the ineetiiig a.railway league should b» formed' to prosecute the proposed' elcc- ■ trical railway aud power for the- scheme from Pahiatua to Pongaroa, and to work, in conjunction with the member for the district; that a deputation of members' of the league and focal bodies wait 'on'-' the Premisr to urge the' construction of ■ i the railway either by Government or ; , local bodies." A large number joined ....••■ the league. '..,•, ■':' 'BOW RON BROS. , .CASES. ... Christchurch, August 23. .i The remaining' charges against Bowron Bros, weri) mentioned in the Magistrate's ,-. ■ Court to-day, and adjourned for a week, . , counsel b;ing engaged in the Supremo Court. •'•. ~. .: ■ . . . :.. .■